08 | August | 2011 | Rarest Kind of Best

Pirate Girl

Cornelia Funke, author

Kerstin Meyer, illustrator

New York: Scholastic, 2003

30 pp.

Age: 5+

Interests: pirates, strong girls, ocean, boats

Also by this author: Inkheart Trilogy, Picturebooks: The Princess Knight, The Wildest Brother, Princess Pigsty More

by Leo Lionni

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963

30 pp.

Age: 4+

Interests: fish, ocean, sea creatures

Also by this author: Inch by Inch, Frederick, Alexander and the Wind-up Mouse

CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 2002

by David Wiesner

New York: Clarion Books, 2001

38 pp.

Age: 5+

Interests: pigs, dragons, fairy tales

Also by this author: Tuesday, Flotsam