Product Type: Books
Age: Preschoolers
Categories: Fantasies
2009 Award
(by Judith Kerr, Candlewick $16.99 Score:
) Sohie was having tea with her mummy when a Tiger came to call. That tiger ate their sandwiches, cakes, everything in the cupboards! When Daddy came home there was nothing in the house to eat so they went out and ate dinner and then shopped just in case the tiger returned. A delightful fantasy with no scary gobble you up threats. A reissue of a classic. 3-6.
Age: Preschool. Award Year: 2009. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.
2002 Award
(by Pamela Duncan Edwards/ illus. by Henry Cole, Hyperion $14.99 Score:
) Dog lovers will enjoy this whimsical tale told from a dog's point of view. Muldoon is no ordinary pet, he's a "working" dog who takes pride in waking in the morning, taking his children to school, checking the trash for valuables and cleaning the dinner plates. Children will see the humor of a text that doesn't quite match what the illustrations show. 4-8 Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 2002.
2004 Award
(by Niamh Sharkey, Candlewick $16.99 Score:
) When the Ravenous Beast claims he’s so hungry he can eat a house, all the other creatures boastfully try to outdo him. Using delicious word play, this silly tall tale bounces to a giant-sized finale. There’s no doubt that this is all make-believe good fun! 4–8.
Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 2004.
2004 Award
(by Andrea Zimmerman & David Clemesha, Holt $15.95 Score:
) A small boy daydreams of how he will run a digger and maybe even give his little brother a ride! Still top rated, Dig Dig Digging (by Margaret Mayo/illus. by Alex Ayliffe, Holt $14.95 ) Trucks, tractors, helicopters, fire engines are the stars in this young concept book that bounces along as it explains in lilting verse what kind of work these vehicles do. 3–5.
Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 2004.
(by Susan Meddaugh, $15 Score:
) Harry lacks the pace and humor of Meddaugh’s Martha series. Harry the dog sails into a storm that leaves him shipwrecked on a deserted island with nothing but rocks, one tree, and an egg! Harry had hoped to make a dinner of that egg, but instead it hatches. After mothering that unusual hatchling, Harry is more than repaid for his kindness. 4–8.
Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 2004.
2006 Award
(by Mo Willems, Hyperion $15.99 Score:
) Once again, Mo Willems brings his own special brand of tongue-in-cheek humor to a weird world of his own creation. Like his big-mouthed pigeon, this time he’s created a monster who turns out to be kinder than expected. As monsters go, this is a pretty benign fellow, milder mannered than those Wild Things. 4 & up. Age: Preschool. Award Year: 2006.
2006 Award
(by Andrew Breakspeare, Dutton $15.99 Score:
) Tim can’t skate until one night he awakes from his sleep and learns to skate from some magical bears. A small fantasy for beginners. 4 & up. Age: Preschool. Award Year: 2006.
2006 Award
(by Rita Gray/illus. by Ashley Wolff, Dutton $15.99 Score:
) Little horse takes off on a lively adventure into the big world, racing with the wind. Told in lyrical verse and illustrated with Wolff’s bold strokes, this tale of independence ends at the edge of the sea where the wild little horse is lost and found. 4 & up. Age: Preschool. Award Year: 2006.
(Candlewick $15.99 Score:
) Unlike Dr. Seuss’s, Lear’s nonsense verse has no message to deliver. It’s all about the sheer pleasure of the words and the playful rhymes about made-up characters that never were and never can be. Voce’s art adds to the fun. 4 & up. Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 2006.
2006 Award
(by Lynne Bertrand/illus. by Kevin Hawkes, Farrar Straus $16 Score:
) In the tradition of the tall tale, this story of a wailing baby is likely to amuse big sisters and brothers who have endured the endless cries of a new baby. Kevin Hawkes’ art gives this yarn a giant-sized lift. 4–8. Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 2006.
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