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Two children new to the neighborhood noticed the goats first, lots of them. Who took care of them? The goat lady shares her stories and her animals with two young friends. What happens next teaches everyone in the neighborhood about kindness. A true story about a woman who provides goat's milk for people who need it.
Reviewed by: donna
Date read: 10/9/2012
ISBN-10: 088448260X
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When Beryl Markham was a small girl, she and her father settled in East Africa. This was the land of rolling savannahs, sparkling oases, majestic animals, and where a little girl was eaten by a lion. In this story 'The Good Lion,' we learn how Beryl's father wisely instructs her on the dangers of Africa. He tells her that this even includes, Paddy, Elkington's TAME lion. He cautions her by telling her that, 'a tame lion is an unnatural lion and whatever is unnatural is untrustworthy'. In this story, we are asked to ponder the question, should a lion be punished for acting like a lion?
Similar books: We're Going on a Lion Hunt by David Axtell;
The Time of the Lion by Caroline Pitcher;
Lion on the Run by Marian Rumsey;
Women of the Wind: Early Women Aviators by Wanda Langley;
Wings and Rockets: The Story of Women in Air and Space by Jeannine Atkins
Reviewed by: mb
Date read: 8/2/2010
ISBN-10: 0618563067
ISBN-13: 9780618563067
Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma Moses) is one of the most well-known folk artists in United States history. This picture book traces her lifetime, using painting as her medium. Her interest in drawing and painting started when she was still in school, and continued until her death on December 13, 1961 at age 101. In 1938, Grandma Moses decided to exhibit some of her paintings in the Hoosick Falls drugstore. And, as luck would have it, an art collector from New York saw her pictures, and fell in love with them. In 1940, the Museum of Modern Art displayed a few of her paintings in an exhibit of unknown American painters, and her career was born. Everyone loved the scenes of long-ago - quilting bees, playing in the snow, and families getting together on the holidays. Through her pictures, people felt that they knew her, and everyone started to call her Grandma Moses
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/14/2009
ISBN-10: 0823415384
ISBN-13: 9780823415380
Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P. T. Barnum
Candace Fleming (2009), 160 pages
Illustrated by Ray Fenwick
Audience: 4th Grade - 7th Grade
P.T. Barnum lived a fascinating life, and this biography does an excellent job of showing the many sides of this uniquely American character. From an early age, Barnum realized that he wanted to be a showman and worked his way up from displaying various oddities to filling a museum with strange and interesting things. In his 60's, he began a traveling circus that eventually turned into the three-ring Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth. When he died in 1891, his obituary said, '...he furnished delights to millions, and added to the sum of childhood's and of human joy.'
Reviewed by: msp
Date read: 2/17/2011
ISBN-10: 0375945970
ISBN-13: 9780375945977
The book 'H.A. Rey' by Julie Berg gives you a comprehensive look at the life and career of Hans Augusto Rey, creator of the Curious George Series. Hans was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1898, but after he married, he and his wife moved to Paris. It was in France that H.A. and his wife collaborated to write children's books. In 1940, the Reys were forced to flee France and travel to America where they became U.S citizens. In 1941, the world was introduced to George the monkey with the book 'Curious George'. Curious George was an instant success. Everyone fell in love with the mischievous monkey. Although H.A. Rey and his wife are most well known for creating the 'Curious George' series, they have authored a host of other children's books. Even today 'Curious George' books are a favorite amoung readers of all ages.
Book Series: Tribute to The Young At Heart
Similar authors: Jill Wheeler; Joan Wallner; Julie Berg
Similar books: Dr. Seuss by Jill Wheeler;
A.A. Milne by Jill Wheeler;
Bill Peet by Jill Wheeler;
Gertrude Chandler Warner by Joan Wallner;
The Berenstains by Julie Berg;
Tomie de Paola by Maurice Sendak
Reviewed by: mb
Date read: 8/4/2010
ISBN-10: 156239357X
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