Product Type: Audio
Age: Early Elementary School Years
2003 Award
(written and narrated by John Lithgow/illustrated b, Simon & Schuster $25 Score:
) Inspired by the works at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Micawber the squirrel creates his own collection of "masters" that he shows in the roof of the old Carousel in Central Park. When you read this book you can hear Lithgow's voice in your head... and, even better, you can put on the CD and hear the real thing! Payne's illustrations are a joyous celebration of New York City. A treat! 4-8.
Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 2003.
2001 Award
2002 Award
(Center for Creative Play $16.99 Score:
) SNAP AWARD: Developed by Dave Hammer, a speech-language pathologist from Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, this collection of traditional songs has been arranged at a slower pace and sung with greater clarity to enable all children to sing along. CD features musicians from the Pittsburgh Symphony as well as adult and child singers. SNAP AWARD '02. 2-6. (800) 262-8052.
Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 2002.
2003 Award
(Disney $9.98 Score:
) This cd/book set of this year's runaway hit would make a great take along choice for early school age kids who have enjoyed the movie. Revisiting a story you already know builds confidence and can often engage a reluctant reader. Kids can read along in the 72 page book that follow the story of Nemo's dad as he travels the Great Barrier Reef to rescue his son from a Dentist's fish tank in Sydney. Age: Early School Years. Award Year: 2003.
2005 Award
(Magic Maestro $16.98 Score:
) More than a recording of a beloved storybook, this is a musical happening with original symphonic music, á la Peter and the Wolf, plus some jazz and ways of listening for the whole family to enjoy. One of our favorites of the season! 6–9. (800) 419-2409. Age: Early School Years,Later School Years. Award Year: 2005.
2005 Award
(Smithsonian Folkways $11.98 Score:
) To celebrate Ella Jenkins 50 years as an entertainer, some of the best known names in the business sing her songs. This would have been a Platinum winner if had arrived earlier. A delightful mix with songs sung by Marcy Marxer, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Tom Chapin, Tom Paxton, Red Grammer, Cathy Fink, Pete Seeger, and others. You’re going to love this one! Available as CD and DVD.
Age: Toddlers, Preschool, Early School Years. Award Year: 2005. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.
2006 Award
(J.K. Rowling, Scholastic $29.99 Score:
) The sixth in the best-selling series about Harry Potter and his adventures at Hogwart’s School of Magic. Darker than earlier titles, some of our tween readers were even more disturbed by the amount of kissing in this book. While some found the ending crushingly sad, it has elicited great speculation about what will happen in the final book. Age: Early School Years. Award Year: 2006.
2006 Award
(Rounder $14.95 Score:
) Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer are back with another lively collection of music that your kids will enjoy dancing to. They begin with scat singing in the style of big band music. But they don’t get stuck in one groove—they move on to swing, polka, blues, Latin, and old-time country music. This duo consistently delivers fun music that is affirmatively written with kids in mind without being preachy or sappy. (800) 768-6337. Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 2006.
2008 Award
(by Martin Waddell/ illus. by Barbara Firth, Candlewick $14.99 Score:
) Martin Waddell’s well loved storybook about a little bear who cannot sleep comes to life in this wonderful combo package that includes a book, DVD, CD, and activity stickers with play scene. The DVD includes a lightly animated version of the story adapted from Barbara Firth’s illustrations. It is narrated by Dan Russell and is accompanied by music that fits the soothing bedtime storybook. Turn the disk over and it can be listened to with the picturebook. One track includes signals for turning the pages. Packed in a carry case, this is an ideal take along for plane or auto rides and quiet times when a story is just the ticket. 3-6
Age: Preschool, Early School Years. Award Year: 2008. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.
2008 Award
(Candlewick $14.99 Score:
) What a joy to find a tall tale like Baby Brains in a perfect little package with a DVD that reverses to a CD, a hard covered book and play stickers and scene for retelling the Simon James’ funny story. It’s about a precocious baby who grows up very fast and is so smart he is picked to travel to outer space. But smart as he is there is something missing. Baby Brains is taking a space walk when he announces to the world that he wants his Mommy! Early school lagged kids will see the humor and truth in this funny little story.
Age: Preschool, Early School Years. Award Year: 2008.
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