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28 Dec 2011 4 Comments
in Books, books 5+ Tags: adventure, dragons, Fairy Tale, folktales, Magic, mermaids, Princess, Russia, witches
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1971
written by Joan Aiken
illustrated by Jan Pienkowski
Jonathan Cape, 1971
104 pp. – 11 stories
Age: 5 +
Interests: fairy tales, folktales, Eastern European folklore, magic, princesses, princes, mermaids
Also by this illustrator: Haunted House, Meg and Mog series
Also by this author: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase series
26 Dec 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 4+ Tags: animals, art, folktales, India, jungle, mice, philosophy
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1962
subtitle: A Fable Cut in Wood
by Marcia Brown
Simon & Schuster, 1961
30 pp.
Age: 4 +
Interests: mice, animals, folktales, India, magic, art, philosophy
Also by this author: Stone Soup, Cinderella or the Little Glass Slipper
23 Dec 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 7+ Tags: artists, bullies, bullying, class, fashion, friendship, school, teasing
by Eleanor Estes
illustrated by Louis Slobodkin
Harcourt Brace & Company, 1944
80 pp., 7 chapters
Age: 7 +
Interests: school politics, teasing & bullying, peer pressure, friendship, fashion, art
Also by this author: Ginger Pye, The Moffats, The Witch Family
21 Dec 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 8+ Tags: bad behavior, Christmas, church, religion, theatre
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
by Barbara Robinson
HarperCollins, 1972
80 pp., 7 chapters
Ages: 8 +
Interests: Christmas, Christmas pageant, putting on a play, religion, church
Also by this author: sequels featuring the Herdmans – The Best School Year Ever, The Best Hallowe’en Ever
19 Dec 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 3+ Tags: bedtime, Christmas, night, trains, travel, winter
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1986
by Chris van Allsburg
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985
30 pp.
Age: 3 +
Interests: Christmas, winter, trains, snow
Also by this author: Jumanji
18 Dec 2011 2 Comments
in Books, books 6+ Tags: adventure, animals, birds, fairies, Magic, nature
by Laura Amy Schlitz
illustrated by Angela Barrett
Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2010
117 pp., 10 chapters
Age: 6 +
Interests: fairies, magic, birds, animals, nature, adventure
Also by this author: Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village (Newbery Medal Winner)
15 Dec 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 3+ Tags: animals, folktales, insects, music, songs
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1956
retold by John Langstaff
illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1955
30 pp.
Ages: 3+
Interests: folktales, folk songs, insects, animals
11 Dec 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 5+, Canadian books Tags: adventure, boats, pirates, trying to fit in
BLUE SPRUCE nominee – 2012
Small Saul
by Ashley Spires
Toronto: Kidscan Press, 2011
32 pp.
Age: 5+
Interests: pirates, adventure, travel, ships, ocean, being unique, trying to fit in
Also by this author: Binky the Space Cat
10 Dec 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 3+, Canadian books Tags: animals, digging, scientists, single parent
BLUE SPRUCE nominee – 2012
Roslyn Rutabaga and the Biggest Hole on Earth
by Marie-Louise Gay
Toronto: House of Anansi/Groundwood Books, 2010
28 pp.
Age: 3+
Interests: digging, scientific inquiry, nature, animals
Also by this author: Rainy Day Magic, Stella: Queen of the Snow
09 Dec 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 4+ Tags: Christmas, helping others, history, music, religion, saints
Good King Wenceslas
traditional carol lyrics by John Mason Neale
illustrated by John Wallner
New York: Philomel Books, 1990
30 pp.
Age: 4+
Interests: Christmas, Christmas carols, music, history, saints, stories of charity
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