Title: My Great-Aunt Arizona Written by Gloria Houston Illustrated by Susan Condie Lamb Published by Harper Collins, 1992 Ages: 5-8 Themes: teaching, Appalachian region, biography, generations Opening Lines: My great-aunt Arizona … Continue reading
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By: JOANNA MARPLE,
on 5/30/2014
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By: JOANNA MARPLE,
on 5/30/2014
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By: Bianca Schulze,
on 11/28/2011
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By Nicki Richesin, The Children’s Book Review
Published: November 29, 2011
During the holiday season it’s a great joy to share family traditions and spend time together. Every year, I look forward to reading these beloved books below to my daughter.
The Story of Holly & Ivy
By Rumer Godden; illustrated by Barbara Cooney
Rumer Godden begins The Story of Holly & Ivy with the sweetest line, “This is a story about wishing.” When an orphan named Ivy and a dreamy doll named Holly see each other through a toy shop window, magic happens. In this classic Christmas tale, Holly and Ivy both find a sense of belonging in their new home and to each other. Wishes come true in part thanks to Barbara Cooney’s tender illustrations of the festive village and toys. Godden captures the precious beauty of a brave girl unwilling to give up on her dream. (Ages 5-10)
Christmas Tree Memories
By Aliki
My daughter and I love returning to Christmas Tree Memories by Aliki each December just like the family’s tradition in the book of sitting by their tree with cookies and a roaring fire to recount each story behind their homemade ornaments. Aliki imbues such gentleness to each character, whether it’s Papouli or the children, the love this family feels for each other comes across with her every detail. (Ages 4-8)
Jingle Bells
By Iza Trapani
Jingle Bells (as told and illustrated by Iza Trapani) is a rollicking fun songbook filled with holiday customs and traditions from around the world. Children will enjoy learning about bearded little gnomes in Sweden, lantern parades in the Philippines, breaking the piñata in Mexico, and presents found in their shoes in Italy. (Ages 4-8)
By: Bianca Schulze,
on 8/26/2011
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By Nicki Richesin, The Children’s Book Review
Published: August 26, 2011
Miss Dorothy and Her Bookmobile
By Gloria Houston (Author), Susan Condie Lamb (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 6 and up
Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins (January 25, 2011)
Source: Publisher
Gloria Houston, author of the timeless classic THE YEAR OF THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS TREE, has created another winner with her latest MISS DOROTHY AND HER BOOKMOBILE. Based on the true story of Houston’s beloved childhood librarian Dorothy Thomas, this is a touching tribute to how generously Thomas shared her great love of books with generations of life-long readers. Miss Dorothy has high hopes of becoming a respected librarian in a red brick building in her town square. She works hard to realize her goal, but when she falls in love with a man who wants to move to a farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains, she must find a way to fashion a new dream for herself. In her trusty green bookmobile, Miss Dorothy travels over three countryside counties to deliver books to folks too far away to collect them including a wheelchair-bound child and a host of other grateful readers. In the end, a small white cottage is donated to house the many books Miss Dorothy has collected over the years. Susan Condie Lamb’s glowing pastel illustrations of the “land of high blue mountains, with deep green valleys, and cascading streams splashing silver” bring the story to life. The warm sense of community and the way in which Miss Dorothy’s dream turns into something richer than she imagined makes this a wonderfully instructive and heartfelt book for all ages.
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Nicki Richesin is the editor of four anthologies,What I Would Tell Her: 28 Devoted Dads on Bringing Up, Holding On To, and Letting Go of Their Daughters; Because I Love Her: 34 Women Writers Reflect on the Mother-Daughter Bond; the forthcoming Crush: 26 Real-Life Tales of First Love; and The May Queen: Women on Life, Work, and Pulling it all Together in your Thirties. Her anthologies have been excerpted and praised in The New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle,The Boston Globe, Redbook, Add a Comment