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06 Feb 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 5+ Tags: airplanes, biography, France, history, inventions, scientists
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1984
The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Blériot
by Alice and Martin Provensen
The Viking Press, 1983
38 pp.
Age: 5+
Interests: history, biography, inventors, airplanes, France
Next: science/invention biography – Snowflake Bentley; more about France in this era – The Invention of Hugo Cabret; artistic style – look up works by Henri Rousseau
06 Feb 2012 Leave a comment
in Just Fun Stuff Tags: art
This is really fun, had to share it.
05 Feb 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 6+ Tags: cats, city life, community, crime, racial tension, racism, single parent, violence
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1995
Eve Bunting, text
David Diaz, illustrations
Harcourt, 1994
32 pp.
Age: 6+
Interests: city life, crime, racial tension, violence, community, single parent family, cats
Also by this author: Fly Away Home, Coffin on a Case!, The Memory String, How Many Days to America?, Night Tree, S.O.S Titanic
05 Feb 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 4+ Tags: attic, dance, family, family history, grandparents, song and dance, theatre
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1989
Karen Ackerman, text
Stephen Gammell, illustrations
Alfred A. Knopf, 1988
30 pp.
Age: 4+
Interests: family history, grandparents, song and dance, theatre
Other books on family history: They Were Strong and Good, Grandfather’s Journey
Next: pull out the old family photos!
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in Books, books 7+ Tags: Africa, poetry
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1983
Blaise Cendrars, original text
Marcia Brown, translation and illustrations
Scribner’s, 1982
36 pp.
Age: 7+
Interests: poetry, Africa
Also by this illustrator: Once a Mouse…, Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper , Stone Soup, Dick Whittington and His Cat, Puss in Boots, The Steadfast Tin Soldier
04 Feb 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 4+ Tags: American history, country life, farming, history, seasons
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1980
Donald Hall, text
Barbara Cooney, illustrations
Viking Press, 1979
38 pp.
Age: 4+
Interests: history, farming, country life, self-sufficiency, seasons, American history, New England, folk art
Also by this illustrator: Miss Rumphius
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