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De la hora del cuento: Semana 9 de verano

Cuentos El tesoro de los dinosaurios Escrito por Alicia Acosta Ilustrado por Mónica Carretero Madrid: NubeOcho, 2024. Libro ilustrado. "El pequeño pirata Serafín y su tripulación buscan el famoso tesoro de los dinosaurios. Tendrán que enfrentarse a grandes peligros. ¿Conseguirán encontrar el tesoro?" --Editor Cuentitos El gato y el pajarito Por Jo Empson Swindon : Child's Play (International) Ltd, 2025. "Dos amigos poco probables, el gato y el pajarito, presumen juguetonamente de sus propias habilidades especiales. Cuando surge un nuevo reto, vamos a ver cómo estos amigos lo superan. Levanta la pestaña para ver si acertaste!" --Editor

Display: Sweet Reads

The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear Written by Don Wood Illustrated by Audrey Wood Swindon ; Auburn, Maine : Child's Play International, 1990. Picture book. Little Mouse worries that the big, hungry bear will take his freshly picked, ripe, red strawberry for himself.—Publisher Dog vs. Strawberry Written by Nelly Buchet Illustrated by Andrea Zuill New York : Random House Studio, 2024. Picture book. When Dog is handed a strawberry from the fruit bowl, she sizes it up, dances around it, and decides she is going to race the Strawberry--and win.—Publisher Evie and the Strawberry Surprise By Stefanie Dahle Edinburgh : Floris Books, 2020. Picture book. Evie's magic wand is missing and her delicious strawberries have turned blue! Then Evie's friends reveal even more surprises. Could the new scary creature in Berry Woods be to blame?"—Publisher Saving Strawberry Farm Written by Deborah Hopkinson Illustrated by Rachel Isadora New York : Greenwill...

From Story Time: Summer Week 9

Stories in the Park Tiny T. Rex and the First-Day Oppsies Written by Jonathan Stutzman Illustrated by Jay Fleck San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 2025. Picture Book. Tiny the T. Rex prepares for his first day of school but soon learns that it is okay to make mistakes and learn when trying new things. --Editor Stories in the Park It's Not a School Bus, It's a Pirate Ship Written by Mickey Rapkin Illustrated by Teresa Martinez New York: Inprint, a part of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC, 2020. Picture Book. The first day of school means the first ride on the school bus. But who will I sit with? What if no one talks to me? Luckily this isn't a school bus, it's a pirate ship! --Editor Canopy Capers & Summer Story Time Lizard from the Park By Mark Pett New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2025. Picture Book. When a lizard hatches from the egg Leonard finds in the park, he names it Buster and takes it all around the city, but Buster grows bigger and b...

Review: Diamond Fever!

Diamond Fever! By Steve Sheinkin New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2026. Informational. 243 pages. You've probably heard of the gold rush, but have you heard of the Great Diamond Hoax of 1872? During the gold rush, prospectors and buisnessmen alike were in search of the next big score. While some found ways to make normal land seem like a literal gold mine, no one believed the same could be done with diamonds. That's until Phil Arnold and John Slack walked into the office of a business acquaintance and asked him to hold some precious stones for them overnight and the con snowballed until it involved major investors on both coasts buying into a salted "diamond mine" on the border of Colorado and Wyoming. Steve Sheinkin is known for writing very interesting children's nonfiction and this book is no exceptions. Young readers will want to stay up past their bedtimes to find out whether or not the cousins were caught. Hand this to fans of true crime or the wild west. T...

If You Like... Scientific Graphic Novels

Graphic novels are well suited to explain scientific topics to readers, as the text and illustrations can work together to get the information across. These graphic novels teach readers interesting scientific principles, whether in the format of a story or in a more informational presentation. If you like science and graphic novels, these will be sure to please! Ant Story By Jay Hosler New York: Harper Alley, 2024. Comic. 156 pages. Rubi is a cartoon ant living in the real world, helping her ant sisters with the daily tasks of the ant colony. It isn't until she meets Miranda, who is (seemingly) another ant in her colony, that she has another friend to talk to. Rubi and Miranda get into all sorts of misadventures, imparting interesting insect facts all the way. Bridges: Engineering Masterpieces By Dan Zettwoch New Tork: First Second, 2022. Comic. 121 pages. The BATS (Bea, Archie, Trudy, and Spencer) are a group of excited learners racing around the globe to learn ...

Chapter books to read when...you want to celebrate Summerween!

Happy Summerween! All of these spooky books are set in summer, but give the creepiness of Halloween— hence, Summerween! It's never too early (or too late!) to scare yourself silly with a good horror book! Hide and Seek By Christopher Edge Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2026. Fiction. 153 pgs. Adam and Sol are best friends, but that doesn't seem to be saving their summer camping trip. They can't stop arguing and now they find themselves in a creepy, almost abandoned town, where they're told to play hide-and-seek. The rules are different from regular hide-and-seek, and most terrifying of all, they don't know who, or what, they're hiding from. The Haunting of Walker Pond By Nancy Tandon New York : Aladdin, 2026. Fiction. 362 pgs. Frankie and her best friend, Parker, are excited to work at the local summer camp as leaders in training, but when a local legend about tragic deaths that occured in the area bring danger to the campers, Frankie a...