Posted in Children & Lit on January 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Eastman, P.D. 1960. Are You My Mother? New York: Random House.
A baby bird breaks through his egg to find himself alone in his nest; he sets off to find his mother and discovers a bit of the world in the meantime.
Eastman presents a story perfectly suited to beginning readers; marked by short sentences and plenty [...]
Posted in Children & Lit on January 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Potter, Beatrix. 1902/1987. The Tale of Peter Rabbit. London: Frederick Warne.
A mischievous bunny defies his mother’s orders, stealing into Mr. McGregor’s garden to nibble on lettuce and beans. When he gets caught and can’t find his way out, he discovers that he doesn’t want to share his father’s fate – the main ingredient in a [...]
Posted in Children & Lit on January 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Rurrs, Margriet. 2005. My Librarian Is a Camel: How Books Are Brought to Children Around the World. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press.
Rurrs takes a look at thirteen countries, focusing on the various ways that the people of each ensure that their children receive books in the absence of a brick and mortar library.
In actuality, [...]
Posted in Children & Lit on January 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Knudsen, Michelle. 2006. Library Lion. Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press.
After wandering into a public library, a lion becomes a beloved and helpful patron. Trying as best he can to follow the rules, the lion learns that there are times when rules are best broken.
While children might thrill to find a lion in [...]
Posted in Children & Lit on January 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Selznick, Brian. 2007. The Invention of Hugo Cabret. New York: Scholastic Press.
With a talent for bringing mechanical objects to life, Hugo Cabret lives in a Parisian train station, stealing food when he must as he works to bring an automaton, the last connection he has to his father, back to working order.
The beauty of Selznick’s [...]
