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The Wheel on the School
Submitted by SarahKate on Wed, 04/02/2008 - 16:33.SarahKate's Notes:
We listened to the audio version of The Wheel on the School (320 pages), a 1955 Newberry Winner that had all of us interested in riding in the car so we could hear it. It was really neat to hear about life in Holland, during a time when the village school had only 6 children, with only one girl - Lina. She surprises the teacher by independently writing a short composition, wondering why storks don't nest in their fishing village of Shora but they nest in all the neighboring villages. This inspires them to figure it out and they are are encouraged to spend their school time to work out the solution. It sounds dry but this is a very exciting book! This is a fantastic book about the power of hope, and the idea that it take a village to raise a child.
 | author: Meindert Dejong rating:  asin: 0064400212 binding: Paperback list price: $6.95 USD amazon price: $6.95 USD |
Why do the storks no longer come to the little Dutch fishing village of Shora to nest? It was Lina, one of the six schoolchildren who first asked the question, and she set the others to wondering. And sometimes when you begin to wonder, you begin to make things happen. So the children set out to bring the storks back to Shora. The force of their vision put the whole village to work until at last the dream began to come true. Winner, 1955 Newbery MedalNotable Children's Books of 1940–1970 (ALA)1963 Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
Ish
Submitted by SarahKate on Thu, 11/29/2007 - 21:59. | rating: asin: 076362344X binding: Hardcover list price: $14.00 USD amazon price: $11.20 USD |
A creative spirit learns that thinking "ish-ly" is far more wonderful than "getting it right" in this gentle new fable from the creator of the award-winning picture book THE DOT.Ramon loved to draw. Anytime. Anything. Anywhere.
The Dot (Irma S and James H Black Honor for Excellence in Children's Literature (Awards))
Submitted by SarahKate on Wed, 11/28/2007 - 22:32. | rating:  asin: 0763619612 binding: Hardcover list price: $14.00 USD amazon price: $10.98 USD |
A frustrated grade school artist, Vashti sits slumped over her blank piece of paper at the end of art class. "I just CAN'T draw!" she tells her teacher. Her teacher first uses wit, then subtle yet clever encouragement to inspire her student to go beyond her insecurities and become, in the words of a younger boy who "can't" draw either, "a really great artist." Peter H. Reynolds crafts a quiet, pleasing story in The Dot--one that will strike a chord with children who have outgrown the self-assurance of kindergarten and begun to doubt their own greatness.
Mole Music
Submitted by SarahKate on Wed, 11/07/2007 - 08:58.SarahKate's Notes:
Mole spends his days digging and at night he watches TV and is inspired to learn to play the violin, which he does. A very dear tale about how powerful a musician can be to change the lives of others. This was right on time for our (then) 4 year old because she has just begun harp lessons (after asking and asking for weeks).
 | author: David McPhail rating:  asin: 0805067663 binding: Paperback list price: $7.95 USD amazon price: $7.95 USD |
A spiritual story about the far-reaching effects of private actions.Mole has always led a simple life, but lately he feels something is missing. When he first hears someone playing a violin, Mole realizes that he longs to make beautiful music, too.Through practice and patience, Mole learns to play. And even though he plays alone, in the privacy of his underground home, his music has an effect on others that is more magical than Mole will ever know.