Posts Tagged ‘Children’s Book’
The Bear Ate Your Sandwich
The Bear Ate Your Sandwich, by Julia Sarcone-Roach “By now I think you know what happened to your sandwich. But you may not know how it happened. So let me tell you. It all started with the bear.” The narrator tells of a happy bear in a forest who finds a truck with baskets of…
Read MoreThe Secrets of Stonehenge
The Secrets of Stonehenge by Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom In this non-fiction picture book, Manning and Granstrom take a close look at Stonehenge. This is an informational picture book for slightly older children, or for preschoolers and up with a strong interest and longer attention span. Manning and Granstrom begin their book in Stone…
Read MoreGravity
Gravity by Jason Chin “Gravity makes things fall to Earth. Without gravity, everything would float away.” Chin’s non-fiction picture book explains gravity in a way that everyone, even the youngest listeners, can understand. The simple text is accompanied by colorful, engaging illustrations. The illustrations follow a young boy playing with space toys on a beach,…
Read MorePoached – Book Review
Poached by Stuart Gibbs It all started when Vance Jessup bullied Teddy Fitzroy into dropping an arm and foot (from a mannequin) into the shark tank at FunJungle. When he was being chased by security guards, Teddy escaped by hiding in the koala exhibit with Kazoo the Koala. He still had the backpack that Vance…
Read MoreThe Magic Rabbit
The Magic Rabbit by Annette LeBlanc Cate “Ray and Bunny lived together in a tiny apartment in the city. They were business partners. Ray was a magician, and Bunny was his loyal assistant. They were also best friends. They did everything together.” So begins a fun story about two friends and a little magic. Each…
Read MoreFirst Day of School
School is back in session for many families around the country. Students starting new schools, students returning to the same school, and students starting school for the very first time…..and teachers starting school again, too. I posted this last year, so this is a post from the vault. I really just love this picture book…
Read MoreUp and Down
Up and Down by Oliver Jeffers “Once there were two friends… who always did everything together. Until the day the penguin decided there was something important he wanted to do by himself…” Jeffers funny and sweet story of the boy and the penguin is a tale of friendship, of trying new things, and finding out…
Read MoreMuddigush
Muddigush by Kimberley Knutson The snow is melting where I live. Maple sap is running and sugar houses work to turn sap into syrup. Hillsides and yards have stretches of white patches – and lots of mud. Around here, we call this mud season. Knutson captures a child’s joy in playing in mud and muddy…
Read MoreThe Tree Lady
The Tree Lady – The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever by H. Joseph Hopkins, illustrated by Jill McElmurry Kate Sessions grew up in the woods of Northern California in the 1860’s. Kate loved exploring the woods and didn’t mind getting dirty while playing. In the 1860’s girls were…
Read More
Groundhog Day 2014
Today Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, predicting 6 more weeks of winter. How does Phil know what to do? How does he gain his weather-predicting skills? Perhaps he attended Groundhog Weather School as presented by Joan Holub and illustrated by Kristin Sorra. This clever picture book is packed full of interesting facts about groundhogs, weather,…
Read More