Today we traveled to the Antarctic and played with some penguins! Our books for today were: Polar Opposites, by Erik Brooks After a few classic […]
Where in the World?!?!
Today we traveled to distant places and far away lands in story time! We started off with We’re Sailing Down the Nile: a Journey through […]
Yum! Books are Tasty!
Our theme for today was “Yum, books are tasty!” with a number of books with food as the main topic. We started out reading The […]
Under the Weather
Our theme today was “under the weather.” We read books about being sick. We also learned a rhyme about keeping our hands clean. Rhyme: 5 Little […]
One Crazy Summer
Delphine is 11 years old, and the big sister to Vonetta and Fern. She has had to be the mother figure for her little sisters, […]
And the “winner” is…
Chalk, by Bill Thompson! I was recently part of a mock Caldecott election with library science graduate students. We looked at dozens and dozens of […]
A Sick Day for Amos McGee
Oh…my…gawwwd this is super precious! Amos McGee, a friendly, elderly zookeeper has the same routine every day. He gets dressed, has his oatmeal and tea, […]
Shadow, by Suzy Lee
There are no words… Seriously there are no words in this book…well…okay if you want to get technical there are three words. The rest is […]
Black Jack: The Ballad of Jack Johnson
This new picture book is a biography of Jack Johnson, the first African-American heavyweight boxing champion. Jack grew up in Texas and was the child […]
The Dead Boys
And yes, it’s just as creepy as it sounds This is the adjective that every reviewer on Amazon used, and aptly so. This book was […]