Posted in Juvenile, books, tagged Audrey Wood, Book Review, Children's books, The Napping House on March 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I loved Audrey Wood’s picture books when I was a child. Everything from Heckedy Peg to I’m As Quick As a Cricket.
I came across another book of hers today at the library, The Napping House.
There is a house,
a napping house,
where everyone is sleeping.
Everyone, including a snoring granny, a dreaming child, a dozing dog, a snoozing [...]
Posted in Juvenile, books, tagged Book Review, Robert Neubecker, Wow City! on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As an ALA Notable Book Award recipient, this picture book by Robert Neubecker is a great way to introduce children to big city visuals. There main story is of a girl leaving her home in the mountains to visit the big city of San Francisco. In her sights she sees planes, trains, bridges, large [...]
Posted in Juvenile, books, tagged Anne Miranda, Book Review, David Murphey, Vroom Chugga Vroom Vroom on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
30 pages of bright colors, large font and lots of action make up the content of this great story time picture book. This book teaches colors and counting up to number 20 in a great car-race story. The pictures show 20 cars getting ready for the race, and the actual race. Author Anne Miranda even [...]
Posted in Juvenile, books, tagged Anne Miranda, Janet Stevens, To Market To Market on September 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
To Market, To Market by Anne Miranda. Illustrated by Janet Stevens
To Market, to Market is a story about grocery shopping gone awry. The story is of an elderly woman going to the market and buying a number of animals for dinner. She buys a pig, a hen, a duck, a lamb, a cow, and more. [...]
Posted in Juvenile, books, tagged Book Review, Bubbles Bubbles, Fumi Kosaka, Kathi Appelt, Picture Book on September 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bubbles, Bubbles by Kathi Appelt. Pictures by Fumi Kosaka
Bubbles, Bubbles is a fun night time story about a little girl’s fun in a bubble bath just before bed. This picture book is great for kids aged preschool and younger. The book is twenty pages long, with vivid graphics. There is writing in large font [...]
Posted in Juvenile, books, tagged Bill Bolton, Busy Bugz Pop Up Series, Christine Tagg, Home Sweet Home, Pop-up book on September 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Home Sweet Home by Christine Tagg and illustrated by Bill Bolton
This is only one book in the Busy Bugz Pop-Up Book series. Home Sweet Home is a simple story of lady bug Ruby trying to find a home of her own. On her search, she stays with her friends and finds out that not every [...]
Posted in Juvenile, Libraries, books, tagged Ducks, Storytime on July 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So, tonight I am filling in for storytime. The librarian who normally does Tuesday night storytime is unable to do it tonight and she asked me to fill her spot. I can get more storytime practice this way. My only worry is that she gives really amazing storytimes, and I don’t want to let the [...]
Posted in Juvenile, Libraries, books, tagged Lookybook, Reading on June 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Lookybook, which launched in November, is a way to book browse children’s books on the computer, cover to cover. This unique site is a great way to implement the Internet into parenting, not that I’m advocating the loss of hand-held books. This is a browse before you buy type of tool, where busy parents can [...]
Posted in Juvenile, Websites, tagged ALA, ALSC, Websites for Children on June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The ALSC (Association for Library Services to Children) released a new batch of websites geared towards children to the ALA website.
I particularly like Ethan’s Bookshelf – www.ethansbookshelf.com for its resources, book reviews and tips for parents to encourage reading comprehension with their children.
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ALSC announces exceptional Web sites for children
(Chicago) The Association for Library Service [...]
