Good Books for Little Friends

Goody O’Grumpity by Carol Ryrie Brink When Goody O’Grumpity baked a cake, everyone, especially the children, hurried over to beg to lick the bowl. “And at last when the cake / was all golden and nice, / Goody took a great knife / and cut each a slice.” This easy-to-read story-poem is followed by an authentic seventeenth-century recipe that uses Goody’s ingredients.

Snowed In by Barbara M. Lucas Where do you live? What would you do if you were snowed in all winter? Grace and Luke live on a farm in Wyoming. This book tells what they did in the winter when they were snowed in—really snowed in! Easy to read.

Angelina Ice Skates by Katharine Holabird When Angelina and her friends were practicing for their New Year’s Eve ice show, a couple of hockey players bothered them—unintentionally at first, then by teasing. Angelina teased them the next day, and when they admired her skating, she asked them to be in her show. They said yes! It was a wonderful show with an ice castle and fireworks too!

Warm as Wool by Scott Russell Sanders The Ward family was cold, even while wearing all their clothes. Betsy got her sockful of coins and bought eight sheep. Five of them died that first year, but even so, Betsy was able to make warm woolen clothes for her family. The pictures beautifully illustrate this history of a family’s struggle to live in an 1803 wilderness.

Photos by John Luke