Some really cute books picked out by my coworker this week!
Puppy, Puppy, Puppy
Julie Sternberg, illustrated by Fred Koehler
ISBN: 9781629794662
Adorable bi-racial infant (and exhausted parents) trail around after a rambunctious puppy that beautifully shows the potentials of a strong bond between kids and pets.
Spot Goes to the Park (lift the flap)
Eric Hill
ISBN: 0399218335
Spot is a perennial favorite, especially so because the stories are so short and simplistic. We always have a lot of babies and very young or new toddlers, and a short interactive story like this sets them up for success.
Mister Bud Wears the Cone
Carter Goodrich
ISBN: 9781442480889
Bud and Zorro are pets together, and when Bud licks a hot spot, he has to wear the dreaded cone all day while the people are away. Zorro is a horrid tease about it, and the cone is awkward and clumsy, and by the end of the day poor Bud thinks he is a very bad dog indeed. The ending is upbeat and sweet, and Zorro gets his in the endpages.
Showing posts with label Dogs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dogs. Show all posts
Thursday, April 12, 2018
Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Tuesday Storytime: Dogs
We decided to give it one last week to let our trainee get one more set of self-selected books done before the summer: our kickoff is later this week, so we had a bit of wiggle room to work with.
Dog's Colorful Day
Emma Dodd
ISBN: 0142500194
Cartoony oversized style, with messy colors all around. Silly fun, especially since all the colorful spots are perfectly round and perfectly colored in, regardless of their sources (grass stains, chocolate smears, pollen).
Spot's First Walk
Eric Hill
ISBN: 0399208380
Spot takes a walk through the yard and around the garden and pond in this lift-the-flap book.
I Don't Want a Posh Dog!
Emma Dodd
ISBN: 9780316033909
Slightly more refined art than the first one in this trio, but still messy and colorful. A girl runs through all the types of dogs that she isn't interested in, with lots of funny illustrations of them all.
Saturday, January 23, 2016
2015 Review Round-Up: Juvenile Illustrated Fiction: The Story of Diva and Flea, Mo Willems & Tony DiTerlizzi
The Story of Diva and Flea
Mo Willems (Pigeon, Elephant and Piggie), illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi (Spiderwick, Changeling)
ISBN: 9781484722848
Quirky illustrations and an almost Lemony-Snicketish narrative voice make this friendship story sing.
This is the most adorable book I've read all year and it's absolutely perfect. Diva is a VERY small dog who lives with the caretaker of a set of Paris flats, and she's petrified of feet, but otherwise very brave and very clever. She is pampered and spoilt and happy. Flea is a lanky angular black cat, famous as a neighborhood flaneur (professional wanderer). When Flea happens upon Diva's set of flats, a beautiful friendship develops as both these spectacular personalities learn new and exciting things from their very different friend.
Did I mention that this book is PERFECT? It is. It is beautiful and perfect and special and it is why the universe was created, and why books were invented. Just for this story. Go find it and see if I'm wrong. I dare you.
Mo Willems (Pigeon, Elephant and Piggie), illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi (Spiderwick, Changeling)
ISBN: 9781484722848
Quirky illustrations and an almost Lemony-Snicketish narrative voice make this friendship story sing.
This is the most adorable book I've read all year and it's absolutely perfect. Diva is a VERY small dog who lives with the caretaker of a set of Paris flats, and she's petrified of feet, but otherwise very brave and very clever. She is pampered and spoilt and happy. Flea is a lanky angular black cat, famous as a neighborhood flaneur (professional wanderer). When Flea happens upon Diva's set of flats, a beautiful friendship develops as both these spectacular personalities learn new and exciting things from their very different friend.
Did I mention that this book is PERFECT? It is. It is beautiful and perfect and special and it is why the universe was created, and why books were invented. Just for this story. Go find it and see if I'm wrong. I dare you.
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Tuesday Storytime: Dogs
Can't have one without the other, right?
A trio of entirely new-to-storytime books, and I enjoyed them all, and so did the kids. I think the parents might have thought that 1 and 3 were a little on the heavy side, but oh well - life isn't always sunshine and roses, and I like to have a good mash up of reality whenever I can.
Mogie: the heart of the house
Kathi Appelt, illustrated by Marc Rosenthal
ISBN: 9781442480544
Fictionalized Bio: Mogie is a therapy dog at the Houston Ronald McDonald House, and works with children there.
I like that the story is upbeat and focuses on the kids and the dogs, rather than the illnesses or the parents or the place. Mogie and the kids he helps are described in upbeat action verbs, and illnesses are presented as something temporary (so, perhaps not so good for inspiring kids with terminal diagnoses) and Mogie is the force that helps the kids recover by helping them be emotionally whole again (described in kid terms as "mojo" and "cha-cha-cha" along with a lot of description. Very nice rendition of a service/therapy dog to counter all the pet stories out there.
Dogs
Emily Gravett
ISBN: 9781416987031
A parade of contrasting dogs; big & little, hairy & bald, sloppy and chic.
Short, sweet, precious, beautifully illustrated, and the stinger at the end is simply perfect.
Don't Lick the Dog: making friends with dogs
Wendy Wahman
ISBN: 9780805087338
Pop-art bright colors, lots of jagged thick black edges and splotches, and generally jarring, electrifying artwork punctuates a set of instructions on safe dog-human interactions.
I think a good few of the parents were giving me side-eye when I read this book, but I'm not sorry. Someone has to teach kids good manners with strange dogs, and do it in a way that interests them, and doesn't frighten them or confuse them. This book is perfect. The art is arresting and forceful, and the pictures are very clear on what to do and how to act in multiple situations where people and dogs are interacting. Very very good book, and I'll probably use it again in a safety or good manners storytime.
A trio of entirely new-to-storytime books, and I enjoyed them all, and so did the kids. I think the parents might have thought that 1 and 3 were a little on the heavy side, but oh well - life isn't always sunshine and roses, and I like to have a good mash up of reality whenever I can.
Mogie: the heart of the house
Kathi Appelt, illustrated by Marc Rosenthal
ISBN: 9781442480544
Fictionalized Bio: Mogie is a therapy dog at the Houston Ronald McDonald House, and works with children there.
I like that the story is upbeat and focuses on the kids and the dogs, rather than the illnesses or the parents or the place. Mogie and the kids he helps are described in upbeat action verbs, and illnesses are presented as something temporary (so, perhaps not so good for inspiring kids with terminal diagnoses) and Mogie is the force that helps the kids recover by helping them be emotionally whole again (described in kid terms as "mojo" and "cha-cha-cha" along with a lot of description. Very nice rendition of a service/therapy dog to counter all the pet stories out there.
Dogs
Emily Gravett
ISBN: 9781416987031
A parade of contrasting dogs; big & little, hairy & bald, sloppy and chic.
Short, sweet, precious, beautifully illustrated, and the stinger at the end is simply perfect.
Don't Lick the Dog: making friends with dogs
Wendy Wahman
ISBN: 9780805087338
Pop-art bright colors, lots of jagged thick black edges and splotches, and generally jarring, electrifying artwork punctuates a set of instructions on safe dog-human interactions.
I think a good few of the parents were giving me side-eye when I read this book, but I'm not sorry. Someone has to teach kids good manners with strange dogs, and do it in a way that interests them, and doesn't frighten them or confuse them. This book is perfect. The art is arresting and forceful, and the pictures are very clear on what to do and how to act in multiple situations where people and dogs are interacting. Very very good book, and I'll probably use it again in a safety or good manners storytime.
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