A hodge-podge of information for anyone who couldn't imagine a world without children's books.

Monday, June 23, 2008

More 50 Fabulous Books

Everyone knows dogs are supposed to bark.
But what do you do with a dog that just sits there?
Or worse, makes other animal sounds? Bark George
is about a dog that acts so strange he is sent to the vet
to determine what's wrong.


Where the Wild Things Are is the classic
Caldecott about a boy who has quite an imagination
and explores a place with all things imaginable.

Monday, June 9, 2008

Fifty Fabulous Books

We are now into our second week of Go for the Gold... READ! and we already have over 1,000 listeners and readers signed up in our four different reading clubs. This is definitely shaping up to be a summer of breaking records!


Two more books that are on our Fifty Fabulous Books list are sure to bring back memories for parents reading to their young ones.


Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
is about a little girl mouse that has
the most unusual name that she
absolutely adores. But when she starts
school, she becomes weary about just how special her name is.




Dr. Seuss' Green Eggs and Ham
is a classic rhyming story about
all the crazy where's and how's
one can eat green eggs and ham.

Friday, June 6, 2008

Fifty Fabulous Books to Read this Summer

Welcome back to Booking for a Look! We took a little vacation from our blog as we prepared for Summer Reading Club at Twinsburg Public Library.

This summer our special Listening Club members are reading fifty fabulous books that we selected. We will be featuring two of these books each week throughout the summer.

This week we are featuring How do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight by Jane Yolen and I Stink by Jim and Kate McMullen.

How do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight

If bedtime is a battle at your house, here's a book to help you and your child. Yolen's silly rhyming text pairs perfectly with Teague's funny illustrations of dinosaurs. Children will be able to relate to the behaviors of the dinosaurs in the story, and laugh at the ridiculous ways some of them react.









I Stink!

A garbage truck makes its rounds, consuming everything from apple cores to leftover ziti with zucchini. This story will delight young readers, and is guaranteed to make you say "Ewww"!