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From Story Time: The Letter "D"

Read in Book Babies

By Rick Walton
Candlewick Press, 2002.  Picture Book.

Bertie is a rather unusual watchdog.  That's because Bertie is, well, about the size of a watch.  So when a horrible robber breaks in, tiny Bertie is put to the test!  Bertie nips the robber on the leg, chases him around the sofa, and challenges him to a barking contest.  But will Bertie succeed in scaring the robber away?  --Publisher




Read in Toddler Time

Written by Mac Barnett
Illustrated by Jon Klassen
Candlewick Press, 2014.  Picture Book.

Sam and Dave are on a mission.  A mission to find something spectacular.  So they dig a hole.  And they keep digging.  And they find...nothing.  Yet the day turns out to be pretty spectacular after all.  Attentive readers will be rewarded with a rare treasure in this witty story of looking for the extraordinary -- and finding it in a manner you'd never expect.




Read in Preschool Time

Written by Kelly DiPucchio
Illustrated by Greg Pizzoli
Farrar Straus Giroux, 2016.  Picture Book.

We all know dragons are terrible, but this one is especially terrible.  He scribbles in books. He steals candy from baby unicorns.  He even burps in church.  Seriously, who does that?  Dragon, that's who.  The king, the knights, and the villagers are desperate to take down this beast once and for all.  But sometimes it's up to the unlikeliest of heroes to tame a dragon this terrible.  --Pubisher




Read in Preschool Time

Duck, Duck, Dinosaur
Written by Kallie George
Illustrated by Oriol Vidal
HarperCollins, 2016.  Picture Book.

Three eggs in a nest begin to wiggle and wobble, until...CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!  It's a duck...duck...DINOSAUR!  Meet Feather, Flap, and Spike.  They're three unlikely siblings who each want to stand out.  But together, they make the biggest splash!  --Publisher




Read in Monday Cuentos

By David Wiesner
Translated by Christiane Reyes
Editorial Juventud, 2012.  Spanish Picture Book.

El cuento tradicional de los Tres Cerditos revisado por David Wiesner: el lobo feroz sopla tan fuerte que hace volar a los cerditos fuera del cuento, el texto se escapa y los cerditos pasean a través de otros cuentos.  --Publisher





Read in Friday Cuentos

Lola el Hada Dulcita
Written by Tim Bugbird
Illustrated by Lara Ede
Grupo Nelson, 2015.  Spanish Picture Book.

Como inauguraron un nuevo parque de diversiones al lado de su circo, nadie iba a ver el famoso espectáculo de las hadas dulcitas.  Decididas a conquistar de nuevo a su público, Lola y sus hermanas trabajaron arduamente para crear el acto más emocionante que jamás haya existido e hicieron un descubrimiento maravilloso.  --Publisher

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