{"id":4789,"date":"2018-07-02T12:47:44","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T16:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silvercentury.org\/?page_id=4789"},"modified":"2020-06-11T15:32:40","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T19:32:40","slug":"ages-3-to-7","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/voicesviews\/arts\/childrens-books\/ages-3-to-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Ages 3 to 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2020\/02\/grandmothers-visit\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"260\" height=\"286\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/516km2j8jgL._SX258_BO1204203200_.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/516km2j8jgL._SX258_BO1204203200_.jpg 260w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/516km2j8jgL._SX258_BO1204203200_-136x150.jpg 136w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/516km2j8jgL._SX258_BO1204203200_-100x110.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/516km2j8jgL._SX258_BO1204203200_-150x165.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/516km2j8jgL._SX258_BO1204203200_-200x220.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/516km2j8jgL._SX258_BO1204203200_-108x119.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2020\/02\/grandmothers-visit\/\">Grandmother\u2019s Visit<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/ages-3-to-7\/\">Ages 3 to 7<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/\">Arts<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/\">Children's Books<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><b>By Betty Quan, with full-color illustrations by Carmen Mok<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Groundwood Books, 2018<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This sweetly sad story is about the relationship between a girl and her grandmother, who comes to live with the family. She shows the girl how to properly measure rice and tells tales of her childhood in China. They share a love for the pickled plums that the old woman always has in her pocket. Every day, they say goodbye when Grandmother leaves the girl at school, and every day they say hello at dismissal. Until the day the girl\u2019s father picks her up instead. Now Grandmother stays in her room all the time and Mother and Father worry in whispers. And then Grandmother is gone. But the girl and her family follow a Chinese tradition of keeping the outside lights on, to invite the deceased loved one\u2019s spirit to return for one last goodbye. The girl realizes she can keep her memories, plus the ones Grandmother shared of her own experiences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The soft illustrations set just the right mood, with muted hues and pops of vibrant oranges and reds. This is a good book to share with children who may need to process the loss of a grandparent, but it\u2019s not limited to that audience. This intergenerational tale has a much broader appeal.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2019\/10\/goodnight-whispers\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/A1f0hAA00jL-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/A1f0hAA00jL-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/A1f0hAA00jL-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/A1f0hAA00jL-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/A1f0hAA00jL-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/A1f0hAA00jL-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/A1f0hAA00jL-200x200.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/A1f0hAA00jL-450x450.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/A1f0hAA00jL-600x600.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/A1f0hAA00jL-900x900.jpg 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/A1f0hAA00jL-108x108.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2019\/10\/goodnight-whispers\/\">Goodnight Whispers<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/ages-3-to-7\/\">Ages 3 to 7<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/\">Children's Books<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><b>By Michael Leannah, illustrated by Dani Torrent <\/b><strong>&#8211; <i>Familius, 2018<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What we say to the very young can be life-changing, and the bonds we make, eternal. In<\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goodnight Whispers<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a loving daddy whispers affirmations to his daughter as she falls asleep every night, reinforcing her best attributes. He tells her, \u201cYou are the most wonderful girl in the world.\u201d The ritual cements her self-image and carries her through the challenges of her teenage years and beyond. The reader sees the girl become a woman, and the father, a man in later life. As an adult, the girl, now a mother, institutes this bedtime practice with her own child, and, yes, her aging father: \u201cYou are the most wonderful man in the world.\u201d This sweet picture book is a treasure for anyone who would like to introduce positive images of aging to the very young. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2019\/07\/walking-in-the-city-with-jane-a-story-of-jane-jacobs\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"953\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/walkinginthecitywithjane-framed-806x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/walkinginthecitywithjane-framed-806x1024.jpg 806w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/walkinginthecitywithjane-framed-118x150.jpg 118w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/walkinginthecitywithjane-framed-236x300.jpg 236w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/walkinginthecitywithjane-framed-768x976.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/walkinginthecitywithjane-framed-100x127.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/walkinginthecitywithjane-framed-150x191.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/walkinginthecitywithjane-framed-200x254.