Category: Award Winners
Melvin Might?: Jon Scieszka’s Trucktown
Melvin Might? by Jon Scieszka (author), David Shannon (illustrator), Loren Long (illustrator), and David Gordon (illustrator) Reading Level: Ages 3-8 Hardcover: 42 pages Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, (October 28, 2008) COMING SOON! Adorable! Melvin Might is the latest addition to Jon Scieszka’s Trucktown series – an energized series based on very personable truck [...]
The Knot Fairy: Bobbie Hinman
The Knot Fairy by Bobbie Hinman Reading level: Ages 3-7 Hardcover: 32 pages Publisher: Best Fairy Books (January 1, 2007) Did you ever wake up in the morning and wonder how your hair had become such a tangled mess of knots? Are you a mother or father that battles with your child every morning just [...]
Animalia: Graeme Base
Animalia by Graeme Base Reading level: Ages 4-8 Hardcover: 32 pages Publisher: Harry N. Abrams (September 15, 1986) … “Animalia came from a great love of animals and a desire to create a book with huge amounts of detail and things to discover. That was the sort of book I remember enjoying as a child,” [...]
Elephant and Piggie Series: Mo Willems
Random, unusual, and off beat are just a few of the words often used to describe Mo Willems’ books. The latest additions to his award-winning Elephant and Piggie series, which revolve around an elephant named Gerald and a pig named Piggie, are no exception. Both books – I Love My New Toy, and I Will [...]
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review Published: March 25, 2008 The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick Reading level: Ages 9-12 Hardcover: 544 pages Publisher: Scholastic Press (January 30, 2007) Source: Personal collection
