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A New Coat for Anna (Dragonfly Books) 8 reviews
Harriet Ziefert
Dragonfly Books, 1988
A heart-warming story about the harsh realities of war
+ Wonderful book, springboard for a lot of interesting discussions...
+ Excellent, inspiring
+ Terrific Post-War Upbeat Book
+ About Anna's New Coat
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Castle25 reviews
David Macaulay
Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books, 1982
Fascinating Book
+ Stories for Children Magazine 5 Star Review
+ Perfect Castle Unit Study
+ Fascinating and engaging book!
+ This is a really neat, intricately drawn and written book
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Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving 12 reviews
Laurie Halse Anderson
Aladdin, 2005
FIVE STARS FOREVER for "Thank you, Sarah"
+ Thank You, Laurie Halse Anderson
+ A spoonful of humor helps the history go down
Yippie-Skippie for Laurie Halse Anderson, a descendant of Sarah Josepha Buell Hale! Laurie seems to be every bit as bold, brave, stubborn and smart as her main character, Sarah. This 2002 juvenile literature has loose Rockwell-like drawings in soft, harvest colors. Each page logically flows into ...
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Bob and Otto (Neal Porter Books)7 reviews
Robert O. Bruel
Roaring Brook Press, 2007
Lasting Friendship
+ This sweet story has a sweet story of its own
+ Bob And Otto
+ What a wonderful book!
+ Wonderful book!
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Follow the Drinking Gourd9 reviews
Jeanette Winter
Dragonfly Books, 1992
Song of freedom
+ A Peg-Legged Man and the Underground Railroad.
+ Wonderful Story
+ Follow the Drinking Gourd
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The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot July 25, 1909 (Picture Puffins) 3 reviews
Alice Provensen, Martin Provensen
Puffin, 1987
And the world started getting smaller!
+ A Glorious Book!
+ Flight of the Frenchman
This children's book is an account of the famous French aviation pioneer, Louis Bleriot (1872-1936) who was the first person to fly across the English Channel (on July 25, 1909). The book won the 1984 Caldecott Medal for best illustrations in a book for children. IT is an excellent book for use ...
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Benjamin's Box6 reviews
Melody Carlson
Zonderkidz, 2000
Share this book with your kids!
+ Delightful Easter Story
+ Wonderful story
+ GREEEEAAAAAT ..... BUT
+ Church Reading
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One Hundred Hungry Ants22 reviews
Elinor Pinczes
Houghton Mifflin, 1999
Awesome!
+ Awesome and clever mathematics book!!
+ math through litiracy
+ Great read aloud
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Squanto And The Miracle Of Thanksgiving10 reviews
Eric Metaxas
Thomas Nelson, 1999
Excellent Thanksgiving book!
+ Great story for your children
+ GET ANOTHER PIECE OF THE PUZZLE
+ Very nice
+ Beautiful
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The Scrambled States of America64 reviews
Laurie Keller
Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 1998
A Show Worth Watching!
+ I love Laurie Keller's books
+ Great book!
+ great learning tool....
+ Scrambled United States
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Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?50 reviews
Bill Martin Jr.
Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 1997
Introducing animals and their sounds
+ Grandson Loves It !
+ for all ages
+ A fun read
+ Reading to your kids
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Island Grows, An2 reviews
Lola M. Schaefer
Greenwillow, 2006
For Grades PK-8! Great Writing Model!
+ Supplement for teaching sentence fluency
Lola has crafted a book that is both beautifully written and useful. The illustrations are fun and rich. Not only is the book to be enjoyed, but it teaches. Kids could learn far more about grammar from this book with it's lovely sentences of perfect sequence than they could from books intended to ...
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Pyramid14 reviews
David Macaulay
Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books, 1982
David Macaulay has done it again
+ Stories for Children Magazine 5 Star Review
+ Interesting, but not Macaulay's best
+ A captivating book on a popular subject with children
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Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction (Sandpiper)18 reviews
David Macaulay
Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books, 1981
Macaulay's books
+ DIY on a Cathedral...
+ Stories for Children Magazine 4 Star Review
+ Gothic Cathedral
+ Another Macaulay Masterpiece
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Our 50 States: A Family Adventure Across America53 reviews
Lynne Cheney
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2006
Geography & History
+ Family Adventure; a visit across 50 states
+ Our 50 States: A Family Adventure Across Amreica
+ Our 50 States
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Mister Seahorse32 reviews
Philomel, 2004
Mr Seahorse
+ My daughter LOVES this book
+ Informative... interesting
+ Uniquely Carle
+ Gorgeous Book
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The New Way Things Work35 reviews
David Macaulay
Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books, 1998
Ingenuity. Imagination. Depictions. Diagrams.
+ This is too cool
+ Husband loves it
+ The KISS* Principle Illustrated
+ A "must have" for any child.
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Snowflake Bentley (Caldecott Medal Book)43 reviews
Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Houghton Mifflin, 1998
Through a lens whitely
+ something for every audience
+ Wonderful on so many levels.
+ Not as good as it gets...
+ Snowflake Bently
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How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World (Dragonfly Books)16 reviews
Marjorie Priceman
Dragonfly Books, 1996
Great book!
+ very good, see also Cocoa Ice
+ Great Book
+ How To Make An Apple Pie and See The World
+ Review of How to Make an Apple Pie and see the world
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Paul Revere's Ride6 reviews
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Puffin, 1996
It DOES contain the whole thing...
+ Beautifully Illustrated
+ Great for Kids
+ Great book for teaching history to young children
+ used it for a report
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