Product Type: Books
Award: Blue Chip
Age: Early Elementary School Years
1994 Awards
(by Laura J. Numeroff/illus. by Felicia Bond, HarperCollins $12.95 Score:
) What happens if you give a mouse a cookie? Why, of course, he's going to want a glass of milk. Kids love the delicious cause-and-effect way the story builds. This was the first of a delightful series. Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 1994.
1995 Awards
(by Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins $12 Score:
) Each of the four little books in this collection is a gem in its own right. Fours adore the defiant "Pierre" who declares he doesn't care...until a lion teaches him to do so. Then there's the most delicious compendium of months to sip and chant in "Chicken Soup and Rice". "One Was Johnny" is a counting book and "Alligators All Around" an amusing alphabet. 4 & up. Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 1995.
1993 Awards
(by Faith Ringgold, Crown $14.95 Score:
) In this flying fantasy, Cassie Lightfoot takes off from her tar beach, the rooftop of her home in Harlem, claiming whatever she sees as her very own. Cassie wears the lights of the George Washington Bridge like a diamond necklace. Illustrations began as a story quilt that hangs in the Guggenheim Museum. 5-9.
Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 1993.
Awards
(Viking $13.95 Score:
) At last, we are privy to what really happened when a fellow by the name of A. Wolf, a poor wolf wanted to borrow a cup of sugar from a certain pig. A great way to help kids begin to think about how point of view can change a story. 5-8.
Age: Early School Years,Later School Years. Award Year: .
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(by William Lindsay/illus. by Giuliano Formari, Simon & Schuster $14.95 Score:
) An oversized coffee-table kind of dream book for dinoholics. Solid information, stunning illustrations, and maps. This is more for browsing than reading from cover to cover. 5 and up.
Age: Early School Years. Award Year: .
1995 Awards
(by Syd Hoff, HarperCollins $14.95 Score:
) A reissued classic that will amuse the Go, Dog, Go crowd. Hoff's story has a picture book-like rhythm, humor, and logic. The circus has ordered ten elephants and Oliver is the eleventh. So, poor Oliver goes out into the world to find a home. By the master cartoonist who gave us the classic, Danny and the Dinosaur. Age: Early School Years. Award Year: 1995.
1995 Awards
(by Barbara Cohen/illus. by Michael Deraney, Lothrop $3.99 Score:
) A young Russian Jewish immigrant is taunted by her classmates because of her clothes and accent. She brings in an unusual pilgrim doll for her 3rd grade Thanksgiving project. A modern-day story brings rich meaning to the religious freedom we celebrate. 6 and up.
Age: Early School Years,Later School Years. Award Year: 1995.
1994 Awards
(by Judith Viorst/illus. by Ray Cruz, Atheneum $13.95 Score:
) Is there anyone who hasn't had one of those terrible, horrible, no good days when nothing goes right? A perfect blend of comic relief and self-recognition serves as a comfort to young listeners. 5 and up. Age: Early School Years. Award Year: 1994.
1994 Awards
(by Beverly Cleary/illus. by Allen Tiegreen, William Morrow $13.95 Score:
) Spunky Ramona almost becomes a kindergarten dropout when the teacher fails to appreciate her original approach to writing. This and the other endearing books in the Blue Chip Ramona series are ideal read-alouds for 6-7s that kids enjoy rereading on their own as their skills grow.
Age: Early School Years. Award Year: 1994.
1994 Awards
(by Susan Meddaugh, Houghton Mifflin $13.95 Score:
) A funny caper about a dog that starts talking after eating alphabet soup. In fact, Martha talks so much she gets scolded and clams up until one night her gift of gab saves more than the day. 4-8
Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 1994.
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