September 17, 2013

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Pick of the Day: Daisy Gets Lost

title in white in a red box at the upper right

Nearly wordless like its predecessor, this evocative story depicts another misadventure in the park by a lovable pup..

Pick of the Day: That’s a Possibility! A Book About What Might Happen

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Using a question/answer format, Goldstone explains the concepts of possibility, impossibility, probability, improbability, and certainty.

Preschool to Grade 4 Fiction | September 2013

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Autumn shapes (Chernesky), a new version of “The Little Red Hen” (Finch), and a “Stella and Sam” story (Gay)

Preschool to Grade 4 Nonfiction | September 2013

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An Islamic Snow White.

Pick of the Day: The Adventures of South Pole Pig

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Flora, a pig, dreams of going to Antarctica and becoming a sled pig.

Book/Multimedia Review Stars | September 2013

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About words and writing.

Pick of the Day: Train

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The book perfectly captures the feeling of riding the rails.

Pick of the Day: Secret Pizza Party

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Wearing stilts and a trench coat, Raccoon absconds with a stolen pizza.

Pick of the Day: Moo!

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Punctuation, repetition, and rhythm give the word “moo” multiple meanings in this bold and funny picture book.

Pick of the Day: Outfoxed

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A clever duck manages to avoid a fox’s cookpot

Preschool to Grades 4 Nonfiction | August 2013

Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library (Rosenstock)
©2013 by John O’Brien

More math fun (Goldstone), more frogs (Himmelman), and more

Book/Multimedia Review Stars List | August 2013

How to Train a Train (Eaton)
©2013 by John Rocco.

On trains, cooking, and volcanoes.

Preschool to Grades 4 Fiction | August 2013

Mr. Tiger Goes Wild (Brown)
©2013 by Peter Brown

Tales of a caveboy who draws (Gerstein), a roguish raccoon (Rubin), and a new baby brother (White).

Pick of the Day: The Year of Billy Miller

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A chapter book about a second grader at Georgia O’Keeffe Elementary School in a small Wisconsin town

Pick of the Day: Sophie’s Squash

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Lessons on life, love, and vegetable gardening

Pick of the Day: Locomotive

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The book traces the advent of cross-country train travel, focusing on an early trip from Omaha to Sacramento.

Pick of the Day: Bowling Alley Bandit

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Arnie the doughnut returns in a “who-donut” chapter book.

Pick of the Day: Gone Fishing

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A novel in verse about fishing and sibling rivalry

Book Review: Preschool to Grade 4 Fiction | July 2013

Image from: Sophie’s Squash (Miller), ©2013 by Anne Wilsdorf

Stories about cats, dogs, and shark babies.

Book Review: Preschool to Grade 4 Nonfiction | July 2013

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“Korean Nursery Rhymes” and the Pinkneys’ “Martin & Mahalia”.