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”
Category Archives: Picture Book
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”
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”
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”
New is Fun, Too! – Ariel Leshchinsky
Title: New is Fun, Too! Author: Ariel Leshchinsky Illustrator: Jeremy Wells Plot: Panda Ya and her family are moving far away from everything’s she known. Panda Ya is very nervous. Her parents talk to her about how life in her new town is different but also the same. Panda Ya starts to understand and acceptContinue reading “New is Fun, Too! – Ariel Leshchinsky”
Where The Wild Things Are – Maurice Sendak
Title: Where The Wild Things Are Author and Illustrator: Maurice Sendak Genre: Children’s Book, Picture Book Plot: Max causes mischief of a new sort one night. His parents ground him to his room. Once his room, Max’s room starts to disappear and a forest takes its place. Then he finds an ocean and a boat.Continue reading “Where The Wild Things Are – Maurice Sendak”
Stellaluna – Janell Cannon
Title: Stellaluna Author and Illustrator: Janell Cannon Genre: Children’s Book, Picture Book Plot: Stellaluna is a baby bat who fell out of her nest one night after an owl attack. She lands in a bird’s nest. The birds accept her only if she forgets how to be a bat and learns to be a bird.Continue reading “Stellaluna – Janell Cannon”
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