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The Amazing Bone (Reading Rainbow Book)
Amazon.com — Not for young children; bizarre story for no age I whole heartedly agreed with the reviewer who said "not for young children". I bought this story unpreviewed thinking it sounded interesting. Thank goodness I did preview it before I read it to ...More…
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Andy and the Lion (Picture Puffins)
Amazon.com — Get it just for the art! James Daugherty's drawings are absolutely wonderful! This book is a must just for this. My daughter and I (she is 6) go over each picture in detail and talk about them. Regarding the story, it's simple but imaginative. It ...More…
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In the Night Kitchen (Caldecott Collection)
Amazon.com — Amazon.com Review When asked, Maurice Sendak insisted that he was not a comics artist, but an illustrator. However, it's hard to not notice comics aspects in works like In the Night Kitchen. The child of the story is depicted floating from panel to ...More…
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The Rooster Crows : A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles
Amazon.com — A woodchuck worthy of drafting into the Yankees Nostalgia's a funny thing. It clogs the senses, rendering otherwise intelligent reasonable adults into a state of cloying admiration for children's books that have no redeeming characteristics. I ...More…
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The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher
Amazon.com — Gave me bad dreams I vividly remember looking at this book in the school library(back in 1987)and had several nights of bad dreams afterwards. It isn't necessarily scary for most people, but for a child who has not been exposed to sinister images it ...More…
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The Faithful Friend (Caldecott Honor Book)
Amazon.com — The Faithful Friend The Faithful Friend is a French tale base in the Caribbean on the island of Martinique. Two inseparable friends, Clement and Hippolyte, are on a journey to propose marriage. After a beautiful woman named Pauline accepts Clement's ...More…
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The Thanksgiving Story
Amazon.com — Finally! A THANKSgiving book.... I was just at a huge retail bookseller yesterday looking at Thanksgiving books that I could read to my homeschooled Kindergartener. There is a large selelction of bland books about thanksgiving. The wise child will say, ...More…
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The Song of the Swallows
Amazon.com — Sing sing a song, sing out loud, sing out strong Sweet as honey on the vine. I may be completely wrong in saying this, but I do believe this is the first Caldecott Award winning book to incorporate both English and Spanish phrases in its text. Taking a ...More…
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Starry Messenger (1997 Caldecott Honor Book)
Amazon.com — Amazon.com Review The story of Galileo is at once inspiring and troubling. The brilliant astronomer was a celebrated scientist who was showered with honors and patronage until his greatest discovery--that the earth circled the sun rather than the other ...More…
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The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night (Dell Picture Yearling)
Amazon.com — CLASSIC WORK - IN SO MANY WAYS. This is one of my all time favorites. The text consists of one version of an old folk song, general known as "The Fox." There are probably several dozen versions of this particular song, likely even more. I know ...More…
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Yonie Wondernose
Amazon.com — Childhood Favorite Winner of the Caldecott Award for children's book illustrations. Yonie Wondernose is a charming book that, along with Marguerite De Angeli's other classics, deserves to be in every elementary school and public library. Award ...More…