McClintock, Barbara. 2006. Adele & Simon. New York: Frances Foster Books.
Adele and Simon leave school, making many stops along the way. Each time the siblings are ready to leave, Adele realizes that her brother has lost something he had carried, but the friends they made save the day and bring his things back home.
McClintock takes [...]
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Adele & Simon ~ Barbara McClintock
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Play, Mozart, Play! ~ Peter Sis
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Sis, Peter. 2006. Play, Mozart, Play!. New York: Greenwillow Books.
Mozart takes center stage in Peter Sis’s picture book about the musical genius’s childhood.
The text and illustrations in Sis’s Play, Mozart, Play! go hand in hand, which makes this slim picture book perfectly suited to beginning readers. Struggling readers may also find enjoyment in the story [...]
Zen Shorts ~ Jon J Muth
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Muth, Jon J. 2005. Zen Shorts. New York: Scholastic Press.
Three siblings discover a panda bear in their backyard; each in turn visits the bear and learns a valuable life lesson.
Zen Shorts is an ambitious picture book that requires a careful reading. Perhaps not best suited to a story hour in a library setting, Muth’s book [...]
Toy Boat ~ Illustrated by Loren Long
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de Seve, Randall. 2007. Toy Boat. Illustrated by Loren Long. New York: Philomel Books.
A little boy takes his favorite toy boat to the beach, tying a stretch of string to its sails so it doesn’t get lost. But when the boat sets off, free to roam the ocean, the toy finds that sometimes what you [...]
Adam Rex
Posted in Picture Books on February 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Rex, Adam. 2006. Tree Ring Circus. New York: Harcourt, Inc.
A seed grows into a tree as a circus rolls into town. Animals of all shapes and sizes, once set free, climb the tree to settle in. But after the elephant tried to climb to the tippity-top, well, it all came tumbling down.
While the text of [...]
Every Friday ~ Dan Yaccarino
Posted in Picture Books on February 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yaccarino, Dan. 2007. Every Friday. New York: Henry Holt and Company.
Father and son take a walk every Friday to a diner for breakfast. Along the way they take in the sights and sounds of their community, and cultivate a bond that will last a lifetime.
In this simply told tale, Yaccarino has captured a moment that [...]
