[×]
Search: Connecting with animals
Results 1 - 10 of 40
Results
The Dwarf, the Giant, and the Unicorn: A Tale of King Arthur
Submitted by SarahKate on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 12:29. | author: James Cross Giblin rating:  asin: 0395605202 binding: Hardcover list price: $15.95 USD amazon price: $15.95 |
This tale about King Arthur, a dwarf, the dwarf's giant son, and a mother unicorn was originally the concluding episode of an Arthurian romance written in France in the Middle Ages, Le Chevalier du Papegau ("The Knight of the Parrot").
The Language of Birds
Submitted by SarahKate on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 12:30. | rating:  asin: 0399229256 binding: Hardcover list price: $15.99 USD amazon price: $15.99 |
Ivan and Vasilli are as different as brothers can be. When their father sends them out to prove themselves in the wide world, Vasilli is only out for himself, while Ivan approaches the future with a generous heart. When a thoughtful gesture saves the life of a baby bird, Ivan is granted a wish from the bird's mother--he is able to understand the language of birds. Vasilli mocks this humble gift even when he's warned of danger and his bullheadedness lands him in a dungeon. But Ivan comes to his rescue, freeing Vasilli and greatly impressing a princess at the same time.
Gracie, The Pixie of the Puddle
Submitted by SarahKate on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 08:16.SarahKate's Notes:
This the last book in the series that began with The Prince of the Pond, and it is a good ending. The first book is the best, and we enjoyed reading them all.
 | author: Donna Jo Napoli rating: asin: 0525472649 binding: Hardcover list price: $16.99 USD amazon price: $16.99 USD |
The acclaimed Donna Jo Napoli's beloved and hilarious series about Pin, the (frog) Prince of the Pond, continues with more funny language, wild adventure, and magic. As Gracie the frog picks up the story, she knows her friend Jimmy is special, but even she can't believe his wild stories about his human father and his own adventures as a boy in the palace. Still, she follows him when he leaves the pond. But can she overcome a wicked hag-turned-crocodile, a bratty princess, a menacing cook, and her own froggy instincts to rescue Jimmy and win his love?
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
The Roman Twins
Submitted by SarahKate on Mon, 03/17/2008 - 08:00. | rating: asin: 0374363390 binding: Hardcover list price: $16.00 USD amazon price: $16.00 |
Maximus and Vanilla, twin slaves, use all their wits to escape their cruel master, Slobbus Pompius.
Mik's Mammoth
Submitted by SarahKate on Mon, 03/17/2008 - 08:00. | author: Roy Gerrard rating: asin: 0374318913 binding: Hardcover list price: $15.00 USD amazon price: $15.00 |
Jimmy, the Pickpocket of the Palace
Submitted by SarahKate on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 12:04.SarahKate's Notes:
This the 2nd book in the series that began with The Prince of the Pond. This book is fun, light reading that we all enjoy.
| author: Donna Jo Napoli rating: asin: 0525453571 binding: Paperback list price: $15.99 USD amazon price: $15.99 |
Akimbo and the Lions
Submitted by SarahKate on Mon, 03/17/2008 - 08:03.SarahKate's Notes:
A great story about how a boy wants to help his father capture a wild lion that has been attacking a farmer's animals. There is a scary part where the father thinks the lion has been captured but it has not, and the boy has to pick up the father's forgotten gun (loaded to put the lion to sleep) and shoot. He doesn't hit anything but he does frighten the lion away. We enjoyed this suspenseful story of this African boy and the lion cub he ends up raising.
| author: Alexander McCall Smith Performed by Alexander McCall Smith rating: asin: B000V9FPXM binding: Audio CD |
1 Disc
The Trumpet of the Swan (4 CD Set)
Submitted by SarahKate on Mon, 03/17/2008 - 07:51.SarahKate's Notes:
This story is read by the author E. B. White and is an outstanding book - 4 CDs worth! This is the same man that wrote Charlotte's Web, he is an amazing storyteller. I strongly recommend the audio version over the book, because we got to hear all the songs Louie the swan can play on his trumpet. Louie is a trumpeter swan that is born without a voice, but his father ends up breaking into a music store so he can have a trumpet to woo the swan of his desiring. It sounds a little wacky but E. B. White makes it work, and we all were so excited to get in the car so we could hear it.
 | rating: asin: 055345532X binding: Audio CD list price: $30.00 USD amazon price: $21.90 USD |
Although he lacks a voice in the traditional "Ko-hoh!" sense, trumpeter swan Louis learns to speak to the world with a trumpet stolen from a music store by his father. With the support of an unusual boy named Sam, who helps Louis learn how to read and write, the swan has some rather unswanlike adventures and ultimately wins the love--and the freedom--of a beautiful swan named Serena. For over 30 years, E.B. White's masterpiece has captured the fancy of countless readers.
Insects Are My Life (Orchard Paperbacks)
Submitted by SarahKate on Wed, 01/02/2008 - 19:04.SarahKate's Notes:
Though we are not insect lovers, we all enjoyed this book, since our girls identified with Amanda's passionate interest. Beware... Amanda does several unkind things to her brother and others that offend her, things like putting a dead fly in the middle of an ice cube and placing it in a glass of milk.
 | author: Megan Mcdonald rating:  asin: 053107093X binding: Paperback list price: $6.95 USD amazon price: $6.95 |