Skip to main content

From Story Time: The Letter "F"

Read in Book Babies

Written by Dianna Hutts Aston
Illustrated by Julie Maren
Dial Books for Young Readers, 2007.  Picture Book.

Biting into a plump, juicy orange is one of the great pleasures of winter.  But how has that snack found its way to you?  This glowing, lyrical book tells the tale of an orange's life journey--from spring blossom to bright, round fruit, from tree to truck to grocery store.  And perhaps then, into the hands of a child, who takes it from its shelf in the produce section, saves it for school the next day, and then shares it with friends at recess.  Oh, the sweetness of an orange in January!  --Publisher




Read in Book Babies

By Juana Medina
Viking, 2016.  Picture Book.

1 Avocado Deer.  2 Radish Mice.  3 Pepper Monkeys.  Are you hungry yet??  Counting from one to ten, 1 Big Salad fills a bowl with the most delicious and delightful vegetables.  Here is a truly scrumptious way to learn numbers...and eat them, too!  --Publisher




Read in Toddler Time

Frank Was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance
By Keith Graves
Chronicle Books, 1999.  Picture Book.

Frank was a monster who wanted to dance.  So he put on his hat and his shoes made in France...and opened a jar and put ants in his pants!  So begins this monstrously funny, deliciously disgusting, horrifyingly hilarious story of a monster who follows his dream.  Keith Graves' wacky illustrations and laugh-out-loud text will tickle the funny bone and leave readers clamoring for an encore.  --Publisher




Read in Preschool Time

My Friend
By Beatrice Alemagna
North-South Books, 2005.  Picture Book.

I am a most unusual animal.  I have fur like a dog and I'm shaped like a sheep.  But no one seems to know just what I am.  Everyone tries to categorize the remarkable creature, but while he may not know what he is, he knows very well what he isn't--a cat, a rat, a lion, a wild boar, or a hippopotamus.  Then one day he meets an equally unusual animal and together they make a very important discovery.  This sweet story will bring comfort and reassurance to any child who has ever felt "different."  --Publisher




Read in Preschool Time

The Wizard, the Fairy, and the Magic Chicken
Written by Helen Lester
Illustrated by Lynn Munsinger
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1983.

Jealousy and reckless competition send the Wizard, the Fairy, and the Magic Chicken fleeing from hairy, bumpy, and dotted monsters.  Now they must run for their lives--or learn to work together!  --Publisher




Read in Monday Cuentos

Written by Lemony Snicket
Illustrated by Jon Klassen
Translated by Pilar Armida
Oceano Trevesia, 2015.  Spanish Picture Book.

Laszlo le teme a la oscuridad, pero la oscuridad no le teme a Ć©l.  Laszlo vive en una casa y la oscuridad vive en el sótano.  Pero una noche, la oscuridad visita a Laszlo en su habitación.  --Publisher




Read in Friday Cuentos

Written by Aaron Reynolds
Illustrated by Peter Brown
Translated by Joana Delgado
Picarona, 2015.  Spanish Picture Book.

Al conejito Jasper le encantan las zanahorias, y siempre que le apetecen, va al campo de los Saltamontes Locos y elije las mĆ”s grandes y crujientes. Bueno, eso era asĆ­ hasta que empezaron a perseguirle...  --Publisher

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Review: Faker

Faker By Gordon Korman New York: Scholastic Press, 2024. Fiction. 214 pages. 12-year-old Trey is used to starting over at a new school -- he has the routine perfectly memorized: make new friends, introduce his dad to the wealthy parents of his new friends, and "Houdini" themselves out of there before they get caught running their latest scam. Trey's dad is a master con artist, and Trey has just been promoted to full-partner. Their new scheme for the next big score brings them to the affluent suburb of Boxelder, TN where Trey's dad has cooked up a fake electric car company for investors to buy into. The only problem is that Trey is starting to grow tired of moving around and never putting down roots, especially after forming a fast friendship with Logan and developing a crush on Kaylee, a socially conscious girl in his class. As Trey longs for a normal life, is there any way he can convince his dad to get out of the family business? Gordon Korman is a perennial favorit...

Review: The Bletchley Riddle

  The Bletchley Riddle By Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin New York: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2024. Fiction. 392 pages. It's spring of 1940, Hitler has swept through most of Europe, and people believe England will be next. Half Polish-Jewish, half American Jakob has been recruited from Cambridge to Bletchley Park where they are working on deciphering the enigma machine. Jakob's sister Lizzie, meanwhile, is being forced to move from London to Cleveland to live with her grandmother after her mother disappeared in a 1939 attack in Poland. Lizzie manages to escape the keeper her grandmother sent for her to bring her to America and makes her way to Bletchley, where she's eventually given the task of delivering messages between departments. When secret messages begin appearing with Lizzie's belongings, she must decipher them to find the truth about her mother's past and location, while keeping the secrets away from the MI5 agent that seems a little t...

Dragon Run

Dragon Run by Patrick Matthews Scholastic, 2013.  336 pgs.  Fantasy      Al Pilgrommor is excited for Testing Day, when he will receive his rank, a tattooed number on the back of his neck, and a path forward to his future occupation and life.  He feels confident because his parents were fours on a scale of seven, but he is worried for his friend Wisp who doesn't have much of a chance of scoring above a two at best. But when Al is scored a zero, he not only has no prospects, he may lose his life as the dreaded Cullers are unleashed to kill him and his family to purify the land's bloodlines.  Al's world is ruled by dragons--the lords and supposed creators of humankind--so he thinks that even if he survives, he will have to make his living as a beggar or thief. But when Al sticks up for his Earther friend in front of Magister Ludi, he is drawn into the struggle of a secret organization hoping to destroy the Cullers, and perhaps the dragons them...