Thursday, September 12, 2024

Sam, Bangs & Moonshine (1966)

 Sam, Bangs & Moonshine written and illustrated by Evaline Ness (1966) has written at the bottom of the cover “ winner of the Caldicott medal”. I wonder why it doesn’t have the seal on the cover. The age of this book tempted me. Also, it seemed a book for which I could write a lesson for the older elementary school-age child. But I discovered there were many lessons on TPT for this book. And then I was put it off by a summary the story itself, so in truth, I never read the book. Sounded like it was going to be two moralistic.

The Santa Clauses (1986)

The Santa Clauses retold by Achim Broger is a cute story of a young boy who saves Christmas. In this story, the little guy learns that ther...