Because Amelia Smiled by David Ezra Stein This is a book about how one smile can affect a whole world. Amelia smiled and Mrs. Higgins saw her and smiled too. She was so happy that she baked some cookies for her son, who sang a song to his class, who inspired a dancer… The books [...]
One Gorilla by Anthony Browne In this oversized counting book, Anthony Browne presents one of the most lusciously beautiful picture books that I’ve seen in a long time. The brightly colored, richly saturated portraits of chimpanzees, mandrills, baboons, macaques, and other members of the primate family fill each page, compelling the reader to pause and [...]
Building Our House written and illustrated by Jonathan Bean Imagine packing up and moving to a vacant grassy field in the country to build a new home and participating in its transformation. In Building Our House, Bean tells the story of his own family’s experience when he was very young and his parents built a [...]
Bananas in My Ears by Michael Rosen; illustrated by Quentin Blake This wacky book from Britain’s Children’s Laureate is full of silly jokes, funny stories and nonsense poems. There’s lots of zany ‘what if’ speculations – what if a piece of toast turned into a ghost, what if my bed grew wings, what if they [...]
Alex the Parrot: No Ordinary Bird by Stephanie Spinner; illustrated by Meilo So Irene Pepperberg bought an African grey parrot in 1977 and called him Alex – short for Avian Learning Experiment. This wonderful book tells the true story of how graduate student Irene taught Alex to speak – actually speak, not just mimic words. [...]
We’re heading into book awards season so, not to be left out, we in the Children’s Room have put together our list of favorites. This week, we’re looking at books for younger readers and we’ll be looking at books for older readers and nonfiction over the next two weeks. Bear Has a Story to Tell [...]
Bear Despair by Gaëtan Dorémus A large blue bear naps with his pudgy purple teddy. A smile plays across the bear’s wide face. What lovely dreams he must be having. But then, oh no! A long-legged, long-snouted, sharply toothed fox sneaks upon the sleeping bear. He steals the bear’s stuffie! He runs off, laughing, into [...]
The Best Bike Ride Ever by James Proimos; illustrated by Johanna Wright Remember your first bike? When Bonnie gets her first bike, she’s so excited, she hops on and doesn’t stop. Bonnie rides over bridges, mountains, a pink elephant; through downpours, windstorms and a giraffe. And, then she falls and realizes she probably shouldn’t have [...]
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