The Twelve and the Genii
by Pauline Clarke
(published in the U.S. under the title: The Return of the Twelves)
Age: 8+
Interests: fantasy, toys come to life, little people, history, siblings, family
The Twelve and the Genii
16 Aug 2017 Leave a comment
in Books, books 8+, Uncategorized Tags: family, fantasy, history, little people, play, siblings, toys
Hitty, Her First Hundred Years
10 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
in Books, books 8+, Uncategorized Tags: American history, boats, dolls, history, toys, travel
Hitty, Her First Hundred Years
by Rachel Field
Age: 8+
Interests: dolls, toys, history, American history More
Miss Hickory
11 Mar 2015 7 Comments
in Books, books 8+ Tags: animals, birds, Christmas, dolls, nature, religion, seasons, toys
Miss Hickory
by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
illustrated by Ruth Gannett
Age: 8+
Interests: toys, dolls, nature, animals, birds, seasons, Christmas, religion
Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse
17 Jan 2013 3 Comments
in Books, books 4+, books 7+, Classics Tags: adventure, boats, circus, horses, ocean, pirates, royalty, toys, travel
Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse
by Ursula Moray Williams
originally published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., London, 1938
253 pp. – 19 chapters
Age: (read to) 4+ ; (independent reading) 7+
Interests: horses, toys come to life, travel, adventures, pirates, circus
by the same author: Gobbolino the Witch’s Cat, The Further Adventures of Gobbolino and the Little Wooden Horse
The Baby Who Wouldn’t Go to Bed
02 Sep 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 2+ Tags: bad behavior, bedtime, night, toys
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1996
The Baby Who Wouldn’t Go to Bed
(aka The Boy Who Wouldn’t Go to Bed)
by Helen Cooper
London: Doubleday, 1996
30 pp.
Age: 2+
Interests: bedtime stories, night
Also by this author: Pumpkin Soup, The Bear Under the Stairs
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
21 Jun 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 4+ Tags: adventure, hotels, mice, motorcycles, toys
by Beverly Cleary
New York: Harper, 1965
158 pp.
Age: 4 +
Sequels: Runaway Ralph, Ralph S. Mouse
Also by this author: Ramona the Pest, Ramona and Her Father, Dear Mr. Henshaw
Clown
17 May 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 3+ Tags: cities, clowns, toys
by Quentin Blake
London: Jonathan Cape, 1995
29 pp.
Age: 3 +
Interests: toys, clowns, city
Also by this author: All Join In, Mister Magnolia
Dogger
21 Apr 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 2+ Tags: family, siblings, toys
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1977
Shirley Hughes, author and illustrator
London: Random House, 1977
30 pp
Ages: 2+
Interests: toys, family, siblings
My Friend Rabbit
14 Apr 2011 1 Comment
in Books, books 3+ Tags: animals, toys
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 2003
Eric Rohmann, author and illustrator
USA: Roaring Brook Press/Millbrook Press, 2002
30 pp
ages 3 +
Interests: animal stories, friendship stories
Pinocchio (1940)
04 Mar 2011 Leave a comment
in Movies, movies 5+ Tags: adventure, fairies, Fairy Tale, insects, Magic, ocean, puppets, single parent, theatre, toys, whales
Rated: G
Length: 88 min.
Age: 5 and up Commonsense Media sez: 6 +
Scary Factor: Stromboli character waving an axe and threatening; young Lampwick’s terror as he turns into a donkey; Coachman herding the donkey-boys with a whip; enormous whale Monstro chasing them at the end
Also: scenes with alcohol and smoking are too numerous to mention; some leering and mild sexual innuendo from lady’s man Jiminy; character playing with fire; wanton destruction
Intense: some children may have trouble with Pinocchio’s ‘death’ near the end, but keep them watching because he isn’t dead for long!
Language: “Give a bad boy enough rope and he’ll soon make a jackass of himself!”
Interests: fairy tales, fairies, magic, puppets, insects, ocean, whales
Next: Dumbo (also astonishingly not-politically-correct)
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