[Still reading children's books. Why we have them around is covered in this review. Short version: children's reading program, public schools.] You may immediately recognize - if not the name Robert Lawson - then the style of illustration (images below). The really popular book of Lawson's (when k...
I think Ama really liked this book. The copy in her collection is from 1968. She and Grandpa gave it to my dad and aunts and uncle for Christmas, and Ama gave me the anniversary edition two Christmases ago. Definitely a classic tale.
Some books are just meant to be shared and read aloud. This is one of those books. The text just rolls off the tongue and *feels* right. I only know this because I've read so many books that just don't work as a read aloud - books that, while fun and engaging read alone, feel like a chore every t...
I don’t know why I am drawn to this book. Perhaps it is the red and white cover or perhaps it is the bull on the cover nevertheless this is the first time I have read this book and it is a book from the 1930’s. Amazing since I have kids that are in their 20’s and 30’s and I have never read this to ...
Ein entzückendes Kinderbuch über das Anderssein und gegen den Strom Schwimmen mit sehr schönen Zeichnungen über einen spanischen Stier, der nicht kämpfen will. :-)
5/13/13 ** I didn't find much not to like. I think that the book does leave some space for discussions about who is NOT represented (women, non-white men), but the copyright is 1953! The vocab is sophisticated, but nothing that I don't see in high fantasy or other historical fiction. After readin...
Playfully illustrated, humorously told, a wise tale for all of us. I remember one of my elementary teachers reading this book aloud in school more than 50 years ago -- that's how good it is. All young children should get to know Ferdinand.
This is a very nice little collection, with Helen Dean Fish's special attention given to songs not usually featured in the Mother Goose collections. Only a few of the shorter verses are included, and quite obscure. The longer items are most often complete, multi-verse songs. A good number of these h...
This is the story of the events preceding the American Revolution told through the eyes of Sherry, a British born horse who will end up working with Paul Revere on his famous midnight ride.The book is quite humorous at times, and since a horse is telling it, there are lots of other details about Bos...
A story about the little animals that live on the Hill. The House on the Hill hasn't had any people living on it and is falling apart. The animals find out that new people are coming and the book follows them as they wonder about the new owners and how they will treat the animals of the Hill. It was...
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