Here Comes the Easter Cat by Deborah Underwood
Cindy: The Easter Bunny had better watch out…Cat just might take over in Here Comes the Easter Cat (Dial 2014). Cat is jealous that everyone loves the Easter Bunny. Bah humbug (wrong holiday, but you...
View ArticleCrazy Cars Books…and Crazier Sounds
Lynn: Many preschoolers love books about cars and 3-year-old Henry from our focus group must have 90% of them. I think he and I have read through them so many times that we both have them memorized....
View ArticleSprout Helps Out by Rosie Winstead
Lynn: Kids love books where they know more than the central characters. It is a joke that never seems to grow old for them. A new entry into this category is the delightful Sprout Helps Out...
View ArticleThe Secret Life of the Woolly Bear Caterpillar by Laurence Pringle
Lynn: I know this is Mystery Month but trust me, there IS a mystery connection to this charming bug book. Most kids will recognize the chubby black and orange striped caterpillar so commonly seen...
View ArticleBrother Hugo and the Bear by Katy Beebe
Cindy: The tired excuse of, “The dog ate my homework” is tame compared with “The bear ate my library book.” Especially considering that Brother Hugo and the Bear (Eerdmans 2014) is apparently based on...
View ArticleBits & Pieces by Judy Schachner
Lynn: Many children will recognize Judy Schachner as the author of the much-loved Skippyjon Jones books but Bits & Pieces (Penguin/Dial 2013) is about an “odd duck” of a cat named Tink. Readers...
View ArticleWhat’s Your Favorite Animal? by Eric Carle and Friends
Lynn: 14 celebrated children’s book illustrators answer Eric Carle’s central question: What’s Your Favorite Animal? (Henry Holt 2014). And a wild and varied lot of animals they are! Eric Carle...
View ArticleSwim, Duck, Swim! by Susan Lurie
Cindy: Swim season is upon us making Swim, Duck, Swim (Feiwel and Friends 2014) a perfect book to share. My own children took to water like, ahem, ducks to water, but not every child does. Murray...
View ArticleNational Geographic Super Readers
What child isn’t curious about their world? Books about nature and science are always popular with young readers and for librarians and teachers, there is an endless demand for books about bugs,...
View ArticleNesting books are hatching…
While the birds were building spring nests in Michigan, our mailboxes were nesting new books about birds and nests. We’ve read them and are ready to push a few out of the nest and into the blog. If we...
View ArticleElizabeth, Queen of the Seas by Lynne Cox
Lynn: Picture books featuring adorable animals are commonplace. Picture books about a real-life elephant seal who won the hearts of an entire town? Rare! In the author’s note, Cox, a famous...
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