CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1950
by Leo Politi
New York: Scribner, 1949
31 pp.
Age: 3 +
Interests: birds, migration, Spanish language, American history, seasons, gardens
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in Books, books 3+ Tags: American history, birds, gardening, nature, religion, seasons, Spanish language
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in Books, books 3+ Tags: country life, crafts, Easter
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1951
Katherine Milhous
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1950
29 pp.
Age: 3 +
Interests: Easter, crafts, country life, traditions
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in Books, books 4+, Classics Tags: fairies, Fairy Tale, Magic, Princess, siblings, strong girls
subtitle: “A Holiday Romance from the Pen of Miss Alice Rainbird, Aged Seven”
by Charles Dickens
originally published 1868
this edition: illustrated by Louis Slobodkin, Vanguard Press, New York, 1953
36 pp.
Age: 4 +
Interests: magic, fairies, princesses
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in Books, books 3+ Tags: cities, clowns, toys
by Quentin Blake
London: Jonathan Cape, 1995
29 pp.
Age: 3 +
Interests: toys, clowns, city
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in Books, books 2+ Tags: birds, boats, China, ducks, river
Marjorie Flack, author
Kurt Wiese, illustrator
New York: Viking, 1933
31 pp.
Age: 2 +
Interests: birds, duck, river, China, boats
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