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”
Category Archives: Picture Book
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”
My Wish for You – Katheryn Hahn
Title: My Wish for You Author: Kathryn Hahn Illustrator: Brigette Barrager Genre: Children’s Book, Picture Book Plot: A mother dreams of all the things she wishes for her daughter. She dreams of all the life lessons her daughter will learn and how she can comfort her daughter. The mother wishes her daughter to have courage,Continue reading “My Wish for You – Katheryn Hahn”
The Rainbow Fish – Marcus Pfister
Title: The Rainbow Fish Author: Marcus Pfister Genre: Children’s Book, Picture Book Plot: Rainbow Fish is a fish with a bunch of shiny scales of which he’s very proud of. All of the other fish admire him, which only makes him prouder. One day, a little fish asks if they can have one of hisContinue reading “The Rainbow Fish – Marcus Pfister”
The Day the Crayons Quit – Drew Daywalt
Title: The Day the Crayons Quit Author: Drew Daywalt Illustrator: Oliver Jeffers Genre: Children’s Book, Picture Book Plot: Drew has just received a packet of letters from his crayons. All of the letters are complaints from the different color crayons. Each crayon wants to be used for a different kind of drawing. Both yellow andContinue reading “The Day the Crayons Quit – Drew Daywalt”
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