The Whipping Boy
by Sid Fleischman
Age: 6 + (read to); 7 + (independent reading)
Interests: medieval times, adventure, criminals, carnivals and bears
The Whipping Boy
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in Books, books 6+, books 7+ Tags: adventure, bears, crime, friendship, medieval history, orphans, royalty
The Little White Horse
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in Books, books 7+ Tags: animals, castle, cats, country life, dogs, England, family history, Magic, morality, mystery, Princess, religion, romance, strong girls
WINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL – 1946
by Elizabeth Goudge
University of London Press: 1946
238 pages – 12 chapters
Age: 7 (read to); 9 (independent reading)
Interests: magic, mystery, animals, castles, princesses, England, aristocracy, religion, family history, romance
NB: This book was adapted into a 1994 BBC series entitled Moonacre and a 2009 movie The Secret of Moonacre.
Next: The Secret Garden or A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Also by this author: Island Magic
Little House in the Big Woods
19 Feb 2013 1 Comment
in Books, books 6+, books 7+ Tags: American history, animals, autobiography, farming, history, hunting, nature, pioneer life, seasons
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
HarperCollins, 1932
238 pp. – 13 chapters
Age: 6 + (read to); 7+ (independent reading)
Interests: history, pioneer life, farming, autobiography, seasons, nature
Also by this author: continuing in the series – Farmer Boy, Little House on the Prairie, On the Banks of Plum Creek, By the Shores of Silver Lake
Next: Caddie Woodlawn, Sarah Plain and Tall; and picture books – Abraham Lincoln, Ox-Cart Man
The Incredible Journey
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in Books, books 7+, books 9+, Canadian books Tags: adventure, animals, Canada, cats, dogs, pets, wilderness survival
by Sheila Burnford
Hodder and Stoughton, 1961
127 pp. – 11 chapters
Age: read to – 7+ independent reading – 9+?
Interests: pets, cats, dogs, wilderness, adventure
Next: 1963 Disney movie The Incredible Journey
Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse
17 Jan 2013 3 Comments
in Books, books 4+, books 7+, Classics Tags: adventure, boats, circus, horses, ocean, pirates, royalty, toys, travel
Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse
by Ursula Moray Williams
originally published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., London, 1938
253 pp. – 19 chapters
Age: (read to) 4+ ; (independent reading) 7+
Interests: horses, toys come to life, travel, adventures, pirates, circus
by the same author: Gobbolino the Witch’s Cat, The Further Adventures of Gobbolino and the Little Wooden Horse
D’Aulaires’ Book of Norse Myths
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in Books, books 7+ Tags: action, creation myth, dragons, gods, Magic, monsters, myths, Norse myths, seasons, violence, war
D’Aulaires’ Book of Norse Myths
by Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire
New York Review Children’s Collection, 1967
155 pp.
age: 7
interests: mythology, magic, Scandinavia, Norse myths, gods, monsters, dragons, creation myths, war
also by these author/illustrators: Foxy, d’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths, d’Aulaires’ Book of Trolls, Abraham Lincoln
Sleeping Beauty and Other Favourite Fairy Tales
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in Books, books 7+ Tags: adventure, castle, fairies, Fairy Tale, Magic, monsters, ogres, prince, Princess, royalty, violence
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1982
Sleeping Beauty and Other Favourite Fairy Tales
Angela Carter, translation
Michael Foreman, illustrations
Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1982
128 pp. – 12 stories
Age: 7 +
Interests: fairy tales, adventure, magic, princesses, princes, castles, ogres
Snow White in New York
07 Apr 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 7+ Tags: art, crime, fairy tale updated, fashion, jazz, New York
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1986
Fiona French
Oxford University Press, 1986
32 pp.
Age: 7+
Interests: updated fairy tales, New York, 1920s flapper era, art styles, fashion
Next: Ella’s Big Chance (a Cinderella update also set in the 1920s)
Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci
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in Books, books 7+ Tags: biography, history, Italy, math, medieval history, science, scientists
Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci
Joseph D’Agnese, text
John O’Brien, illustrations
Henry Holt and Company, 2010
40 pp.
Age: 7+
Interests: math, history, science, biography, Middle Ages, Italy
Golem
07 Feb 2012 Leave a comment
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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