From Story Time: Summer Reading Week 2

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Tiny Little Rocket

By Richard Collingridge

David Fickling Books, 2018.  Picture Book.

There's a tiny little rocket that will take you to the stars. It only flies there once a year but zips you out past Mars. Its fins are solid silver with a door made out of gold. There's a cozy pilot seat inside for a person young or old. Climb aboard for a bedtime picture book sure to appeal to every kid's sense of wonder. Young readers will love stepping into the cockpit of a wonderful rocket ship that takes them zipping through the planets, stars, and space, all the way back home to Earth and their cozy beds!  --Publisher

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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Car

Written by Kate Dopirak

Illustrated by Mary Peterson

Beach Lane Books, 2018.  Picture Book.

A little red car beeps good night to all of his four-wheeled friends in this fresh take on the classic song, “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.” Twinkle, twinkle, little car, how you love to travel far. Now it’s time to go to bed. But you want to drive instead. It’s time for Little Car to go to sleep, but he isn’t tired yet! So he cruises around town saying goodnight to all of his friends, from the tractors in their shed to the buses and taxis in town to the cranes and diggers at the construction site. Finally exhausted, Little Car putt-putts home where at last his beep-beep dreams begin. 
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Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

By Mo Willems

Hyperion Books for Children, 2003.  Picture Book.

When the driver leaves the bus temporarily, he gives the reader just one instruction: Don't let the pigeon drive the bus! But, boy, that pigeon tries every trick in the book to get in that driving seat: he whines, wheedles, fibs and flatters. Will you let him drive? Told entirely in speech bubbles, this is a brilliantly original book.  --Publisher

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Gus's Garage

By Leo Timmers

Gecko Press, 2017.  Picture Book.

Here comes Gus.  The things he stores!  Whatever will he use them for?  Rico has a problem--his scooter seat is too small.  Gus has just the thing to fix it.  One by one his friends come to Gus's garage.  No job is too difficult for Gus!  Soon the workshop is almost empty.  Is anything left to solve Gus's own problem at the end of a long day?  --Publisher

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Bus! Stop!

By James Yang

Viking, 2018.  Picture Book.

"Bus! Stop!" a boy yells, as his bus pulls away one early morning. He must wait for the next bus. But the next one does NOT look like his bus at all. And neither does the next one, or the next. At first, the boy is annoyed. Then he is puzzled. Then intrigued. The other buses look much more interesting than his bus. Maybe he should try a different bus after all, and he's glad he does!  Here is a book with few words and delightful illustrations that shows very young children that trying something a little different can be a lot of fun.  --Publisher