The Radium Woman
by Eleanor Doorly
illustrated by Robert Gibbings
Age: 10
Interests: science, scientists, biography, history, strong girls, Paris, Poland
The Radium Woman
20 Jan 2014 2 Comments
in Books, books 10+ Tags: biography, history, Paris, Poland, science, scientists, strong girls
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
25 Nov 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 8+ Tags: clocks, history, inventions, magician, mystery, orphans, Paris, robots, silent movies
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 2008
by Brian Selznick
New York: Scholastic Press, 2007
533 pp.
Ages: 8 +
Interests: mystery, Paris,history, clocks, magicians, automata (robots), silent movie history, stories about orphans, inventors
Also by this author: Wonderstruck, The Houdini Box, The Robot King, Boy of a Thousand Faces
Next: silent movies by Georges Méliès; official website of the book; movie adaptation Hugo (2011)
Mirette on the High Wire
22 Aug 2011 1 Comment
in Books, books 4+ Tags: circus, Paris, strong girls
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1993
by Emily Arnold McCully
New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1992
Age: 4+
Interests: Paris, circus performers, tightrope walkers, plucky heroines
Next: sequels Starring Mirette and Bellini, and Mirette and Bellini Cross Niagara Falls
Madeline’s Rescue
06 Jun 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 2+ Tags: cities, dogs, Paris, poetry, strong girls
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1954
by Ludwig Bemelmans
New York: Viking Press, 1953
50 pp.
Age: 2+
Interests: Paris, poetry, dogs, boarding schools
Also by this author: Madeline, Madeline and the Bad Hat, Madeline and the Gypsies
Rarest Kind of Best 