Wolf in the Snow
text and illustrations by Matthew Cordell
Ages: 3+
Interests: bravery, wilderness, survival, snow, wolves, animals
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in Books, books 3+, Uncategorized Tags: animals, bravery, nature, snow, storms, wilderness survival, winter, wolves
text and illustrations by Matthew Cordell
Ages: 3+
Interests: bravery, wilderness, survival, snow, wolves, animals
22 Oct 2013 3 Comments
in Books, books 11+ Tags: Alaska, animals, arctic, First Nations, Inuit, nature, strong girls, wilderness survival, wolves
by Jean Craighead George
Age: 11+
Interests: wilderness survival, nature, arctic, animals, wolves, Inuit, First Nations, strong girls More
11 Mar 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 4+ Tags: Christmas, fairy tale updated, letters, mailman, nursery rhymes, wolves
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1991
text by Allan Ahlberg
illustrations by Janet Ahlberg
Little, Brown and Company: 1991
32 pages
Age: 4+
Interests: mail, Christmas, nursery rhymes
Also by these author/illustrators: The Jolly Postman (or Other People’s Letters), The Jolly Pocket Postman, Each Peach Pear Plum, Burglar Bill
11 Jan 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 6+ Tags: crime, fairy tale updated, wolves
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
text by Jon Scieszka
illustrations by Lane Smith
New York: Viking Penguin, 1989
28 pp.
Age: 6+
Interests: twisted fairy tales, crime and punishment, wolves
Next: The Three Pigs by David Wiesner (another weird take on the story); The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon by Mini Grey (a modern rewrite of a nursery rhyme with lots of crime and violence)
Also by this author and illustrator: The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales; Squids Will Be Squids; Math Curse; Science Verse
02 May 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 5+ Tags: animals, rabbits, wolves
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 2005
Emily Gravett
London: MacMillan, 2005
32 pp
Ages: 5 +
Interests: animals, rabbits, wolves
13 Apr 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 4+ Tags: animals, China, Fairy Tale, family, folktales, strong girls, wolves
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1990
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China
Ed Young, author and illustrator
New York: Philomel, 1989
28 pp
Ages: 4 +
Interests: fairy tales, folktales