The Little Island: (Caldecott Medal Winner)

by Golden MacDonald, Margaret Wise Brown, Leonard MacDonald Golden, and Weisgard

Book Overview

Children's book icon Margaret Wise Brown - author of the cherished classic Goodnight Moon - and Caldecott Medal-winner Leonard Weisgard bring young readers an enduring picture book about the magic of nature.

Winner of the 1947 Caldecott Medal, this beautifully moving story centers around a little island in the midst of the wide ocean, and the curious kitten who comes to visit. As the seasons pass, the island and the creatures...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 044040830X
• ISBN13: 9780440408307
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: Dragonfly Books
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 7.5" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 3 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Cute book, definitely not "like new"

There were 3 holes in the front cover! How is that "like new" ???

delightful summer reading

My 4 year old grandson and I have enjoyed reading together since he was a baby and he has always liked the stories and illustations in the Margaret Wise Brown books. This one is especially nice for summer....and also noting the change of seasons on the island.

Loved it as a kid

As a child, I loved reading this book. The wonderful pictures were a pleasure to look at, and the simple but clever story was fun and informative for a little kid (it accomplished more in a few pages than Whinny the Pooh ever could). I'm a little old for it now, but I'll never forget this good book.

A little island in the big ocean is rich with wildlife

A little island in the big ocean is rich with wildlife and nature despite its remote location and seeming isolation, and rich and gorgeous watercolors accompany Margaret Wise Brown and Leonard Weisgard's The Little Island, a tale of seasonal changes on that island. The Little Island is a warm, revealing story with plenty of eye-catching realistic color drawings.

Fabulous! An A+ First Quality Book!!!

Even if this book had no words, I would still love it, because the illustrations are that brilliant!!~~The wording is quite clever.This story tells about a little island, and the changing seasons it lives through.This island is home to many creatures, and serves many, many purposes.Lobsters crawl underneath the island to find dark hiding places.Seals come to have and raise babies.Birds come to build nests and lay eggs. In spring, flowers bloom on this little island. In summer, strawberries ripen.One day, a family on a boat stops at the island for an afternoon picnic. With them, there is a black kitty.The kitty observes:"My what a small island. You are as small as big is big."The island converses with this kitty, and teaches him that everything is a wonderful part of this world, and equally unique and important.The kitty learns a secret from a fish- 'All land is one land under the sea'.In autumn, the pears ripen on the lone pear tree on the island, and finally winter comes with snow. It was good to be a little island. A part of the world, and a world of its own.

A good way to show changes on an island during the seasons

The book tells how a little island changes in the seasons. A cat visits the island and wonders how it is connected to the land. The cat captures a fish and says "I'll eat you up if you don't tell me how the island is connected to the land." The fish tells the cat a surprising thing about nature. A big storm hits the island, but not much damage is done.The book was very good. My favorite part was when the cat visited the island because the cat found out how the island was connected to the land. I felt happy the cat learned something new. I was worried the cat might drown when the fish told it to go under water. The illustrations are very brightly colored. I think this is a good choice for the Caldecott Honor.