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/walkinginthecitywithjane-framed-300x381.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/walkinginthecitywithjane-framed-450x572.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/walkinginthecitywithjane-framed-600x763.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/walkinginthecitywithjane-framed-900x1144.jpg 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/walkinginthecitywithjane-framed-108x137.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/walkinginthecitywithjane-framed.jpg 1048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2019\/07\/walking-in-the-city-with-jane-a-story-of-jane-jacobs\/\">Walking in the City with Jane: A Story of Jane Jacobs<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/ages-3-to-7\/\">Ages 3 to 7<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/\">Arts<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/\">Children's Books<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><b>By Susan Hughes, illustrated by Val\u00e9rie Boivin \u2013 <\/b><b><i>Kids Can Press, 2018<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Positive images of aging can be hard to find, especially in children\u2019s literature, and when a children\u2019s book features an older woman as the heroine and role model on the jacket, it catches our eye. To our delight, the inspiring text inside is just as bold and engaging. As an author and activist, Jane Jacobs made a notable impact on urban studies and sociology. This charming biography follows her from her restless childhood to her lifelong battle to get people to appreciate cities as ecosystems that support people rather than skyscrapers and cars. Jane was a child of integrity\u2014she was sent home from school for refusing to make a promise to a teacher that she couldn\u2019t keep. That sense of right took her into community activism to keep urban neighborhoods operating \u201clike sidewalk ballets\u201d where people coexist with nature and their neighbors. Jane doesn\u2019t shy away from a powerful city planner (Robert Moses) and organizes like-minded New Yorkers in, not a ribbon-cutting, but a ribbon-tying ceremony to close Central Park to traffic. If you have a budding activist in your life, don\u2019t miss this information-rich, beautifully told, picture-book story. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2019\/05\/quiet\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/quiet-9781481477543_lg.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/quiet-9781481477543_lg.jpg 400w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/quiet-9781481477543_lg-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/quiet-9781481477543_lg-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/quiet-9781481477543_lg-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/quiet-9781481477543_lg-200x200.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/quiet-9781481477543_lg-108x108.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2019\/05\/quiet\/\">Quiet<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/ages-3-to-7\/\">Ages 3 to 7<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/\">Children's Books<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><b>By Tomie dePaola \u2013 <\/b><b><i>Simon <\/i><\/b><b><i>&amp; Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2018<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tomie dePaola\u2014the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Caldecott and Newbery M<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">edal-winning author\/illustrator of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strega Nona<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> books (and so many more)\u2014shares a basic yet powerful message in his latest picture book. A grandfather, white-haired and upright, explores the park with his two grandchildren. Everything is moving, from the birds to the leaves to the children themselves. Grandfather suggests the trio sit quietly on a bench. As they do, they observe the subtle details of the animals and plants around them. Once they are still, the children notice that their world seems even more alive because they are taking the time to see and hear. With simple sentences and the muted colors of nature, the words and illustrations echo the theme: quiet is special. The sweetness of the message is, in turn, reflected by the sweetness in the respectful relationships between the generations and between the humans and the environment. A welcome reminder of the importance of a moment of calm in a busy world.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2019\/04\/a-gift-from-abuela-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"820\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/A1Fk-tTyLZL-2-937x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/A1Fk-tTyLZL-2-937x1024.jpg 937w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/A1Fk-tTyLZL-2-137x150.jpg 137w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/A1Fk-tTyLZL-2-275x300.jpg 275w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/A1Fk-tTyLZL-2-768x839.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/A1Fk-tTyLZL-2-100x109.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/A1Fk-tTyLZL-2-150x164.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/A1Fk-tTyLZL-2-200x219.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/A1Fk-tTyLZL-2-300x328.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/A1Fk-tTyLZL-2-450x492.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/A1Fk-tTyLZL-2-600x656.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/A1Fk-tTyLZL-2-900x983.jpg 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/A1Fk-tTyLZL-2-108x118.