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Age: Infants-Preschool (good for siblings)
Beautiful and up-to-date illustrations of baby living including a diverse assortment of babies and grown-ups. Can be shortened for storytimes, if need be.
Beautiful and up-to-date illustrations of baby living including a diverse assortment of babies and grown-ups. Can be shortened for storytimes, if need be.
Age: Infant-Toddler
Tune: Miss Mary Mack
Bouncing text can be read to a variety of tunes about a baby/toddler's most adorable feature: their toes! One baby per page make this perfect for reading aloud.
Tune: Miss Mary Mack
Bouncing text can be read to a variety of tunes about a baby/toddler's most adorable feature: their toes! One baby per page make this perfect for reading aloud.
Age: Infant-3 years
A white background brings bold images to life in the many ways you can say hello. 3-5 words on a page invites room for discussion or is perfect for a read-aloud.
A white background brings bold images to life in the many ways you can say hello. 3-5 words on a page invites room for discussion or is perfect for a read-aloud.
Age: Infants-Toddler
Older siblings and parents can relate to the painstaking things we do to calm crying babies as this band of animals try food, a bath, playtime, and--finally--bedtime. Repetitious animal sounds make this great for crowd participation and for sympathetic nods of agreement from the audience.
Older siblings and parents can relate to the painstaking things we do to calm crying babies as this band of animals try food, a bath, playtime, and--finally--bedtime. Repetitious animal sounds make this great for crowd participation and for sympathetic nods of agreement from the audience.
Age: 4th-6th grade
Time period: 1930s USA
Tough Issue: Racism, KKK
Stella finds unlikely inspiration for her emergent writing as she tries to process the dangers of a growing band of KKK members while her father stands up to prejudice and racism by garnering the right to vote. A fast-moving read for a topic that is (terribly) relevant as the modern KKK are becoming more engaged in poverty-stricken communities.
Goodreads synopsis: "Stella lives in the segregated South; in Bumblebee, North Carolina, to be exact about it. Some stores she can go into. Some stores she can't. Some folks are right pleasant. Others are a lot less so. To Stella, it sort of evens out, and heck, the Klan hasn't bothered them for years. But one late night, later than she should ever be up, much less wandering around outside, Stella and her little brother see something they're never supposed to see, something that is the first flicker of change to come, unwelcome change by any stretch of the imagination."
Time period: 1930s USA
Tough Issue: Racism, KKK
Stella finds unlikely inspiration for her emergent writing as she tries to process the dangers of a growing band of KKK members while her father stands up to prejudice and racism by garnering the right to vote. A fast-moving read for a topic that is (terribly) relevant as the modern KKK are becoming more engaged in poverty-stricken communities.
Spoiler
At the end of the book, Stella saves the "Grand Dragon's" daughter from drowning, showing that kindness can help sever bigotry in a child growing up in a house full of hate. Draper also shows the strength of a community in opposition to fear-mongering, as Stella's community bands together to put out the deliberate fire at a neighbor's house.Goodreads synopsis: "Stella lives in the segregated South; in Bumblebee, North Carolina, to be exact about it. Some stores she can go into. Some stores she can't. Some folks are right pleasant. Others are a lot less so. To Stella, it sort of evens out, and heck, the Klan hasn't bothered them for years. But one late night, later than she should ever be up, much less wandering around outside, Stella and her little brother see something they're never supposed to see, something that is the first flicker of change to come, unwelcome change by any stretch of the imagination."
Age: High School-Adult
"Prentisstown isn't like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else's thoughts in an overwhelming, never-ending stream of Noise. Just a month away from the birthday that will make him a man, Todd and his dog, Manchee -- whose thoughts Todd can hear too, whether he wants to or not -- stumble upon an area of complete silence. They find that in a town where privacy is impossible, something terrible has been hidden -- a secret so awful that Todd and Manchee must run for their lives."
-Goodreads synopsis
Much like Todd running across the landscape, this book never stops. It is an action-heavy page-turner, akin to popular books like Hunger Games and Mortal Instruments. It may have missed the success of these books because the main character has an unusual dialect that takes some time to get used to and the length may be daunting to some readers. Otherwise the writing is phenomenal and gripping, the twists are explosive, and Ness provides a deeper layer by looking at colonization and the exploitation of religion.
