Product Type: Books
Age: Preschoolers
Categories: Folk Tales
2010 Award
(by Susan Middleton Elya/ illus. Melissa Sweet, Hyperion $15.99 Score:
) Did you ever hear the story of three Latino osos and a little gal, by the name Rubia with curls of oro? Yes you have--but not this way. This is an amusing version of the Three Bears punctuated with perfectly placed Spanish words. It's light and silly and fun for the reader as well as the listener. 4 & up.
Age: Preschool. Award Year: 2010. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.
2010 Award
(by Andrew Fusek-Peters/ illus. by Anna Wadham, Child's Play $7.99 Score:
) Dingo Dog is a bully and all the other animals are fed up with his nasty ways. Together they come up with a plan to trick the nasty Dingo and manage to teach him a lesson in this lively retelling of a traditional Australian folktale. A fun way to introduce young listeners to trickster tales that are found in almost all cultures. 4-7.
Age: Preschool, Early School Years. Award Year: 2010. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.
2009 Award
(by Jan Brett, Putnam $17.99 Score:
) A 20th Anniversary edition of a classic Ukranian folktale. Nickie wants his grandmother to make him mittens that are white as snow. She fears they will get lost, but makes them anyway. Sure enough, Nickie loses a mitten and it becomes a cozy place for one creature after another...until a small mouse arrives and upsets the balance. Another version of this tale was released this season with charming illustrations by Barbara McClintock and a slightly different telling by Jim Aylesworth. It might be fun to share both tellings with young listeners, asking them to tell what is different and what is the same. Comparing the same story helps children understand how folktales have a way of evolving...and even gives them the idea that they too can retell famiiar stories in their own words and way.
Age: Preschool, Early School Years. Award Year: 2009.
2009 Award
(retold by Jim Aylesworth, illus. by Barbara McClin, Scholastic $16.99 Score:
) An old
Age: Preschool, Early School Years. Award Year: 2009. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.
Awards
(by Tomie dePaola, Putnam $16.99 Score:
) by Tomie dePaola, Putnam $16.99) When the lovable witch, Strega Nona, dreams of her childhood she decides to return to her grandmother's seaside house. While Strega's away, the bumbling Big Anthony stirs up a bubbly mess as dePaola serves up a tale overflowing with mirth! 4-8. Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: .
2001 Awards
(retold by Jane Goodall/illus. by Alexander Reichst, North-South $15.95 Score:
) Who can fly the highest? All the birds get into a boasting contest that can only be won on the wing. As one bird after another gives up it appears that eagle has won until a tiny wren crawls out of the eagle's feathers and continues to fly. A charming tale about how we need each other. 4–8. Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 2001.
1994 Awards
(by Esphyr Slobodkina, HarperTrophy $3.95 Score:
) What happens when an old peddler falls asleep and a tree full of monkeys take his stack of hats? With its repetitive refrain and humor, this favorite read aloud gives kids a chance to feel so much smarter than the peddler. A classic! Age: Preschool. Award Year: 1994.
1994 Awards
(by Wanda Gag, Grosset & Dunlap $12.95 Score:
) What child has not heard and chanted the refrain "Hundreds of cats, thousands of cat, millions and billions and trillions of cats?" This rather longish folk-style tale about an old man who brings home too many cats has pleased children for more than 60 years and it's still a gem! 4 and up. Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 1994.
Award
(by Malachy Doyle/ illus. by Jane Ray, Candlewick $15.99 Score:
) Beginning readers as well as young listeners will enjoy the sprightly pace and pattern of this folktale. Bold Boy asks an old woman to take care of a pea he has found. When her hen eats the pea he takes the hen. But it doesn't stop there. In a series of comic exchanges Bold Boy keeps trading (make that taking) up until he makes off with a young girl's donkey and other catch up with his naughty ways. Great read aloud fun that children will love chiming in on! 3 & up.
Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: .
2008 Award
(by Kees Moerbeek, 3M $9.99 Score:
) Here is a new twist on pop-up books. Shaped like a box, the story unfolds from a cube with pop up scenes and simple text that are, in the words of Goldilocks, “Just right!” Choose the Three Pigs, Goldilocks, or Cinderella. Once kids know the story, let them tell it to you as you unfold the illustrations. A pleasing novelty item. You may want to save these for together time since the pop ups tend to be easily destroyed. 3 & up. Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 2008.
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