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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
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!
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)
28 Nov 2011 2 Comments
in Books, books 5+, Classics Tags: birds, butterflies, fairies, Magic, manners
by Mrs. Molesworth
first published in 1877
edition I read: London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1967, with illustrations by E.H. Shepard
165 pp.
Age: 5 +
Interests: magic, birds, manners, fantasy, butterflies
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
24 Oct 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 4+ Tags: birds, forest, grandparents, nature, science
by Simon James
Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2002
24 pp.
Age: 4 +
Interests: birds, nature, grandparents, science
02 Sep 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 4+ Tags: birds, nature, night, owls, winter
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1988
by Jane Yolen
illustrated by John Schoenherr
New York: Scholastic, 1987
30 pp.
Age: 4 +
Interests: birds, owls, nature, winter
31 Aug 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 2+ Tags: birds, nature, night, owls, single parent
by Martin Waddell
illustrations by Patrick Benson
Cambridge, MA: Candlewick, 1992
26 pp.
Ages: 2 +
Interests: birds, owls, nature, nighttime, single parent
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