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Tatterhood and Other Tales
Submitted by SarahKate on Wed, 05/07/2008 - 22:13. | rating:  asin: 0912670509 binding: Paperback list price: $10.95 USD amazon price: $8.76 USD |
All the central characters in these folk tales are spirited females-decisive heroines of extraordinary courage, wit, and achievement who set out to determine their own fate. Some of their stories are comic, some adventurous, some eerie, and some magical. The 25 traditional tales come from Asia, Europe, India, Africa, and the Americas; detailed information about their sources is given. "A sparkling gathering or traditional, yet little-known tales."-Chicago Sun Times
A Day with Wilbur Robinson
Submitted by SarahKate on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 17:16. | rating: asin: 0060890983 binding: Hardcover list price: $16.99 USD amazon price: $11.55 USD |
Come meet the Robinsons: Young Wilbur has a robot. Uncle Art has his own flying saucer. Cousin Laszlo has an antigravity device. The butler is an octopus. It's snowing in the east wing. And somebody left the Time Machine on, so . . . Well, perhaps you'd care to read what happens next. From William Joyce, creator of the Emmy-winning Rolie Polie Olie as well as author and illustrator of a stack of whimsy-based entertainments for children and like-minded adults.
Eloise: The Ultimate Edition
Submitted by SarahKate on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 17:03.SarahKate's Notes:
These four long stories of silly Eloise adventures are a favorite of our girls (then ages 5 & 8). Eloise is raised entirely by her Nanny, only getting a phone call from her mother on Christmas Eve. She is allowed to wander about and has many interesting adventures with a great abundance of silly details. Eye candy galore.
 | author: Kay Thompson rating: asin: 0689839901 binding: Hardcover list price: $39.99 USD amazon price: $26.39 USD |
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Melisande
Submitted by SarahKate on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 16:38.SarahKate's Notes:
This is an excellent fairy tale from E. Nesbit, written about a hundred years ago. A evil fairy who wasn't invited to the princess's christening declares that she shall be bald.... an amusing tale of her wish for ever growing hair follows. This book is a favorite of both our girls (then ages 5 & 8).
 | author: Edith Nesbit rating:  asin: 0152531645 binding: Hardcover list price: $13.95 USD amazon price: $13.95 |
The Fortune-Tellers (Picture Puffin Books)
Submitted by SarahKate on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 16:28. | author: Lloyd Alexander Trina Schart Hyman rating: asin: 0140562338 binding: Paperback list price: $6.99 USD amazon price: $6.99 USD |
The Barefoot Book of Classic Poems
Submitted by SarahKate on Mon, 04/21/2008 - 20:41.SarahKate's Notes:
This beautifully illustrated book has a wide variety of poems. Our girls (then ages 5 & 8) picked a few out to commit to memory, such as The Owl and the Pussy Cat by Edward Lear and The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost. The book also has less familiar poems such as The Beautiful by W.H. Davies:
Three things there are more beautiful
Than any man could wish to see:
The first it is a full-rigged ship
Sailing with all her sails set free;
The second, when the wind and sun
Are playing in a field of corn;
The third, a woman, young and fair
Showing her child before it is born.
 | rating: asin: 1905236565 binding: Hardcover list price: $19.99 USD amazon price: $13.59 USD |
The 74 poems in this exquisite collection trace our journey through life from birth to old age. Along the way, the works of some of the finest poets in the English language celebrate all kinds of human experience: the wide-eyed wonder and adventure of childhood, the magnificence of the natural world and the animal kingdom, the mystery of love and the tragedy of war.Each page is superbly illustrated by Jackie Morris, making it a feast for the eyes as well as the ears.
Up the Chimney
Submitted by SarahKate on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 12:32. | author: Margaret Hodges rating:  asin: 0823413543 binding: Hardcover list price: $15.95 USD amazon price: $15.95 |
The tale of a courageous girl with quick feet and a generous heart.
The Prince of the Pond: Otherwise Known as De Fawg Pin
Submitted by SarahKate on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 12:04.SarahKate's Notes:
We laughed out loud throughout this book, it was so much fun to read. It was fascinating to hear about life from a frog's perspective and the girls were so very eager to hear more chapters from this book. It is the first in a series.
Note of caution: The fact that frogs mate is brought up, though saying that males have suckers on their 'hands' so that they can hold on is as far as they go to describe the process.
 | author: Donna Jo Napoli rating: asin: 0140371516 binding: Paperback list price: $5.99 USD amazon price: $5.99 USD |
And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon
Submitted by SarahKate on Sat, 11/03/2007 - 22:53. | author: Janet Stevens Susan Stevens Crummel rating: asin: 0152022988 binding: Hardcover list price: $17.00 USD amazon price: $11.90 USD |
Every night the rhyme gets read. Every night Dish and Spoon run away. And every night they return--until tonight! Where can Dish and Spoon be? The rhyme can't go on without them, so Cat, Cow, and Dog set out to search for their missing friends. But where to start? Should they go north? East? Northeast? They'll just have to read Fork's map, ask directions, and try not to get lost in Little Boy Blue's haystack or under Miss Muffet's tuffet or in Big Bad Wolf's kitchen--"FEE, FI, FO . . ." Oh no. Could that be the giant?
Skidamarink: A Silly Love Song to Sing Together
Submitted by SarahKate on Thu, 02/21/2008 - 08:52.SarahKate's Notes:
This is a fun little song to sing, it sticks in your head in a good way. Yet another great way to tell your children you love them.
 | author: Public Domain rating: asin: 0694015954 binding: Paperback list price: $6.95 USD amazon price: $6.95 |
Cannoodle and cuddle and sing as you snuggle with this sweet book about loving -- the whole day through. Unfold the duble flaps to see the hilarious pictures of penguin intent on catching a very fetching polar bear's attention. This silly love song id guaranteed to have you and your little sweetheart singing together.