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07 Feb 2012 2 Comments
in Books, books 4+ Tags: First Nations, folktales, horses, nature
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1979
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
by Paul Goble
Simon & Schuster, 1978
32 pp.
Age: 4+
Interests: horses, First Nations legends, folktales
Also by this author: Mystic Horse, The Great Race of the Birds and Animals, Star Boy, Death of the Iron Horse, Buffalo Woman, The Gift of the Sacred Dog, Song of Creation, and many others
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in Books, books 7+ Tags: folktales, giants, history, horror, Jewish folklore, Magic, monsters, religion, violence, war
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1997
by David Wisniewski
Clarion Books, 1996
30 pp.
Age: 7+
Interests: history, religion, Jewish folklore, giants, magic, horror
Next: there is a famous silent movie about this legend, The Golem (1920) by Paul Wegener
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in Books, books 4+ Tags: Fairy Tale, Magic, Princess, romance, witches
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1998
by Paul O. Zelinsky
Dutton Children’s Books, 1997
32 pp.
Age: 4+
Interests: fairy tales, princesses, witches, magic, romance
Also by this author/illustrator: Rumplestiltskin, The Wheels on the Bus
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