Once A Mouse

 

1. Author: Marcia Brown

2. Title: Once A Mouse

3. Illustrator: Marcia Brown

4. Genre: Picture Book

5. Sub-Genre: Folklore

6. Theme: Bigger is not always better

7. Characters: Hermit, mouse, cat, dog, tiger, crow

8. Date of Publication: 1989: Caldecot Award

9. Publishing Company: Aladdin Paperbacks

10. Summary: As it changes from a mouse to cat to dog to tiger a hermit's pet also becomes increasingly vain.
11. Use with Children: This would be good to introduce Folklore.

The Three Pigs

 

1. Author: David Wiesner

2. Title: The Three Pigs

3. Illustrator:David Wiesner

4. Genre: Picture Book

5. Sub-Genre: N/A

6. Theme:Entertainment

7. Characters: Three pigs, wolf, cat and the fiddle, cow, dish and the spoon, dragon,

8. Date of Publication: 2001: Caldecot Award

9. Publishing Company: Clarion Books

10. Summary: Three Pigs escape the wolf by going into another world where they meet the cat and the fiddle, the cow that jumped over the moon and a dragon. 

Ox-Cart Man

1. Author:Donald Hall

2. Title: Ox-Cart Man

3. Illustrator:Barbara Cooney

4. Genre: Picture Book

5. Sub-Genre: Informational

6. Theme: Seasons

7. Characters: Husband, Wife, daughter

8. Date of Publication: 1983: Caldecot Award

9. Publishing Company: Puffin Books

10. Summary: Describes the day-to-day life of an early-nineteenth-century New England family throughout the changing seasons.