Product Type: Books
Age: Early Elementary School Years
Categories: Family and Friends
2009 Award
(by Deanna Caswell/ illus. by Elizabeth Matthews, Hyperion $16.99 Score:
) Most little girls who have been taken to the ballet for the first time will relate to this lyrical little book. Told in verse, it captures the excitement of the occasion. Matthew's lively illustrations capture the adventure and even the joy after the event when both adult and child are inspired to take a twirl or two. 4-7
Age: Preschool, Early School Years. Award Year: 2009. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.
2009 Award
(By Laura Numeroff/ illus. by Lynn Munsinger, Chronicle $15.99 Score:
) A reversible/flip book with the same text in both versions but different illustrations depending on the gender you choose. Unlike so many sibling books that focus on negatives, this one is totally positive and clever—in that the things both genders do are the same. It’s only the specific ways they do them are different. That’s a big and very positive concept for kids to think about! 3-6.
Age: Preschool, Early School Years. Award Year: 2009. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.
2001 Awards
(by Claudi Fries, Orchard $15.95 Score:
) Preconceived notions of what kind of neighbor a pig would make are all shattered when this friendly, accident-prone but tidy pig moves in. Talks to keeping an open mind.
Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 2001.
2001 Awards
((by Lauren Child), Candlewick $15.99 Score:
) If you know a finicky eater like Lola you might want to take a lesson from her big sister, Charlie! Lola has a mile long list of foods she will never eat. But fear not! Charlie dubs carrots "orange twiglets" and mashed potatoes as "cloud fluff". Now what would you rename a tomato? A deliciously wry treat! Helps kids understand that they are not the only ones in the world who doesn't like certain foods. 4-8 Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 2001.
2001 Award
(by Eve Bunting/illus. by John O'Brien, Clarion $15 Score:
) Being a friend is not always easy, as Turtle discovers in five small stories about sharing, caring and enjoying the company of a friend. 4–7.
Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 2001.
2001 Award
(by Marcus Pfister, North-South $18.95 Score:
) Milo longs to see more of the world. As in Pfister's Rainbow Fish, the pages glitter. Milo and his friends set sail with a pile of their glowing golden stones for light. Here the book splits in two and readers can read a happy ending where sharing and trust win the day or a sad one where everyone loses. 4–8. Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 2001.
2001 Awards
(by Valeri Gorbachev, North-South $15.95 Score:
) Nicky's brothers and sisters each make Mother Rabbit a picture for her birthday. Nicky thinks and thinks and then he makes a picture that is worth a thousand words—maybe more! 3–7. Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 2001.
2001 Awards
(by Brock Cole, Farrar Straus $16 Score:
) Father ate so much that he burst his britches and lost his buttons! His three daughters each plan how to get their dad new buttons. One goes in search of a wealthy husband, one joins the army, and the other hopes buttons will fall out of the sky. Perhaps not p.c., but a very funny story. 6 & up.
Age: Early School Years. Award Year: 2001.
2002 Award
(by Elizabeth Partridge/illus. by Aki Sogabe, Penguin $16.99 Score:
) Handsome cut-paper art adds much to this story of a Chinese boy who comes to America to work with his uncle on "Golden Mountain" in the 1800s. He brings with him branches from his mother's orchard which bloom in time, like his life in a new land. Age: Early School Years. Award Year: 2002.
2002 Award
(by Emily Arnold McCully, Scholastic Inc. $16.95 Score:
) A poor Venetian family gives up their only daughter to a special orphanage, where they know she will be given musical training they cannot afford. Through the years her family is always there, although they cannot reveal their connection. One week, when they do not arrive, Catarina chances everything to be with them. A tender work of historic fiction about loyalty and love. Age: Early School Years,Later School Years. Award Year: 2002.
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