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ooks make wonderful gifts for children, too. An infor-
mal survey of librarians and bookstores resulted in the
following recommendations for entertaining new works
and enduring classics. Among those surveyed were Rissa
Winkelman of Bookpeople and Bev Gealer of The Children's
Bookshop. (Age categories for books are approximate.)
Award runner-up for best illus-
trated children's book.
Goodnight Moon by Margaret
Wise Brown. A classic from the
1940s — child says goodnight
to all the things in his room
and outside.
The Runaway Bunny by Marga-
ret Wise Brown. Another 1940s
classic — adventures of a
bunny that runs away from
home.
AGES 3 TO 5:
Babushka's Doll by Patricia
INFANTS TO TODDLERS:
Baby Bear's Bedtime Book by
Jane Yolen: illustrated by Jane
Dwyer. Picture book.
Baby's Bedtime Book by Kay
Chorao. Part of a series; sold
as a book alone or in a book-
cassette combination.
Color Farm by Lois Ehlert.
Picture book — different ani-
mals make different shapes.
Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert.
Same as Color Farm but with
zoo animals. 1989 Caldecott
AGES 5 TO 8:
Babar by Laurent DeBrunhoff.
There are some seven original
Babar books as well as new
ones still being written.
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Polacco. Story about family re-
lationships.
Feathers for Lunch by Lois
Ehlert. Counting book with
birds and a hungry cat.
Fish Eyes by Lois Ehlert.
Counting book with colorful
fish.
How Many Spots Does A Leo-
pard Have And Other Tales by
Julius Lester. Folk tales from
Africa and other places.
Koala Lou by Mem Fox.
Animal olympics in Australia.
Pretend You Are A Cat by Jean
Marzollo. Using your imag-
ination.
Something Big Has Been Here
by Jack Prelusky. Illustrated
poems.
The Blue Balloon by Mick
Inkpen. Little boy watches his
balloon grow.
The Lucky Coin by Margaret
Greaves; illustrated by Liz Un-
derhill. Cat follows a lucky
coin.
The Mitten, written and illus-
trated by Jan Brett. Based on a
Ukrainian folk tale, a mitten
dropped in the snow becomes
home for forest creatures.
The Right Number of Elephants
by Jeff Sheppard. Counting
book.
Wendell, written and illustrated
by Eric Jon Nones. A band of
imps is really behind the
household mishaps, not the
family cat.
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