Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon
by Dhan Gopal Mukerji
illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff
Age: 8+
Interests: birds, India, jungle, animals, war, religion, Buddhism More
Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon
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in Books, books 8+ Tags: animals, birds, Buddhism, India, jungle, nature, religion, war
A Story A Story
15 Jan 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 3+ Tags: Africa, animals, folktales, gods, jungle
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1971
an African Tale retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley
Atheneum, 1970
32 pp.
Age: 3+
Interests: folktales, Africa, animals, gods
Also by this author/illustrator: The Post Office Cat
Once a Mouse…
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
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears
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
Horton Hears a Who (2008)
26 Apr 2011 Leave a comment
in Movies Tags: animals, elephants, jungle
Rated: G
Length: 86 min.
Age: 6 and up Commonsense Media sez: 4 +
Scary Factor: One scene of Horton trying to cross a rickety swinging bridge above a chasm had my daughter (4) climbing the walls and whimpering. Also the vulture Vlad is rather creepy – he is made goofy through his dialogue, but this will be lost on younger viewers who will just find him threatening. Mob descending on Horton at end is rather intense, caging him and tossing the speck into boiling oil! Situation milked for optimum suspense.
Violence: treated as humour: Mayor gets stapler stuck in his head… twice; one animal character is drop-kicked; much fall-down slapstick stuff
Language: very harsh and sarcastic; a lot of name-calling: ‘moron’, ‘idiot’, and ‘boob’ (repeated many times, the ultimate insult levelled by the town council against the mayor: my daughter was still giggling about it days later)
Interests: elephants, jungle, Dr. Seuss
Next: Dr. Seuss books
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Jumanji
12 Apr 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 4+ Tags: adventure, animals, jungle, Magic, mystery, nature
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1982
Chris Van Allsburg, author and illustrator
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1981
28 pp.
ages 4 +
Interests: board games, jungle creatures, magic and mayhem
By the same author: The Polar Express, Zathura (another magical board game story)
My Father’s Dragon
14 Mar 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 4+ Tags: adventure, animals, boats, dragons, jungle, maps, nature, ocean, travel
Ruth Stiles Gannett, author
Ruth Chrisman Gannett, illustrator
New York: Random House, 1948
87 p
ages 4+ (chapter book)
Interests: jungle animals, maps, travel adventure, dragons
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