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From Story Time: Summer Reading Week 8

Read at Stories in the Park

Are you Scared, Darth Vader?
By Adam Rex
Disney Lucasfilm Press, 2018.  Picture Book.

Although he professes to fear nothing, it turns out that the most-feared villain in the Star Wars universe may not be so fearless after all.  --Publisher




Read at Canopy Capers

By John Hare
Margaret Ferguson Books, 2019.  Picture Book.

It is field-trip day, and students are excited to travel from their space station to the moon.  They jump over trenches and see craters and mountains and Earth in the faraway distance.  One takes a break to draw some pictures, falls asleep, and wakes up to discover that the rest of the class and the spaceship are gone.  How the student passes the time waiting to be rescued makes for a funny and unexpected adventure that will enchant children all over the galaxy.  --Publisher






Read at Canopy Capers

Your Alien
Written by Tammi Sauer
Illustrated by Goro Fujita
Sterling Children's Books, 2015.  Picture Book.

One day, you'll be looking out your window when something wonderful comes your way… and you will want to keep him.  When a little boy meets a stranded alien child, the two instantly strike up a fabulous friendship. They go to school, explore the neighborhood, and have lots of fun. But at bedtime, the alien suddenly grows very, very sad. Can the boy figure out what his new buddy needs most of all? This funny, heartwarming story proves that friends and family are the most important things in the universe . . . no matter who or where you are.  --Publisher





Read at Book Babies

This is Not My Hat
By Jon Klassen
Candlewick Press, 2012.  Picture Book.

When a tiny fish shoots into view wearing a round blue topper (which happens to fit him perfectly), trouble could be following close behind. So it’s a good thing that enormous fish won’t wake up. And even if he does, it’s not like he’ll ever know what happened. . . .

Visual humor swims to the fore as the best-selling Jon Klassen follows his breakout debut with another deadpan-funny tale.  --Publisher




Read at Friday Cuentos

Volando en mi avioneta
Escrito de Margaret Wise Brown
Ilustrado de Henry Fischer
Parragon, 2013.  Spanish Picture Book.

 Saluda a los pajaros y observa a la gente mientras cruzas el firmamento con estas rimas llenas de movimiento, imaginación y diversión.  --Publisher

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