Product Type: Books
Age: Preschoolers
Categories: Fantasies
2002 Award
(Catherine & Laurence Anholt, Penguin $16.99 Score:
) Two naughty little monkeys eat up all the bananas, wander off at the market, and fall asleep on a big grey rock that turns out to be an elephant. Will they get home for a happily ever after ending? Oversized with delightfully busy illustrations, an action-packed preschool adventure! Age: Preschool. Award Year: 2002.
2002 Award
(Keiko Kasza, Putnam $15.99 Score:
) Who's the mightiest of them all? The lion, the elephant, and the bear all seem like natural contenders--but with a clever twist they discover that size has nothing to do with it! Hurray! Age: Preschool. Award Year: 2002.
2002 Award
(Liza Baker/illus. by David McPhail, Scholastic $9.95 Score:
) A mama fox tells her little one about her unconditional love. A tender reassuring book with the most endearing foxes you're likely to meet in a picture book! Age: Preschool. Award Year: 2002.
2002 Award
(Jon Agee, Hyperion $15.95 Score:
) Milo, a failed magician, is about to lose his job if he doesn't manage to pull a rabbit out of his hat! So Milo heads for the woods where he finds a bear who knows how to think like a rabbit! A gee-whiz kind of magical tale. Age: Preschool. Award Year: 2002.
2002 Award
(mary Finch/illus. by Roberta Arenson, Barefoot Books $15.95 Score:
) Here's a classic tale of three goats that outsmart a not too scary-looking troll. It's fun to help kids retell this tale with different voices and help them recall who went first, next, and last. Age: Preschool. Award Year: 2002.
2002 Award
(Diane Goode, Scholastic Inc. $15.95 Score:
) Jack's pet tiger Lily is banished from the building! Just because some people and their pets (like the landlord) are afraid of cats. But when a robber arrives on the scene, Lily saves the day! A preschool-size fantasy. Age: Preschool. Award Year: 2002.
2002 Award
(Lyn Rossiter McFarland/illus. by Jim McFarland, Farrar Straus $16 Score:
) When Widget a little homeless dog finds shelter in a house with six cats, he keeps his doggie-ness under wraps. But when the lady of the house falls, Widget's bark comes in handy! Age: Preschool. Award Year: 2002.
2002 Award
(Bruce Whately, HarperCollins $15.95 Score:
) The Three Little Pigs used to have only a Big Bad Wolf to worry about, but now the illustrator adds to the drama by running out of pig-tone paint! More than funny--this shows kids the power of the pen and paintbrush! Age: Preschool. Award Year: 2002.
2002 Award
(by Eileen Christelow, Clarion $15 Score:
) When Bert's pigs escape he is surprised to receive a postcard from Florida that says, "Oink!" Bert and his wife Ethel head south, where Bert is determined to find his runaways. Too bad Bert needs glasses! A fun story in which kids enjoy sighting swine the hero never sees! Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 2002.
2002 Award
(by Mem Fox/illus. by Tricia Tusa, Harcourt $16 Score:
) A magic hat blows into town and over a road where it lands on a man who turns into a toad. But that's just the beginning of the adventure as the hat turns nanny and baby into a kangaroo and a big old sleepy man into a jolly big bear. Fun for read-aloud rhyming fun that is likely to be learned by heart and chanted aloud by young listeners after a few readings. Tusa's big action-packed pictures are fun to explore. Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 2002.
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