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All other p ending posts are reviewed individually and approved at least daily. No sales offers, please. Many, many thanks to all the wonderful readers who help to ID these books! We also appreciate those who take the time to thank the contributors for researching their books. You both bring up a good point: The Mitten is an old Ukranian folk tale. A mitten was used in the original Ukranian story, but undoubtedly this is a variant.
The best known modern ones are Jan Brett's and Alvin Tressault's. Rachev Illustrator and there is a recent version of this title rewritten with different pictures. I doubt if any of these have been anthologized, so we are no closer to finding your book! Incidentally, Goodreads has an excellent list of books in English, set in the Ukraine.
I'm looking for the elementary school historical series available to me in the mid's. The books had teal blue bindings and a black sillouette of the head of the historical figure. If there were any illustrations in the books they were in black sillouette.
I remember books on presidents and some separate ones about their wives: Martha Washington, Dolly Madison, etc. I believe the school library carried about 30 different volumes. The silhouette biographies, also called the Childhood of Famous Americans series.
They were well written, by various authors, and are inexpensive in later editions, although they have collectible prices as firsts. Bobbs-Merrill was the publisher, at least in the beginning. They are currently in print as paperbacks published by Aladdin but I don't know if they have been "dumbed down", probably.
Hard to find with a search engine, but try going to the abebooks Advanced Search http: You will have almost 4, results. This book is prob from the s or s. It was about or so when I read this from my school library. I can't remember any key phrases but I know it had some crazy words in it and you had to turn the book in different directions because of how the book was written. It had a girl with red or brown hair in it???
This story was in a children's story book. I can't remember any of the other stories in the book. Robert Munsch I hope that's the book your looking for. This book was hard cover and a little wider than average. The book had a bunch of different stories in it. I think one of the stories was about a girl who went out and found an injured cat in the rain.
It was apart of a story but the dragon pictures always bothered me so I'd pass them while reading.
If -anybody- remembers this book I am looking to rediscover an old book I enjoyed as a child It showed various seasons in which the horse was used to haul hay, for ice harvesting in the frozen lakes, and for harvest of maple being tapped I loved the book as a kid and cannot think of the name nor author Can you help me? I think the time line was perhaps the 30's or 40's I seem to recall the people in it were rather stout looking and wore overalls a lot I've been trying to remember the name of a book I read when I was about 12, I dont remember much about the book but Ioved it.
I wanna say it was named "silver" or "silvert" which I think was the last name of the main character, if I remember right it was about a girl about 12yrs old who just moved to a new place I think with her father and they lived in a trailer. Maybe silver was the name of a dog I really dont remember. I do remember the cover had a girl with blondish brown hair looking awfully sad on it. I know I'm no help. She does live with her father in a trailer park.
I think they were new in town. She makes friends with the town librarian because they are both interested in growing roses.
I liked this book, the author's first. The front cover is blue and purplish with a black cat sat in a tree, and a castle in the back ground. I had a book seem to remember an orange binding about a boy who was either a page or a knight who was trying to hunt down a monster or dragon in the forest I was a 70's kid but my mother was known to have older era books 50's or 60's Anyone know what I am referring to? This sounds just like Bill Peet, but I can't find the one I am picturing! Anyway, go to amazon or google images and see if the illustration style is right.
I am searching for a book that I think was called Harvey and the Amazing bubble gum machine. It was quite old. On the other side of the book was another book about monsters I think.
So it was two books in one. It was a set of mythology books with each one pertaining to a different culture's mythology Greek, Roman, Norse, African, Egyptian, etc. The only other thing I know about them is that they were on the smaller side and either yellow or orange in color so probably more like those cloth-y type covers or something.
Im trying to locate a book from my mothers childhood. She says she remembers an angel making snowflakes of different shapes and sizes from sugar? It was a hard back book with red paper cover possibly with an angel with brown hair. Not the littlest angel. I read a book about 35 years ago. It was about a girl who went shopping I believe for a dress and goes out to lunch. I think she eats fried chicken not sure but I know she eats chocolate cake.
She may have had her dog with her, but I'm unsure. The drawings were not too elaborate. It was a wonderful book and I would like to read it to my daughter. Thank you for any help you might give. We don't have one in stock to check for chocolate. I was about 14 or 15, a freshman in high school, circa Years later I asked her about it but she had gotten rid of alot of her 'kiddie' books. The paperback cover was yellow or gold with blue letters for the title.
I think it might have shown two teen girls on the cover. The story was about two girls who are sick and need heart transplants. One comes from a wealthy country family and has red curly hair. The other is regular city middle class girl with dark straight hair and has a boyfriend. Dark haired girl thinks red haired girl's brother is cute. I remember the brother's description reminded me of Leonardo Dicapiro back then except the character wore a cowboy hat. Well rich girl dies towards the end of the book while dark haired girl gets the heart. Dead girl leaves a goodbye video for her best friend, dark haired girl to watch.
I also remember a scene of a cross in the ground that someone hangs a necklace around. Might have been at the end also. Does this sound familiar to anyone??? I remember reading this book when I was younger I think called "Penny Penny". The front of the book she has blonde hair and is kind of skipping. She sort of resembles doll like features because her eyes were beady, she had no fingers just straight rounded off "hands" and "feet". That she wore black mary jane looking shoes and a dress. I believe she even had her dog on the front of the book as well, but I do remember the dog being in the story itself.
I know the girl's name was Penny, and that the title on the front of the book had two words in it with the second one being her name. Both words either rhymed or were the same. Hi my name is Marlaina and I'm trying to help my mother find a book from her childhood. It's probably from the 50s or 60s it's a collection of short stories of the fairly tale genre.
