Because why not?
Three really long ones today, and a very active group, but the tone and the cadence of all of these was really good for a lovely quick flow. Two of these are first-time storytime books, and I'm really happy with how they read for a group. Nice to have more good books added to my backlist.
Wild About Books
Judy Sierra, illustrated by Marc Brown
ISBN: 037582538X
Seussical rhymes and exuberant colored-pen spreads with lots of action and movement.
Molly the librarian accidentally drives the bookmobile into the zoo, and slowly introduces the resident animals to reading, to caring for books properly, and finally to creating their own works themselves. On the readers to writers angle, would go very well with Daniel Kirk's Library Mouse for an older group. This book is long, but juuust barely doable because of the trippy language, the packed and colorful pages, and how quickly the rhymes work (also I skipped the page of haiku).
A Library Book for Bear
Bonny Becker, illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton (The Sniffles for Bear)
ISBN: 9780763649241
Grumpy Bear and perky Mouse head off to the library, over Bear's strenuous (and ever louder) objections.
I admit to partly liking this book because I get to yell in the library and enjoy the horrified expressions of all the kids as I do. What can I say, get your thrills where you can! Bear promised Mouse that he would go to the library, but he's really regretting it. Mouse insists, but Bear ONLY wants a book about pickles, and gets very vocal about his not being happy about coming to the library in the first place. When he gets shushed by a pair of moms sitting in on storytime, he loses it for real, but a chipper librarian and Mouse's persistence win him over in the end. (Also, he gets a book about pickles, which helps.)
The Snatchabook
Helen Docherty, illustrated by Thomas Docherty
ISBN: 9781402290824
Weirdly-proportioned forest animals in scribbly environments remind me of a darker Steven Kellogg.
Every night the forest animal children settle into bed with a good book, until they start vanishing! Brave Eliza sets a trap for the book thief, figures out the problem, and works with the mysterious (and frankly adorable) Snatchabook to work out a better approach for the future. Cute, straightforward, and the rhyme sequence gets your tongue moving double-quick, which is very helpful for the last book of the day.
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Tuesday Storytime: "Love My Library" Month, Week 3
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
We missed last week due to snow, and I had a training seminar to attend myself today, so one of the Clerks did the actual storytime. I miss my kids!!
It went well without me, according to the Clerk. The books worked out well, and she enjoyed presenting them.
The Library Dragon
Carmen Agra Deedy, illustrated by Michael P. White
ISBN: 156145091X
I like this one primarily because it's about a school library, rather than a public library. With all the cuts in funding and time, I feel like I need to make the point that there are supposed to be libraries inside their school, so hopefully in a few years when they're in school, the kids will remember and seek it out.
Miss Lotta Scales is a real dragon. She runs the library like a gated keep, guarding her hoard from the grimy fingers of the student body. Until the fateful day that she hears little Molly reading aloud, snd sees the kids quietly listening. Miss Scales transforms!
Dewey: There's a Cat in the Library
Vicki Myron, illustrated by Bret Witter
ISBN: 9780316068741
This picture-book abridgement of the popular nonfiction story of Dewey the library cat is a sweet and quick read for library lovers.
Wild About Books
Judy Sierra, illustrated by Marc Brown
ISBN: 037582538X
Another Molly features in this book, teaching a zoofull of creatures how to treat their library books in irrepressible rhymes and clever wordplay. The bright colors and loose illustrations match up nicely with the zany premise and the fast-paced story.
We missed last week due to snow, and I had a training seminar to attend myself today, so one of the Clerks did the actual storytime. I miss my kids!!
It went well without me, according to the Clerk. The books worked out well, and she enjoyed presenting them.
The Library Dragon
Carmen Agra Deedy, illustrated by Michael P. White
ISBN: 156145091X
I like this one primarily because it's about a school library, rather than a public library. With all the cuts in funding and time, I feel like I need to make the point that there are supposed to be libraries inside their school, so hopefully in a few years when they're in school, the kids will remember and seek it out.
Miss Lotta Scales is a real dragon. She runs the library like a gated keep, guarding her hoard from the grimy fingers of the student body. Until the fateful day that she hears little Molly reading aloud, snd sees the kids quietly listening. Miss Scales transforms!
Dewey: There's a Cat in the Library
Vicki Myron, illustrated by Bret Witter
ISBN: 9780316068741
This picture-book abridgement of the popular nonfiction story of Dewey the library cat is a sweet and quick read for library lovers.
Wild About Books
Judy Sierra, illustrated by Marc Brown
ISBN: 037582538X
Another Molly features in this book, teaching a zoofull of creatures how to treat their library books in irrepressible rhymes and clever wordplay. The bright colors and loose illustrations match up nicely with the zany premise and the fast-paced story.
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