“Augustus And His Smile” by Catherine Rayner.2006. Little Tiger Press. Picture Book. Ages 2-6. The storyline is very simple: Augustus the tiger, wants to find his smile. He searches for it across hills and forests. In the end, he finds it in a pool of water. Augustus realizes that his smile is there all the [...]
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Cinderella: Male version
Prince Cinders by Babette Cole This most be the most ridiculous rewriting of Cinderella ever! Cole rewrites the fairytale by plucking out the female Cinderella and replacing her with ta-daaah…the sensitive male- Prince Cinders! In this tale, Prince Cinders has to contend with three “big hairy brothers”, who- more hirsute than the average silverback- party-hop [...]
Tiger tales
“Augustus And His Smile” by Catherine Rayner.2006. Little Tiger Press. Picture Book. Ages 2-6. The storyline is very simple: Augustus the tiger, wants to find his smile. He searches for it across hills and forests. In the end, he finds it in a pool of water. Augustus realizes that his smile is there all the [...]
Emu-tional changes
“Edward the Emu” by Sheela Knowles, illustrated by Rod Clement. 1988. HaroperTrophy. Picture Book. Ages 3-7. Edward is an emu who lives a lackluster life at the zoo. Bored of being an emu, he decides to try being something else. He attempts the outrageous, like swimming with seals, roaring in the lions’ den [...]
Books for thanksgiving
The new worksheet has been uploaded. It’s entitled ”Thesaurus and Poems”. Hope you have fun with the ideas suggested! And… Here are some books that go well with the thanksgiving season: “The Turkey Girl” by Penny Pollock, illustrated by Ed Young.1996. Picture book. Ages 6-9. A good laugh about a wish-granting turkey and a girl who wishes to attend the Dance of the Sacred bird. “Molly’s Pilgrim” by Barbara Cohen, illustrated by Daniel M. Duffy, 1998. Picture Book, Ages 6-9. A thought-provoking story about how a little girl feels about showing off her Russian pilgrim doll to her classmates. “The First Thanksgiving” by Jean Craighead, illistrated by Thomas Locker. 1993. Putnam. Ages 6-9. A picture book about how Squanto comes to the rescue of the pilgrims. Blessed thanksgiving!
Where pictures come alive
“Katie and the Sunflowers” by James Mayhew, 2000. Picture Book. Orchard Books. Ages 4-6. Engaging introduction for young ones to the works of Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Gauguin and Paul Cezanne. There are startlingly gorgeous reproductions of the artists’ works in the book so that flipping through the pages itself becomes a real visual treat! [...]
