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larryhammerCrowdsourcing one's con panels is, of course, an old tradition. The panel in question, SF/Fantasy for Preschoolers, isn't for a month -- but that's not a lot of time to review new material.
So -- any recommendations?
Picture books and early readers preferred -- shorter chapter books and age-appropriate comics are good, of course, but the focus is on rec'ing genre books for kids who are not quite reading or just starting to read. As for the genre, we'd like to exclude anthropomorphized animals/vehicles/objects as a class, at least when that's the only unrealistic element, as generally the animal/vehicle/etc. is a stand-in for the child reader rather than one element of a fantasy. Thus Adam Rex's School's First Day of School is out, regretfully, though his Moon Day is very much in.*
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* If you have a picture book consumer in your life who has not been introduced to either of these books, rectify this. Both are TOTALLY recommended.
---L.
Subject quote from "A Song in Storm," Rudyard Kipling.
So -- any recommendations?
Picture books and early readers preferred -- shorter chapter books and age-appropriate comics are good, of course, but the focus is on rec'ing genre books for kids who are not quite reading or just starting to read. As for the genre, we'd like to exclude anthropomorphized animals/vehicles/objects as a class, at least when that's the only unrealistic element, as generally the animal/vehicle/etc. is a stand-in for the child reader rather than one element of a fantasy. Thus Adam Rex's School's First Day of School is out, regretfully, though his Moon Day is very much in.*
Feel free to signal boost this post.
* If you have a picture book consumer in your life who has not been introduced to either of these books, rectify this. Both are TOTALLY recommended.
---L.
Subject quote from "A Song in Storm," Rudyard Kipling.
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Date: 13 October 2017 05:10 am (UTC)First contact....
ibid., Tuesday
I read his Flotsam as SFnal, too, but Tuesday has both better younger-aged appeal and better grownup appeal, I think.
Eileen Campbell and Peter H. Reynolds, Charlie and Kiwi: An Evolutionary Adventure
Is time travel close enough? Reason understood it as fantastic.
Hon. mention:
Mark Kelly and C. F. Payne, Mousetronaut
Not SF--straight-up based on a shuttle mission.
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Date: 13 October 2017 02:57 pm (UTC)Yes, time travel counts (though TBD struggles with the concept, when encountering it). And we'd forgotten about Mousetronaut -- and its sequel, Mousetronaut goes to Mars, which is definitively SF.
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Date: 14 October 2017 04:57 am (UTC)Some Picture books to recommend
Date: 14 October 2017 04:31 pm (UTC)Also: Boy + Bot - Ame Dyckman
Oh No! Not Again!: (or How I Built a Time Machine to Save History) - Mac Barnett, Dan Santat
Earthlets: As Explained by Professor Xargle - Jeanne and Joanne Willis, Tony Ross
There was a good list on Goodreads.
Re: Some Picture books to recommend
Date: 16 October 2017 03:03 pm (UTC)Hmm -- Mac Barnett might be able to write time machines well. That one especially looks worth checking out.
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Date: 16 October 2017 01:18 pm (UTC)Onoraptor Makes a Friend is a coloring book, but it also has a story and I have successfully read it front to back to kindergarten-aged children before they colored it in. The titular Onoraptor is a stand-in for the child, but the plot is about how she makes a robot friend, which seems SFnal enough to me. Cute art; story is simple, but charming.
It's available online here: https://charibdys.itch.io/onoraptor I remember there being a longer preview when I bought it a few years ago, but all I can find now is that store page.
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Date: 16 October 2017 03:02 pm (UTC)Hey, wait -- I know that artist. Haven't seen her for a few years.