Tuesday Storytime: Thanksgiving Week

A set of classic Thanksgiving reads this year:

In November
Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Jill Kastner
ISBN: 0152010769
A lovely segue between the natural world settling down into winter, and the social world congregating for thanksgiving celebrations. Very soothing and pretty.

We Share One World
Jane E Hoffelt, illustrated by Marty Husted
ISBN: 0970190786
A short rhyming-couplet poem follows children from countries around the world as they interact with nature in their differing environments. Super sweet message without being cloying.

Bear Says Thanks
Karma Wilson, illustrated by Jane Chapman
9781416958567
I love the Bear books, and this one is no exception. Bear is worried because he has nothing to share with his good friends on Thanksgiving, but all his friends remind him that he's special and loved just for himself, not for his food.

Tuesday Storytime: fall fun

Last week's storytime was given by my co-worker.


Autumn: Leaves Fall from the Trees
Lisa Bell, illustrated by Emily Brooks
ISBN: 1632902605 
Lovely poetic nonfiction uses lyrical text and gentle illustrations to showcase the notable features of the season, both natural and social.

Leaves
David Ezra Stein
ISBN: 9780399246364
Young Bear has a fun adventure out in a forest full of leaves until autumn comes, and he begins to worry about all of the falling leaves. He tries his best to fix them, and to keep an eye on them and the trees, but he is getting soooo sleeeepy! When he wakes in the spring, he's in for a reassuring surprise.

One Leaf, Two Leaves, Count With Me!
John Micklos Jr, illustrated by Clive McFarland
Peculiar art style livens up this counting book following a deciduous tree through the seasons as we count leaves coming in spring, and going away again in fall. Older readers might twig to the notion that there's way more than four leaves per tree (even in the illustrations) but the younger ones will dig the progression of the seasons.