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Age: Toddler-Preschool

One sentence per page with simple, rhyming text will make this a delightful read-aloud and early reader. Boynton-Hughes uses a lot of white space perfect for circle time reading, but invites individual readers to investigate more details on her panoramic spreads. Nothing new but doesn't fail to please.

Age: Preschool

Be careful the next time you splash in a puddle--there may be alligators, pirates, or you may even go straight down through the planet. Lots of declarative statements and warnings would make this an exciting read-aloud.

Age: Preschool-1st grade
Family: Grandpa, granddaughter and grandson

Grandpa tries to remember that old saying about what girls and boys are made of and comes up with a whole variety of silly options. Delightful artistic interpretations bring these absurdities to life.

Age: Preschool-1st grade

All the pasta shapes are happy in the factory, all tucked tight in their boxes and ready to be shipped to their dream destination. That is until the noodles overhear the employees talking about eating their pasta lunches. Soon, the noodles are terrified and must come together to find a way to escape.

Delightful concept with lovely characters that would be fun to read-aloud but the story length felt too short for the intended audience. Maybe it is intended to be an early reader since the words are in bold and aren't too complex?

Age: Toddler-Preschool

A precious hot dog is about to be lunch but the narrator spurs the hot dog to find a solution. A quick read-aloud with a touch of humor, ketchup, and mustard.

Age: All ages
Animals: Owl

Everytime you blink, you have to turn a page. And if you turn enough pages, you'll get to the end of the book and the beginning of BEDTIME. Owl thinks it's a simple request but listeners will find it a bit more challenging. Although you might end up with a lot of red-eyed cornflakes in your audience, kids will love Owl's various tactics for staying awake.

Age: Toddler-Preschool
Animals: Horse

Marino celebrates a child's dream of having a horse. The watercolor illustrations are similar to negative art and somewhat featureless but full of emotion and tenderness, making the child and horse pop on the page for a large group reading. With only 5-8 words per page, Marino captures the thrill of horseriding, ownership, and making a new friend.

Age: Preschool+
Friendship: Moving and making new friends

While hiding from her new next door neighbors, a young girl escapes into the folds of her wallpaper only to meet a monster that ends up chasing her around. When the monster breaks down and cries, the girl approaches the monster to become friends--and, afterwards, finds the courage to approach her next door neighbors.

Age: Preschool+
Song: There Was an Old Lady

A longer song with detailed illustrations make this song book best shared on the lap. Cumulative cutouts add extra flair to this oft reimagined song.

Age: Preschool+
Art: Basically, every kind

If deprived of pencils, can you still create art? When each medium of art is theoretically taken from this imaginative girl, she comes up with another way to create with the resources available to her. And when there are no longer resources to use, she uses her voice and body. A beautiful celebration of the perseverance of art against all obstacles. A great book for introducing different forms of art or to be used at the beginning of the school year.