retold by Susan Cooper
illustrated by Warwick Hutton
New York: Macmillan, 1986
30 pp.
Age: 4+
Interests: ocean, magic, Celtic, selkies, folklore, mermaids
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The Selkie Girl
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in Books, books 4+ Tags: Celtic, folktales, Magic, mermaids, ocean, seals, selkies
The Frog Princess: A Tlingit Legend from Alaska
21 Jul 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 5+ Tags: First Nations, folktales, frogs, Princess, strong girls, Tlingit
The Frog Princess: A Tlingit Legend from Alaska
retold by Eric A. Kimmel
illustrated by Rosanne Litzinger
New York: Holiday House, 2006
28 pp
Age: 5+
Interests: princess, folklore, frogs, Tlingit, First Nations
Top 5: Books about Messing About in Boats
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in Books, Quick Lists Tags: boats
Nothing says summertime to me like ‘messing about in boats’. Preferably without firm destination or deadline of course.
1. Mr. Gumpy’s Outing, by John Burningham – age 2+
2. The Story About Ping, by Marjorie Flack – age 2+
3. The Cow who Fell in the Canal, by Phyllis Krasilovsky – age 3+
4. Time of Wonder, by Robert McCloskey – age 4+
5. The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Graham – age 6+
Ug: Boy Genius of the Stone Age and His Search for Soft Trousers
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in Books, books 8+ Tags: cavemen, history, inventions, science
Ug: Boy Genius of the Stone Age and His Search for Soft Trousers
by Raymond Briggs
London: Jonathan Cape, 2001
28 pp. – graphic novel
Age: 8 +
Interests: history, science, inventions
Also by this author: The Mother Goose Treasury, The Snowman
The Witches
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in Books, books 6+ Tags: adventure, grandparents, horror, Magic, mice, witches
by Roald Dahl
illustrated by Quentin Blake
London: Jonathan Cape, 1983
208 pp. – 22 chapters
Age: 6 +
Interests: witches, magic, mice, adventure
The Biggest Bear
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in Books, books 5+ Tags: American history, animals, bears, country life, hunting, nature
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1953
by Lynd Ward
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1952
85 pp.
Age: 5+
Interests: nature, farms, hunting, bears
Flotsam
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in Books, books 5+ Tags: beach, Magic, mystery, nature, ocean, photography, sea creatures
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 2007
by David Wiesner
New York: Clarion Books, 2006
Age: 5+
Interests: ocean, ocean creatures, nature, beaches, photography, magic
Also by this author: Free Fall, Tuesday, Sector 7, The Three Pigs
The Dragon of an Ordinary Family
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in Books, books 4+ Tags: dragons, Fairy Tale, family, travel
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1969
The Dragon of an Ordinary Family
Margaret Mahy, author
Helen Oxenbury, illustrator
London: William Heinemann, 1969
40 pp.
Age: 4+
Interests: dragons, fantasy, travel
Also by this author: A Lion in the Meadow, The Seven Chinese Brothers, The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate
Also by this illustrator: The Quangle Wangle’s Hat, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, Farmer Duck
Chanticleer and the Fox
27 Jun 2011 1 Comment
in Books, books 3+ Tags: animals, country life, farm, folktales, fox, history, rooster
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1959
by Barbara Cooney (adapted and illustrated by)
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1958
32 pp.
Age: 3+
Interests: folktales, farm animals, roosters
Also by this illustrator: Miss Rumphius
Matilda
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in Books, books 6+ Tags: bookworms, family, Magic, psychic powers, school, strong girls, teachers
by Roald Dahl
illustrated by Quentin Blake
London: Jonathan Cape, 1988
240 pp. – 21 chapters
Age: 6+
Interests: kids who are bookworms, school, magic, psychic powers, revenge!
Also by this author: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, The Witches
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