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2019\/04\/a-gift-from-abuela-2\/\">A Gift from Abuela<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/ages-3-to-7\/\">Ages 3 to 7<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/\">Arts<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/\">Children's Books<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><strong>By Cecilia Ruiz \u2014 <i>Candlewick Press, 2018<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The day Ni\u00f1a is born is one of the happiest of Abuela\u2019s life. She adores having a granddaughter. As Ni\u00f1a grows, the pair spends much time together, making cutout paper banners called <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">papel picado<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and eating <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pan dulce<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the park. Abuela decides she would like to give Ni\u00f1a a very special gift, so she begins to save a few <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pesos<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a week in a jar on top of the refrigerator. But times get hard in Mexico. Some weeks, Abuela can barely afford food, let alone savings. She has to work more, so she has less time for an older Ni\u00f1a, who wants to spend her free time with her friends anyway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One day, Ni\u00f1a realizes how long it has been since she has seen Abuela, so she goes to her house. Abuela is out, and Ni\u00f1a decides to surprise her by tidying up. She discovers the jar of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pesos<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, now worthless because Mexican currency has changed. When Abuela returns to a clean kitchen, she and Ni\u00f1a decide to do something they always loved: they make <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">papel picado<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the old pesos and enjoy their time together.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This intergenerational tale is a reminder that togetherness is the best gift and that we can still enjoy the simple things, even as time changes both us and the world around us.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/12\/the-orphan-boy\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"415\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Orphan-Boy.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Orphan-Boy.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Orphan-Boy-108x149.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Orphan-Boy-217x300.jpg 217w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Orphan-Boy-100x138.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Orphan-Boy-150x208.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Orphan-Boy-200x277.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/12\/the-orphan-boy\/\">The Orphan Boy<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/ages-3-to-7\/\">Ages 3 to 7<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><strong><span class=\"byline\">By&nbsp;<span class=\"\">Tololwa M. Mollel, with full-color illustrations by Paul Morin<\/span>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<em>Clarion Books, 1990<\/em>&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This Maasai tale from Africa is about a magical secret that will be ruined if found out\u2014and the consuming curiosity to discover it anyway. An old man knows the stars so well that he notices when one is missing. That same night, a young boy appears before him, saying he\u2019s an orphan named Kileken who has traveled very far, searching for a home. The childless old man is delighted to adopt him.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/12\/the-orphan-boy\/\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/12\/the-old-man-and-his-door\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"317\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Old-Man-and-his-Door.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Old-Man-and-his-Door.jpg 317w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Old-Man-and-his-Door-119x150.jpg 119w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Old-Man-and-his-Door-238x300.jpg 238w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Old-Man-and-his-Door-100x126.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Old-Man-and-his-Door-150x189.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Old-Man-and-his-Door-200x252.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Old-Man-and-his-Door-300x379.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Old-Man-and-his-Door-108x136.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/12\/the-old-man-and-his-door\/\">The Old Man and His Door<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/ages-3-to-7\/\">Ages 3 to 7<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><strong><span class=\"byline\">By&nbsp;<span class=\"\">Gary Soto, with full-color illustrations by Joe Cepeda<\/span>&nbsp;&#8211;<em>&nbsp;G. P. Putnam\u2019s Sons, 1996<\/em>&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This entertaining story is based on a Mexican song claiming that, to an old man, there\u2019s no difference between&nbsp;<em>la puerta<\/em>&nbsp;(the door) and&nbsp;<em>el puerco<\/em>&nbsp;(the pig). This plump, white-haired man in his farmer\u2019s overalls is a fine gardener who doesn\u2019t listen carefully enough to his wife. (One can see why not; she\u2019s rather bossy.) When she leaves for a neighbor\u2019s barbecue, she tells him not to be late and to bring the pig. However, he\u2019s in the middle of washing the dog, so she leaves first. Later he\u2019s puzzled by why she wants him to bring a door, but he unscrews the front door and brings it anyway. The grinning pig watches him leave and looks happy not to be on the menu.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/12\/the-old-man-and-his-door\/\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/12\/aunt-flossies-hats-and-crab-cakes-later\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"392\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Aunt-Flossies-Hats.