The Three Little Pigs and the Somewhat Bad Wolf by Mark Teague
2
Award-winning author and illustrator Mark Teague tells his humorous version of “The Three Little Pigs” with a zany twist!
Continue reading
Category Archives: General Market Fiction
Cat Talk by Patricia MacLachlan & Emily MacLachlan Charest
ewbery Medal winner Patricia MacLachlan and her daughter, Emily MacLachlan Charest, team up with award-winning illustrator Barry Moser and show that cats have more to say than just “meow.”
Continue reading
Tiptoe Joe by Ginger Foglesong Gibson
Where is Tiptoe Joe going? Friendship, family, an adventurous journey, and a surprise ending all add up to a fun and funny storytime and bedtime read-aloud that invites reader participation.
Tiptoe Joe has a surprise in store for everyone. What could it be? One by one Tiptoe Joe’s furry and feathered friends are invited to join the parade (sshhh, but quietly, please) and readers will turn the pages with delicious anticipation to discover where they are going. He leads them through the fields and over the brook and into the woods and up a hill until they arrive home, where his two new cubs are sleeping. A terrific choice when there is a new baby in the house, as well as an evergreen great read-aloud. Continue reading
A Special Gift for Grammy by Jean Craighead George
Newbery Medal winner Jean Craighead George captures the love between grandmother and grandson in this heartfelt story that is brimming with imagination. A boy named Hunter shares a pile of stones with Grammy, and they celebrate all the special uses for the stones that they uncover along the way. This precious story speaks to the rare connection that a grandparent and grandchild share!
Continue reading
Polar Bear, Why Is Your World Melting? by Robert E. Wells
A great choice for an Earth Day read! In the Arctic, the summer ice is melting, making it hard for polar bears and their cubs to survive. Why is the world getting warmer?
Continue reading
Earth Day Reads!
Looking for reads for Earth Day? There are plenty of suggestions from one of my favorite publishers HarperCollins Children’s! Continue reading
Biscuit in the Garden by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Discover the garden with Biscuit and his new friends in the latest entry to the My First I Can Read series that has sold over 11 million copies.
A fresh green garden adventure for Biscuit, the bestselling My First I Can Read Book character and everyone’s favorite puppy! Continue reading
Hello Kitty, Hello Spring, Hello Summer
Jump into the first two seasons of the newest series of Hello Kitty collectible board books! Continue reading
Image
I know where I wish I was going today…
Harry Potter – new cover for 2013!
I just stumbled across this article on PW with a new cover image for Harry Potter. Can you believe it’s been 15 years? I LOVE this cover. I hope all the rest are just as fabulous as well. I already have hardcover originals, but this would be awesome to see on an ebook if they’re ever on sale for a bargain. Tweet
Status
The Tudor Court…
Now you’ve done it. I just finished reading and loving To Die For: a novel of Anne Boleyn and have started in on The Secret Keeper: a novel of Kateryn Parr. I’ve also started watching The Tudor’s on Netflix, minus a certain obvious bit it’s interesting and bringing the time more to life. Thinking about it this morning I had to locate When the Sparks Fly because that’s a novel of Elizabeth I. I put that one in the pile as well as grabbing my copy of a young royals novel The Wild Queen: a novel on The Days and … Continue reading
Perfectly Percy by Paul Schmid
Perfectly Percy by Paul Schmid Genre: Juvenile Fiction / Animals Ages 4 to 8, Grades P to 3 Pages: 40 Hardcover Date Published: January 29th, 2013 Publisher: HarperCollins This is Percy. Percy loves balloons. Balloons are fun! But Percy has a small problem… and to solve it, he’ll need a really BIG idea!! Paul Schmid, the author and artist of Hugs From Pearl, presents a story about an adorably prickly character with a big heart. Percy shows that there is no problem too big for a plucky porcupine to solve! This is a very pretty pastel book and just right … Continue reading
Wisdom’s Kiss, now available in paperback!
*Review originally posted in September 2011* Wisdom’s Kiss by Catherine Gilbert Murdock Later generation novel of Princess Ben Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Age Range: Young Adult (12+) Grade Range: Grades 7+ Pages: 320 paperback Date: January 15th, 2013 (orig. Hardcover Sept. 2011) Publisher: Graphia, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt It all started in the spring of 2008 while in the library I discovered a gorgeous cover on a novel in the New Releases section entitled Princess Ben. I was not necessarily looking for a young adult, or teen girl read, but the cover was awesome and gorgeous so I … Continue reading