The Wool-Pack
written and illustrated by Cynthia Harnett
Age: 9+
Interests: history, British history, medieval history, business, farming, mystery, travel More
The Wool-Pack
08 Apr 2014 Leave a comment
in Books, books 9+ Tags: British history, country life, economics, farming, history, medieval history, mystery, travel
The Wheel on the School
30 Sep 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 8+ Tags: adventure, birds, cooperation, country life, helping others, Holland, ocean, small town life, storms, teachers
The Wheel on the School
by Meindert DeJong
Age: 8+
Interests: birds, ocean, Holland, cooperation, helping others, adventure, small towns, country life
A Land Divided
17 Sep 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 10+, Canadian books Tags: action, adventure, boats, Canada, Canadian history, country life, history, travel, war
GOVERNOR GENERAL’S AWARD WINNER – 1951
by John F. Hayes
illustrated by Fred J. Finley
Age: 10+ (independent reading)
Interests: Canadian history, war, adventure
Farmer Boy
21 Mar 2013 1 Comment
in Books, books 6+ Tags: American history, animals, country life, farm, farming, pioneer life, seasons
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Harper & Row: 1933
372 pp. – 29 chapters
Age: 6 + (read to); 7+ (independent reading)
Interests: pioneer life, farming, horses, country life, American history
Also by this author: Little House in the Big Woods, Little House on the Prairie, On the Banks of Plum Creek, By the Shores of Silver Lake
Next: Caddie Woodlawn, Sarah Plain and Tall; and picture books – Abraham Lincoln, Ox-Cart Man
The Little White Horse
04 Mar 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 7+ Tags: animals, castle, cats, country life, dogs, England, family history, Magic, morality, mystery, Princess, religion, romance, strong girls
WINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL – 1946
by Elizabeth Goudge
University of London Press: 1946
238 pages – 12 chapters
Age: 7 (read to); 9 (independent reading)
Interests: magic, mystery, animals, castles, princesses, England, aristocracy, religion, family history, romance
NB: This book was adapted into a 1994 BBC series entitled Moonacre and a 2009 movie The Secret of Moonacre.
Next: The Secret Garden or A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Also by this author: Island Magic
Caddie Woodlawn
06 Feb 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 6+, books 8+ Tags: adventure, American history, country life, family, farming, First Nations, history, pioneer life, racial tension, siblings, strong girls
NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER – 1936
by Carol Ryrie Brink
MacMillan: 1935
275 pages, 24 chapters
Age: 6+ (read to); 8+ (independent reading)
Interests: history, American history, farm life, pioneers, siblings, growing up
Also by this author: sequel Magical Melons (aka Caddie Woodlawn’s Family)
Next: picture books – They Were Strong and Good, Abraham Lincoln, Ox-Cart Man; chapter books – Sarah Plain and Tall, Little House on the Prairie series, Anne of Green Gables
Swallows and Amazons, Pigeon Post
10 Jan 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 6+, books 9+ Tags: adventure, birds, boats, camping, country life, island, maps, nature, siblings, strong girls, wilderness survival
by Arthur Ransome
London: Jonathan Cape, 1930
363 pp.
CARNEGIE MEDAL WINNER – 1936
by Arthur Ransome
London: Jonathan Cape, 1936
433 pp.
Age: (read to) 6+, (read independently) 9+
Interests: boats, sailing, camping, adventures, summer vacation, maps, exploring
War Boy: A Country Childhood
22 May 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 9+ Tags: airplanes, autobiography, biography, British history, country life, England, history, nonfiction, war
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1989
by Michael Foreman
Pavilion Books, 1989
92 pp.
Age: 9+
Interests: history, war, World War II, autobiography, England, airplanes
Next (also by Foreman): War Games: Village Green to No Man’s Land, After the War Was Over
Related Movies: Hope and Glory
Ox-Cart Man
04 Feb 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 4+ Tags: American history, country life, farming, history, seasons
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1980
Donald Hall, text
Barbara Cooney, illustrations
Viking Press, 1979
38 pp.
Age: 4+
Interests: history, farming, country life, self-sufficiency, seasons, American history, New England, folk art
Also by this illustrator: Miss Rumphius
Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions
26 Jan 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 6+ Tags: Africa, alphabet, country life, family, folktales, geography, nonfiction
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1977
Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions
Margaret Musgrove, text
Leo and Diane Dillon, illustrations
Dial Books, 1976 (now available: Picture Puffin Books)
28 pp.
Age: 6+
Interests: Africa, folklore, traditions, rituals, family life, alphabet books, geography
Also by these illustrators: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears; The People Could Fly – The Picture Book; Who’s in Rabbit’s House: A Masai Tale; Pish, Posh Said Hieronymus Bosch
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