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Aunt-Flossies-Hats.jpg 392w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Aunt-Flossies-Hats-118x150.jpg 118w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Aunt-Flossies-Hats-235x300.jpg 235w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Aunt-Flossies-Hats-100x128.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Aunt-Flossies-Hats-150x191.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Aunt-Flossies-Hats-200x255.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Aunt-Flossies-Hats-300x383.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Aunt-Flossies-Hats-108x138.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/12\/aunt-flossies-hats-and-crab-cakes-later\/\">Aunt Flossie\u2019s Hats (and Crab Cakes Later)<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/ages-3-to-7\/\">Ages 3 to 7<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><strong><span class=\"byline\">By&nbsp;<span class=\"\">Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard, with full-color illustrations by James Ransome<\/span>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<em>Clarion, 2001<\/em>&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two young, African American sisters love to visit their great-great-aunt Flossie and her hundreds of hats. Each hat holds a vivid Baltimore memory\u2014the 1904 fire, the parade at the end of World War I\u2014and the girls are fascinated as Aunt Flossie tells the stories.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/12\/aunt-flossies-hats-and-crab-cakes-later\/\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/12\/gus-and-grandpa-series\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"654\" height=\"1000\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Gus-and-Grandpa-Series.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Gus-and-Grandpa-Series.jpg 654w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Gus-and-Grandpa-Series-98x150.jpg 98w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Gus-and-Grandpa-Series-196x300.jpg 196w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Gus-and-Grandpa-Series-100x153.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Gus-and-Grandpa-Series-150x229.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Gus-and-Grandpa-Series-200x306.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Gus-and-Grandpa-Series-300x459.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Gus-and-Grandpa-Series-450x688.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Gus-and-Grandpa-Series-600x917.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Gus-and-Grandpa-Series-108x165.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/12\/gus-and-grandpa-series\/\">Gus and Grandpa series<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/ages-3-to-7\/\">Ages 3 to 7<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><strong><span class=\"byline\">By&nbsp;<span class=\"\">Claudia Mills, with full-color illustrations by Catherine Stock<\/span>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<em>Farrar, Straus and Giroux<\/em>&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This endearing large-print series for beginning readers celebrates the special relationship between Gus and his grandfather. In the first book, Gus turns 7 and Grandpa turns 70. Grandpa\u2019s thick white hair and mustache are snowy white, and he wears glasses. He loves listening to opera, and he has a lively dog. He\u2019s good with his hands and can make wooden mailboxes and delicious Christmas cookies. Grandpa has a shed full of fascinating old junk, which Gus loves, but his parents don\u2019t.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/12\/gus-and-grandpa-series\/\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/12\/grandpa-green\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"397\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Grandpa-Green.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Grandpa-Green.jpg 500w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Grandpa-Green-150x119.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Grandpa-Green-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Grandpa-Green-100x79.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Grandpa-Green-200x159.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Grandpa-Green-450x357.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Grandpa-Green-108x86.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/12\/grandpa-green\/\">Grandpa Green<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/ages-3-to-7\/\">Ages 3 to 7<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><strong><span class=\"byline\">By&nbsp;<span class=\"\">Lane Smith, writer and illustrator<\/span>&nbsp;&#8211;<em> Roaring Brook Press, 2011. A Caldecott Honor Winner.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In his second Caldecott Honor book, Smith tells an intergenerational tale of a young boy traveling through the garden that is his great-grandfather\u2019s life. The boy winds through the topiaries, picking up forgetful Grandpa Green\u2019s dropped tools, and his memories, too. The simplicity of the child\u2019s understanding of Grandpa Green\u2019s multilayered life is deepened by poignant illustrations, simultaneously whimsical and realistic in black, white and many shades of green.<\/p>\n<p>Topiary after topiary represents Grandpa Green\u2019s journey from his farmboy days and schoolyard crushes to World War I and meeting his future wife in a Paris caf\u00e9, to the blooming of both their family and his life as a gardener. The camaraderie between young boy and old man permeates the book. The boy knows where he fits in his family and is at ease as Grandpa\u2019s helper. The great-grandfather accepts the boy\u2019s help with love and his own memory lapses with grace. In the end, their journeys merge as the boy creates his own topiary, his own place, in their garden of family history.