Up (2009)


Rated: PG for some peril and action

Length: 96 min

Age: 6 and up        Commonsense Media sez: 6 +

Scary factor: pretty high, with those snarling dogs in attack mode; dogs in planes fly into each other and plummet to the ground; dogs attacking/biting each other; villain Muntz tries to kill heroes; guns firing; many near-falls from airborn house; Muntz falls to his death, though impact not seen

Intense scenes: opening montage showing Carl’s wife in decline and then Carl in the funeral home and in mourning

Interests: action, adventure, travel, ballooning, South America, dogs
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Jethro Byrd, Fairy Child

GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 2002

Bob Graham, author and illustrator

Cambridge: Candlewick Press, 2002

29pp

Ages: 3+

Interests: fairies, city life, family, magic

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Dogger

GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1977

Shirley Hughes, author and illustrator

London: Random House, 1977

30 pp

Ages: 2+

Interests: toys, family, siblings

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The Three Poor Tailors

GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1965

Victor Ambrus

London: Oxford University Press, 1965

23 pp

Ages: 3+

Interests: folktales

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Shakespeare’s Theatre

GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1964

C. Walter Hodges, author and illustrator

London: Oxford University Press, 1964

102 pp

Ages: 10 + (?)

Interests: drama, theatre history, British history, Shakespeare, London

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The Princess and the Goblin

by George MacDonald

1872 – originally published in London by Strahan & Co.

216 pp – 32 chapters

Age:  6+ (?)

Next: C. S. Lewis Narnia books, The Hobbit

Also by this author:

Dealings with the Fairies (1867) aka The Light Princess and Other Stories – includes the story “The Golden Key”, commonly regarded as a masterpiece
At the Back of the North Wind (1871) – along with P&G, his most famous work
The Princess and Curdie (1883) – sequel to The Princess and the Goblin, but a lot darker, more violent and destructive

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Very Interesting Data on the Vocabulary of Toy Advertisements

From “The Achilles Effect”, a terrific set of visualized data:

Word Cloud: How Toy Ad Vocabulary Reinforces Gender Stereotypes

There are two fascinating word clouds, one for boys and one for girls.

BOYS TOYS

GIRLS TOYS

(Click MORE if you don’t mind hearing me rant a little…)

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Borka: The Adventures of a Goose With No Feathers

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

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ABC (Brian Wildsmith’s ABC)

GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1962

Brian Wildsmith, illustrator

London: Oxford University Press, 1962

Ages: infant +

Interests: animals, alphabet

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Old Winkle and the Seagulls

GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1960

Gerald Rose, author (with Elizabeth Rose) and illustrator

London: Faber and Faber, 1960

31 pp

4+

Interests: boats, ocean, birds

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