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From Story Time: The Letter "Y"

Read in Book Babies

Sylvia and Bird
By Catherine Rayner
Good Books, 2009.  Picture Book.

In a faraway place, on a high mountaintop...  A lonely, shimmer-shiny dragon meets a small, chatty bird, and their unlikely friendship saves them both.  Sylvia is the only dragon in the whole world, and she is very lonely...until one day, she meets Bird.  Tiny and chirpy, so different from the huge dragon, Bird somehow changes Sylvia's life forever...  A touching story of belonging and the power of friendship.  --Publisher




Read in Toddler Time

Bedtime for Yeti
By Vin Vogel
Dial Books for Young Readers, 2017.  Picture Book.

Even brave yetis need bedtime snuggles.  Yeti and his stuffed toy Chunk do everything together.  But when Chunk goes missing, Yeti has to go to bed all by himself.  Bedtime can be pretty scary without your best friend.  Here's the thing about yetis, though--they're braver than you think! 
--Publisher




Read in Preschool Time

No Yeti Yet
By Mary Ann Fraser
Peter Pauper Press, Inc., 2015.  Picture Book.

It's a snowy, blowy, wintry day--just perfect for a yeti hunt!  Or so thinks big brother.  But his younger brother is not as convinced.  Questions abound:  Have you ever seen a yeti?  Is a yeti strong?  Can a yeti run fast?  Children will love trying to spy the yeti as the boys continue on their snowy quest.  And as this sweet tale unfolds, in a touching role reversal, the student becomes the teacher--and a new friendship is born.  --Publisher




Read in Preschool Time

Bear and Squirrel are Friends...Yes, Really!
By Deb Pilutti
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2015.  Picture Book.

It's true that sometimes bears will eat squirrels for a midnight snack.  But not this Bear and this Squirrel.  They are friends, no matter what anyone says.  But when Bear wakes up from his winter's nap, Squirrel looks awfully tasty....What should a true friend do?  --Publisher




Read in Monday Cuentos

Written by Teresa Duran
Illustrated by Elena Val
Ediciones Ekaré, 2010.  Spanish Picture Book.

Diablote está harto de vivir en el infierno. Por eso, enrosca la cola como un resorte, da un brinco, y va a parar al Polo, el desierto, la selva y el mar.  --Publisher




Read in Friday Cuentos

¡La paloma encuentra un perro caliente!
Written and Illustrated by Mo Willems
Translated by F. Isabel Campoy
Hyperion Books for Children, 2011.  Spanish Picture Book.

¡La paloma ha vuelto! Y ¡encontró un perro caliente! Pero un hambriento (y muy astuto) patito entra en escena y quiere un bocado. ¿Cuál de los dos será el más listo?  --Publisher

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