That Lester Del Ray for kids looks dope! He was an incredibly prolific writer.
For some reason those reminded me of this book, which I read a few times when I was pretty young, I remember taking it out of the library over and over:
It was part of a series (I think the first volume) ... anybody ever read these?
That Lester Del Ray for kids looks dope! He was an incredibly prolific writer.
theres one other i know of, that i cant find the cover i have for, but heres a u.k. HC:
For some reason those reminded me of this book, which I read a few times when I was pretty young, I remember taking it out of the library over and over:
It was part of a series (I think the first volume) ... anybody ever read these?
NEVER seen that, and it looks awesome.
cant find the old cover (why do childrens books look so lame now?), but this was a great read:
Also, maybe even more influential and perhaps my all-time favorite:
Daniel Pinkwater is a genius. He creates scenarios so fantastic yet based so firmly in reality that any kid with half an imagination can't help but be drawn in completely. Lizard Music is his masterpiece. This book completely blew my mind. A plot that involves our young hero staying up late one night when left home alone and watching TV, when he sees a hazy broadcast of a band of actual lizards playing music unlike anything he has ever heard. He decides to discover the source of this broadcast, and goes on a hunt that is filled with fantastic humor and cliffhanging excitement. Pinkwater never talked down to his young audience, instead treating them with respect and sophistication not often found in novels for young children. I read everything he published for kids, and loved it all ... but nothing was quite like Lizard Music.
Have you read his collections of essays and commentaries from NPR? One book is called Fish Whistle and the other is Chicago Days, Hoboken Nights. He also wrote a fairly amusing novel for adults called The Afterlife Diet.
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Explaining the meaning of the words "Black," "Negro," and "Afro-American," this book teaches children to appreciate the various shades of color among African Americans.
Stewart is brown like a copper penny Debbie is black like strong coffee Renne is golden like a peach Elesa is white like vanilla ice cream
Cool illustrations to show the diversity of Black Folk.
Just finished readin this book to my seven yr old daughter...brought back alot of memories from when I was her age having it read to me. Like all good reads a parent can share with a child, it operates on two levels: one that gets the kid going and one that keeps the parent reading. About a musical cricket from Connecticut who ends up living in the New York Subway system, his 'promoter', Tucker the mouse and friend Harry the cat.
A few years ago I was having 60 volunteers coming in at one time to read. Usually I have less than a dozen vols during any hour.
So I had each of them take a few of my books and sent them into classrooms, and each adult got to read with a kid.
I book talked my entire collection before sending them out. I told them about rhyming books, and pattern books, and counting books, and non-fiction.... I showed them David Shannan books, and Mo Willems books.
I also told them the kids might not be into the our favorite books from our childhood, like Where the Wild Things Are and Madeline. Then I said; "Perhaps because Madeline is about post WWI French Catholic Boarding School Girls, the kids have a hard time relating." After they took their books and left the only book left behind was two sad copies of Madeline. Which is a shame, because, some kids don't get into Madeline, but others do, and it's a great book, and the way we learn about appendix operations, Paris and post WWI French Catholic Boarding School Girls is by reading books like Madeline.
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He was an incredibly prolific writer.
For some reason those reminded me of this
book, which I read a few times when I was
pretty young, I remember taking it out of
the library over and over:
It was part of a series (I think the first volume) ...
anybody ever read these?
theres one other i know of, that i cant find the cover i have for, but heres a u.k. HC:
NEVER seen that, and it looks awesome.
cant find the old cover (why do childrens books look so lame now?), but this was a great read:
Have you read his collections of essays and commentaries from NPR? One book is called Fish Whistle and the other is Chicago Days, Hoboken Nights. He also wrote a fairly amusing novel for adults called The Afterlife Diet.
Oh hell yes. I thought this book was utterly fantastic. I ended up breaking the spine from reading it so much.
Also, cosignature on the Encyclopedia Brown books. Good times all around there.
This was actually the first 45 I ever owned! Also the first record I ever scratched with.
This was a good one too:
"...but you don't have to take my word for it."
b/w
i only read for the personal pan pizzas from pizza hut.
motherfuckingfuck what the hell???????
I must have mentioned Christopher Paul Curtis the first time through on this thread.
The dad, of the hero, of the Mr Chickee books, is a record collector.
James Brown records are featured in this book.
In the end his dad buys a mint wlp Billy Stewart lp.
Christopher Paul Curtis, if you have not read his books start today.
fav book for me.
Explaining the meaning of the words "Black," "Negro," and "Afro-American," this book teaches children to appreciate the various shades of color among African Americans.
Stewart is brown like a copper penny
Debbie is black like strong coffee
Renne is golden like a peach
Elesa is white like vanilla ice cream
Cool illustrations to show the diversity of Black Folk.
Like all good reads a parent can share with a child, it operates on two levels: one that gets the kid going and one that keeps the parent reading.
About a musical cricket from Connecticut who ends up living in the New York Subway system, his 'promoter', Tucker the mouse and friend Harry the cat.
Where The Wild Things Are?
Just because a book is good doesn't mean it has to be made into a feature film.
definitely! i just purchased it for my son, i hope he likes it as much as i did when he gets older
A few years ago I was having 60 volunteers coming in at one time to read. Usually I have less than a dozen vols during any hour.
So I had each of them take a few of my books and sent them into classrooms, and each adult got to read with a kid.
I book talked my entire collection before sending them out. I told them about rhyming books, and pattern books, and counting books, and non-fiction....
I showed them David Shannan books, and Mo Willems books.
I also told them the kids might not be into the our favorite books from our childhood, like Where the Wild Things Are and Madeline. Then I said;
"Perhaps because Madeline is about post WWI French Catholic Boarding School Girls, the kids have a hard time relating."
After they took their books and left the only book left behind was two sad copies of Madeline. Which is a shame, because, some kids don't get into Madeline, but others do, and it's a great book, and the way we learn about appendix operations, Paris and post WWI French Catholic Boarding School Girls is by reading books like Madeline.
Those illustration are facemelt. I'll have to track those down.