the marlowe bookshelf

For my friends who kept asking me for a children's book list...

Thursday, February 9, 2012

The Snow Queen

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We had snow last night, just enough to make this morning, with it's pink sunrise, look startlingly beautiful.  No doubt it will melt tod...
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Ben's Trumpet

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Ben's Trumpet by Rachel Isadora 1979 With riotous black and white illustrations like a jazz score, this story follows Ben and hi...
Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Captain Murderer

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Happy Birthday, Charles Dickens!   Captain Murderer adapted by George Harland 1986 pictures by Rowan Barnes-Murphy This macabre ...
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Friday, February 3, 2012

Cinderlily

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Cinderlily David Ellwand illustrations by Christine Tagg 2003 I'm forcing some Paperwhites that were recently given to me by a...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Lyle Lyle Crocodile

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Today is my father-in-law's birthday. His name is Lyle and when I saw this book I knew Madeleine and Henry had to have it. This was in...
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Monday, January 30, 2012

Everone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like

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Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like Jay Williams illustrated by Mercer Mayer 1976 One of my favorite Mercer Mayer books. The c...
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Sunday, January 29, 2012

The Fourth Question

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Charlotte's nursery class has been talking about Chinese New Year.  They made dragons with glue and glitter and Friday she came home wit...
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Katie
I have one husband, three children, a cat, a dog, a bunny, and a house full of too many books to count. I love to read, ride my bike, bake, develop my own photographs, and I've been known to neglect all housework to play with my kids.
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