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04 Mar 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 7+ Tags: animals, castle, cats, country life, dogs, England, family history, Magic, morality, mystery, Princess, religion, romance, strong girls
WINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL – 1946
by Elizabeth Goudge
University of London Press: 1946
238 pages – 12 chapters
Age: 7 (read to); 9 (independent reading)
Interests: magic, mystery, animals, castles, princesses, England, aristocracy, religion, family history, romance
NB: This book was adapted into a 1994 BBC series entitled Moonacre and a 2009 movie The Secret of Moonacre.
Next: The Secret Garden or A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Also by this author: Island Magic
24 Jan 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 6+, Classics Tags: bad behavior, fairies, Magic, nature, religion
by Charles Kingsley
originally published in 1863
144 pp.
Age: 6+ (read to)
Interests: fairies, magic, animals, nature, religion, bad behaviour
Next: other Victorian fairy stories – The Magic Fishbone (Dickens), The Princess and the Goblin, The Cuckoo Clock, Alice in Wonderland
07 Feb 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 7+ Tags: folktales, giants, history, horror, Jewish folklore, Magic, monsters, religion, violence, war
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1997
by David Wisniewski
Clarion Books, 1996
30 pp.
Age: 7+
Interests: history, religion, Jewish folklore, giants, magic, horror
Next: there is a famous silent movie about this legend, The Golem (1920) by Paul Wegener
27 Jan 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 5+ Tags: animals, Bible, boats, god, religion, wordless books
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1978
by Peter Spier
Doubleday, 1977
46 pp.
Age: 5+
Interests: bible stories, animals, boats, wordless books, religion, God
Also by this author/illustrator: People, Circus, The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night, London Bridge is Falling Down, Christmas!
21 Dec 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 8+ Tags: bad behavior, Christmas, church, religion, theatre
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
by Barbara Robinson
HarperCollins, 1972
80 pp., 7 chapters
Ages: 8 +
Interests: Christmas, Christmas pageant, putting on a play, religion, church
Also by this author: sequels featuring the Herdmans – The Best School Year Ever, The Best Hallowe’en Ever
09 Dec 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 4+ Tags: Christmas, helping others, history, music, religion, saints
Good King Wenceslas
traditional carol lyrics by John Mason Neale
illustrated by John Wallner
New York: Philomel Books, 1990
30 pp.
Age: 4+
Interests: Christmas, Christmas carols, music, history, saints, stories of charity
09 Nov 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 4+ Tags: Christmas, folktales, religion, Russia, winter
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1961
text by Ruth Robbins
illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov
Berkeley, CA: Parnassus, 1960
Age: 4 +
Interests: Russia, folk tales, Christmas
17 May 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 3+ Tags: American history, birds, gardening, nature, religion, seasons, Spanish language
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1950
by Leo Politi
New York: Scribner, 1949
31 pp.
Age: 3 +
Interests: birds, migration, Spanish language, American history, seasons, gardens
Next: natural history books about birds, birdwatching
06 Apr 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books - infant+ Tags: bedtime, god, night, poetry, prayer, religion
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1945
Rachel Field, author
Elizabeth Orton Jones, illustrator
New York: Macmillan, 1944
26 pp
Age: infant +
Interests: prayer, God, bedtime, night
10 Mar 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 3+ Tags: animals, Bible, god, nature, religion
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1938
Dorothy P. Lathrop, illustrator
Helen Dean Fish, editor
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1937
66p
Age: 3+ (give or take… see notes below)
Interests: bible, animals, religion
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