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.
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