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06 May 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 2+ Tags: folktales, monkeys
subtitle: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business
Esphyr Slobodkina, author and illustrator
New York: HarperCollins, 1968 – originally published 1940
40 pp
Age: 2 and up (also good for beginning readers: 6+)
Interests: monkeys, folktales
06 May 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 2+ Tags: music, poetry
Quentin Blake, author and illustrator
London: Jonathon Cape, 1990
27 pp.
Age: 2 and up
Interests: poetry, music, songs, noise
Also by this author/illustrator: Mister Magnolia, Clown
04 May 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 2+ Tags: poetry
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1969
Edward Lear, author
Helen Oxenbury, illustrator
Essex: Springbourne Press, 1969, 1985
30 pp
Ages: 2 +
Interests: poetry, nonsense, animals
21 Apr 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 2+ Tags: family, siblings, toys
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1977
Shirley Hughes, author and illustrator
London: Random House, 1977
30 pp
Ages: 2+
Interests: toys, family, siblings
18 Apr 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 2+ Tags: birds, boats, geese, nature, travel
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1963
John Burningham, author and illustrator
London: Jonathan Cape, 1963
30 pp
Ages: 2 +
Interests: birds, geese, stories about not fitting in
Also by this author: Mr. Gumpy’s Outing, Avocado Baby, Come Away From the Water Shirley, Edwardo: The Horriblest Boy in the Whole Wide World, Courtney
12 Apr 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 2+ Tags: babysitters, family, grandparents
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 2006
Chris Raschka, illustrator
Norton Juster, author
New York: Michael di Capua/Hyperion, 2005
29 pp
ages 2 +
Interests: grandparents, babysitters
Sequel to this book: Sourpuss and Sweetie Pie
Also by this author: The Phantom Tollbooth
19 Mar 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 2+ Tags: cars, cities, construction, country life, environment, history, machinery, nature, seasons
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1943
Virginia Lee Burton
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1942
40 pp
ages 2 +
Interests: machinery, cars, construction, country living, the seasons, and what life was like long ago…
19 Mar 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 2+ Tags: animals, birds, Boston, cities, ducks, nature
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1942
Robert McCloskey
New York: Viking Press, 1941
62 pp
ages 2 and up
Interests: birds, ducks, public parks, Boston
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