The Little Grey Men
by BB
illustrated by Denys Watkins-Pitchford
Age: 8+
Interests: gnomes, little people, boats, travel, adventure, animals, nature, birds, country life, seasons
The Little Grey Men
16 Apr 2014 1 Comment
in Books, books 8+, Classics Tags: adventure, animals, boats, country life, forest, gnomes, little people, nature, river, seasons, travel
Children of the Forest
18 Feb 2014 2 Comments
in Books, books 2+, Classics Tags: animals, fairies, family, forest, little people, nature, seasons, winter
Children of the Forest
by Elsa Beskow
Age: 2+
Interests: little people, nature, forest, animals, fairies, family, seasons, Sweden
Starbuck Valley Winter
04 Apr 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 10+, Canadian books Tags: animals, Canada, forest, hunting, independence, nature, wilderness survival, winter
CANADIAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION BOOK OF THE YEAR – 1947
Starbuck Valley Winter
by Roderick Haig-Brown
Age: 10 +
Interests: hunting, wilderness survival, winter survival, animals, canoeing, Canada, British Columbia
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
The Birdwatchers
24 Oct 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 4+ Tags: birds, forest, grandparents, nature, science
by Simon James
Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2002
24 pp.
Age: 4 +
Interests: birds, nature, grandparents, science
Peter in Blueberry Land
11 Aug 2011 2 Comments
in Books, books 2+, Classics Tags: elves, forest, insects, Magic
by Elsa Beskow
first published in Swedish in 1901
English translation by Alison Sage, 1982
Edinburgh: Floris Books, 2001
32 pp.
Age: 2 +
Interests: magic, forest, little people
Also by this author: Tale of the Little Old Woman, Children of the Forest, Aunt Green Aunt Brown and Aunt Lavender More
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