AboutNichola Gale Expertise I will have a good go at answering any questions about English children's books - whether classical or popular literature, and for all age groups. I would have to leave American children's books to my far more qualified US counterparts!
Experience For four years I worked in the children's department of a well-known chain of English bookshops. I set up my own pre-school reading group which I ran for three years. I trained volunteers to go into schools to help with reluctant readers, often recommending books for them to use with the children they were assisting. I worked on the mobile library for a year and then promoted a picture book campaign for the children's library. I currently work as a Teaching Assistant in an infant school where my speciality is literacy. I also write a book review column for a teaching magazine.
Publications Books Quarterly
Learning Support
Education/Credentials A' level English language.
O' level English literature
Foundation Certificate in Contemporary Children's Literature
Expert: Nichola Gale Date: 6/24/2008 Subject: Older Children's Book
Question I am 30 years old and I know the book has to be from the 60's. It was about a boy that travels around the world learning about different types of homes. Houses on stilts, in trees, etc. It was illustrated and I don't have the slightest idea of what the title could be.
Answer Could it possibly be "A House is a House for Me" by Mary Ann Hoberman? It was published in 1978 so may be a bit later than you remember but it is an illustrated book about a little boy who is amazed at the different types of houses in the world. He explores animal houses and human houses.
