The Cow That Laid an Egg by Andy Cutbill, illus. by Russell Ayto

Poor Marjorie is feeling inadequate. The other cows on the farm can ride bicycles and do handstands (yes, really), but not Marjorie. The chickens decide to help her feel special, and one morning Marjorie wakes to find an egg in her bed. “‘I’ve laid an egg!’ shrieked Marjorie.” As you can imagine, none of the [...]

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Millie Waits for the Mail by Alexander Steffensmeier

We’ve all heard tales of dogs antagonizing the mailman. But what if, instead of a dog, it was a cow doing the antagonizing? In Millie Waits for the Mail, Millie’s favorite activity is scaring the mail carrier. She finds a new place to hide each day and when the mailman arrives, she leaps out and [...]

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Shoo Fly as told and illustrated by Iza Trapani

In the eighth of Iza Trapani’s well-known picture books based on nursery rhymes or songs, an adorable mouse tries to escape from a determined fly. Children will giggle with delight as they watch the mouse sneak away, hide, swat, and run from his persistent aerial companion. The classic song has been extended and surrounded with [...]

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Names for Snow by Judi K. Beach, illus. by Loretta Krupinski

Names for Snow is a poetic look at all the different kinds of snow that we encounter. A mouse family takes us from the first exciting welcome snow of November to the trickster snow of April. The pictures are country landscapes with borders showing the mice skiing, sledding, preparing for Christmas, and enjoying the coziness [...]

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The Best Family in the World by Susana Lopez, illus. By Ulises Wensell

Carlotta has just learned that the “best family in the world” will be arriving to adopt her in the morning. As she lies in bed that night, she dreams of what the “best family” would be like. She considers a family of bakers, of pirates, of tiger tamers, and of astronauts. Each of these scenarios [...]

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Late for School by Mike Reiss, illus. by Michael Austin

No, you’re not seeing things. All three of the books for this week have the same title. Read all three to discover each author’s unique take on the same subject. Smitty sure makes a valiant effort navigating the streets of New York City to make it to school on time. Readers will be cheering Smitty [...]

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Late for School by Stephanie Calmenson, illus. by Sachiko Yoshikawa

No, you’re not seeing things. All three of the books for this week have the same title. Read all three to discover each author’s unique take on the same subject. It looks like Mr. Bungles is going to be tardy for school, breaking his very own number one rule “never, ever, ever be late for [...]

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Late for School by Steve Martin, illus. by C.F. Payne

All three of the books for this week have the same title. Read all three to discover each author’s unique take on the same subject. Steve Martin has written a silly rhyming read-aloud story about the hilarious obstacles a little boy overcomes as he races to school. He jumps a fence, encounters a swimming pool, [...]

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Jenny Found a Penny by Trudy Harris, illus. by John Hovel

“Jenny found a penny in the backseat of the car. She put that shiny penny in an empty pickle jar.” Readers can follow Jenny, in this lesson about saving and earning money, as she takes the opportunity of the found penny to start saving for a special item at the dollar store. Each page of [...]

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How High can a Dinosaur Count? by Valerie Fisher

How long will it take Ogden to clean all four of his windows? How many more cups of tea does Trixie drink than Sadie? How many layers will Bertram’s birthday cake have, and can Heloise buy a hat? This clever imaginative collection of fun math questions will have the reader adding and subtracting to answer [...]

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