I love robots, and the illustrations of Bot are just darn cute! I also love the parallel stories of Boy's and Bot's perspectives. This book makes for a great, simple introduction to point of view for primary grades.
I read, re-read and read aloud Boy+Bot many times before I discovered another reason I love it. My 6 year old read it to me the other night, and I discovered what an awesome book it is for early readers.
1955, the year that brought us The Micky Mouse Club and Captain Kangaroo, finally brought a Caldecott Gold to Marcia Brown after 6 Caldecott honors. Her version of Cinderella is a classic that still circulates with the princess and fairy crowd in my library.
The Honor winner, Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes illustrated by Marguerite de Angeli remindes me a lot of the Mother Goose book I grew up with. It's big and thick and filled with tons of nursery rhymes, with rich, full color illustrations every few pages. There are lots of lesser known nursery rhymes along with familiar ones and lovely line drawings filling the the white spaces.
I loved finding a new-to-me tongue twister about Theophilus Thistle, and the Bud helped me out with the video below.
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1955 Medal Winner:
Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper
illustrated by Marcia Brown
translated from Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown
Honor Books:
Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes
illustrated by Marguerite de Angeli
Wheel On The Chimney
illustrated by Tibor Gergely
written by Margaret Wise Brown
The Thanksgiving Story
illustrated by Helen Sewell
written by Alice Dalgliesh
Current Caldecott Challenge Total: 90 books out of 310
