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[2] [3] Before the appearance of the first Dick and Jane stories, reading primers "generally included Bible stories or fairy tales with complicated language and few pictures." [ 6 ] After the Elson-Gray series ended in 1940, the characters continued in a subsequent series of primary readers that were later revised and enlarged into newer editions.
Little Bear is a series of children's books written by Else Holmelund Minarik and primarily involves Little Bear, an anthropomorphic bear cub, and Mother Bear, his mother. [1] The first book in the series, titled Little Bear, was published in 1957 by Harper and Brothers, now known as HarperCollins [2]. It is an ALA Notable Children's Book. [3]
Sweet Valley Twins (also known as Sweet Valley Twins and Friends) was the 1st spin-off to originate from Sweet Valley High, and was created by Francine Pascal and written by Jamie Suzanne. Published by Bantam Books on 1 July 1986, the series starts with the twins wanting to differ from each other.
My Family and Other Animals (1956) is an autobiographical book by British naturalist Gerald Durrell. It tells in an exaggerated and sometimes fictionalised way of the years that he lived as a child with his siblings and widowed mother on the Greek island of Corfu between 1935 and 1939.
The books were planned to have an animated series that would have aired on Universal Kids, but the series ended up in development hell and Universal Kids eventually ceased developing original content in 2019. [2] Netflix adapted the books into a live-action feature film. It starred Keslee Blalock as Ivy and Madison Skye Validum as Bean. [3]
The Kincaids live in Greenwich. Mrs. Frankweiler lives on a "country estate" in Farmington, Connecticut. Claudia Kincaid, 11, is the oldest of four children and the only girl, so she both sets the table and empties the dishwasher. She is a straight-A sixth grade student, a critic of English grammar, and a good pl
Frog and Toad are Friends was a Caldecott Honor Book, or runner-up for the annual American Library Association (ALA) Caldecott Medal, which recognizes children's picture book illustration. [10] In 2012, it was ranked number 15 among the "Top 100 Picture Books" in a survey published by School Library Journal. [11]
Magic Animal Friends is another book series written under the Daisy Meadows pen name. Its first series was released on 3 July 2014 with four books and there have been no more since 3 May 2018. Its first series was released on 3 July 2014 with four books and there have been no more since 3 May 2018.