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26 Dec 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 4+ Tags: animals, art, folktales, India, jungle, mice, philosophy
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1962
subtitle: A Fable Cut in Wood
by Marcia Brown
Simon & Schuster, 1961
30 pp.
Age: 4 +
Interests: mice, animals, folktales, India, magic, art, philosophy
Also by this author: Stone Soup, Cinderella or the Little Glass Slipper
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)
15 Dec 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 3+ Tags: animals, folktales, insects, music, songs
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1956
retold by John Langstaff
illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1955
30 pp.
Ages: 3+
Interests: folktales, folk songs, insects, animals
10 Dec 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 3+, Canadian books Tags: animals, digging, scientists, single parent
BLUE SPRUCE nominee – 2012
Roslyn Rutabaga and the Biggest Hole on Earth
by Marie-Louise Gay
Toronto: House of Anansi/Groundwood Books, 2010
28 pp.
Age: 3+
Interests: digging, scientific inquiry, nature, animals
Also by this author: Rainy Day Magic, Stella: Queen of the Snow
20 Nov 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 4+, Canadian books Tags: animals, birds, friendship
BLUE SPRUCE nominee 2012
by Rebecca Bender
Toronto: Cormorant Books, 2010
30 pp.
Age: 4 +
Interests: animals, birds, friendship, disagreements with friends
18 Nov 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 5+, Canadian books Tags: animals, birds, environment, First Nations, nature
BLUE SPRUCE nominee 2012
by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas
Vancouver: Greystone Books, 2010
20 pp.
Age: 5 +
Interests: nature, animals and birds, environmentalism, First Nations art, Canadian books
26 Sep 2011 1 Comment
in Movies, movies 5+ Tags: animals, automobiles, ghosts, Hallowe'en
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Released: 1949
Rated: G
Length: 68 min.
Age: 5 +
Scary Factor: lots of shooting guns; battle for Toad Hall extremely violent, flying knives and axes; much slapstick humour
Bad Behaviour: weasels depicted as dead drunk in Toad Hall sequence
Dangerous Behaviour: at one point Toad is blissfully inhaling car exhaust (!?!), to show how much he loves automobiles
Interests: animal stories, automobiles, ghosts, ghost stories
Next: read the originals- The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham, and the short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving More
07 Aug 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 3+ Tags: animals, bedtime, night, snow, winter
by Nick Butterworth
London: Collins, 1989
24 pp.
Age: 3+
Interests: animals, winter, bedtime
27 Jul 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 4+ Tags: Africa, animals, folktales, insects, jungle
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1976
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears
by Verna Aardema
illustrations by Leo and Diane Dillon
New York: Dial Books, 1975
28 pp.
Age: 4+
Interests: jungle animals, African folktales, mosquitoes
Also by this author: Who’s in Rabbit’s House?, Oh Kojo! How could you!
Also by these illustrators: Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions
26 Jul 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 3+, Classics Tags: animals, cats, pets
by Wanda Gág
New York: Coward-McCann, 1928
30 pp.
Age: 3+
Interests: folktales, cats
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