Fuddles by Frans Vischer

Fuddles is your ultimate, pampered feline until he realizes that all he does is eat, sleep, and visit his litter box.  He decides he needs an adventure, so he heads for the door.  But Mom says you cannot go outside.   Fuddles cannot believe it, no one has ever said no to him before!  But the [...]

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Art Museum Opposites by Katy Frieland and Maria K. Shoemaker

A simple concept book with a major twist, Art Museum Opposites uses art, photography, objects, and sculpture to teach basic opposites such as Up and Down, Hard and Soft, Day and Night, Rainy and Sunny, Empty and Full and so on.  Each double page spread features a pair of words with opposite meanings, but the [...]

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The Dark, Dark Night by Christina Butler, illus. by Jane Chapman

It is summer and Frog is very excited.  After sleeping through winter Frog is ready to play with his friends, Badger, Hedgehog, Mouse and Rabbit. After a day of games and leapfrog, suddenly it is getting dark.  Frog borrows a lantern and sets off for the pond, ready for his first swim of the season.  [...]

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I Spy Spectacular by Jean Marzollo, illus. by Walter Wick

Lovers of the I Spy books, Where’s Waldo?, and other visual game books will love this one.  But beware, it is not easy!  I Spy Spectacular celebrates the 20th anniversary of the I Spy collection.  Each spread is different.  We start with blocks, move to Arriva, Window Shopping, On the Boardwalk, Nutcracker Sweets, Carnival Warehouse, [...]

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Mirror Mirror by Marilyn Singer, illus. by Josee Masse

This book is a new take on some favorite fairytales.  Singer has developed a   collection of reversible verses for such favorites as Cinderella, Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood, and Hansel and Gretel, to name a few.   Each verse is clever and when reversed it provides a whole new take on the story.  For example, in [...]

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Bailey by Harry Bliss

Bailey is your average dog… or is he?  He likes chasing squirrels, digging holes, eating bones and so on, but he also likes going to school. His day begins with washing up, picking out something to wear and running for the school bus.  While some of his classmates are not as eager, Bailey can’t get [...]

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Itsy Mitsy Runs Away by Elanna Allen

Many a child has run away, usually no further than the backyard. Itsy Mitsy totally hates bedtime, so this night she is serious. So Dad helps her pack. He suggests she needs a friend, so her favorite dinosaur, Mr. Roar goes into the suitcase. As she’s leaving, Dad reminds her that Mr. Roar needs a [...]

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ZooZical by Judy Sierra, illus. Marc Brown

Judy Sierra and Marc Brown have, once again, created a picture book kids will love. It is winter and no one is coming to the zoo. All the animals are in the doldrums. Lemurs stopped leaping, Owls did not give a hoot, Pandas quit being cute! Then a hippo collapsed in boredom and a young [...]

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Tracks of a Panda by Dowson, Nick, Illus. by Yu Rong

Most of us know more about the lives of pandas in zoos rather than in their natural habitat. Dowson and Rong have created a simple, lovely book that provides basic information. The story of a baby panda from birth is told lyrically in a picture book format. The panda, about the size of a pinecone [...]

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Our Tree Named Steve by Alan Zweibel, illus. by David Catrow

This story is a letter from a Dad to his children that sums up an important lesson about life.  Dad begins his letter at the time, a long time ago, when the children’s house was built.  The land needed to be cleared, but there was one tree that the children couldn’t bear to see cut [...]

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