by David Macaulay
Houghton Mifflin, 1995
64 pp.
Age: 6+
Interests: mystery, trains, animals, birds, pigs, horses, balloons, cars, boats
Also by this author: Black and White, Cathedral: The Story of its Construction, The Way Things Work
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03 Mar 2012 3 Comments
in Books, books 6+ Tags: animals, automobiles, balloons, birds, horses, mystery, pets, pigs, trains
A Ball for Daisy
23 Feb 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books - infant+ Tags: dogs, pets, wordless books
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 2012
by Chris Raschka
Schwartz & Wade Books, 2011
32 pp.
Age: infant+
Interests: dogs, pets, wordless books
Also by this illustrator: The Hello, Goodbye Window
Sam, Bangs & Moonshine
11 Jan 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 5+ Tags: cats, gerbils, lying, ocean, pets, single parent, storms
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1967
by Evaline Ness
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966
36 pp.
Age: 5+
Interests: cats, imagination, tall tales, storms, ocean, storms, pets, single parent
Other books illustrated by Evaline Ness: All in the Morning Early, A Pocketful of Cricket, Tom Tit Tot
Stanley’s Little Sister
26 Nov 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 3+, Canadian books Tags: cats, dogs, friendship, pets
BLUE SPRUCE nominee 2012
written by Linda Bailey
illustrated by Bill Slavin
Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2010
30 pp.
Ages: 3 +
Interests: dogs, cats, pets
Millions of Cats
26 Jul 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 3+, Classics Tags: animals, cats, pets
by Wanda Gág
New York: Coward-McCann, 1928
30 pp.
Age: 3+
Interests: folktales, cats
Mr. Popper’s Penguins
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in Books, books 4+ Tags: animals, nature, penguins, pets, theatre
A NEWBERY HONOR BOOK
Richard & Florence Atwater, authors
Robert Lawson, illustrator
Boston : Little, Brown and Co., 1938
138 pp
ages 4 and up (chapter book to read aloud)
Interests: penguins, antarctic
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
07 Mar 2011 Leave a comment
in Movies, movies 4+ Tags: animals, dogs, London, pets
Rated: G
Length: 79 min.
Age: 4 and up Commonsense Media sez: 5+
Scary factor: Cruella is really creepy.
Violence: buffoonish and not intense, nobody is seriously hurt
Intense scenes: anticipatory suspense, mostly; but some reckless driving and a car crash at the end
Language: Cruella frequently calls Horace and Jasper “Idiots!”
Sexual Innuendo: Just a comment from Roger re. the birth of fifteen puppies, he says to Pongo “You old rascal!” Sentiment is repeated at the end with the appearance of 84 extra puppies.
Also: there’s smoking (both Roger and Cruella) and the thugs take swigs from a wine bottle.
Interests: dogs, puppies, animals, pets
Next: read the book The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith; MOVIES: Lady and the Tramp, The Aristocats (similar story, but with cats, and no Cruella!)
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