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ENOLA'S BEST FRIEND
While this is a fairly bland treatment compared to Deborah Lee Rose and Carey Armstrong-Ellis’ The Twelve Days of... Rabe follows a young girl through her first 12 days of kindergarten in this book based on the familiar Christmas carol. The typical firsts of school are here: riding the bus, making friends, sliding on the playground slide, counting, sorting shapes, laughing at lunch, painting, singing, reading, running, jumping rope, and going on a field trip.
ANONYMOOSE | Kirkus Reviews
The fine message here: Don’t shy away from the chance to be and have a good friend. Stepping out is better than hiding out. Ana Moose prefers being alone. She doesn’t have to worry about finding the right thing to say or being picked last for teams. Blending into her surroundings, she dubs herself Anonymoose. Then she sees her classmate Peter, a porcupine, building a fort and wishes she could share her own architectural ideas without revealing herself.
THE OUTSIDE | Kirkus Reviews
Children will be charmed by the furry friendships and fascinated by the visual details. A colony of prairie dogs is caught between security and risk-taking. Earl is afraid to leave the burrow. He keeps digging, while his five buddies entreat him to join them in the fresh air. As Earl warns against outside dangers—coyotes, an impending storm—they are oblivious to shadowy creatures lurking and the dark clouds gathering…until the pelting rain sends them scurrying.
A LETTER TO MY BEST FRIEND
While this is a fairly bland treatment compared to Deborah Lee Rose and Carey Armstrong-Ellis’ The Twelve Days of... Rabe follows a young girl through her first 12 days of kindergarten in this book based on the familiar Christmas carol. The typical firsts of school are here: riding the bus, making friends, sliding on the playground slide, counting, sorting shapes, laughing at lunch, painting, singing, reading, running, jumping rope, and going on a field trip.
SURFIN' SHARKS | Kirkus Reviews
Another “jawsome” combination of small adventures and clear, worthy messaging. Finny friends leap into a third round of adventures and attitude adjustments. Mako shark Mack is proud of his surfing prowess—until slender, graceful sawshark Telo beats him out at the first Surfin’ Shark Competition, and he grumpily announces that if he can’t be the best, he’s done.
HOPE IS A RAINBOW
Pleasant enough but not particularly original. Uplifting messages of positivity from the Today show anchor. Hope springs eternal, so the saying goes. Kotb agrees, here delivering to children the cheery news that hope lives inside all of them and that whatever they might wish for can be theirs. All they need is a sunny outlook, and the possibilities for happy outcomes are virtually endless.
WHO WILL MAKE THE SNOW?
by Taras Prokhasko & Marjana Prokhasko & translated by Boris Dralyuk & Jennifer Croft ; illustrated by Marjana Prokhasko ‧ Sweet but not saccharine, with occasional long thoughts buried in the fuzzy warmth. In this tale originally published in Ukraine, mole twins born on the first day of spring discover a generally welcoming world outside their burrow as the seasons pass. Beech Forest is, by and large, a friendly place.
ANIMAL ALBUMS FROM A TO Z
Hilarious, high-stepping tributes to a musical niche that never was. For record collectors and fans of old-timey music, an alphabetical sampler of rockin’ tunes from the likes of Mandy and the Meerkats and the Fabulous Foxes of Folk. Tongue firmly in cheek, Bell explains in her introduction that she’s a collector of records by animal musicians, from the 1940s to the ’80s.
A HORSE NAMED SKY
A feel-good tale of a clever and determined stallion set against a well-developed landscape. In mid-19th-century Nevada, a colt named Sky grows up to lead his band of wild horses. Parry’s moving story follows the pattern of her recent animal tales, A Wolf Called Wander (2019) and A Whale of the Wild (2020), chronicling a wild animal’s life in the first person, imagining its point of view, and detailing and appreciating the natural world it inhabits.
THE BRILLIANT MS. BANGLE
by Cara Devins ; illustrated by K-Fai Steele ‧ A charming portrayal of a whimsical trickster librarian who knows how to get kids reading. Change can be challenging but good. Summer’s over, and the Belford Elementary students are thrilled to return to school. But when they learn that Ms. Stack, their librarian, has moved away, they hatch a plan to refuse to read with the new librarian, Ms. Bangle, until Ms. Stack returns.
MR. S | Kirkus Reviews
One dreary day in room 2B, a class of kids embraces a sandwich as instructor. On the first day of school, a light-skinned man carefully writes the words Mr. S on the blackboard and then, noticing that a tree has crashed on his car, dashes out to the parking lot, leaving behind a stack of papers and a sandwich.
THE TOGETHER TREE
by Aisha Saeed ; illustrated by LeUyen Pham ‧ When Rumi moves to a brand-new coast, friendship feels hard to find. Although he is assigned the best seat in the room—right next to the class pets—brown-skinned Rumi still feels unwelcome and out of place in his new school. At recess, instead of playing with his diverse classmates, he sits beneath a willow tree in the schoolyard, dreaming of the cypress trees he loved back home in San Francisco.
FRESH JUICE | Kirkus Reviews
Fruits, vegetables, and community help to cure a cold. Art, a Black boy, wants to play in the park, but Daddy is still in bed with a cold. Art suggests that they make some “sick-fighting juice” with ginger to heal Daddy. When Daddy finds no juice-making ingredients in the fridge, they take the train to the Saturday farmers market downtown. As they visit the market’s vendors, no one has ginger, but everyone sells Daddy a fruit or vegetable that will help fight his cold.
