Title: You Are Special Author: Max Lucado Illustrator: Sergio Martinez Plot: Punchinello is a Wemmick in the town of Wemmickville. The characters of the town reward each other with golden stickers for being smart, talented, and beautiful or gray stickers if you’re average. Punchinello is covered in gray stickers. Every day he tries hard toContinue reading “You Are Special – Max Lucado”
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom – Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault
Title: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Author: Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault Illustrator: Lois Elhert Genre: Children’s Book, Picture Book Plot: A simple, rhyme like story about the lower case letters climbing up a tree. All of the letters are too much for the tree so the letters come crashing down. The uppercase letters comeContinue reading “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom – Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault”
Giraffes Can’t Dance – Giles Andreae
Title: Giraffes Can’t Dance Author: Giles Andreae Illustrator: Guy Parker-Rees Genre: Picture Book Plot: Gerald the giraffe can’t dance. No matter how many times he tries, he’s always tripping over his two left feet. The other animals laugh at him. Gerald runs away. He finds a friend who tries to encourage him. Will Gerald takeContinue reading “Giraffes Can’t Dance – Giles Andreae”
The Secret Book of Flora Lea – Patti Callahan Henry
Title: The Secret Book of Flora Lea Author: Patti Callahan Henry Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery Plot: Hazel and Flora Lee are kids during WW2 in London. Operation Pied Piper sends all of London’s children to the countryside. Hazel and Flora are sent to a small town outside of Oxford. The girls end up with BirdieContinue reading “The Secret Book of Flora Lea – Patti Callahan Henry”
Original Nancy Drew Series – Carolyn Keene
Title: Nancy Drew Series Author: Carolyn Keene Genre: Children’s Books, Mystery Plot: Join Nancy Drew as she solves mysteries around River Heights and around the world. She always gets help from her dad Carson, boyfriend Ned Nickerson, and cousins Bess and George. Sometimes Officer McGuiness asks for her help solving a case. She’s always willingContinue reading “Original Nancy Drew Series – Carolyn Keene”
Have You Filled a Bucket Today? – Carol McCloud
Title: Have You Filled a Bucket Today? Author: Carol McCloud Illustrator: David Messing Genre: Children’s Book, Picture Book Plot: Everyone has a metaphorical bucket. Others can either help fill it or empty it. You can empty someone’s bucket by being mean to others or saying something mean. You can fill someone’s bucket by being kind,Continue reading “Have You Filled a Bucket Today? – Carol McCloud”
Dazzle the Dinosaur – Marcus Pfister
Title: Dazzle the Dinosaur Author and Illustrator: Marcus Pfister Genre: Children’s Book, Picture Book Plot: Dazzle and and Maia are little dinosaurs who are the best of friends. But Dazzle has always stood out from the other dinosaurs. He has a sail on his back that shines and glitters. One day Maia and Dazzle areContinue reading “Dazzle the Dinosaur – Marcus Pfister”
The Invisible String – Patrice Karst
Title: The Invisible String Author: Patrice Karst Illustrator: Joanne Lew-Vriethoff (new version), Geoff Stevenson (old version) Genre: Children’s Book, Picture Book Plot: Jeremy and Liza go wake up their mom because they miss someone who’s far away. Their mom explains that everyone’s connected by an invisible string made of love. It can stretch as farContinue reading “The Invisible String – Patrice Karst”
The Dot – Peter H. Reynolds
Title: The Dot Author and Illustrator : Peter H. Reynolds Genre: Children’s Book, Picture Book Plot: It’s the end of art class and Vashti hasn’t created anything. Her teacher tries to encourage her, but Vashti’s unsure. Vashti doesn’t think she’s an artist. Her teacher suggests she starts by drawing a dot. When she’s done, Vashti’sContinue reading “The Dot – Peter H. Reynolds”
Verdi – Janell Cannon
Title: Verdi Author and Illustrator: Janell Cannon Genre: Children’s Book, Picture Book Plot: Verdi is a python living in the rainforest. He’s young and yellow. The adult pythons are green and boring. All they do is lay around. Verdi is full of energy. He spends his day playing and trying crazy tricks. When he noticesContinue reading “Verdi – Janell Cannon”
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