Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Check Out These New Pop-Up Books

THE WHISTLE ON THE TRAIN
by Margaret Mcnamara


All aboard! Take a ride on the train as it takes you
all around the town...






BRAVE STREGA NONA!
A Heartwarming Pop-up Book


by Tomie Depaola


Remember Strega Nona stroies? They come to life in this pop-up book that has a book within a book.






YELLOW SQUARE:
A Pop-up Book For Children Of All Ages

by David A. Carter


Not only does it pop up, but you have to find the yellow square on each page.
See if you think the last page is the most challenging.


Monday, December 22, 2008

Cute Board Books For Toddlers








ALL ABOUT ME!
A Baby's Guide to Babies

by David Salariya









SWING! A Scanimation Picture Book

by Rufus Seder















TWINKLE TOES

by Karen Katz

Thursday, December 18, 2008


Knuckle Heads by Joan Holub, illustrations by Michael Slack.


If you are looking for a book to make you laugh, this is it! Meet Handsel & Gretel, Handerella, Thumbelina and Nose White who will bring a whole new twist to traditional fairy tales. You will NEVER look at your hands in the same way again. Punny, punny, punny!

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Check out a cool Christmas picture book

So many different kinds of holidays!


Zelda and Ivy: one Christmas / Laura McGee Kvasnosky

Two little sister foxes named Zelda and Ivy love Christmas. They bake gingerbread cookies with their neighbor, Mrs. Brownlie and try to decide what they want Santa to bring on Christmas eve.

When they find out that Mrs. Brownlie is going to spend Christmas all along, the sisters decide that they must find a way to make her holiday as bright and happy as they can.



An Ellis Island Christmas / Maxinne Rhea Leighton ; ill. by Dennis Nolan

A young girl, her two brothers and her mother travel from Poland to New York around the turn of the 20th century to join their father and make a better life for themselves. They arrive by ship at Ellis Island on Christmas Eve after a long journey. Their father finds them and they go to their new home on a most memorable Christmas Day.




Aunt Olga's Christmas postcards / Kevin Major ; ill. by Bruce Roberts

Anna's Aunt Olga is 95 and still sassy. At Christmas, they like to bake cookies and Aunt Olga shares her Christmas stories with Anna. Aunt Olga has a beautiful collection of old Christmas photos, postcards and poems that she shows to Anna. Anna loves them, so Aunt Olga teaches her how to make Christmas rhymes of her own.





Santa Claws / Laura Leuck ; ill. by Gris Grimly

Even monsters have Christmas, and boy, do they get excited! Little monsters boys Mack and Zack have tried to be good all year! It is Christmas Eve, and they've hung up their smelly socks on the fireplace and left out some slimy, smelly treats for Santa Claws. They are really hoping Santa Claws will come down their chimney and bring them a new potion kit and a vampire bat for Christmas.



The Lump of Coal by Lemony Snicket


Lumps of coal have bad reps, especially at Christmas time, but this Lump is determined to follow his dream. Lemony Snicket, the author of the popular Series of Unfortunate Events books, has written a whimsical and charming Christmas story, perfect for all ages. Bet you've never seen a lump of coal like this!