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05 Jan 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 10+ Tags: British history, folktales, history, medieval history, poetry, Robin Hood
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1959
compiled by Ruth Manning-Sanders
illustrated by William Stobbs
London: Oxford University Press, 1959
245 pp.
Age: 10+ ?
Interests: medieval history, British history, poetry, legends, folklore, Robin Hood
Also by this illustrator: Kashtanka
28 Dec 2011 4 Comments
in Books, books 5+ Tags: adventure, dragons, Fairy Tale, folktales, Magic, mermaids, Princess, Russia, witches
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1971
written by Joan Aiken
illustrated by Jan Pienkowski
Jonathan Cape, 1971
104 pp. – 11 stories
Age: 5 +
Interests: fairy tales, folktales, Eastern European folklore, magic, princesses, princes, mermaids
Also by this illustrator: Haunted House, Meg and Mog series
Also by this author: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase series
26 Dec 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 4+ Tags: animals, art, folktales, India, jungle, mice, philosophy
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1962
subtitle: A Fable Cut in Wood
by Marcia Brown
Simon & Schuster, 1961
30 pp.
Age: 4 +
Interests: mice, animals, folktales, India, magic, art, philosophy
Also by this author: Stone Soup, Cinderella or the Little Glass Slipper
15 Dec 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 3+ Tags: animals, folktales, insects, music, songs
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1956
retold by John Langstaff
illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1955
30 pp.
Ages: 3+
Interests: folktales, folk songs, insects, animals
09 Nov 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 4+ Tags: Christmas, folktales, religion, Russia, winter
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1961
text by Ruth Robbins
illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov
Berkeley, CA: Parnassus, 1960
Age: 4 +
Interests: Russia, folk tales, Christmas
04 Sep 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 4+ Tags: China, difference, dragons, Fairy Tale, folktales, giants, loneliness, Magic
by Laurence Yep
illustrated by Jean and Mou-Sien Tseng
New York: Scholastic Inc., 1995
29 pp
Ages: 4 +
Interests: China, dragons, folktales, fairy tales, magic, giants, difference, loneliness
Also by this author: The Dragon Prince
19 Aug 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 3+ Tags: Armenia, folktales, fox
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1972
by Nonny Hogrogian
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1971
28 pp.
Age: 3 +
Interests: folktales, animals, foxes, Armenian folktales
27 Jul 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 4+ Tags: Africa, animals, folktales, insects, jungle
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1976
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears
by Verna Aardema
illustrations by Leo and Diane Dillon
New York: Dial Books, 1975
28 pp.
Age: 4+
Interests: jungle animals, African folktales, mosquitoes
Also by this author: Who’s in Rabbit’s House?, Oh Kojo! How could you!
Also by these illustrators: Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions
21 Jul 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 4+ Tags: Celtic, folktales, Magic, mermaids, ocean, seals, selkies
retold by Susan Cooper
illustrated by Warwick Hutton
New York: Macmillan, 1986
30 pp.
Age: 4+
Interests: ocean, magic, Celtic, selkies, folklore, mermaids
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21 Jul 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 5+ Tags: First Nations, folktales, frogs, Princess, strong girls, Tlingit
The Frog Princess: A Tlingit Legend from Alaska
retold by Eric A. Kimmel
illustrated by Rosanne Litzinger
New York: Holiday House, 2006
28 pp
Age: 5+
Interests: princess, folklore, frogs, Tlingit, First Nations
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