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From Story Time: Summer Reading Week 7

Read at Monday Cuentos

Norton y Alfa
Por Kristyna Litten
Blume, 2017.  Spanish Picture Book.

Ruedas maltrechas, engranajes oxidados, muelles rotos…  Norton y Alfa encuentran de todo y siempre les sirve para algo.  Y entones, un martes cualquiera, encuentran algo completamente distinto a todo lo que habín visto.  ¿Qué es?  ¿Y para qué sirve?  --Publisher




Read at Stories in the Park

Super Bugs
Written by Michelle Meadows
Illustrated by Bill Mayer
Orchard Books, 2016.  Picture Book.

Super Bugs, Super Bugs, mighty, mighty, Super Bugs!  Fast and fit, super strong.  Helping insects all day long.  When bugs need help, who come to the rescue?  Why, Super Bugs of course!  Follow a trio of heroic Super Bugs from morning till night as they save their fellow insects from hungry frogs, falling tomatoes, and even human feet.  When danger is near, Super Bugs are here!  --Publisher




Read at Stories in the Park

SAY Something!
By Peter H. Reynolds
Orchard Books, 2019.  Picture Book.

The world needs your voice. SAY SOMETHING. With your words. With your art. With your music.  With your poetry. With your courage. Or simply with your presence. 

In this empowering new picture book, beloved author Peter H. Reynolds explores the many ways that a single voice can make a difference. Each of us, each and every day, have the chance to say something: with our actions, our words, and our voices. Perfect for kid activists everywhere, this timely story reminds readers of the undeniable importance and power of their voice. There are so many ways to tell the world who you are... what you are thinking... and what you believe. And how you'll make it better. The time is now: SAY SOMETHING!  --Publisher




Read at Canopy Capers

Mervin the Sloth is About To Do the Best Thing in the World
Written by Colleen AF Venable
Illustrated by Ruth Chan
Greenwillow Books, 2016.  Picture Book.

Mervin the Sloth is just standing there quietly when giant letters drop onto the page: “Mervin the Sloth is about to do the best thing in the world.” But what is the best thing in the world? What is Mervin about to do? It doesn’t take long for all of Mervin’s exuberant animal friends to barge in with their own ideas. Flying! Digging! Gazelling! Wait, gazelling? Is that even a word? If only sloths weren’t so slow! Because maybe it’s something even better. But only Amy the red panda sticks around to see it.

This inventive picture book balances zany, pitch-perfect humor with warmth and heart—and irresistibly huggable animal characters. Fans of The Book with No Pictures and The Monster at the End of This Book will delight in the way it plays with form, makes you laugh out loud, and introduces us all to our new, very slow-moving best friend.  --Publisher




Read at Canopy Capers

Super Jumbo
By Fred Koehler
Dial Books for Young Readers, 2016.  Picture Book.

It's not easy being a superhero.  After all, many heroic deeds go unappreciated.  Luckily, nothing stops Super Jumbo from saving the day...especially when he finds a friend to join his cause.  This hilarious companion to How to Cheer Up Dad is sure to inspire superheroes everywhere. 
--Publisher




Read at Book Babies

I'm a Shark
By Bob Shea
Balzer + Bray, 2011.  Picture Book.

Shark's not afraid of anything.  The dark?  Nah.  A big mean bear?  Don't make him laugh!  But there is one thing that even Shark fears. . . . Can you guess what it is?  --Publisher




Read at Friday Cuentos

Frota que te frota
Escrito por Phillis Groshator
Ilustrado por David Walker
Traducción de Ana Galán
Editorial Corimbo, 2015.  Spanish Picture Book.

Primavera, verano, otoño e invierno. En cada estación del año, los niños se ensucian jugando con pinturas, haciendo hoyos en la tierra, chapoteando en los charcos, comiendo un helado, rodando por el césped o espiando a las hormigas. Entonces, se produce un desastre en forma de barro, pintura, chocolate, etc., Frota que te frota!  --Publisher

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