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in Books, books - infant+ Tags: nursery rhymes, poetry, puzzles
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1978
by Allan Ahlberg
illustrated by Janet Ahlberg
London: Viking Press, 1978
30 pp
Ages: infant +
Interests: nursery rhymes, eye-spy, puzzles, poetry
Also by these authors: Burglar Bill, The Jolly Postman, The Jolly Christmas Postman
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in Books, books 4+ Tags: dogs, police officers, safety
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1996
by Peggy Rathmann
New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1995
30 pp.
Ages: 4+
Interests: dogs, safety, police officers
Also by this author: Goodnight Gorilla
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in Books, books 2+, Classics Tags: elves, fairies, Magic, Princess, snow, winter
The Story of the Snow Children
by Sibylle von Olfers
first published in 1905 in Germany
English translation by Polly Lawson – Edinburgh: Floris Books, 2005
20 pp.
Ages: 2 +
Interests: fairies, princesses, snow, winter, parties, magic
Also by this author: The Story of the Root Children (1906), Princess in the Forest (1909), and The Story of the Wind Children (1910)
You might also like: Peter in Blueberry Land (1901) – very similar in story, style and look
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in Books, books 2+ Tags: birds, nature, night, owls, single parent
by Martin Waddell
illustrations by Patrick Benson
Cambridge, MA: Candlewick, 1992
26 pp.
Ages: 2 +
Interests: birds, owls, nature, nighttime, single parent
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