WE DON'T LOSE OUR CLASS GOLDFISH
A PENELOPE REX BOOK by Ryan T. Higgins ; illustrated by Ryan T. Higgins ‧ You’d think a T. rex wouldn’t be afraid of anything. You’d be wrong. In her latest outing, Penelope Rex is terrified of Walter, the class goldfish. One might suppose a goldfish would be petrified of her, a large dinosaur with a disproportionately sized head.
MY ELEPHANT IS BLUE
by Melinda Szymanik ; illustrated by Vasanti Unka ‧ A sensitive picture book that explores the weight of depression. The young protagonist wakes up with an elephant on their chest. Introducing herself as Blue, the prodigious pachyderm settles in on the protagonist’s back and chest, making it difficult for them to walk, breathe, or talk. Their well-meaning family members’ suggestions seem out of reach. After all, how can you cheer up if there’s an elephant sitting on you?
AVOCADO FEELS A PIT WORRIED
A STORY ABOUT FACING YOUR FEARS by Brenda S. Miles ; illustrated by Monika Filipina ‧ Avi the avocado copes with his anxiety. When Avi hears a loud “THUMP! THUD!” outside his window, his fear immediately begins to grow: “What if something fell from the sky? What if something is broken? What if I never know what happened?” From his window, he notices a large brown object; days pass, and finally, he braves the outdoors and decides to bury the object.
NOBODY | Kirkus Reviews
by Jane Berger Konigsberg ; illustrated by Petrolela Dostalova ‧ A child excluded from joining their friends feels jealousy and self-doubt. A menagerie of animals (a raccoon, a penguin, an elephant, and more) gather for many fun activities. But a young human tot is always left out. Alone on the page, with sad eyes and a huge frown, the youngster wonders, “Does nobody love me?
Tim Bowers on The Creative Finder
Brief Summary Tim Bowers has created award winning artwork in the areas of children's book publishing, the social expression industry and advertising. Bowers is an illustrator of over 35 published children's books. His illustrations have received numerous state and national awards and recognition, including Child Magazine's Top Pick, the Children's Choice Award and Junior Library Guild selections. Bowers began his career at a Dayton, Ohio advertising art studio.
MEMOIRS OF A TORTOISE
The print version of a knee-slapping cumulative ditty. In the song, Smith meets a donkey on the road.
Children’s Picture Books
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Fun Books to Inspire a Love of School
Education Little Kids The new school year is about to begin and these books are sure to get your child all excited for the first day! by Annie Silvestro; illustrated by Tatjana Mai-Wyss Doubleday | $17.99 | Ages 3 - 7 Bunny learns that his book club buddy and human friend, Josie, is nervous about starting school. His idea was to surprise her at her school, but the situation gets a little complicated as he bumps into each of his other animal pals who then decide to come with him.
Hooray for Dads and Grandads
Home > Book Reviews > Baseball Signals Summer By Staff on June 23, 2019 Summertime, and the season is baseball. These perfect books connect with readers and children of all ages for America’s favorite game. Whether you’re a player, a participant or a fervent fan, these terrific tales provide a chance to enjoy! by Meribeth C. Shank Knuckleball Ned by R. A.
Announcing the Second Annual SPL Comix Con
West Branch Renovation Update Thursday, April 25th at 11:15 AM, West Branch Library, 40 College Ave Join the City of Somerville, the Somerville Public Library, Library Trustees and Friends, as we break ground on the renovation and restoration of our beloved West Branch Library.
FOOTLOOSE by Kenny Loggins , Dean Pitchford , Tim Bowers
Two children who hide in the zoo after closing witness zookeeper Jack getting down with all the animals in this re-envisioning of the iconic movie song. Inspired by new grandparenthood (as he reveals in a performer’s note), Loggins has rewritten the lyrics to one of the 1980s’ biggest earworms to recount a dance party at the zoo. “All the animals are watchin’ / to see if everyone’s gone.
RAPPY GOES TO SCHOOL
Following series opener Rappy the Raptor (2015), Gutman and Bowers team up again to bring readers another chapter in Rappy’s life story: the first day of school. The rapping dino is definitely nervous on the first day—about school supplies, about making friends, about whether the teacher will be kind or not. But despite nervousness (and the huge and terrifying-looking—in Rappy’s eyes—teacher), the rapping dino manages to use that talent to distract both a bully, Chris, and his victim, Aidan.
Amazon.ca: Devin Scillian, Tim Bowers: Books
24 of 24 people found the following review helpful To heck with the lessons -- this is good fun! This is a lovely, bright, and whimsical picture book. Since my favorite genre at the moment is memoir, I loved the play on that genre -- a picture book that is set up as a goldfish's diary. "Day One: I swam around my bowl. Day Two: I swam around my bowl. Twice." That's how the goldfish's diary begins, but it doesn't stay boring for long.
Futuristic combat, stunning graphics keep 'Call of Duty' a must-play
Each soldier is equipped with an Exo suit that allows him to double jump, power dodge, slow down rapid descents and forcibly move objects that no normal human could move. SledgeHammer Games breaks ground with “Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.” Many people might discard it as just another “Call of Duty” game, but it deserves a shot. The game has an immersive story, awe-inspiring graphics and a fun co-op mode.
Children’s Picture Books
When you purchase an independently ranked book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. Best Sellers Methodology A version of this list appears in the April 10, 2011 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings on weekly lists reflect sales for the week ending March 26, 2011. Lists are published early online.
Children’s Picture Books
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