Talking about children's books and films. Useful information for parents.
10 Jan 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 6+, books 9+ Tags: adventure, birds, boats, camping, country life, island, maps, nature, siblings, strong girls, wilderness survival
by Arthur Ransome
London: Jonathan Cape, 1930
363 pp.
CARNEGIE MEDAL WINNER – 1936
by Arthur Ransome
London: Jonathan Cape, 1936
433 pp.
Age: (read to) 6+, (read independently) 9+
Interests: boats, sailing, camping, adventures, summer vacation, maps, exploring
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
18 May 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 3+ Tags: animals, grandparents, nature, ocean, whales
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1990
Dyan Sheldon, text
Gary Blythe, illustrations
Hutchinson Children’s Books, 1990
24 pp.
Age: 3 +
Interests: whales, ocean, grandparents, animals, nature
04 Apr 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 3+ Tags: animals, birds, First Nations, nature, poetry, single parent
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1984
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Errol Le Cain, illustrations
Faber and Faber, 1984
30 pp.
Age: 3
Interests: poetry, nature, First Nations, birds, animals
Also by this illustrator: The Cabbage Princess, Thorn Rose, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, The Snow Queen, The Enchanter’s Daughter, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, and many others
07 Feb 2012 2 Comments
in Books, books 4+ Tags: First Nations, folktales, horses, nature
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1979
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
by Paul Goble
Simon & Schuster, 1978
32 pp.
Age: 4+
Interests: horses, First Nations legends, folktales
Also by this author: Mystic Horse, The Great Race of the Birds and Animals, Star Boy, Death of the Iron Horse, Buffalo Woman, The Gift of the Sacred Dog, Song of Creation, and many others
18 Dec 2011 2 Comments
in Books, books 6+ Tags: adventure, animals, birds, fairies, Magic, nature
by Laura Amy Schlitz
illustrated by Angela Barrett
Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2010
117 pp., 10 chapters
Age: 6 +
Interests: fairies, magic, birds, animals, nature, adventure
Also by this author: Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village (Newbery Medal Winner)
18 Nov 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 5+, Canadian books Tags: animals, birds, environment, First Nations, nature
BLUE SPRUCE nominee 2012
by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas
Vancouver: Greystone Books, 2010
20 pp.
Age: 5 +
Interests: nature, animals and birds, environmentalism, First Nations art, Canadian books
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
02 Sep 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 4+ Tags: birds, nature, night, owls, winter
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1988
by Jane Yolen
illustrated by John Schoenherr
New York: Scholastic, 1987
30 pp.
Age: 4 +
Interests: birds, owls, nature, winter
31 Aug 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 2+ Tags: birds, nature, night, owls, single parent
by Martin Waddell
illustrations by Patrick Benson
Cambridge, MA: Candlewick, 1992
26 pp.
Ages: 2 +
Interests: birds, owls, nature, nighttime, single parent
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