Beorn the Proud
10 best books like Beorn the Proud (Madeleine A. Polland): Escape from Warsaw, The Reb and the Redcoats, The Winged Watchman, The Cottage at Bantry Bay, Red Hugh: Prince of Donegal, Sword Song, Son of Charlemagne, Daughter of the Mountains, The Red Keep: A Story of Burgundy in 1165, I Love Bugs!
| Author | Ian Serraillier |
| ISBN | 0590437151 |
WARSAW 1942
On a cold, dark night in Warsaw in 1942, the Balicki children watch in horror as Nazi Storm Troopers arrest their mother. Now they are alone. With the war raging around them, food and shelter are hard to come by. They live in constant fear.
Finally, they get word that their...
| Author | Constance Savery |
| ISBN | 1883937426 |
In an interesting turnabout, the Revolutionary War is seen through the eyes of a British family to whom an American prisoner of war has been entrusted. Technically the young prisoner is in Uncle Lawrence's custody, but the children soon forge a forbidden friendship with him after he nearly dies in an...
| Author | Hilda van Stockum |
| ISBN | 1883937078 |
This acclaimed story of World War II is rich in suspense, characterization, plot and spiritual truth. Every element of occupied Holland is united in a story of courage and hope: a hidden Jewish child, an "underdiver," a downed RAF pilot, an imaginative, daring underground hero, and the small things...
It isn't always easy raising a family without much money, but the O'Sullivans prove that it is not only possible, but that there is no price tag on fun and adventure. Father, Mother, Michael, Brigid and twins Francie and Liam share a warm and mirthful existence in their cottage at Bantry Bay the fullness...
| Author | Robert T. Reilly |
| ISBN | 1883937221 |
It's been a few years since I read this, and so my memory is a little vague on some points. I actually got this from the library, because I watched Disney's version of it. (it kept pretty close to the book:) )
Young Hugh is tricked on board his enemy's ship and held captive for three years with other Irish...
| Author | Rosemary Sutcliff |
| ISBN | 0374469849 |
Sixteen-year-old Bjarni Sigurdson didn’t mean to kill the man of the White Christ. But the man kicked Bjarni’s dog. So Bjarni dunked the old man’s head in the water for just a short time. How was Bjani to know the man couldn’t hold his breath very long, and so drowned? And how was Bjarni to know that...
| Author | Barbara Willard |
| ISBN | 1883937302 |
The year is 781 A.D. King Charles of the Franks is crossing the Alps with his family and court on a journey to meet with Pope Hadrian. One frosty night he speaks to his young son Carl of his plans for the future: "When we come to Rome you will know that I am naming you my heir. One day you will rule over all my lands..."...
| Author | Louise S. Rankin |
| ISBN | 0140363351 |
Momo has always wanted a Lhasa terrier--a dog like the ones the Buddhist priests hold sacred in their temples. And her dream is realized when a trader brings Pempa to her parents' tea house. But after a band of robbers steals the valuable dog and quickly escapes with him into the mountains, Momo is determined...
| Author | Allen French |
| ISBN | 1883937299 |
In the country of Burgundy, the Sauval brothers have begun to terrorize the surrounding lands in an attempt to bring the area under their control. They raid the Red Keep, in hope of gaining it for themselves, only to be thwarted by Sir Roger and young Conan. Now they plot anew to steal the Keep from its rightful...
| Author | Emma Dodd |
| ISBN | 0823422801 |
A standalone picture book for the budding scientist in your young child.
My Take
It’s perfect for the child who is into bugs or wants to be “scientific”. And it’s not so much a story, as a series of fun, bouncy rhymes as a young boy tells us all about the bugs he loves — including his...
This illustrator seemed to use ink pen with water colors to fill in for color. The illustrator also used lines to direct your attention through the picture in a particular way. Horizontal lines moved the reader’s eyes sideways through the picture and the vertical lines helped moved the reader’s...
| Author | Ian Serraillier |
| ISBN | 1883937035 |
"Beowulf the Warrior is an outstanding modern version of the oldest epic in the English language. Ian Serraillier has retold in verse the story of the hero Beowulf and his three memorable exploits--first, his rescuing of Hrothgar the Dane from the ravages of monstrous Grendel; next, his victory over...
