Rabbit Hill
written and illustrated by Robert Lawson
Age: (read to) 5+, (independent reading) 7+
Interests: animals, rabbits, farms, country life, community
Rabbit Hill
17 Oct 2017 4 Comments
in Books, books 5+, books 7+, Classics, Uncategorized Tags: animals, community, country life, farm, nature, rabbits
A Gathering of Days
26 May 2014 Leave a comment
in Books, books 8+ Tags: American history, country life, dealing with change, death, family, farm, history, morality, single parent
A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl’s Journal, 1830-32
by Joan W. Blos
Age: 8+
Interests: history, American history, single parent families, farm life, country life, ethical questions, death
A Grass Rope
23 Aug 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 7+, books 9+ Tags: dogs, England, farm, history, Magic, mystery
A Grass Rope
by William Mayne
illustrated by Lynton Lamb
Age: (read to) 7+ (independent reading) 9+
Interests: mystery, magic, unicorn, fairies, farm life, England, dogs, history
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
Chanticleer and the Fox
27 Jun 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 3+ Tags: animals, country life, farm, folktales, fox, history, rooster
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1959
by Barbara Cooney (adapted and illustrated by)
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1958
32 pp.
Age: 3+
Interests: folktales, farm animals, roosters
Also by this illustrator: Miss Rumphius
Finders Keepers
16 Jun 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 2+ Tags: animals, country life, dogs, farm
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1952
by Will (William Lipkind)
illustrated by Nicolas (Nicolas Mordvinoff)
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1951
30 pp.
Age: 2 +
Interests: dogs, farms
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