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

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Llama Llama Misses Mama
By Anna Dewdney
Fans of the Llama books, Llama Llama Red Pajama and Llama Llama Mad at Mama will be happy to learn that there is a new story about little Llama. In this new story, Llama is going off to kindergarten for the first time and is unsure about being away from Mama for a whole day. The other animal children in the classroom work to involve Llama in all of their activities. By the end Llama is having lots of fun and of course Mama does come back to take Llama home.


Trainstop
By Barbara Lehman
Lehman is well known for her wordless books that encourage readers to use their imaginations to enter parallel or unusual worlds that collide with each other. This newest title is about a girl who is gazing out the windows of the train she is riding. The train makes a stop and as she is looking out the window she sees tiny people near the train. She exits the train and at the beckoning of the miniature people helps to save a tiny pilot who has become stuck in a tree. The girl reboards the train and wonders if the whole experience is a dream. But at the end she finds something that makes her believe it really happened.



Monday, April 6, 2009

Yay! It's spring and new books are popping up all over

Despite what the snowy weather is trying to tell us spring is here, so here are a few fun new spring books to check out...


Wee Little Lamb by Lauren Thompson
A shy new baby lamb meets all sorts of other animals but only wants to stay near its mama. Finally the little lamb meets the perfect friend and the two play together, but make sure to stay near their mamas.







Butterfly, Butterfly A Book of Colors by Petr Horacek
A little girl discovers a beautiful butterfly fluttering around her garden one day. But the next day she can't find the butterfly anywhere. The girl looks everywhere and finds all sorts of other colorful bugs but not the butterfly. When she finally lays down to rest and looks up at the sky she sees her butterfly flying by. The last page is a beautiful pop-up butterfly.