Locomotive
by Brian Floca
Age: 4 yrs. (but interesting right up to age 8 or 9)
Interests: trains, history, American history, maps, travel
Locomotive
13 Feb 2014 Leave a comment
in Books, books 4+ Tags: American history, history, maps, trains, travel
We Couldn’t Leave Dinah
12 Feb 2014 2 Comments
in Books Tags: adventure, British history, history, horses, spies, war, WWII
We Couldn’t Leave Dinah
by Mary Treadgold
Age: 10+
Interests: war, spies, history, horses, British history, WWII
Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
06 Feb 2014 Leave a comment
in Books, books 7+, books 9+ Tags: family, graphic novels, poetry, separation, squirrels, strong girls, superheroes
Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
by Kate DiCamillo
illustrated by K. G. Campbell
Age: 7+ (read aloud), 9+ (independent reading)
Interests: squirrels, superheroes, comic books, family, divorce, poetry
Secret of the Andes
04 Feb 2014 Leave a comment
in Books, books 8+ Tags: animals, history, Inca, mountains, mystery, Peru, South America
Secret of the Andes
by Ann Nolan Clark
Age: 8+
Interests: Peru, Inca, South America, mountains, animals, mystery More
The Storm (Lighthouse Family series)
29 Jan 2014 Leave a comment
in Books, books 4+, books 6+ Tags: animals, boats, cats, dogs, family, independence, mice, ocean, orphans, storms, weather
The Storm (Lighthouse Family series)
by Cynthia Rylant
illustrated by Preston McDaniels
Age: 4+ (read to); 6+ (independent reading)
Interests: animals, cats, dogs, mice, ocean, boats, weather More
Tales from Silver Lands
28 Jan 2014 1 Comment
in Books, books 7+ Tags: animals, Fairy Tale, folktales, giants, Magic, South America, witches
Tales from Silver Lands
by Charles J. Finger
illustrated by Paul Honoré
Age: 7+
Interests: folk tales, fairy tales, South America, animals, magic
Black Dog
21 Jan 2014 2 Comments
in Books, books 3+ Tags: animals, dogs, family, fear, strong girls, winter
The Radium Woman
20 Jan 2014 2 Comments
in Books, books 10+ Tags: biography, history, Paris, Poland, science, scientists, strong girls
The Radium Woman
by Eleanor Doorly
illustrated by Robert Gibbings
Age: 10
Interests: science, scientists, biography, history, strong girls, Paris, Poland
The Tale of Despereaux (2008)
15 Jan 2014 Leave a comment
in Movies, movies 6+ Tags: adventure, castle, cooking, fairy tale updated, knights, mice, Princess, rats
The Tale of Despereaux
released: 2008
rated: G
length: 93 min.
age: 6+
interests: mice, rats, castles, princesses, cooking, updated fairy tales, adventure
Next: read the book!
Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver
13 Jan 2014 Leave a comment
in Books, books 10+, books 8+, books 9+, Classics Tags: adventure, boats, comedy, philosophy, politics, satire, travel
Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver
retold by Martin Jenkins
illustrated by Chris Riddell
Age: 8+ (read to); 10+ (independent reading)
Interests: travel, ships, strange lands and customs, satire, adventure, humour, politics, philosophy
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