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From Story Time: Summer Week 4

Stories in the Park
By Max Amato
New York : Scholastic Press, 2022. Picture Book.

Five ice cream cones are eager to get picked -- until they realize what it means! Fudge, Mint, Berry, Bean, and Candy each think they are the MOST delicious ice cream cone around. But when Rocky Road arrives to deliver the scoop that "getting picked" means getting eaten, these silly cones earn their just desserts!--Publisher

Stories in the Park
By Heidi Woodward Sheffield
New York : Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House, 2022. Picture Book.

As far as this ice-cream-loving kid is concerned, every meal should include ice cream. In any form, in every flavor, he loves it all. But what he doesn't love is seeing other people with ice cream . . . while he's still waiting in line for his. That's when he can get his mad, "no-ice-cream-yet, waiting-in-a-long-line face"--until he finally gets his cone, and his mad face melts into something sweet. Heidi Woodward Sheffield gently explores a range of emotions as they relate to this delicious, everyday experience.--Publisher

Summer Story Time
By Russell Ayto
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Andersen Press USA, 2021. Picture Book.

Bush Baby is so lonely - nobody wants to be her friend. Giraffe thinks she's too small. She's not pink enough for Flamingo. They just can't they see past how she looks. Lion, however, thinks she is just right to be his friend. And he'd never be so rude as to eat a friend. Is Bush Baby very brave, very foolish, or just very, very lonely?--Publisher

Summer Story Time
By Hannah E. Harrison
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2022. Picture Book.

Poopsie the cat spends her days licking her paws and rubbing her ears and looking fluffy, until the pushy narrator of this story pressures her to do something a little less boring. Adventure is waiting, after all! So off Poopsie goes, out the cat door, across the lawn, and . . . through a gate covered in Danger signs. Soon Poopsie is lost in a jungle full of menace, from a vine that's actually a snake to a crew of tigers to a river full of crocodiles! All the while the narrator keeps pushing her to keep going. Will fluffy little Poopsie make it out of the jungle in one piece?--Publisher

Book Babies
Written by Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by Ashleigh Corrin
Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 2022. Board Book.

As a young girl reflects on the characteristics she shares with members of her family, she also notices and appreciates what makes her unique. This sweet and inclusive board book is the perfect way for kids to reflect on the love and security of family and to celebrate the many wonderful features and qualities that make us each special!--Publisher

Cuentos
Por Aaron Blabey
New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., 2019. Libro ilustrado espaƱol.

¿AprenderĆ” Chancho alguna vez? Es un tramposo y un mal perdedor. Pero, cuando Chancho reta a TomĆ”s a ver quiĆ©n come mĆ”s, accidentalmente termina metiĆ©ndose algo mĆ”s que comida en la boca. Por suerte para Chancho, ¡TomĆ”s sabe quĆ© hacer!--Editor

Cuentitos
Por Sumana Seeboruth
Ilustrado por Ashleigh Corrin
Concord, MA : Barefoot Books, 2022. Libro de cartĆ³n.

Este niƱo no puede esperar para ponerse calzoncillos. ¡Ya es hora de aprender a ir al baƱo!--Editor

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