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25 Mar 2012 2 Comments
in Books, books 10+, Classics Tags: adventure, fairy tale updated, maps, math, nonsense, puns, word play
by Norton Juster
Jules Feiffer, illustrations
Alfred A. Knopf, 1961
256 pp.
Age: 10+
Interests: word play, puns, adventure, nonsense, fantasy, science, math, modern fairy tales, philosophy
Also by this author: The Dot and the Line, The Hello, Goodbye Window, Sourpuss and Sweetie Pie, Otter Nonsense
Also by this author & illustrator: The Odious Ogre
09 Mar 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 6+, Classics Tags: adventure, dragons, Fairy Tale, fairy tale updated, Magic, Princess, short stories
by E. Nesbit
North-South Books, originally published 1900
172 pp, 8 stories
Age: 6+ independent reading age: 9+
Interests: dragons, fairy tales, adventure, princesses
Also by this author: The Enchanted Castle, Five Children and It, The Railway Children, The Story of the Treasure Seekers
14 Feb 2012 1 Comment
in Books, books 3+ Tags: adventure, bad behavior, boats, monsters, night, ocean, travel
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1964
by Maurice Sendak
Harper Collins, 1963
40 pp.
Age: 3+
Interests: monsters, bad behavior, adventure, travel, boats
Also by this author: Outside Over There, In the Night Kitchen, Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life
Note: The 2009 movie Where the Wild Things Are is quite brilliant but is not aimed at the same preschool audience as the book! Moving, complex, gorgeous and frightening – definitely more for grownups than youngsters.
29 Jan 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 5+ Tags: adventure, birds, city life, dogs, Magic, New York, travel, vacation
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1987
Arthur Yorinks, text
Richard Egielski, illustrations
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1986
28 pp.
Age: 5+
Interests: birds, dogs, city life, travel, adventure, vacation, New York, magic, apartments
Other Titles by this author and illustrator: Homework, What a Trip!
06 Jan 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 3+, Canadian books Tags: adventure, animals, boats, island, moose, travel, trying new things, wilderness survival
BLUE SPRUCE nominee – 2012
by Nicholas Oldland
Kids Can Press, 2010
30 pp.
Age: 3+
Interests: animals, moose, adventure, boats, islands, travel, trying new things, survival skills
Also by this author: The Busy Beaver, Big Bear Hug
04 Jan 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 6+ Tags: adventure, British history, Magic, medieval history, siblings, travel, witches
by Mary Norton
Harcourt Brace, 1943
(the two original books – The Magic Bed-Knob and Bonfires and Broomsticks – are now commonly combined into this one volume)
189 pp., 20 chapters
Age: 6+
Interests: magic, witches, medieval history, adventure, siblings, travel
Next: the Disney movie Bedknobs and Broomsticks has a totally different plot than the book
Also by this author: The Borrowers series
28 Dec 2011 4 Comments
in Books, books 5+ Tags: adventure, dragons, Fairy Tale, folktales, Magic, mermaids, Princess, Russia, witches
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1971
written by Joan Aiken
illustrated by Jan Pienkowski
Jonathan Cape, 1971
104 pp. – 11 stories
Age: 5 +
Interests: fairy tales, folktales, Eastern European folklore, magic, princesses, princes, mermaids
Also by this illustrator: Haunted House, Meg and Mog series
Also by this author: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase series
18 Dec 2011 2 Comments
in Books, books 6+ Tags: adventure, animals, birds, fairies, Magic, nature
by Laura Amy Schlitz
illustrated by Angela Barrett
Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2010
117 pp., 10 chapters
Age: 6 +
Interests: fairies, magic, birds, animals, nature, adventure
Also by this author: Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village (Newbery Medal Winner)
11 Dec 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 5+, Canadian books Tags: adventure, boats, pirates, trying to fit in
BLUE SPRUCE nominee – 2012
Small Saul
by Ashley Spires
Toronto: Kidscan Press, 2011
32 pp.
Age: 5+
Interests: pirates, adventure, travel, ships, ocean, being unique, trying to fit in
Also by this author: Binky the Space Cat
08 Nov 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 6+, Classics Tags: adventure, castle, Magic, mystery, romance, siblings, treasure
by E. Nesbit
originally published in 1907
New York: HarperCollins, 1992
288 pp, 12 chapters
Age: (read to) 6 + ; (read independently) 8 +
Interests: magic, castles, treasure, siblings, mystery, adventure
Also by this author: Five Children and It, The Railway Children, The Story of the Treasure Seekers, The Book of Dragons
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