Plot synopsis:
"Prentisstown isn't like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else's thoughts in an overwhelming, never-ending stream of Noise. Just a month away from the birthday that will make him a man, Todd and his dog, Manchee -- whose thoughts Todd can hear too, whether he wants to or not -- stumble upon an area of complete silence. They find that in a town where privacy is impossible, something terrible has been hidden -- a secret so awful that Todd and Manchee must run for their lives."
-Goodreads synopsis
Much like Todd running across the landscape, this book never stops. It is an action-heavy page-turner, akin to popular books like Hunger Games and Mortal Instruments. It may have missed the success of these books because the main character has an unusual dialect that takes some time to get used to and the length may be daunting to some readers. Otherwise the writing is phenomenal and gripping, the twists are explosive
Spoiler
(but we all knew that Prentisstown killed all the women, right?)Plot synopsis:
Spoiler
Although Todd has been told that there are no more women on their planet, he finds a girl, Viola, hidden in the swamp near his home. His step-fathers tell Todd to run away with his loyal, talking dog Manchee but the leaders of the town don't want Todd to run away. And so begins the tiring game of cat-and-mouse that Todd, the girl, and Manchee embark on, unveiling the lies that Todd grew up on: women's thoughts cannot be read like men, this was a naturally occurring phenomenon of the planet they colonized and not unleashed by the natives of the world, anyone that left Prentistown were executed by neighboring villages because Prentisstown murdered all of the women. All the way, Todd and co. are being pursued by a blood-thirsty zealot who progressively loses parts of his face to animals, and a ruthless army murdering and pillaging as they approach the capitol city. Todd is given multiple chances to kill his pursuers but cannot force himself to take another life, no matter how much they deserve it. Oh, except for the precious fisherman who just so happened to be a native of the land. Yeah, Todd kills him. Todd and Viola finally makes it to the capitol after Viola kills the melting-faced preacher only to find that it is deserted and the army has already taken it over. THE END. Also, caution to dog-lovers because the true hero of the book, Manchee, gets killed at the hands of the preacher and it is extremely hard to read.
Age: Preschool+
A well-written story tells the tale behind Chewie's chance friendship with the porg population of Ahch-To. Humorous asides align perfectly with the Star Wars cannon and acrylic and oil paintings give more depth to this pop-culture tribute.
A well-written story tells the tale behind Chewie's chance friendship with the porg population of Ahch-To. Humorous asides align perfectly with the Star Wars cannon and acrylic and oil paintings give more depth to this pop-culture tribute.
Age: Toddler-Preschool, Early Reader (2 words per page)
Emotions: Variety
One stray dog has a happy encounter with a neighborhood child before zipping off to the park. Losing the child along the way, the stray dog experiences getting scared, lonely, hungry, and sad. But soon the dog finds the friendly child's lost stuffed animal and brings it home to the open arms of the child, ending with a hopeful, "My dog? Good dog."
Although the text is simple enough, this book is best for lap time so that listeners and readers can examine the details of the illustrations and the emotions throughout. A sweet story of dog adoption that will stir compassion in every heart.
Emotions: Variety
One stray dog has a happy encounter with a neighborhood child before zipping off to the park. Losing the child along the way, the stray dog experiences getting scared, lonely, hungry, and sad. But soon the dog finds the friendly child's lost stuffed animal and brings it home to the open arms of the child, ending with a hopeful, "My dog? Good dog."
Although the text is simple enough, this book is best for lap time so that listeners and readers can examine the details of the illustrations and the emotions throughout. A sweet story of dog adoption that will stir compassion in every heart.
Age: Toddler
Concept Skill: Colors
Food: Vegetables, fruit, seafood
A fun question and answer game for listeners, white backgrounds makes each anatomically correct animal pop as they enjoy their favorite eats. Toddlers will love the contrary humor that an animal doesn't eat a specific color, they actually eat another color. And so the cycle begins again. And what do we eat? A rainbow of colors! For the inquisitive minds, back material includes more detail about what the featured animals eat.
Concept Skill: Colors
Food: Vegetables, fruit, seafood
A fun question and answer game for listeners, white backgrounds makes each anatomically correct animal pop as they enjoy their favorite eats. Toddlers will love the contrary humor that an animal doesn't eat a specific color, they actually eat another color. And so the cycle begins again. And what do we eat? A rainbow of colors! For the inquisitive minds, back material includes more detail about what the featured animals eat.