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| Books about animals (and
their relationship with people |
 Charlotte loves animals... especially dogs. Go to
Kid's
questions about Charlotte's Life and learn about some of her pets. But even
if you don't, you can sense it through her books. |
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City Boy and the Country Horse, The
(under the
pseudonym Charlotte Bookman)
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I Have a Horse of My Own
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Indian, Indian
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Little Black Puppy, The
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Old Dog, The
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Peter and the Pigeons
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Poodle Who Barked at the Wind, The
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Rose, a Bridge, and a Wild Black Horse, A
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| Books about death and dying |
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Combine Charlotte's deep commitment to honest literature for children,
with her belief that feelings matter, and her love and observation of nature and
its cycles, and you will understand why it was natural that in 1974, she wrote
one of the first picture books about death. This long-taboo topic was taken up
in My Grandson Lew, where a young boy struggles with grief, memory, and
comfort on learning some time after the fact of his grandfather's
death. |
- My Grandson Lew
- Old Dog, The
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| Books about families |
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Big Brother.
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Big Sister and Little Sister
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But Not Billy.
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Father Like That, A
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I Want to Be Little / I Like to Be Little
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May I Visit?
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Moon Was the Best, The
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Not a Little Monkey
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My Grandson Lew
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Night When Mother Was Away, The / Summer Night, The
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One Step, Two . . .
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Quarreling Book, The
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Quiet Lady, This
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Quiet Mother and the Noisy Little Boy
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Sky Was Blue, The
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Sleepy Book, The
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Some Things Go Together
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When I Have a Little Girl
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William's Doll
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Where I Begin
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| Books about feelings and moods |
 Charlotte
has always believed that feelings are, at root, the same throughout
life, whether one is grown-up or a child. And she believes that feelings
are important. "We are all the same," she wrote in an article in
Horn Book,
"except that adults have found ways to buffer themselves against the
full-blown intensity of a child's emotions... we are not different from
the children we were --- only more experienced, better able to disguise
our feelings from others, if not ourselves." |
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| Books about friends |
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Janey
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It's Not Fair
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My Friend John
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New Friend, The
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Some Things Go Together
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Timothy Too!
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| Books about horses |
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City Boy and the Country Horse, The
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I Have a Horse of My Own
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Indian, Indian
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Rose, a Bridge, and a Wild Black Horse, A
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| Books about imagining |
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| Books about nature |
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| Books about neighborhood |
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| Books about relationships |
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Beautiful Christmas Tree, The
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Bunny Who Found Easter, The
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But Not Billy
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Do You Know What I'll Do?
(The siblings in the 2000 edition of the book, as illustrated in vibrant
textural collage by Javaka Steptoe, to right).
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Father Like That, A
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Hating Book, The
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Hold My Hand
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If It Weren't for You
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If You Listen
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I Know a Lady
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Indian, Indian
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Janey
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Magic Word, The
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May I Visit?
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Moon Was the Best, The
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My Friend John
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My Grandson Lew
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Mr.Rabbit and the Lovely Present
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New Friend, The
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One Step, Two . . .
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Over and Over
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Peter and the Pigeons
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Quiet Lady, This
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Some Things Go Together
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Summer Night, The
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William's Doll
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When I Have a Son
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Where I Begin, see
Quiet Lady, This
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| Books about seasons, cycles (daily, yearly,
and/or life to life), and/or holiday |
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| Poetry |
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All That Sunlight
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Everything Glistens and Everything Sings: New and Selected Poems
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River Winding
(to right, a cat --- or is it a tiger? stalking in a garden in
a poem in River Winding. Illustration by Regina Shekerjian)
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Seasons
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Snippets: A Gathering of Poems, Pictures, and Possibilities
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