Posts Tagged ‘Picture Book’
Snow
Snow by Uri Shulevitz A snowflake falls onto a gray city. “It’s snowing,” said boy with dog. “It’s only a snowflake,” said grandfather with beard. The boy and his dog are excited and go out to see the snow. Other voices – a man, a woman, the radio, the TV – say no snow. The…
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Sector 7 by David Wiesner This is a wonderful picture book celebrating creativity and friendship. It is a story told solely in illustrations, with no text (a few words appear in the illustrations). A small cloud and a boy become friends on the observatory of the Empire State Building. The cloud takes the boy flying…
Read MoreOne Day, Daddy
One Day, Daddy by Frances Thomas, illustrated by Ross Collins Little Monster has a problem: He might want to be an explorer when he grows up. When Father Monster asks why that is a problem, Little Monster explains: “You see, Daddy, if I’m an explorer, I’ll have to leave you and Mommy behind.” Father Monster…
Read MoreMouse Mess
Mouse Mess by Linnea Riley What would a house, or a kitchen, look like to a mouse? What happens when the humans go upstairs at night? Riley’s brightly illustrated story tells of a busy mouse’s adventures in a nighttime kitchen. The story, told with a single line per page, has the curious mouse explore various…
Read MoreLibrary Lion
Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes This was a huge favorite in my house for many years. A lion, a library, friendship, and some rules – a wonderful story. One day a lion walked into the library. One of the librarians, Mr. McBee, saw the lion and ran to a different part…
Read MoreMiss Rumphius
Miss Rumphius, story and pictures by Barbara Cooney When Alice was a little girl, she lived in a city by the sea where she helped her grandfather with his paintings. Her grandfather told her stories of faraway places he had seen in his travels. Alice told her grandfather that she, too, wanted to travel and…
Read MoreChilly Milly Moo
Chilly Milly Moo by Fiona Ross Milly Moo lives on a farm with other cows, but she is a little different. She is hot. And, she feels that it is too hot to make milk. The other cows say the warm sun helps them make milk. “Milly Moo wanted to churn out the finest, loveliest,…
Read MoreA Penguin Story
A Penguin Story by Antoinette Portis Edna penguin lives with a group of penguins in a land of ice, snow, and water. The penguins swim, play, slide, and fish – and seem content with things as they are. Edna notices the sameness of things, and wonders if there is something else, something different in the…
Read MoreStopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost, illustrated by Susan Jeffers In this wonderful book, Jeffers’ illustrations beautifully accompany Frost’s winter poem. Jeffers shows a man on a horse-drawn sleigh traveling through snowy woods. The man stops to leave food (seeds, grasses, and branches) for the forest animals. The man also makes…
Read MoreWinter Solstice
The Shortest Day – Celebrating the Winter Solstice by Wendy Pfeffer, illustrated by Jesse Reisch Why does it get dark earlier at night in Winter than in Summer? What is Solstice? Pfeffer addresses these questions and others in this colorful book about the Winter Solstice. In the Northern Hemisphere, near December 21, the sun reaches…
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