Skip to main content

From Story Time: The Letter "A"

By
 
Preschool Time
The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man
Written by Michael Chabon
Illustrated by Jake Parker
New York: Balzer + Bray, 2011. Picture Book.

A young superhero describes his awesome powers, which he then demonstrates as various foes arrive on the scene. --Editor

Preschool Time
Only Ants for Andy
By Jashar Awan
New York: Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company, 2021. Picture Book.

 A picky anteater named Andy tries out new things with his best friend Sam Sloth and learns that different does not necessarily mean bad. --Editor

Toddler Time
The Midnight Fair
Written by Gideon Sterer
Illustrated by Mariachiara Di Giorgio
Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2021. Picture Book.

A fairground in the evening is a glowing beacon of treats and delights. Bright lights paint the midway in cotton-candy pink, lemon yellow, and candy-apple red. Alluring prizes invite folks to try a game of skill or chance. The aromas of spun sugar, warm popcorn, and baking pretzels fill the air. It is any wonder, then, that after the lights go out and the people go home, the creatures in the nearby forest want to take their turn in this color-soaked fantasyland? Join them as they take a wild joyride through the magical, marvelous midnight fair! --Publisher

Book Babies
Cat Can Swim
By Rebecca Purcell
London: Tiny Seed Publishing, 2020. Board Book.

Cat goes for an adventurous swim, with bold illustrations and simple text for young children and beginner readers. --Publisher

Cuentos
Este alce es mío
By Oliver Jeffers
Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Economica, 2013. Libro illustrado.

Alfredo tiene un alce: Marcel. Es cierto que Marcel no siempre obedece las reglas para ser una buena mascota, pero cumple las más importantes. Después de todo, es un buen amigo; o al menos eso parece, hasta el día en que una anciana lo reconoce como suyo: ¡es Rodrigo! Alfredo vuelve a casa, solo y molesto: ¡su mejor amigo lo ha abandonado, se ha ido con su legítima dueña! Pero, ¿realmente los amigos nos pertenecen? Un alce de muchos nombres nos enseña la respuesta en esta divertida historia. --Editor

Cuentos
Macca la alpaca
By Matt Cosgrove
New York: Scholastic Inc., 2021. Libro illustrado. 

Macca pasa los días en paz y armonía ... hasta que, por accidente, se tropieza con Fogoso la llama de frente. --Publisher

Other Letter A Books
The Book That Almost Rhymed
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Stand Tall by Joan Bauer

By DeeDee
Stand Tall By Siena Siegel by Joan Bauer Putnam, 2002, 182 pgs Realistic Fiction Tree is 12 years old and over 6 feet tall. That would be great if he were a basketball player, but he is not. Dealing with his unusual size is not Tree's only challenge. Tree's parents have recently gone through a divorce, and his grandfather has had his leg amputated as the result of an old Vietnam War injury. The strength of this book is the characterizations. All of the main characters are dimensional and sympathetic. Bauer sets the characters in real and often funny family situations. Best of all is the character of Tree. He is boy with a heart to match his stature. This is a great book for boys or girls ages 9-12, as a read aloud or for individual reading. This book could also be a good Rx book for children whose families are going through divorce, or for anyone who feels like they don't fit in.
Post a Comment
Read more

Review: Cincinnati Lee, Curse Breaker

By
  Cincinnati Lee, Curse Breaker By Heidi Heilig New York: Greenwillow Books, 2025. Fiction. 291 pages. Thanks to Cincinnati Lee's no good, dirty rotten, artifact stealing great great great grandfather, Cincinnati's family is now cursed and Cincinnati feels like it's up to her to break the curse. Which involves trying to steal the artifacts back from museums that her grandfather robbed from graves and archeological sites around the world and return them to their countries of origin. But when Cincinnati's first artifact stealing mission goes awry, she decides it might be more effective to steal an all-powerful artifact herself that she can use to break the curse - The Spear of Destiny. Unfortunately her race for the spear will pit her against art smugglers and thieves intent on finding the ancient artifact themselves. If you are looking for an Indiana Jones read-alike, this is the perfect for you! Heavy on the adventure with similar levels of mysticism to those seen in th...
Post a Comment
Read more

Review: The Factory

By
The Factory By Catherine Egan New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., 2025. Fiction. 306 pages.  Thirteen-year-old Asher Doyle has been invited to join the Factory, a secretive research facility in the desert which ostensibly extracts renewable energy from the electromagnetic fields of its young recruits. But Asher soon realizes something sinister is going on. Kids are getting sick. The adults who run the Factory seem to be keeping secrets. And the extraction process is not only painful and exhausting, but existentially troubling. Asher makes a handful of new friends who help him with an investigation that turns into a resistance, which turns into...a cliffhanger! The Factory is a page-turning sci-fi with multidimensional characters, an intriguing plot, and refreshingly straight-forward writing. Egan weaves in detail about climate crises and social unrest, making the story's dystopian setting feel rich and plausible. With its sophisticated themes and accessible storytelling, I would recomm...
Post a Comment
Read more