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Age: Preschool-1st grade
Animals: Bear, stork, little red bird
Stead's illustrations are so provocative and are full of movement, color, levels, and angles. His color palettes are always the best! Wouldn't it be awesome to have a nursery with him as inspiration?
Besides his stellar artwork which fetches him an extra star, the storyline is wonderfully fantastical and provides much to leave to the imagination, offering a nice balance to the push for nonfiction literature.
Animals: Bear, stork, little red bird
Stead's illustrations are so provocative and are full of movement, color, levels, and angles. His color palettes are always the best! Wouldn't it be awesome to have a nursery with him as inspiration?
Besides his stellar artwork which fetches him an extra star, the storyline is wonderfully fantastical and provides much to leave to the imagination, offering a nice balance to the push for nonfiction literature.
Age: Preschool-1st grade
The story was delightful but the illustrations were so busy and messy and rarely aligned to the punchline of each page. These missed opportunities were sadly distracting.
The story was delightful but the illustrations were so busy and messy and rarely aligned to the punchline of each page. These missed opportunities were sadly distracting.
Age: Kindergarten-2nd grade
Familiar Experience: Blowing chunks, barfing, feeding your young, retching, and (my favorite) thunder-chunder rainbow parfait
Anyways, this is a lovely bibliotherapeutic look at barfing in public. Carlson also shows the potential embarrassment of going back and how no one will be mad at you for barfing.
Nonfiction or fiction? Well, there is an "interesting made-up fact" about lizards and Carlson depicts all animals turning green before they barf and we all know how incorrect that presentation is.
Familiar Experience: Blowing chunks, barfing, feeding your young, retching, and (my favorite) thunder-chunder rainbow parfait
Anyways, this is a lovely bibliotherapeutic look at barfing in public. Carlson also shows the potential embarrassment of going back and how no one will be mad at you for barfing.
Nonfiction or fiction? Well, there is an "interesting made-up fact" about lizards and Carlson depicts all animals turning green before they barf and we all know how incorrect that presentation is.
Age: Preschool-2nd grade
Concept skillz: Colors and mixing
A much anticipated sequel to Press Here! Such a fabulous way to present color mixing for elementary students. But, beware, reader: the closing and the turning and the flipping of pages requires some dextrous fingers.
Concept skillz: Colors and mixing
A much anticipated sequel to Press Here! Such a fabulous way to present color mixing for elementary students. But, beware, reader: the closing and the turning and the flipping of pages requires some dextrous fingers.
Age: Toddler-1st grade
Animal: Squirrel
McClurkan nails the "Fortunately; Unfortunately" humor with one very determined squirrel bent on snatching up a particularly tasty--and elusive--nut. The ending was a tad confusing, though. Did the acorns explode behind him and then he came full circle to his tree house only to find his old pile of nuts? Well, anyways, I'm sure a child can connect the dots for me. Well done!
Animal: Squirrel
McClurkan nails the "Fortunately; Unfortunately" humor with one very determined squirrel bent on snatching up a particularly tasty--and elusive--nut. The ending was a tad confusing, though. Did the acorns explode behind him and then he came full circle to his tree house only to find his old pile of nuts? Well, anyways, I'm sure a child can connect the dots for me. Well done!
Age: Preschool-2nd grade
Family: Adoption
Animals: Dragons, penguins
There was some head-scratching moments in this book: Why were the dragons drawn so small (like babies) and then start laying eggs? Why did the eggless dragon take an egg that was in danger and not give it back to the penguins that were a stones-throw away? This confusion aside, this is a lovely fantastical tale to spur the imagination and expose listeners to an adoption tale.
Family: Adoption
Animals: Dragons, penguins
There was some head-scratching moments in this book: Why were the dragons drawn so small (like babies) and then start laying eggs? Why did the eggless dragon take an egg that was in danger and not give it back to the penguins that were a stones-throw away? This confusion aside, this is a lovely fantastical tale to spur the imagination and expose listeners to an adoption tale.
Age: Kindergarten-1st grade
These birds are hard of hearing and can't seem to get the right message to Peter bird. Good thing Owl is sitting on the line. I love how Barnett drew the birds to reflect what they thought they heard. For example, one pigeon with a guitar and sunglasses mishears "Put your wet socks in the dryer" as "Rock stars are admired." Simple and will sure to elicit giggles.
These birds are hard of hearing and can't seem to get the right message to Peter bird. Good thing Owl is sitting on the line. I love how Barnett drew the birds to reflect what they thought they heard. For example, one pigeon with a guitar and sunglasses mishears "Put your wet socks in the dryer" as "Rock stars are admired." Simple and will sure to elicit giggles.
Age: Preschool-2nd grade
I can see a crowd of kids slapping their palms to their foreheads as these two well-meaning boys try to dig for treasure while always just missing treasure by doubting themselves and veering course. At least the dog got his bone. The ending is also a silly puzzler. Throughout the book, you kinda wonder how they are going to climb back up but and a very direct, no nonsense answer is given--they fall back to Earth. Duh.
I can see a crowd of kids slapping their palms to their foreheads as these two well-meaning boys try to dig for treasure while always just missing treasure by doubting themselves and veering course. At least the dog got his bone. The ending is also a silly puzzler. Throughout the book, you kinda wonder how they are going to climb back up but and a very direct, no nonsense answer is given--they fall back to Earth. Duh.
Age: Preschool-1st grade
Clothing: Tailor
Family: Grandfather, grandson
A nice break from the silly humored, Pixar art books on the shelves with suspense and a delightful twist at the end.
Clothing: Tailor
Family: Grandfather, grandson
A nice break from the silly humored, Pixar art books on the shelves with suspense and a delightful twist at the end.
An immensely intriguing read from start to finish. Grann documents the mysterious pull of El Dorado, or Z, as explorer Percy Fawcett dubs the elusive city of a grand Amazonian civilization. It was so interesting to see so many characters try and search this city out. The majority of the book was dedicated to "the indestructible" Percy Fawcett and his various expeditions into the heart of the Amazon. A true survival tactician, Fawcett's passion was addictive and his disappearance in 1925 spurred search parties out the wazoo, resulting in 100+ deaths. Throughout the whole book, Grann attempts to solve the mystery where so many others have perished. Only until the end does he reveal the current hypothesis surrounding the Lost City of Z.