It doesn't have to be Valentine's Day to do a storytime about love, right? These were picked out by my coworker.
You Are My Happy
Hoda Kotb, illustrated by Suzie Mason
ISBN: 9780062887894
A mama bear and her cub nestle down for the night and recite a list of the day's activities that made them happy, all of them centered around exploring and being together, and ending with the title phrase. A litttle on the cutesy side for me, but the artwork elevates it immensely.
Poor Louie
Tony Fucile
ISBN: 9780763658281
Louie has the best life a chihuahua can have; dinner at the table, movies with mom and dad, long walks, shopping, he has it all. Until things start getting strange. He has to eat on the floor now?! And the cute clothes are all being packed up... ? And Mom's lap keeps getting smaller and smaller. And everyone keeps saying "Pooooor Louie" in this very sad and concerned tone of voice, but sometimes laughing a little. What gives? But baby fever conquers all (as it always seems to) and Louie comes out ok in the end, even if he DOES have to share the stroller with his human baby brother now.
Love Monster and the last chocolate
Rachel Bright
ISBN: 9780374346904
Love Monster loves his friends, but he also loves chocolate. And when you have friends AND chocolate, it's very hard to figure out what is the right thing to do. So when he gets back from his vacation to find a box of chocolates, he's all in a tizzy. Without even opening the box (this is important) he starts pondering the possibilities. A good friend shares, but should he maybe open it first and eat one or two of the ones that he really really really likes FIRST? Or is that not quite friendly? What if his friends can ONLY eat those kinds? OR what if his friends eat ALL of them up and don't realize that he never got one to eat himself? What if there's only ONE in there that he likes and someone ELSE eats it and then there's a whole bunch that he doesn't even like? He gets all flustered, but then he runs out of the house to his friends playing on the hill and explains everything all in a rush, and they just laugh and tell him to open the box - there's only one in there, and they had saved it just for him.
(it's cuter and takes less time to explain in the book, I swear)
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Thursday, February 16, 2017
Tuesday Storytime: Valentines Day
I'm always unreasonably pleased when we have a storytime that actually falls on the day of the celebratory event of the season. This time around we get an actual Valentine's Day storytime, and I had such fun.
Catching Kisses
Amy Gibson, illustrated by Marie Van Lieshout
ISBN: 9780312376475
A sweet tour of United States landmarks following kisses as they blow through the air.
This is a sweet book, and I'm happy to use it on Valentine's Day. We follow various kisses as they travel on the wind between people, and to the hearts of the ones who catch them. Beautiful and charming, and the illustrations of the landmarks kept the adult attention while the little ones pondered all the different types of kisses there were.
Together
George Ella Lyon, illustrate by Vera Rosenberry
ISBN: 0531070476
A pair of young girlfriends play happily together in various imaginative and fantastical scenarios.
A gleeful set of girls plays merrily through the pages of this sweet and fanciful book, where the two of them divide tasks into parts. "I'll find the ball if you'll call the team" and then once together they play at their games, always with the refrain "Let's put our heads together and dream the same dream" across a spread of even more imaginary landscapes. Sweet, visually interesting, and open-hearted.
Love Monster and the Last Chocolate
Rachel Bright
ISBN: 9780374346904
Love Monster has a box of chocolates and an eternal dilemma: should he share them?
The Love Monster is back from vacation to find a box of chocolates on his doorstep. He's delighted, because Love Monsters LOVE chocolates, especially certain kinds. But his glee is soon mired in guilt - he SHOULD probably share with his friends. But if he does, what if there aren't enough to go around? What if someone takes the one he likes best? What if the only one left is COFFEE flavored? What if there isn't one left AT ALL?? Oh dear. Sharing is hard. but Monster comes out on the caring side of things and discovers his friends are sweet and thoughtful too. No word on what happens when two monsters share the same favorite chocolate type.
Catching Kisses
Amy Gibson, illustrated by Marie Van Lieshout
ISBN: 9780312376475
A sweet tour of United States landmarks following kisses as they blow through the air.
This is a sweet book, and I'm happy to use it on Valentine's Day. We follow various kisses as they travel on the wind between people, and to the hearts of the ones who catch them. Beautiful and charming, and the illustrations of the landmarks kept the adult attention while the little ones pondered all the different types of kisses there were.
Together
George Ella Lyon, illustrate by Vera Rosenberry
ISBN: 0531070476
A pair of young girlfriends play happily together in various imaginative and fantastical scenarios.
A gleeful set of girls plays merrily through the pages of this sweet and fanciful book, where the two of them divide tasks into parts. "I'll find the ball if you'll call the team" and then once together they play at their games, always with the refrain "Let's put our heads together and dream the same dream" across a spread of even more imaginary landscapes. Sweet, visually interesting, and open-hearted.
Love Monster and the Last Chocolate
Rachel Bright
ISBN: 9780374346904
Love Monster has a box of chocolates and an eternal dilemma: should he share them?
The Love Monster is back from vacation to find a box of chocolates on his doorstep. He's delighted, because Love Monsters LOVE chocolates, especially certain kinds. But his glee is soon mired in guilt - he SHOULD probably share with his friends. But if he does, what if there aren't enough to go around? What if someone takes the one he likes best? What if the only one left is COFFEE flavored? What if there isn't one left AT ALL?? Oh dear. Sharing is hard. but Monster comes out on the caring side of things and discovers his friends are sweet and thoughtful too. No word on what happens when two monsters share the same favorite chocolate type.
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