Once Upon an Alphabet - Oliver Jeffers(2014)

              Oliver Jeffers has tried a new wave of short stories, each one to go with an alphabet A to Z. The story for A is with an astronaut, B centers a bridge, C is about a cup and so on.

A is for Amazing, B is for Brilliant ....... Z is for Zesty    

            Bob and Bernard live on either side of a bridge. As they were battling for a long time, Bob decides to end this battle. He burns down the bridge from Bernard's side, so that Bernard can't use the bridge. Alas, how could he return to his own home now, without the bridge?

Where the Wild Things are - Maurice Sendak(1963)

Caldecott Winner- 1964

            
         Wild imaginations are part of childhood. So, it would be totally fun to make a wild travel to the place of wild things, with the help of those wild imaginations, at times.

Wild things, that are not wild 
      
           Max was sent to bed without dinner, for making mischief, wearing his fox suit. That night, a forest grows in his room and ocean waves tumble. He travels in a little boat in that ocean and reaches the place of wild things. He is being honored as a king of wild things. But is he satisfied with that? Or, he needs something more, like the warm love of his family?

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Publisher : Harper Collins Publications

Classification : Fantasy

 Age : Preschooler, Kindergartener, Grades 1 - 3

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My Comment: 

     
        When I read this book with my kids, I never felt Max is an imaginary boy in the story. After all, how many times we have seen our kids doing mischief and making us angry, but come back to us with the innocent love?

         In the perspective of kids, it is a wonderful make-believe story, taking them to the wild imaginary world. The illustrations make the book more dreamy and this Caldecott winner is sure a classic and a must-read for those imaginary minds. 

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Shadow - Marcia Brown(1982)

      ISBN 10 : 0684172267   

                         (Caldecott Winner-1983)

Follow the Shadow, that follows you

 
       What is a shadow like? What would be its characteristics? Author Marcia Brown tried to bring answers to these questions, with the elegant sketches of this book.

Seven Blind Mice - Ed Young (1992)

                                Caldecott Honor-1993

ISBN 10 : 03992 22618

         
         Opinions differ from person to person. But how could seven blind mice decipher the same object as various things? Here is an Indian fable that establishes that incomplete knowledge could lead to false ideas.

A pillar + A snake + A spear + A cliff + A fan + A rope = ?

            Seven blind mice got curious about the new strange thing near their pond. Each day, each mouse takes a turn and examine the new thing. But their opinion differs, since they examined the different parts of that new big thing. One says that it's a pillar, one says that it's a snake, other a spear and so on. 

The Way Back Home - Oliver Jeffers (2007)

            Mars or Moon, home is always the best. No doubts about that. That's why, in this book,  a Martian and Earthling are struggling to find the way back to their homes.

Let's Jump to Moon
                    

          A boy makes a trip to space in his airplane but it runs out of fuel and he crash-lands in the moon. While in Moon in darkness, he has a company. No, it was not a monster. It was a Martian, who was struck in Moon, just like him. 

          The new friends brainstorm about the ways to find "the way back home". What did they do? Are they able to make it to their homes?

Moon Forest - Patricia MacCarthy(2013)

     Life is all about running, in this forest. While some living beings run for preying, some run for saving their life from those preys. It could be either for living or preying, running is more important.

A Moon's Eye View

        Grace through the eyes of moon, as it follows a hunting fox, in the night drown forest. The fox pounces through the forest, while the other creatures take flight for their survival. It was not until we see the fox reaching for her hungry cubs, we could understand the side of this preying mother.

A Pair of Twins - Kavitha Mandana(2014)

         (Tradition :  Dussehra is an Indian festival. It is an ancient custom in India, that during 'Dussehra' festival, a bull elephant with his mahout, heads the procession, which is the highlight of the festival.) 

Dreams don't have gender

        
         This story circles about a young girl and a cow elephant.The 'unusual' twins, the girl and the cow elephant (named 'Sundari' and 'Lakshmi'), born on the same day, develop a special bonding. The girl dreams of becoming a chief mahout (a person who rides and controls an elephant). But that profession is reserved only for boys of  the family.

Lost and Found - Oliver Jeffers(2005)

ISBN 10 : 0 39924 503 0
ISBN 13 : 978 0 39924 503 9

(2005 Edition Hardcover)

               Objects can be lost and found. Friendships? Here, a boy loses his friend, but not to worry, he finds the friend back soon.

Lost Someone?

           

            A boy finds a stranded penguin at his doorstep. Pitying the penguin, he takes enormous steps to sail to south pole, to find its home. Well,it is not an ordinary travel. The boy shares great stories with the penguin. They are through rough and good weather.
       

Black and White - David Macaulay(1990)

ISBN 10 : 03955 21513
ISBN 13 : 978 03955 21519

                    (Caldecott Winner- 1991)

         There are four stories in this book, if you consider all of them are different. If you think they are related, there is only one story. David Macaulay has presented a ingenious story (or, stories) which are interconnected and sequential and also offers the readers a story puzzle. 

Travel Between Stories       

         There are four columns in each page. The four stories progress simultaneously in each page in their column.     

     1) A boy is travelling in a train to reach his parents.
      2) There are passengers waiting for a train in a railway station.
      3)The parents of two kids, who return home from work act weirdly.
      4) There is a thief, who is trying to steal  cows.

The Smiley Book of Colors - Ruth Kaiser(2012)

 

           (The author of this book, Ruth Kaiser, is the founder of 'Spontaneous Smiley' project, with its own web page and Facebook page.  Thousands of smiley photographs, captured by many, fill these pages.  Also, they help in operations for children with facial deformities, by joining hands with 'Operation Smile' charity.)

           Who said only humans can smile? No, not in this book. A purse, a shoe or a cookie... almost anything can smile in this book. (Caution : These smiles are contagious). 

Smile at the smiley          

         Have you ever felt this? A car or a truck, looks like it is smiling with its headlights and the bumper. That's where this book's concept begins. Every page of this book is filled with the such smiley photographs of inverted hand bag, apple seeds, a hat and loads more.