The Fantasic Undersea Life of Jacques Couseau

 

 

“The Fantasic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau is a simple but informative story of Cousteau’s interesting life with an emphasis on his major contributions to the study of the seas.  Gouache and airbrush illustrations on watercolor paper are bright and inviting, allowing the reader to enter the undersea world of Cousteau.

Dan Yaccarino has received awards from the Society of Illustrators, Communication Arts, American Illustration, Print Magazine, and How Magazine.  He is the author of other well-known children’s books including Good Night, Mr. Night and Zoom, Zoom, Zoom!  Dan lives with his wife and their two children in New York.”  (Red Clover Award Educator Resource Guide, 2010)

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Lousy Rotten Stinkin’ Grapes by Margie Palatini

“Fox enlists his friends to help him reach some juicy grapes, but he refuses to listen to their practical advice. Lively language and luscious watercolors humorously convey the pitfalls of hubris in this delightful retelling of the well-known Aesop’s fable.

Margie Palatini is a doodler and a dabbler with a big imagination, and she likes writing stories that make children laugh.  In 1997, her book Piggie Pie! won the first state-wide Red Clover Award.  Palatini lives in New Jersey with her family.

Barry Moser is an internationally reowned printmaker and illustrator who was named a New England Living Treasure in 1983.  He lives in western Massachusetts with his wife, two English mastiffs and four cats and he teaches art at Smith College.” (Red Clover Award Educator Resource Guide, 2010)

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Bubble Trouble by Margaret Mahy

“‘Little Mabel blew a bubble, and it caused a lot of trouble…’ Indeed, it engulfs her baby brouthe and wafts him away.  Mahy’s nonsensical poem floats it waves along with the bouncing baby across watercolor and cut-paper spreads.  With a little practice the tongue-twisting alliterations, rhyme, and unfamiliar names will fall easily off readers’ tongues.

Margaret Mahy is the author of more than 200 books for children and young adults, tow of which have received the England’s Carnegie Medal.  In 2006 she received the Hans Christian Andersen award in recognition of her ‘lasting contributions to children’s literature.’ The Margaret Mahy Mdeal Award recognizes excellence in children’s literature, publishing, and literacy in New Zealand, where she lives.

Polly Dunbar lives and works in Brighton, England.  She thinks that color is a brilliant way to cheer yourself up and whenever she’s feeling gray, she puts on her best pink frock and paints!  When Polly is not illustrating, she likes to make puppets.  Polly is the daughter of author Joyce Dunbar with whom he collaborated on the picture book Shoe Baby.

http://redclovertech.wordpress.com/category/bubble-trouble/

Pennies for Elephants by Lita Judge

“Based on the true story of children in 1914 Boston who saved their pennies to buy trained elephants for their local zoo.  Brightly illustrated in watercolor and ink, often overlaid with sepia-toned renditions of newspaper clippings.

Lita Judge is an author and illustrator who lives in Peterborough, New Hampshire.  As a child, she and her twin sisiter spent summers on her grandparent’s farm in Wisconsin. Like her grandmother, Fran Hamerstrom, Lita is a scientist as well as an author.  Lita has a degree in geology:  her grandparents were both biologists.  Lita’s first picture book, One Thousand Tracing, received the International Reading Association Children’s Book Award, and Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Honor, and was selected as an ALA and NCTE Notable Book.

http://www.litajudge.com/pennies.html

http://www.elephants.com/

Tanya Lee Stone

Tanya Lee Stone is a Vermont children’s author of nonfiction.  She will be visiting our school to meet with our students on March 3, 2011. 

Here are some sites to help you become familiar with Ms Stone.

http://www.tanyastone.com/ 

video presentation http://www.booktv.org/Watch/10323/Almost+Astronauts+Thirteen+Women+Who+Dared+to+Dream.aspx

http://tanyaleestone.livejournal.com/  Tanya Lee Stone’s live journal/blog

http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/AlexanderCalder/Video

Let’s Do Nothing by Tony Fucile

“Frankie and Sal have done everything, played everything, read everything, so they decide it’s time to do nothing.  Nothing ends up being impossible to do as the time spent trying to do nothing stirs the imagination into action.  Using acrylics, ink, and pencil, Tony Fucile creates a world where two boys impagin transforming into statues, trees, and buildings.

Tony Fucile lives with his family in the San Francisco Bay area.  He is a designer and animator whose work include the films “The Lion King,” “Finding Nemo,” and “The Incredibles.”  Let’s Do Nothing is his first book and it’s been named one of the Best Books of the Year (2009) by School Library Journal and Amazon and won the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award.”  (Red Clover Award Educator Resource Guide, 2010)

http://www.candlewick.com/book_files/0763634409.kit.1.pdf 

http://10.1.1.252/safevideos/Video.aspx?id=M8FHCiG-_PM

Chicken Little by Rebecca and Ed Emberley

“Chicken Little isn’t the brightest chicken in the coop, so when an acorn falls and hits him on the head, he  thinks the sky is falling.  Thus begins the familiar story you may think you know-but this one ends with a twist.  The witty text is complemented by vivid, bold collage-like illustrations.

Rebecca Emberley has created over 30 children’s books, including  My Mother’s Secret Life.  Here she is teamed up with her father, Ed Emberley, author/illustrator of over 80 children’s books including Drummer Hoff, a Caldecott winner.  Both New Englanders, Rebecca lives in Maine, her dad in Massachusetts.” (Red Clover Award Educator Resource Guide, 2010)

Redwoods by Jason Chin

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“A boy finds a book that takes him on a journey through a readwood forest.  Perspective and scale combined with a color palette of browns and greens and  a silvery mist blend reality and fantasy and  evoke awe-inspired emotions. This … Continue reading →

Moonshot by Brian Floca

“Moonshot takes readers along on the historic Apollo 11 mission, sharing factual information while caputring the excitement and  energy of the first lunar landing.  Floca’s line and wash illustrations are technically accurate, detailed and visually stunning.

Brian Floca is the author and illustrator of Five Trucks, The Racecar Alphabet, and Lightship.  He has also illustrated many books by Avi including City of Light, City of Dark and Poppy, winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award.  Originally from Texas, Floca now lives in Brooklyn.”  (Red Clover Award Educator Resource Guide, 2010)

First Moon Landing-video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMINSD7MmT4