Thursday, May 28, 2009

BIRD, BUTTERFLY, EEL
By James Prosek

How far do you think you could swim or fly
if you could fly?

These three creatures travel thousands
Of miles, and they do it every year.



HOW TO RAISE MOM & DAD
Instructions from someone who figured it out
By Josh Lerman

A child’s advice on how to raise their parents
shows how thoughtful children can be
when they really think about it.

This is a good book for parents, too!




POLICE OFFICERS ON PATROL
By Kersten Hamilton

This book tells about police and how they protect us.




PUZZLEHEAD
By James Yang

Have you ever felt like you didn’t fit in?

That’s how Puzzlehead felt until his friends solved the problem.




Tuesday, May 19, 2009


JUST HOW LONG CAN A STRING BE?
By Keith Baker

Put on your imagination cap and think of what
you can do with a piece of string.



MAGGIE’S MONKEYS
By Linda Sanders-Wells

Did you ever have an imaginary friend?
What did your family think of your friend?
Maggie’s friends were monkeys.


SPOON
By Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Have you ever thought about the
difference between a spoon and
other utensils you use to eat?



TWELVE TERRIBLE THINGS
By Marty Kelley

Have you ever had anything TERRIBLE
happen to you?

Check this book out to see if it was one of the twelve.

Thursday, May 14, 2009


BROTHERS AND SISTERS:
FAMILY POEMS
by Eloise Greenfield


Do you have a brother or sister?

This book of short poems talks about
how we feel about them.



EASY STREET
by Rita Gray


Have you ever passed by those crews
working on the highway and wondered
what they were doing to get the road built?


NO!

by David McPhail

No words. . .just pictures,

but they sure do tell a powerful story.

After you "read" this book, you will

think of NO in a different way.

Thursday, May 7, 2009


WHAT'S INSIDE:
Fascinating Structures
Around The World

by Giles Laroche

All of the structures in this book are real.

The really cool part about this book is the way
the artist made each structure.

He cut them, piece by piece, out of paper,
then he painted and glued the pieces together
to make each structure look 3-D.







BEFORE YOU WERE HERE, MI AMOR

by Samantha R. Vamos

Want to learn some Spanish words?

This book is kind of like a fill-in-the-blank story, except the words

are there but in Spanish.

It is fun to guess what the English word should be and then

learn that same word in Spanish.






NOT ALL ANIMALS ARE BLUE:
A Big Book of Little Differences

by Beatrice Boutignon


The five creatures on the page have something

in common because of who they are or

what they are doing.


You get to choose who is doing what.





WHAT REALLY
HAPPENED TO HUMPTY?
by Jeanie Franz Ranson


Humpty's brother, Jose, is a detective.

He is trying to find out who blew Humpty off the wall.


In the process of his investigation, he
questions many book characters you

my recoginize.




GO! GO! GO!
by Roxie Munro

Wonderful lift-the flap book!

With 5 different stories and 70 flaps,

you will enjoy go...go...going!