Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Lettice, Jenna. THE 12 DAYS OF VALENTINE'S

Lettice, Jenna. 
THE 12 DAYS OF VALENTINE'S
New York : Random House, 2017
IL K-3, RL 3.3
ISBN 
0399557350


Do you like Valentine's Day? What do you like the most? The cards? The candy? The decorations? Well, in this book, they like them all.  And they start their celebration early so they have 12 days of Valentine's!

Monday, February 12, 2018

Lehrhaupt, Adam. IDEA JAR

Lehrhaupt, Adam.
IDEA JAR
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2018
IL K-3, RL 1.7
ISBN 1481451669

Do you like to write? Maybe your teacher asks you to write in class.  If you are like me, sometimes you just can't think of what to write about. You need an idea before you can think of a story. The class in this book keeps an Idea Jar. Students put ideas on slips of paper and put them in the jar. Now when they need an idea, they can just pick one out of the jar. But what happens when the ideas begin to take over?

Sunday, February 11, 2018

Bates, Amy June. THE BIG UMBRELLA

Bates, Amy June. 
THE BIG UMBRELLA
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2018
IL K-3, RL 1.4
ISBN  
1534406581


"By the front door/there is an umbrella/It is big/It is a big, friendly umbrella." So begins the young child's journey through the town. It is raining and the umbrella invites people to come in out of the rain. The umbrella doesn't care who you are, you are welcome. And there is always room for one more.

Thursday, February 8, 2018

Giovanni, Nikki. I AM LOVED

Giovanni, Nikki.
I AM LOVED
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2018
IL K-3, RL 3.6
ISBN 
1534404929

Poet Nikki Giovanni has written these beautiful poems about love and friendship, family and even loss. She tells of love of family and even pets. And in the end, the love of the most important person.


A beautiful collection of poetry made even better by Ashley Bryan's illustrations.