Snyder, Laurel. Charlie and Mouse and Grumpy. Emily Hughes, Illus. Easy Reader. Charlie and Mouse Series; bk. 2. Chronicle, 10/2017. [48]pp. $14.99. 978-1-4521-3748-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-2. Two young Caucasian brothers enjoy a [continue reading]
Professional Reading: Bruce Handy’s WILD THINGS
Handy, Bruce. Wild Things: The Joy of Reading Children’s Literature as an Adult. Simon & Schuster, 2017. 307p. $26. 978-1-4516-0995-0. Handy is best known for his articles in The New Yorker and other magazines, [continue reading]
Maya Lin: Thinking with Her Hands Review
Rubin, Susan Goldman. Maya Lin: Thinking with Her Hands. Biography. Chronicle, 11/2017. 99pp. $17.99. 978-1-4521-0837-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 6-10. In the new biography of Maya Lin, designer of monuments such as the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial in [continue reading]
Interactive Books for Storytime
Pop-up, Flap, Tactile, and Interactive Books Byrne, Richard. This Book Just Ate My Dog! Caston, Jane. Can You Help Doug Find His Dog? Clarke, Jane. I Saw Anaconda: A Cumulative Lift-the-Flap Story. Cotter, Bill. [continue reading]
Sing-Along Picture Books for Storytime
Sing-along Picture Books Bateman, Donna M. Out on the Prairie. Bates, Ivan. Five Little Ducks. Bates, Katharine Lee. America the Beautiful: United We Stand. Berkner, Laurie. We Are the Dinosaurs. Bernard, Felix. Walking in a [continue reading]
Circular Picture Books for Storytime
Circular – such as Laura Numeroff’s If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (HarperCollins, 1985) or Jules Feiffer’s Back George (HarperCollins, 1999 Barnett, Mac. Sam and Dave Dig a Hole. Bee, William. And the Cars [continue reading]
Cumulative Picture Books for Storytime
Cumulative – such as The House That Jack Built by various authors, Don and Audrey Wood’s The Napping House (Harcourt, 1984), or Laura Thompson’s The Apple Pie That Papa Baked (S&S, 2007). Ashburn, Boni. The [continue reading]
Participation/Call and Response Picture Books for Storytime
Participation and Call and Response– such as Bill Martin’s Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (Holt, 1983), Remy Charlip’s Fortunately (Four Winds, 1964), Jules Feiffer’s Bark, George (HarperCollins, 1999), or Ed Emberley’s Go [continue reading]