<\/p>\n<p>Best-selling author of titles including&nbsp;<i>The Stinky Cheese Man&nbsp;<\/i>(Caldecott Honor book with Jon Scieszka, 1992<span class=\"style2\">),&nbsp;<\/span><i>John, Paul, George &amp; Ben<\/i>&nbsp;(2006) and&nbsp;<em>Madam President&nbsp;<\/em>(2008), Smith has illustrated works for other renowned children\u2019s book writers, such as Roald Dahl, Dr. Seuss and Judith Viorst. With&nbsp;<i>Grandpa Green<\/i>, he has created a book that resonates with all ages. For children, this is a calming tale of love. For adults, it\u2019s a bittersweet conjurer of memory. From either perspective, this quietly brilliant book will spark conversation between generations about the roots and blossoming of their own family\u2019s journey.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/12\/darcy-and-gran-dont-like-babies\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"318\" height=\"396\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Darcy-and-Gran-Dont-Like-Babies.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Darcy-and-Gran-Dont-Like-Babies.jpg 318w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Darcy-and-Gran-Dont-Like-Babies-120x150.jpg 120w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Darcy-and-Gran-Dont-Like-Babies-241x300.jpg 241w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Darcy-and-Gran-Dont-Like-Babies-100x125.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Darcy-and-Gran-Dont-Like-Babies-150x187.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Darcy-and-Gran-Dont-Like-Babies-200x249.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Darcy-and-Gran-Dont-Like-Babies-300x374.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Darcy-and-Gran-Dont-Like-Babies-108x134.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/12\/darcy-and-gran-dont-like-babies\/\">Darcy and Gran Don\u2019t Like Babies<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/ages-3-to-7\/\">Ages 3 to 7<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><strong><span class=\"byline\">By&nbsp;<span class=\"\">Jane Cutler, with full-color illustrations by Susannah Ryan<\/span>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<em>Scholastic, 1993<\/em>&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Young Darcy doesn\u2019t like her new baby brother, especially the way he monopolizes her parents\u2019 time and attention. She confides in several adults, but nobody takes her seriously\u2014until Gran comes to visit and matter-of-factly tells Darcy that she has never liked babies either.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/12\/darcy-and-gran-dont-like-babies\/\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/the-raft\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"619\" height=\"520\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Raft.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Raft.jpg 619w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Raft-150x126.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Raft-300x252.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Raft-100x84.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Raft-200x168.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Raft-450x378.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Raft-600x504.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Raft-108x91.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/the-raft\/\">The Raft<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/ages-3-to-7\/\">Ages 3 to 7<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><strong><span class=\"byline\">By&nbsp;<span class=\"\">Jim LaMarche, with full-color illustrations by Jim LaMarche<\/span>&nbsp;&#8211;<em>&nbsp;HarperCollins, 2000<\/em>&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nicky, who looks about 8 or 9, thinks he will be bored and lonely when he must spend the summer alone with his grandmother in her rustic cottage in the woods. He gradually changes his mind, though, when she introduces him to rafting on the river and appreciating the wildlife that seems mysteriously attracted to the raft.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/the-raft\/\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/tsunami\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"260\" height=\"321\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Tsunami.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Tsunami.jpg 260w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Tsunami-121x150.jpg 121w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Tsunami-243x300.jpg 243w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Tsunami-100x123.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Tsunami-150x185.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Tsunami-200x247.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Tsunami-108x133.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/tsunami\/\">Tsunami!<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/ages-3-to-7\/\">Ages 3 to 7<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><strong><span class=\"byline\">By&nbsp;<span class=\"\">Kimiko Kajikawa, with full-color illustrations by Ed Young<\/span>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<em>Penguin, 2009<\/em>&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An old Japanese farmer from long ago is the wealthiest man in his seaside village because he has the largest rice fields. His thatched cottage is high up the mountainside, above the rest of the village. Yet he doesn\u2019t flaunt his wealth. The 400 other villagers respect him and have nicknamed him&nbsp;<em>Ojiisan<\/em>&nbsp;(Japanese for grandfather); they often seek his advice.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/tsunami\/\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/the-old-woman-and-the-wave\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"260\" height=\"342\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Old-Woman-and-the-Wave.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Old-Woman-and-the-Wave.jpg 260w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Old-Woman-and-the-Wave-114x150.jpg 114w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Old-Woman-and-the-Wave-228x300.jpg 228w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Old-Woman-and-the-Wave-100x132.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Old-Woman-and-the-Wave-150x197.