Billy goats gruff was one story included in it but the story she really remembers is of a brown mouse who didn't want to do her house work because she wanted to dance around in her red shoes. The digital illustrations are very simple with crisp, bold lines and colors that allow the bright orange pumpkins to stand out on the page for the reader.
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I would recommend this book for children ages to help them with their beginning counting skills. It would be easy for them to count the pumpkins on each page and find the new number on the page after each pumpkin goes missing. Also, this book is the perfect story to get children in the mood for fun fall activities and trick-or-treating during Halloween. Sep 18, Melissa rated it liked it Shelves: The story starts out with ten pumpkins. But with all sorts of silly creatures coming out to help themselves to the pumpkins by the end there is only one left.
What a delightful and amusing countdown book that students will love to read at Halloween time! This would be a cute book to u Savage, S. This would be a cute book to use with younger grades like Pre-Kindergarten through 1st grade when teaching counting from 1 to 10 and back again! The illustrations use just the right combination of colors for Halloween: I enjoyed reading the book and it helps the reader with counting numbers and gets them in the mood for tricks or treats! Sep 06, Amanda rated it really liked it Shelves: Sep 28, Kayla Dunbar rated it liked it Shelves: Two Orange Pumpkins is a well written counting book that makes learning how to count to ten fun.
It uses different aspects of Halloween to make each number interesting. The book starts off with ten pumpkins. As the book progresses different Halloween type creatures. These creatures start to take the pumpkins and we are gradually left with one. This book incorporates Halloween without being scary. Stephen Savage does an great job of making counting fun for our students. The illustrations are also Two Orange Pumpkins is a well written counting book that makes learning how to count to ten fun. The illustrations are also done very well. While they are simple and very much so animated they are still engaging and interesting to look at.
The illustrations help the story of these ten pumpkins move along. Over all this was a very good picture counting book for students. Oct 16, Mary Ann rated it it was amazing Shelves: Ten orange pumpkins start the night stacked neatly on hay bales outside the farmer's house, but one by one they disappear. Savage combines bold illustrations with rhythmic rhyming text, giving young readers just enough clues that they can figure out what happens to each pumpkin. I especially love his striking use of silhouettes--they are creepy and dramatic, yet they are simple and straightforward.
Look how effectively Savage uses the page to hook young readers. They'll love counting the pumpkin Ten orange pumpkins start the night stacked neatly on hay bales outside the farmer's house, but one by one they disappear. They'll love counting the pumpkins and figuring out where the missing one went. Here's a great example that there are so many details in the illustrations that kids can add many layers to the story beyond the text.
Oct 26, Vivian rated it really liked it Shelves: Bold colors against silhouettes, three lines of text every other page followed by one line of text every other page. Lots of expletives to invite the children to repeat with you such as 'yikes', 'hah! Our story performers had the kids do actions along with them, making this a very engaging book. It ends with the phrase "Happy Halloween! Jun 02, Janet rated it really liked it Shelves: I am in love with the effect the illustrations create in this Halloween title.
As for as the counting aspect it is there, but this is not a counting title. Although a number of colors are used in the illustrations, the predominate use of black silhouettes with the pops of the orange pumpkins as well as white seen in the ghost and in eyes is stunning! Would love using this with an audience older than preschoolers. This is not a title that is about a beginning to end story line, just spooky WOW!! This is not a title that is about a beginning to end story line, just spooky happenings on Halloween.
Feb 16, Kory Bootsma rated it it was amazing. Ten Orange Pumpkins is a Halloween story that counts down from ten to teach children about numbers. Starting out with ten pumpkins, pumpkins slowly "disappear" by either being stolen by a pirate, struck by lightening, or added to a "pot of witch's brew" including many others! With every turn of the page, children can count the new amount of pumpkins which in turn, reinforces number literacy. The illustrations are extremely captivating and the rhyme schemes are witty and engaging, delighting bo Ten Orange Pumpkins is a Halloween story that counts down from ten to teach children about numbers.
The illustrations are extremely captivating and the rhyme schemes are witty and engaging, delighting both parents and children alike. Highly recommended for preschool aged children. Nov 12, AMY rated it it was amazing. Great story - rhyming and cool verses. The great thing is the black cat is on every page, watching the pumpkins disappear. The illustrations are unique and beautiful. It features a neat silhouette with spooky scenes. It is cleverly written and fun for a read aloud.
Highly recommended for Grades K Feb 24, Dakotah Sporing rated it really liked it. This is a classic counting book that also uses rhyming and theme very well throughout the book and would be an excellent book to use for teaching counting in a different way. I chose this book for the theme and the content it covers. Dec 11, Vicki rated it it was amazing Shelves: This is one of my favorite read alouds in a long time! With its rhyming text, it will be great to share with a group.
This will be one of my favorite Halloween go to books. Oct 28, Jade Detzer rated it really liked it Shelves: This book has a Halloween feel to it but the Halloween figures ghosts, witches, etc have friendly, smiling faces and are not scary whatsoever. This book is perfect for the fall and counting with younger students. It is a predictable book, the pumpkins decrease by one every page. It can be used for a review math lesson. Mar 27, Mary rated it really liked it Shelves: The most popular middle-grade novels are set in series with recurring characters and settings, set against realistic backgrounds often school that kids will instantly relate to.
Though traditionally not illustrated heavily, the recent immense popularity of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid and other similar series, has given rise to more heavily graphic middle-grade novels. These covers usually present kids with visual clues that are familiar to them school settings, fashion, sports, etc but still need to present them in a unique way in order to grab the attention of kids who have increasingly busy schedules.
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