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04 Apr 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 3+ Tags: animals, birds, First Nations, nature, poetry, single parent
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1984
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Errol Le Cain, illustrations
Faber and Faber, 1984
30 pp.
Age: 3
Interests: poetry, nature, First Nations, birds, animals
Also by this illustrator: The Cabbage Princess, Thorn Rose, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, The Snow Queen, The Enchanter’s Daughter, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, and many others
21 Mar 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 5+ Tags: animals, birds, maps, nonsense, poetry, travel, word play
Jack Prelutsky, poems
Peter Sis, illustrator
HarperCollins, 2002
40 pp.
Age: 5 +
Interests: poetry, animals, birds, word play, nonsense, maps, travel
Next: Edward Lear’s The Quangle Wangle’s Hat and others
Also by this poet/illustrator team: The Dragons Are Singing Tonight, Monday’s Troll, The Gargoyle on the Roof
Also by this poet: The New Kid on the Block and many others
03 Mar 2012 3 Comments
in Books, books 6+ Tags: animals, automobiles, balloons, birds, horses, mystery, pets, pigs, trains
by David Macaulay
Houghton Mifflin, 1995
64 pp.
Age: 6+
Interests: mystery, trains, animals, birds, pigs, horses, balloons, cars, boats
Also by this author: Black and White, Cathedral: The Story of its Construction, The Way Things Work
19 Feb 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 3+ Tags: animals, friendship, illness, zoo
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 2011
Philip C. Stead, text
Erin E. Stead, illustrations
Roaring Brook Press, 2010
32 pp.
Age: 3+
Interests: animals, zoo, zookeepers, being sick, friends
Also by this illustrator: And Then It’s Spring
18 Feb 2012 1 Comment
in Books, books 2+ Tags: Africa, animals, fables, lion, mice, wordless books
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 2010
by Jerry Pinkney
Little, Brown and Company, 2009
34 pp.
Age: 2+
Interests: mice, lions, animals, Africa, fables, wordless books
Also by this author: Little Red Hen, John Henry, Aesop’s Fables, Noah’s Ark
Next: a full collection of Aesop’s Fables
11 Feb 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 6+ Tags: animals, fables
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1981
by Arnold Lobel
Scholastic, 1980
42 pp.
Age: 6+
Self-reading age: 8+
Interests: folktales/fables, animals
Also by this author: Frog and Toad books, Grasshopper on the Road, Mouse Tales, Owl at Home
Next: Aesop’s Fables
27 Jan 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 5+ Tags: animals, Bible, boats, god, religion, wordless books
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1978
by Peter Spier
Doubleday, 1977
46 pp.
Age: 5+
Interests: bible stories, animals, boats, wordless books, religion, God
Also by this author/illustrator: People, Circus, The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night, London Bridge is Falling Down, Christmas!
15 Jan 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 3+ Tags: Africa, animals, folktales, gods, jungle
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1971
an African Tale retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley
Atheneum, 1970
32 pp.
Age: 3+
Interests: folktales, Africa, animals, gods
Also by this author/illustrator: The Post Office Cat
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
01 Jan 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 2+ Tags: animals, castle, manners, royalty, tea parties
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1965
written by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
illustrated by Beni Montresor
Simon & Schuster, 1964
42 pp.
Age: 2+
Interests: animals, royalty, castles, zoo, manners, invitations
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