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Fly High Fly Low
Written & Illustrated by Don Freeman Fly High Fly Low is the love story of two pigeons named Sid and Midge (both conveniently rhyme with “pidg” as in pigeon). The story takes place in San Francisco, California. Freeman includes many famous and recognizable attributes of San Fransico in the vista-view illustrations, including: cable cars, Golden […]
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Soul Looks Back in Wonder
Illustrated by Tom Feelings And accompanied by thirteen major poets’ responses to his art work This project is a unique collaboration between renowned African American poets and one of the most successful African American illustrators. Tom Feelings was the first African-American to be awarded a Caldecott Honor for his illustrations. It includes poems by: Maya […]
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Long Night Moon
by Cynthia Rylant Illustrated by Mark Siegal “Have you ever stopped to consider what might be revealed in one spot over one year by twelve unique and exquisite full moons?” (inside cover dust jacket) Long Night Moon is short poem by Cynthia Rylant about the different names of some Native American groups used to describe […]
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All I See
by Cynthia Rylant Illustrated by Peter Catalanotto In All I See, Rylant tells the story of a jovial painter named Gregory who only paints whales although he is facing a whale-less lake while he paints. Rylant describes the whales in his paintings as varied, but consistent: “Sometimes the whale was diving in deep water, sometimes […]
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The Whales
Written and illustrated by Cynthia Rylant The Whales is the first Cynthia Rylant picture book that I encountered where Rylant also worked as the illustrator. Rylant portrays a variety of different kinds of whales species, including blue, humpback, beluga, sperm, narwhal, and fin whales. The media used in this piece appears to be acrylic paint […]
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The Ticky-Tacky Doll
Written by Cynthia Rylant Illustrated by Harvey Stevenson In The Ticky-Tacky Doll, Rylant tells us the story of a little girl, who like many of us and our students, are nervous to go to school for the first time. This little girl has a beloved doll that her Grandmama made for her from sewing scraps. […]
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The Korean Cinderella
By Shirley Climo Illustrated by Ruth Heller “Long ago in Korea, when magical creatures were as common as cabbages…” This Cinderella story takes place in Korea hundreds of years ago and tells the story of a girl named Pear Blossom. When Pear Blossom’s mother dies, her father marries a windowed woman who has a daughter […]
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Walt Disney’s Cinderella
By Cynthia Rylant Illustrated by Mary Blair This telling of the Cinderella story is the same one many readers familiar to those who have seen the Disney movie version of the tale. The illustrator, Mary Blair, also worked on the movie as the conceptual designer, creating a familiar visual appeal. Rylant beautifully crafts her words […]
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The Rough-Face Girl
By Rafe Martin Illustrated by David Shannon The Rough-Face Girl is an Algonquin Indian Cinderella story told by Rafe Martin. In the story, we learn of a girl who’s appearance has been maimed the ashes and embers from forcibly tending the fire. In this Cinderella version, instead of a Prince Charming all of the girls […]
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The Boy Who Lived with the Seals
By Rafe Martin Illustrated by David Shannon Like The Rough Face Girl, The Boy Who Lived with the Seals is another production of the joint efforts of Rafe Martin and illustrator David Shannon. In this story, Martin tells a Chinook Indian legend of a five-year-old boy who disappears during a tribe’s spring migration and ends […]
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