The Crossover
by Kwame Alexander
Age: 9+
Interests: basketball, sports, brothers, twins, family, romance, sibling rivalry
The Crossover
08 Oct 2018 Leave a comment
in Books, books 9+ Tags: basketball, death, family, poetry, romance, siblings, sports, twins
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
17 Apr 2017 Leave a comment
in Books, books 8+, Uncategorized Tags: insects, nature, poetry, theatre
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
by Paul Fleischman
illustrated by Eric Beddows
Ages: 8 +
Interests: insects, poetry, performance, nature
Out of the Dust
19 Jan 2017 Leave a comment
in Books, Uncategorized Tags: American history, death, family, farming, Great Depression, grieving, history, music, poetry
Out of the Dust
by Karen Hesse
Age: 10 +
Interests: poetry, history, American history, the Great Depression, farming, death and grief, music
Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
06 Feb 2014 Leave a comment
in Books, books 7+, books 9+ Tags: family, graphic novels, poetry, separation, squirrels, strong girls, superheroes
Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
by Kate DiCamillo
illustrated by K. G. Campbell
Age: 7+ (read aloud), 9+ (independent reading)
Interests: squirrels, superheroes, comic books, family, divorce, poetry
A Visit to William Blake’s Inn
11 Dec 2013 2 Comments
in Books, books 4+ Tags: animals, Magic, poetry
A VISIT TO WILLIAM BLAKE’S INN: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers
by Nancy Willard
illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen
Age: 4+
Interests: poetry, magic, animals
The Dragons Are Singing Tonight
23 Oct 2013 1 Comment
in Books, books 6+ Tags: dragons, poetry
THE DRAGONS ARE SINGING TONIGHT
Jack Prelutsky
illustrated by Peter Sis
Age: 6+
Interests: dragons, poetry, humour
Hiawatha’s Childhood
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
Scranimals
21 Mar 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 5+ Tags: animals, birds, maps, nonsense, poetry, travel, word play
Jack Prelutsky, poems
Peter Sis, illustrator
HarperCollins, 2002
40 pp.
Age: 5 +
Interests: poetry, animals, birds, word play, nonsense, maps, travel
Next: Edward Lear’s The Quangle Wangle’s Hat and others
Also by this poet/illustrator team: The Dragons Are Singing Tonight, Monday’s Troll, The Gargoyle on the Roof
Also by this poet: The New Kid on the Block and many others
The Highwayman
13 Mar 2012 7 Comments
in Books, books 10+ Tags: British history, crime, ghosts, horror, poetry, romance, violence
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1981
Alfred Noyes, text
Charles Keeping, illustrations
Oxford, 1981
32 pp.
Age: 10 +
(Reading Level: 9 +)
Interests: poetry, romance, history, horror, ghost story
Also by this illustrator: Charley, Charlotte and the Golden Canary, The God Beneath the Sea, Beowulf, The Lady of Shalott, Through the Window, Charles Keeping’s Classic Tales of the Macabre
Shadow
05 Feb 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 7+ Tags: Africa, poetry
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1983
Blaise Cendrars, original text
Marcia Brown, translation and illustrations
Scribner’s, 1982
36 pp.
Age: 7+
Interests: poetry, Africa
Also by this illustrator: Once a Mouse…, Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper , Stone Soup, Dick Whittington and His Cat, Puss in Boots, The Steadfast Tin Soldier
Rarest Kind of Best 