A Monster Calls
text by Patrick Ness, from an original idea by Siobhan Dowd
illustrated by Jim Kay
Age: 12+
Interests: illness, death, grieving, monsters, nightmares
Bambi (1942)
28 Aug 2012 2 Comments
in Movies, movies 5+ Tags: animals, death, deer, environment, forest, nature, seasons, weather, winter
Released: 1942
Rated: G
Length: 70 min.
Age: 5+ (commonsense media says 5+ too)
Scary Factor/Violence: one antler-slamming battle between Bambi and another stag; terror-stricken animals flee a large forest fire; a scary fight with vicious hunting dogs; gunshots are heard but deaths occur offscreen
Intense Scenes: death of Bambi’s mother (see full review for description)
Interests: animals, forest, nature, seasons, deer
Next: book Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson
Sarah, Plain and Tall
23 Sep 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 5+ Tags: country life, death, pioneer life, prairies, single parent, stepmothers
NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER – 1986
by Patricia MacLachlan
New York: HarperCollins, 1985
58 pp., 9 chapters
Ages: 5 +
Interests: history, farm life, prairies, stepmothers
Next: the sequel Skylark
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