Talking about children's books and films. Useful information for parents.
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
10 Apr 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 8+ Tags: difference, England, knights, Magic, medieval history
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1985
Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady
Selina Hastings, text
Juan Wijngaard, illustrations
Walker Books, 1985
24 pp.
Age: 8+
Interests: knights, King Arthur, medieval history, magic
Next: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by same author/illustrator
Also: Saint George and the Dragon, The Kitchen Knight: a Tale of King Arthur, and Merlin and the Making of the King, all by Margaret Hodges and Trina Schart Hyman
16 Jan 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 4+ Tags: country life, devil, England, Fairy Tale, folktales, Magic
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1974
text by Harve Zemach
illustrated by Margot Zemach
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973
36 pp.
Age: 4+
Interests: folktales, Great Britain, country life, magic, fairy tales
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