Shepherding Your Small Child with Picture Books
In this episode, Reading Rainbow meets Home fires as Tilly and Abigail each collect stacks of favorite picture books and talk through what they love about them. They also discuss abridgements, history reading, and the criteria they use for children's literature. Also, how Tilly accidentally took her husband's middle name, and why Abigail's grandmother was the coolest woman ever.
Favorite books discussed (and not discussed):
Abigail
Finn MacCoul and His Fearless Wife: A Giant of a Tale from Ireland by Robert Byrd
James Herriot's Treasury for Children, Illustrations by Ruth Brown and Peter Barrett
One Dog Canoe by Mary Casanova, illustrated by Ard Hoyt
The Story of Ping by Marjorie Flack and Kurt Wiese
Night of the Moonjellies by Mark Shasha
Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton
Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel by Viriginia Lee Burton
Annie and the Wild Animals by Jan Brett
The Wild Christmas Reindeer by Jan Brett
Gilgamesh the King, by Ludmila Zeman
The Revenge of Ishtar, by Ludmila Zeman
The Last Quest of Gilgamesh, by Ludmila Zeman
The Story of Robin Hood, illustrated by Alan Marks
Seven Ways to Trick a Troll by Lise Lunge Larsen, illustrated by Kari Vick
Caedmon's Song by Ruth Ashby, illustrated by Bill Slavin