I first featured these books on elizabethannewrites on June 21, 2011. This is an augmented version of the post, for my augmented fifths series. The author, “B.B.” (a pseudonym used by artist Denys Watkins-Pitchford for his novels), was born in 1905 in Northamptonshire, England. As he grew up he developed a deep and lasting love …
This was first posted in December 2011 on my old blog. Title: A Northern Nativity: Christmas dreams of a prairie boy Author/Illustrator: William Kurelek Publisher: Montreal: Tundra Books, 1976
This was first posted in December 2011 on my old blog. Title: My Name is Elizabeth! Author: Annika Dunklee Illustrator: Matthew Forsythe Publisher: Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2011
This was first posted in December 2011 on my old blog. Title: On the Day You Were Born Author/Illustrator: Debra Frasier Publisher: Orlando: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1991
This was first posted in December 2011 on my old blog. Title: Nine O’Clock Lullaby Author: Marilyn Singer Illustrator: Frané Lessac Publisher: New York: Harper Collins, 1991
This was first posted in December 2011 on my old blog. Title: The Very Fairy Princess Takes the Stage Author: Julie Andrews Edwards and Emma Walton Hamilton (mother/daughter writing team) Illustrator: Christine Davenier Publisher: New York: Little, Brown & Co., 2011
This was first posted in December 2011 on my old blog. Title: Northern Lights: the soccer trails Author: Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak Illustrator: Vladyana Krykorka Publisher: Vancouver/Toronto: Annick Press, 1993
This was first posted in November 2011 on my old blog. Title: Woodland Nutcracker Author: retold by Avril Tyrrell Illustrator: Frances Tyrrell Publisher: Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1999