John Burningham, author and illustrator
London: Jonathan Cape, 1977
22 pp
Age: 3 and up
Interests: pirates, seashore, boats, treasure
Also by this author: Mr. Gumpy’s Outing, Where’s Julius?, Avocado Baby, Borka
Come away from the water, Shirley
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in Books, books 3+ Tags: adventure, beach, boats, ocean, pirates, strong girls, treasure
Eloise
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in Books, books 5+ Tags: bad behavior, cities, New York, strong girls
subtitle: A Book for Precocious Grown Ups
Kay Thompson, author
Hilary Knight, illustrator
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955
65 pp.
Age: 5 and up (read full review: some may find content alarming!)
Interests: New York, hotels, room service, strong girls, bad behavior
Caps For Sale
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in Books, books 2+ Tags: folktales, monkeys
subtitle: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business
Esphyr Slobodkina, author and illustrator
New York: HarperCollins, 1968 – originally published 1940
40 pp
Age: 2 and up (also good for beginning readers: 6+)
Interests: monkeys, folktales
All Join In
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in Books, books 2+ Tags: music, poetry
Quentin Blake, author and illustrator
London: Jonathon Cape, 1990
27 pp.
Age: 2 and up
Interests: poetry, music, songs, noise
Also by this author/illustrator: Mister Magnolia, Clown
The Snowman
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in Books, books 3+ Tags: Christmas, Magic, night, seasons, snow, winter
Raymond Briggs
London: Puffin, 1978
30 pp
Age: 3 and up
Interests: Christmas, winter, snow, magic
By the same author/illustrator: Father Christmas, Fungus the Bogeyman, UG: Boy Genius of the Stone Age, and books for older audiences: When the Wind Blows, and Ethel and Ernest
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