Halloween time is here again! My favorite holiday of the year, with my favorite month of fun storytimes about monsters and witches and good Halloween fun.
This week we're seeing monsters in three different fun environments.
Monster Chefs
Brian and Liam Anderson
ISBN: 9781596438088
Four monster chefs are caught off-guard by the monster king's demand for something different to eat besides eyeballs and ketchup, and three of them fail miserably, but the fourth finds a pastry chef, and starts a monster culinary revolution!
Boo-La-La Witch Spa
Samantha Berger, illustrated by Isabel Roxas
ISBN: 9780803738867
Cute walkthru of spas and their services and experiences, all with a witchy gloss. Skipped some sections because we have very small attendees this time, but it's spread-based so it's easy to skip past bits at leisure.
Monsters Love School
Mike Austin
ISBN: 9780062286185
The first day of school is fun for all, even little monsters!
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Thursday, October 4, 2018
Tuesday, August 7, 2018
Tuesday Storytime: Growing Green
I have been waiting almost a full year to use Escargot in a storytime, so I'm very happy that he's had his 15 minutes of fame.
Escargot
Dashka Slater, illustrated by Sydney Hanson
ISBN: 9780374302818
Escargot is a magnifique French snail who journeys with the reader across a picnic table to reach a delightful salad, discussing favorite animals along the way (sad fact, no one chooses snails as their favorite animals) and eventually teaming up with the readers to attempt to frighten off a rogue carrot, then to very bravely try just a bit of it. Adorable, and with just enough french to be fun, but not intimidating to read.
Summer Supper
Rubin Pfeffer, illustrated by Mike Austin
ISBN: 9781524714642
A multi-shades-of-brown family works in a garden, a farmer's market, and a kitchen, before enjoying an outdoor meal and then a musical shindig. The fun here is that all of the words start with the letter S. I felt like I was narrating a segment of Sesame Street, but it was surprisingly seamless. :)
It Starts with a Seed
Laura Knowles, illustrated by Jennie Weber
ISBN: 9781910277263
Very beautiful and ornate book with gilded covers and THICK quality paper (makes the pages a bit hard to turn) with beautiful watercolor and ink linework showing off the growth cycle of a seed through a seedling, sapling, young tree, then mature tree, ending with a spray of seeds landing and sprouting along a tri-fold-out ending spread that is simply beautiful. Very pretty and a nice reminder that animals and bugs eat and live around plants too.
Escargot
Dashka Slater, illustrated by Sydney Hanson
ISBN: 9780374302818
Escargot is a magnifique French snail who journeys with the reader across a picnic table to reach a delightful salad, discussing favorite animals along the way (sad fact, no one chooses snails as their favorite animals) and eventually teaming up with the readers to attempt to frighten off a rogue carrot, then to very bravely try just a bit of it. Adorable, and with just enough french to be fun, but not intimidating to read.
Summer Supper
Rubin Pfeffer, illustrated by Mike Austin
ISBN: 9781524714642
A multi-shades-of-brown family works in a garden, a farmer's market, and a kitchen, before enjoying an outdoor meal and then a musical shindig. The fun here is that all of the words start with the letter S. I felt like I was narrating a segment of Sesame Street, but it was surprisingly seamless. :)
It Starts with a Seed
Laura Knowles, illustrated by Jennie Weber
ISBN: 9781910277263
Very beautiful and ornate book with gilded covers and THICK quality paper (makes the pages a bit hard to turn) with beautiful watercolor and ink linework showing off the growth cycle of a seed through a seedling, sapling, young tree, then mature tree, ending with a spray of seeds landing and sprouting along a tri-fold-out ending spread that is simply beautiful. Very pretty and a nice reminder that animals and bugs eat and live around plants too.
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