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Grace Enriquez, June 19, 2011 | Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Books
Press Here Written and illustrated by Hervé Tullet Translated by Christopher Franceschelli Published by Chronicle Books, 2011 ISBN # 978-0-8118-7954-5 All grades Book Review In an educational climate that emphasizes content standards and testing, Hervé Tullet offers a refreshing and brilliant reminder of what reading can do – arguably what is supposed to do – for kids. […]
Erika Thulin Dawes, May 2, 2011 | Biography & Memoirs, Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Books
Me… Jane Written and Illustrated by Patrick McDonnell Published in 2011 by Little, Brown and Co., ISBN 978-0-316-04546-9 All Ages. The Watcher: Jane Goodall’s Life with the Chimps. Written and Illustrated by Jeanette Winter Published in 2011 by Schwartz and Wade Books, ISBN 978-0-375-86774-3 All ages. Me.. Jane Book Review From an early age, Jane […]
Erika Thulin Dawes, April 5, 2011 | Fiction Picture Books, Picture Books
Gabby & Grandma Go Green Written and Illustrated by Monica Wellington Published in 2011 by Dutton Children’s Books, ISBN 0-525-42214-5 Grades PreK – 6 Review From the recycling symbols on the endpapers to the “Green Tips” in the back matter, the latest offering from Monica Wellington sends a consistent message: take action to protect your […]
Erika Thulin Dawes, March 17, 2011 | Fiction Picture Books, Picture Books
The Secret Box Written and Illustrated by Barbara Lehman Published by Houghton Mifflin, ISBN 978-0-547-23868-5 Grades K-8 Review A postcard that states “Greetings from the Seahorse Pier;” a token and some ticket stubs; sepia photographs of a uniformed schoolboy and his mates; and a map with a route marked in red pencil… These are the […]
Mary Ann Cappiello, January 17, 2011 | Awards
Dear Readers of The Classroom Bookshelf, For the next seven weeks, we’ll be devoting our entries to some of this year’s American Library Association’s Youth Media Award winners that we feel are great fits for the PreK-8 classroom. Mary Ann, Erika, Grace A Sick Day for Amos McGee Winner of the 2011 Caldecott Medal […]
Grace Enriquez, December 20, 2010 | Fantasy
The Moomin Books Written and illustrated by Tove Jansson Translated by Elizabeth Portch, Kingsley Hart, and Thomas Warburton Published by Square Fish, 2010; originally published in the U.S. by Henry Z. Walck, Inc., 1951 Grades 3 and up #1 Comet in Moominland, ISBN 978-0312608880 #2 Finn Family Moomintroll, ISBN 978-0141328607 #3 Moominpoppa’s Memoirs, ISBN 978-0312625436 #4 Moominsummer […]
Grace Enriquez, November 29, 2010 | Fiction Picture Books, Picture Books
Mirror Written and illustrated by Jeannie Baker Published by Candlewick Press, 2010 ISBN #978-0763648480 All grades The everyday similarities and differences of two worlds oceans apart are at the center of Jeannie Baker’s latest stunning picture book. Reflecting the book’s title, parallel stories about the lives of two boys sit opposite each other—one on […]
Erika Thulin Dawes, November 22, 2010 | Novels
Emily’s Fortune Written by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor with illustrations by Ross Collins. Published by Delacourt Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-385-73616-9 Grades 2-6 Peppered with humorous characters, lively language, and Collins’ expressive illustrations, this fast moving novel set in the Wild West employs the comedic exaggeration and outrageous happenings characteristic of a tall tale. Eight-year old Emily […]
Grace Enriquez, November 1, 2010 | Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Books, Poetry
Poetrees Written and illustrated by Douglas Florian Published by Beach Lane Books, 2010 ISBN 978-1-4169-8672-0 All Grades Celebrate the autumn season with Poetrees, a picture book collection of poems by beloved author and artist Douglas Florian. This brightly illustrated collection celebrates not just the incredible diversity of species of trees across the world’s terrains, […]
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