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From Story Time: The Letter "G"

Read in Monday Book Babies

By Barry Gott
Carolrhoda Books, 2018.  Picture Book.

Start your engines!  Ready...Set...Go...  AH-CHOO!  As five little mice race down the road, they face noisy twists and messy surprises at every turn.  Who will cross the finish line first?  That'll depend on more than just their speed!  --Publisher




Read in Monday Cuentos

Algo está creciendo
Written by Walter Lyon Krudop
Translated by Rosa Zubizarreta
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1995.  Spanish Picture Book.

Una mañana muy tempranito, un niño llamado Pedro sembró una semilla en un pequeño pedazo de tierra al borde de una de las calles de la ciudad.  La regó cuidadosamente y le habló cada día.  –Vas a crecer—le susurró.  Nadie reparó en él.  Pero sí se fijaron en la extraordinaria planta que brotó de la semilla de Pedro, creciendo desmesuradamente e impulsando a la metenarices del barrio, la Sra. Cardemino, y a su amigo el Profesor, a llegar al fondo del asunto.  Walter Krudop ha creado un libro divertido, llamativo e inusual que no sugiere una possible respuesta a la pregunta:  “¿Qué pasaría si?...”  --Publisher



Read in Toddler Time

Written by Kim Norman
Illustrated by Chad Geran
Orchard Books, 2016.  Picture Book.

Will Willy be another type of animal?  No!  Still a gorilla!  In this fun, zany picture book, Willy the Gorilla imitates other animals at the zoo, including a lion, a walrus, a billy goat, an alligator, and a kangaroo.  But pretending to be something he is not never works out. What if he just tried to be himself?  In the end, Willy is still a gorilla -- and that's something everyone can appreciate! Still a Gorilla! is a funny, wacky, rhyming picture book that teaches the importance of being yourself.  --Publisher




Read in Preschool Time

Green
By Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Roaring Brook Press, 2012.  Picture Book.

Die cut pages bring surprise after surprise in this magical new book from the "Queen of the concept book"―an intricate and satisfying homage to green, the color of all creation. How many kinds of green are there? There's the lush green of a forest on a late spring day, the fresh, juicy green of a just-cut lime, the incandescent green of a firefly, and the vivid aquamarine of a tropical sea. In her newest book, Caldecott and Geisel Honor Book author Laura Vaccaro Seeger fashions an homage to a single color and, in doing so, creates a book that will delight and, quite possibly astonish you.  --Publisher




Read in Preschool Time

Good Night, Mr. Panda
By Steve Antony
Scholastic Press, 2018.  Picture Book.

It is time for bed and Mr. Panda reminds his friends Hippopotamus, Skunk, Sheep, and Sloth that they each have forgotten to do something. Skunk has forgotten to take a bath, Hippopotamus needs to brush his teeth, Sloth is too tired to move, and much more. Mr. Panda is there to remind them of the steps they've missed. As Lemur eventually finds out, however, even Mr. Panda can make a bedtime mistake! Steve Antony combines the ever-popular bedtime theme with the humor and fun that only Mr. Panda can bring.  --Publisher




Read in Friday Cuentos

Tan Ligero, Tan Pesado
Por Susanne Straβer
Editroial Juventud, 2017.  Spanish Board Book.

El elefante quiere balancearse. Pero es tan pesado. Entonces llega el pingüino... Una divertida historia sobre un balancín para los más pequeños.  --Publisher

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