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Read in Monday Book Babies

When Your Monkeys Won't Go To Bed
Written by Susanna Leonard Hill
Illustrated by Daniel Wiseman
Little Simon, 2018.  Small Picture Book.

When your monkeys won’t go to bed, you’ll have to use lots of tricks to make them sleepy! This charming and hilarious board book highlights the many ways to tire out two wide-awake monkeys!

Do your monkeys go wild at bedtime? When your monkeys won’t go to bed, you’ll have to be smart. After you race them upstairs and trick them into the tub, it’s time to convince them to get into bed. Let them pick out a good book—or five—and snuggle in close. But be careful…or you just might fall asleep, too!  --Publisher




Read in Monday Cuentos


Por Duncan Tonatiuh
V&R Editoras, 2018.  Spanish Picture Book.

Izta era la princesa mĆ”s hermosa de la tierra y muchos pretendientes venĆ­an desde lejos para conquistarla. Aun siendo la hija del emperador, Izta no querĆ­a casarse con un hombre de poder y riqueza. En cambio, se enamoró de Popoca, un valiente guerrero que peleaba en el ejĆ©rcito de su padre. El emperador no querĆ­a que su hija se casara con un simple guerrero, por lo que le ofreció un trato: si el guerrero lograba derrotar a su enemgio, Garra de Jaguar, entonces el emperador les permitirĆ­a casarse. Pero Garra de Jaguar tenĆ­a un plan para frustrar al guerrero.  --Publisher




Read in Toddler Time

Goatilocks and the Three Bears
Written by Erica S. Perl
Illustrated by Arthur Howard
Beach Lane Books, 2014.  Picture Book.

Goatilocks gobbles more than porridge in this fractured fairy tale that puts a hilarious twist on a favorite story.

Once upon a time, there was a kid named Goatilocks.
She lived down the road from a family of bears...

Goatilocks can’t resist sampling first Papa Bear’s porridge, then Mama Bear’s porridge, then Baby Bear’s porridge—and his bowl and spoon, too. And it turns out Goatilocks has a taste for chairs and beds as well. Has Goatilocks devoured her way to disaster? What will happen when the Bear family returns home from their walk? This playful adaptation of a favorite fairy tale is full of tummy-rumbling fun.  --Publisher




Read in Preschool Time

Goldfish Ghost
Written by Lemony Snicket
Illustrated by Lisa Brown
Roaring Brook Press, 2017.  Picture Book.

Goldfish Ghost was born on the surface of the water in the bowl on a dresser in a boy’s room. The boy’s room was pleasant and familiar, but Goldfish Ghost wanted company, so he set out to find a friend. He floats over the neighborhood, past the pier, and let the breeze carry him into town where he discovers that not many people pay attention to goldfish ghosts. Off he floats, searching for the perfect home and the perfect friend

and then he hears a voice. . .

Bestselling author Lemony Snicket and illustrator Lisa Brown brings us a fresh and funny take on what happens after your favorite goldfish crosses over to the other side.  --Publisher




Read in Preschool Time

The Greedy Goat
By Petr HorĆ”Äek
Candlewick Press, 2016.  Picture Book.

oat is tired of always eating herbs and grass. She wants to try something new! So one day she embarks on a tasting spree, trying the dog’s food, the pig’s potato peels, and more, with the farmer’s underpants topping off a massive meal. Pretty soon, everyone else around the farm starts to notice that certain things have gone missing — including a now elusive Goat herself. It turns out that all that adventurous eating has left her feeling quite ill, prompting a recovery that plays out with a nod to another (very hungry) children’s favorite: “On Monday, her eyes stopped rolling. On Tuesday, her tummy stopped rumbling. . . .” After Goat is finally feeling like herself again, surely she’ll have learned her lesson. Won’t she?  --Publisher




Read in Friday Book Babies

Hippopposites
By Janik Coat
Abrams Appleseed, 2012.  Picture Book.

Behold: an opposites book like no other. Simple pairings of words, both expected (small/large) and unexpected (clear/blurry), are humorously illustrated with a graphic and lovable red hippopotamus. Bold colors and surprising die-cuts and textures spice up this elegantly engaging board book.  --Publisher




Read in Friday Cuentos

El monstruo de los monstrous
Por Patrick McDonnell
Traducción por Paulina de Aguinaco Martín

¡Zas! ¡Pum! ¡Cataplum! ¿QuĆ© hemos hecho? Habia una vez tres pequeƱas sabandijas que se consideraban los monstruos mĆ”s GRANDES y MALVADOS del mundo. Entonces llegó un monstruo aĆŗn mĆ”s GRANDE que los hizo cambiar de opinión.  --Publisher

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