New Book: A World of Food: Discover Magical Lands Made of Things You Can Eat!

It’s time to share a new book: A World of Food: Discover Magical Lands Made of Things You Can Eat! By: Carl Warner (E WARNER). When this book arrived at the library, we were so impressed with the beautiful pictures in it.  Twelve landscapes are featured, each one including the same colored foods.  For instance, the orange landscape includes carrots, pumpkins, tangerines, apricots, squash, and, of course, oranges.  Each landscape has accompanying rhyming text that teaches about food and colors, which makes it a great book to introduce both concepts to your child.  As always with new books, if it is not checked out, it will either be on the shelf (E WARNER) or on the new books display.

New Book: A Project Guide to Sound

We have a new book to share: A Project Guide to Sound by: Colleen Kessler (J 534 Kessler).  It is a non-fiction book that includes a great and easy-to-understand introduction to what sound actually is, along with a bunch of fascinating projects and activities to do that are all about hearing.  The project that stuck out to us most is an experiment called “Sound Shadow” that only requires a clock that ticks and a table. If any of you do this experiment, we’d be interested to hear about it, because we’re curious to find out more about what a “sound shadow” exactly is! As always with new books, if it is not checked out, it will either be on the shelf (J 534 Kessler) or on the new books display.

New Book: I Spy Under the Sea

We want to tell you about a new book we love: I Spy Under the Sea by: Edward Gibbs (E GIBBS). It’s a wonderful picture book that teachers about numbers, noticing details, and sea animals—a three-for-one book! It has a great concept of blocking out the next page except for one small hole that your child can see through.  They have to guess which sea animal is on the next page by what they can see through the hole in the page!  As always with new books, if it is not checked out, it will either be on the shelf (E GIBBS) or on the new books display.

New Book: "Forgive Me, I Meant to Do It!"

There's a new and fabulous book in the Children’s Department: Forgive Me, I Meant To Do It: False Apology Poems by: Gail Carson Levine (J 811.54 LEVINE). The title sums it up well: it’s a collection of (made-up) hilarious and smart “apology” poems written by people, animals, and other characters that aren’t so sorry!  If you read this with your child, it’s a great opportunity to laugh and, on a serious note, to discuss why it’s important be sincere when you say sorry. As always with new books, if it is not checked out, it will either be on the shelf (J 811.54 LEVINE) or on the new books display.

New Book: Watch Me Throw the Ball!

We have a new book to share with you that made us laugh and also teaches a great lesson for kids: Watch Me Throw the Ball! by: Mo Willems (ER WILLEMS). It’s an Elephant & Piggie series book and tells the story of Piggie (the pig, naturally) who teaches his friend Gerald the Elephant that the most important part of playing is to have fun.  Gerald takes throwing a ball around way too seriously and Piggie shows him that even if the ball lands behind you when you throw it, keep throwing!  You’ll need to read it to see the funny ending because we don’t want to spoil it for you.  As always with new books, if it is not checked out, it will either be on the shelf (ER WILLEMS) or on the new books display.