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Old-Woman-and-the-Wave-200x263.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Old-Woman-and-the-Wave-108x142.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/the-old-woman-and-the-wave\/\">The Old Woman and the Wave<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/ages-3-to-7\/\">Ages 3 to 7<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><strong><span class=\"byline\">By&nbsp;<span class=\"\">Shelley Jackson, with full-color illustrations by Shelley Jackson<\/span>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<em>DK, 1998<\/em>&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An old woman has lived all her life in a cottage with a huge wave curled over it. Her roof is covered with a cluster of umbrellas to stop the drips. The wave actually loves the old woman, but she only bellows at it, scolding it for clumsiness when it splatters her or tosses fish to her. A passing traveler suggests that the wave could carry someone a long distance, but the old woman ignores this until her dog swims to the top of the wave. When she rows her little boat up to rescue the dog, she realizes how foolish she has been and learns to ride the wave instead of resenting it.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/the-old-woman-and-the-wave\/\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/the-story-of-the-milky-way-a-cherokee-tale\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"404\" height=\"404\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Story-of-the-Milky-Way.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Story-of-the-Milky-Way.jpg 404w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Story-of-the-Milky-Way-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Story-of-the-Milky-Way-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Story-of-the-Milky-Way-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Story-of-the-Milky-Way-200x200.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Story-of-the-Milky-Way-108x108.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Story-of-the-Milky-Way-32x32.jpg 32w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Story-of-the-Milky-Way-50x50.jpg 50w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Story-of-the-Milky-Way-64x64.jpg 64w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Story-of-the-Milky-Way-96x96.jpg 96w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Story-of-the-Milky-Way-128x128.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/the-story-of-the-milky-way-a-cherokee-tale\/\">The Story of the Milky Way: A Cherokee Tale<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/ages-3-to-7\/\">Ages 3 to 7<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><strong><span class=\"byline\">By&nbsp;<span class=\"\">Joseph Bruchac and Gayle Ross, with full-color illustrations by Virginia A. Stroud<\/span>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<em>Dial Books for Young Readers, 1995<\/em>&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this retelling of a Cherokee creation story, an old couple discovers that someone has stolen cornmeal from the storage basket behind their house. Cornmeal keeps the people from starving during the winter, so this is not a trivial loss. The next night, their young grandson spies to catch the thief and is astonished to see a huge, eerily glowing dog push aside the lid with its nose, eat more cornmeal and dash away.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/the-story-of-the-milky-way-a-cherokee-tale\/\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/sea-swan\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"707\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6857-1-707x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6857-1-707x1024.jpg 707w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6857-1-104x150.jpg 104w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6857-1-207x300.jpg 207w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6857-1-768x1112.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6857-1-100x145.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6857-1-150x217.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6857-1-200x290.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6857-1-300x435.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6857-1-450x652.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6857-1-600x869.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6857-1-108x156.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6857-1.jpg 796w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/sea-swan\/\">Sea Swan<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/ages-3-to-7\/\">Ages 3 to 7<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><strong><span class=\"byline\">By&nbsp;<span class=\"\">Kathryn Lasky, with full-color illustrations by Catherine Stock<\/span>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<em>Simon &amp; Schuster, 1988<\/em>&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Elzibah Swan is a very proper widow who has lived in the same Boston house all her life, with a cook and a chauffeur. She has a well-established routine: library, book club, garden club, symphony. Then, shortly after a visit from her Chicago grandchildren, she discovers a spirit of independence on her 75th birthday.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/sea-swan\/\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/the-old-woman-who-named-things\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"318\" height=\"353\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Old-Woman-Who-Named-Things.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Old-Woman-Who-Named-Things.jpg 318w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Old-Woman-Who-Named-Things-135x150.jpg 135w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Old-Woman-Who-Named-Things-270x300.jpg 270w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Old-Woman-Who-Named-Things-100x111.