In which I recap my year. Hello Blog Friends! *waves* It’s the end of the year and although I seemed to have shown disdain for the pomp and circumstance of the season (this year I had no turkey or tree) the idea of a 2012 recap was not to be missed. The stress of the holidays was something that I…
I love Bob Shea and am happy to share his newest Dinosaur book with you!Dinosaur is like your typical preschooler, a little
All sheep wants to do is go to sleep but all of the farmyard animals have other ideas. In Karen Beaumont’s No Sleep for the Sheep! Sheep’s plan for bedtime is ruined when animal after animal noisily wakes sheep. In this fun rhyming book, children will be able to make animal sounds along with the animals waking poor sheep. The text is…
From School Library Journal Grade 1–3—Imitation can indeed be sincere flattery, as Rex proves in his slightly eerie reworking of Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd’s classic bedtime tale. The young bunny has been replaced by a little monster, but he still wears striped pajamas as he lies in his bed and says good night to his surroundings. “In the…
From School Library Journal Starred Review. Kindergarten-Grade 3—A confident girl walks readers through a typical day at home and at school (Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary) as she fantasizes about herself as president. Her first executive order is for waffles. She then negotiates a treaty between a cat and dog and appoints a toy cabinet; Mr. Potato Head is a dapper Secretary…