12/10/07 Kid’s Books
Submitted by CEM on December 10, 2007 - 8:46pm.
Does anyone remember this book, "Owl At Home?" I remember a lot of great books from my childhood, but this one has really stuck with me for some reason. I picked it up again a few years ago, and was struck by how emotionally evocative it was. Arnold Lobel, also the creator of the Frog and Toad books, is a genius.
What are your favorite kid's books? We had great response from our kid's books show a year ago, so we're bringing back the same guests today at 1pm for another round.
-Justin
Useful links:
Children's Bookstore in Roland Park
Alan and Naomi (Myron Levoy)
Alan and Naomi (Myron Levoy) - 1944 New York, Holocaust
The Giver/Gathering Blue (Lois Lowry) - Science Fiction
Just Ella (Margaret Peterson Haddix) - Alternate Cinderella Story
Habibi (Naomi Shihab Nye) - Palestinian/American girl moves from St. Louis to the West Bank
The Ear, the Eye and the Arm (Nancy Farmer) - Science Fiction set in Zimbabwe, 2194
Holes (Louis Sacher) - Juvenile detention facility in Texas
Manic Magee(Jerry Spinelli) - racism in Pittsburg
Stargirl (Jerry Spinelli) - homeschool girl goes to High school in Arizona
Some of my favorites, which
Some of my favorites, which I cannot wait to start giving to my niece who will be born any day now!
The Velveteen Rabbit (and I still sort of believe it).
The Little Matchstick Girl.
Angelina Ballerina
Amelia Bedilia
Anything by Madeline L'Engle
The Little Princess
The Secret Garden
Charlottes Web
Caddie Woodlawn
The Great Brain Series
Hatchet
Bridge to Terebithia
Where the Red Fern Grows
From the mixed up files of Mrs., Basil E Frankweiler
Everything by Roald Dahl
Julie of the Wolves
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Jacob have I loved
-Jessica
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