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June 9, 2007

Winter is Here, but Spring is Coming!

These books are about what winter is like (snow, animals hibernating, etc.) and how one might recognize the signs of spring coming.

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Posted by Charles Bayless on June 9, 2007 10:39 PM | | Comments (0)

November 26, 2007

Winter Stories

This is a book list constructed from the November 25th, 2007 Pigeon Post essay.

The books included here are the non-Christmas stories that take place in winter or have some winter theme to them.

Please use the comments to suggest additional titles.

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Posted by Charles Bayless on November 26, 2007 9:27 AM | | Comments (0)

August 11, 2009

Pets

From the Pigeon Post essay of August, 12, 2009, of the same name.

This book list is divided into three sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
(3) Young Adults

The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use the following link to skip directly to the Independent Readers or the Young Adults sections.
Go to books for Independent Readers
Go to books for Young Adults


Picture Books

Curious George by H. A. Rey Highly Recommended
Good Dog, Carl by Alexandra Day Highly Recommended
Harry and the Lady Next Door by Gene Zion Highly Recommended
Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion and illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham Highly Recommended
Fish Out of Water by Helen Palmer Recommended
Allison by Allen Say Recommended
Billy and Blaze by C.W. Anderson Recommended
Dick Whittington and His Cat by Marcia Brown Recommended
Floss by Kim Lewis Recommended
Hey, Al by Arthur Yorinks and illustrated by Richard Egielski Recommended
McDuff Moves In by Rosemary Wells and illustrated by Susan Jeffers Recommended
Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag Recommended
The Mog Collection by Judith Kerr Recommended
Puss in Boots by Philip Pullman and illustrated by Ian Beck Recommended
Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault, retold by Paul Galdone and illustrated by Paul Galdone & Charles Perrault Recommended
Sam Bangs and Moonshine by Evaline Ness Recommended
The Adventures of Taxi Dog by Debra and Sal Barracca and illustrated by Mark Buehner Recommended
Bark, George by Jules Feiffer Suggested
Big Dog Little Dog by P.D. Eastman Suggested
Biscuit by Alyssa Satin Capucilli and illustrated by Pat Schories Suggested
Blaze and the Mountain Lion by C.W. Anderson Suggested
Cat Up a Tree by John Hassett and Ann Hassett Suggested
Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures With the Family Lazardo by William Joyce Suggested
Harry by the Sea by Gene Zion Suggested
Mcduff and the Baby by Rosemary Wells and illustrated by Susan Jeffers Suggested
Mcduff Comes Home by Rosemary Wells and illustrated by Susan Jeffers Suggested
Nothing At All by Wanda Gag Suggested
The Mysterious Tadpole by Steven Kellogg Suggested


Independent Reader

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo Highly Recommended
Big Red by Jim Kjelgaard Highly Recommended
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell and illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg Highly Recommended
Homer Price by Robert McCloskey Highly Recommended
My Life and Hard Times by James Thurber Highly Recommended
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George Highly Recommended
The Adventures of Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren and illustrated by Michael Chesworth Highly Recommended
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Highly Recommended
Stuart Little by E.B. White and illustrated by Garth Williams Highly Recommended
The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith Highly Recommended
The Black Stallion by Walter Farley and illustrated by Keith Ward Highly Recommended
The Call of the Wild by Jack London and illustrated by Martin Gascoigne Highly Recommended
The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford and Carl Burger Highly Recommended
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls Highly Recommended
Babe by Dick King-Smith and illustrated by Maggie Kneen Recommended
Catwings Collection by Ursula K. Le Guin Recommended
Gentle Ben by Walt Morey and illustrated by John Schoenherr Recommended
Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes Recommended
Henry and Ribsy by Beverly Cleary Recommended
Irish Red by Jim Kjelgaard Recommended
James Herriot's Dog Stories by James Herriot Recommended
James Herriot's Treasury for Children by James Herriot and illustrated by Peter Barrett and Ruth Brown Recommended
Kavik the Wolf Dog by Walt Morey and illustrated by Peter Parnall Recommended
Lad - Albert Payson Terhune and illustrated by Sam Savitt by Author Recommended
Lassie Come Home by Eric Knight and illustrated by Marguerite Kirmse Recommended
Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater and illustrated by Robert Lawson Recommended
Old Yeller by Fred Gipson and illustrated by Carl Burger Recommended
Rascal by Sterling North and illustrated by John Schoenherr Recommended
Ribsy by Beverly Cleary Recommended
Seaman by Gail Langer Karwoski and illustrated by James Watling Recommended
Smoky the Cowhorse by Will James Recommended
Sounder by William H. Armstrong and illustrated by James Barkley Recommended
Star in the Storm by Joan Hiatt Harlow Recommendation
The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog by John R. Erickson and illustrated by Gerald L. Holmes Recommended
The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico Recommended
Thunder from the Sea by Joan Hiatt Harlow Recommendation


Young Adult

My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell Highly Recommended
Birds, Beasts, and Relatives by Gerald Malcolm Durrell Recommended
The National Velvet by Enid Bagnold Suggested

Posted by Charles Bayless on August 11, 2009 8:26 PM | | Comments (0)