Picture Books

Gr 2—4—Amusingly framed as a cheesy popularity contest, this parade of personified planets features illustrations in which rotund, recognizably marked caricatures of these heavenly bodies pose and mug, surrounded by an entourage of relevant though unidentified scientists, space probes, satellites both natural and artificial, books, constellations, and astronomical symbols...

K-Gr 2—Mrs...

Gr 3—5—Fun and filled with unusual project ideas for plants referred to as monsters, this is not your usual science-fair book...

Gr 1—3—A school assignment pairs a disgruntled young boy with a pen pal from the planet Quazar...

PreS-K—A lullaby that a father sings to his son is literally depicted as they sail off together through the blue night sky in a paper boat...

PreS-Gr 1—In this colorful picture book, each number gets a spread with a rhyming text...

Gr 1—4—Nervous to ride the bus on the first day of school, Kyle is armed with his older brother's survival rules: never sit in the first row or the last row, never make yourself stand out, never make eye contact, never touch anyone's stuff, never talk to big kids or to girls, never mess with the bully or the bus driver, and never be the last one on the bus...

K-Gr 3—Skippyjon Jones and his kindle of kitty sisters are back again in this rollicking tale...

PreS-Gr 1—At first glance, it would seem that Gilbert Goldfish has it made: castle, treasure chest, and a steady supply of tasty flakes falling from the sky into his bowl...