Category: Bedtime Books
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 Sock Fairy: Bobbie Hinman
The Sock Fairy by Bobbie Hinman Reading level: Ages 3-7 Hardcover: 32 pages Publisher: Best Fairy Books (June 15, 2008) Written in verse, The Sock Fairy, is the second book in Bobbie Hinman’s mischievous fairy series. The magical story combined with the illustrations provides entertaining insight to sock mysteries, such as missing socks, mismatched socks, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I Lost My Kisses
I Lost My Kisses by Trudie Trewin Reading level: Ages 2-8 Hardcover: 32 pages Publisher: Orchard Books; 1 edition (January 1, 2008) … Matilda Rose has lost her kisses. She is determined to find them before her dad comes home. But where do you find kisses? And what do kisses look like? … This is [...]
Monkey and Me: Emily Gravett
By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review Published: March 18, 2008 Monkey And Me by Emily Gravett (I really enjoyed her playful website) Reading level: Ages 2-6 Hardcover: 32 pages Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing (March 4, 2008) “Perfect for little Monkeys everywhere.” The main character is a cute little girl who, along with [...]
