Category: Social Graces
OMG! It’s a New Fancy Nancy Doll, by Madame Alexander
If you like Fancy Nancy (and you should) and you also happen to like Madame Alexander dolls, then I think you’re going to LOVE the new Madame Alexander Fancy Nancy Doll. She goes on sale September 1, 2008. Take a look at her, I think she’s adorable … Just in case you are thinking “who [...]
Melvin Might?: Jon Scieszka’s Trucktown
Melvin Might? by Jon Scieszka (author), David Shannon (illustrator), Loren Long (illustrator), and David Gordon (illustrator) Reading Level: Ages 3-8 Hardcover: 42 pages Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, (October 28, 2008) COMING SOON! Adorable! Melvin Might is the latest addition to Jon Scieszka’s Trucktown series – an energized series based on very personable truck [...]
The Pout-Pout Fish: Deborah Diesen
The Pout-Pout Fish (A New York Times Best Seller) by Deborah Diesen (Author), Dan Hanna (Illustrator) Reading level: Ages 4-6 Hardcover: 32 pages Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) (March 18, 2008) The Pout-Pout fish is a very ‘glum’ fellow with a well illustrated pout. Many of his ocean friends question his demeanor, to which [...]
Darkness Slipped In: Ella Burfoot
Darkness Slipped In By Ella Burfoot Reading level: Ages 3-6 Hardcover: 32 pages Publisher: Kingfisher (June 10, 2008) Darkness Slipped In, immediately caught my eye with it’s illustrations – it’s not often that you see a picture book with a black cover. Typically black is not a color that creates a cheery first impression, yet [...]
The Knot Fairy: Bobbie Hinman
The Knot Fairy by Bobbie Hinman Reading level: Ages 3-7 Hardcover: 32 pages Publisher: Best Fairy Books (January 1, 2007) Did you ever wake up in the morning and wonder how your hair had become such a tangled mess of knots? Are you a mother or father that battles with your child every morning just [...]
Ladybug Girl by Jacky Davis
By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review Published: June 16, 2008 Ladybug Girl by Jacky Davis (Author), David Soman (Illustrator) Reading level: Ages 4-8 Hardcover: 40 pages Publisher: Dial (March 13, 2008)
A Visitor for Bear: Bonny Becker
A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker (Author), Kady Macdonald Denton (Illustrator) Reading level: Ages 4-8 Hardcover: 56 pages Publisher: Candlewick (February 26, 2008) Bonny Becker shares a hospitality lesson suitable for children in this uber charming story of A Visitor for Bear. Bear has a sign on his front door saying ‘No Visitors’, so [...]
Elephant and Piggie Series: Mo Willems
Random, unusual, and off beat are just a few of the words often used to describe Mo Willems’ books. The latest additions to his award-winning Elephant and Piggie series, which revolve around an elephant named Gerald and a pig named Piggie, are no exception. Both books – I Love My New Toy, and I Will [...]
Sergio Makes a Splash
Sergio Makes a Splash by Edel Rodriguez Reading level: Ages 2-8 Hardcover: 40 pages Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers (May 1, 2008) … “Sergio is a penguin. He loves fish, soccer, and water. He loves drinking water, bathing in water, spraying water, just about anything with water! But he has one big problem; he can’t [...]
Mother’s Day
By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review Published: May 10, 2008 Someday by Alison McGhee (Author), Peter H. Reynolds (Illustrator) Reading level: Ages 2 – 6 Hardcover: 40 pages Publisher: Atheneum (February 27, 2007) This is a book that will bring tears to any mom’s eyes! What could be more moving than a full cycle [...]