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Old-Woman-Who-Named-Things-150x167.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Old-Woman-Who-Named-Things-200x222.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Old-Woman-Who-Named-Things-300x333.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Old-Woman-Who-Named-Things-108x120.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/the-old-woman-who-named-things\/\">The Old Woman Who Named Things<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/ages-3-to-7\/\">Ages 3 to 7<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><strong><span class=\"byline\">By&nbsp;<span class=\"\">Cynthia Rylant, with full-color illustrations by Kathryn Brown<\/span>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<em>Harcourt Brace, 1996<\/em>&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now that all her friends have died, an old woman likes to name only those things that she knows will outlive her, such as her house, her car and her big red chair. However, she doesn\u2019t name the stray dog that she feeds at her gate every day, until he doesn\u2019t show up, and she realizes how much she misses him. She goes to find him, names him and brings him home for keeps.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/the-old-woman-who-named-things\/\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/the-chicken-salad-club\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"218\" height=\"218\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Chicken-Salad-Club.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Chicken-Salad-Club.jpg 218w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Chicken-Salad-Club-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Chicken-Salad-Club-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Chicken-Salad-Club-200x200.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Chicken-Salad-Club-108x108.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Chicken-Salad-Club-32x32.jpg 32w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Chicken-Salad-Club-50x50.jpg 50w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Chicken-Salad-Club-64x64.jpg 64w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Chicken-Salad-Club-96x96.jpg 96w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Chicken-Salad-Club-128x128.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/the-chicken-salad-club\/\">The Chicken Salad Club<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/ages-3-to-7\/\">Ages 3 to 7<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><strong><span class=\"byline\">By&nbsp;<span class=\"\">Marsha Diane Arnold, with full-color illustrations by Julie Downing<\/span>&nbsp;&#8211;<em>&nbsp;Dial, 1998<\/em>&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Third-grader Nathaniel has a great-grandfather, Greatpaw, who is a century old. Greatpaw enjoys making chicken salad sandwiches and telling exciting stories about his past, which Nathaniel loves to hear. When Greatpaw becomes discouraged because he can\u2019t find other storytellers his age with whom to swap stories, Nathaniel helps him find one\u2014a 99-year-old woman named Sadie with an equally adventurous past\u2014and the pair entertain not only each other but also Nathaniel and the rest of the neighborhood children.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/the-chicken-salad-club\/\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/the-hello-goodbye-window\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"443\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Hello-Goodbye-Window.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Hello-Goodbye-Window.jpg 330w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Hello-Goodbye-Window-112x150.jpg 112w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Hello-Goodbye-Window-223x300.jpg 223w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Hello-Goodbye-Window-100x134.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Hello-Goodbye-Window-150x201.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Hello-Goodbye-Window-200x268.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Hello-Goodbye-Window-300x403.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Hello-Goodbye-Window-108x145.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/the-hello-goodbye-window\/\">The Hello, Goodbye Window<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/ages-3-to-7\/\">Ages 3 to 7<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><strong><span class=\"byline\">By&nbsp;Norton Juster, with full-color illustrations by Chris Raschka&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<em>Hyperion, 2005<\/em>&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A preschool-age girl explains that she has named her grandparents\u2019 cheery kitchen window the Hello, Goodbye Window because it\u2019s where everyone says hello and goodbye. The window is where she first waves or knocks hello when she arrives. It\u2019s where she, Nanna and Poppy gaze at the stars, assess the morning\u2019s weather and first notice any visitors, from the pizza delivery person to (hypothetically) the queen of England. (Nanna says it\u2019s a magic window, so you never know!) When her parents return to take the girl home, she\u2019s glad to see them but also sad to say goodbye to Nanna and Poppy. The girl and her parents all stop outside the window to blow goodbye kisses.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/the-hello-goodbye-window\/\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/the-hello-goodbye-window\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Hello, Goodbye Window<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2645,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":null,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":null,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4789","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4789"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6100,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4789\/revisions\/6100"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}