This Week @ Story Time

What we read:

Little Listeners:

If You Give a Mouse A  Cookie written by Laura Joffe Numeroff and illustrated by Felicia Bond

The Very Hungry Caterpillar written and illustrated by Eric Carle

Story Time:

Mr. Wolf's Pancakes by Jan Fearnley

Like Butter on Pancakes by Jonathan London












If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff

This Week @ Story Time

What we read:

Little Listeners:

Bark, George written and illustrated by Jules Feiffer

I Don't Want a Posh Dog written and illustrated by Emma Dodd






CAT written by Matthew Van Fleet and photographs by Brian Stanton

Story Time:

Pirateria by Calef Brown

The Pirates Next Door by Jonny Duddle

Whoo Hooo!

Caldecott discussion has started up again over at Calling Caldecott. Can't wait to talk about Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger, Little Dog Lost: The True Story of a Brave Dog Named Baltic by Mônica Carnesi, and Penny and her Song by Kevin Henkes. Yay!

This Week @ Story Time

What we read:

Little Listeners:

I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! written by Karen Beaumont and illustrated by David Catrow

Mouse Paint written and illustrated by Ellen Stoll Walsh





What Color is Your Underwear? written and illustrated by Sam Lloyd

Story Time:

Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney

Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino

The Llama Who Had No Pajama : 100 favorite poems by Mary Amm Hoberman

Down by the Bay by Raffi

Book Buzz September, 2012

Summer in the City by Marie-Louise Gay and David Homel
Charlie and Max live in Montreal and this tells the story of their summer adventures.  What exciting things have you done this summer?  Charlie and Max try to make money by finding lost pets and collecting the reward money, but that didn’t go so well.  Charlie also tries dog walking, but it is harder than it sounds.  Next, their parents suggest camping in the backyard, which is great until an unexpected guest arrives.  Then the boys take a bus trip to visit their friend’s farm and get a little lost on the way.  How do your adventures compare to what Charlie and Max did this summer? I hope you had as much fun as they did!  Kristin (J Fiction)

Rocket Writes a Story by Tad Hills
Rocket the book-loving dog from Rocket Learns to Read is back, and he is no longer content with being a reader.  He wants to use all of his newfound words to make a story of his own.  There’s only one problem – he just doesn’t know what to write! Setting out on a journey to search for ideas, Rocket meets a shy little owl high up in a tree.  Could this little owl be the inspiration Rocket is looking for?  Don’t miss this lovely story about reading, writing, and friendship!  Alia (Picture Book)

Knuckle & Potty Destroy Happy World by James Proimos

Knuckle Tiggerelli and Potty Polarberg are the famous title characters in Tiger and Bear Are Huggable. They are tired of being called cute, sweet and wholesome, but when the duo finds out the title of their newest book- Tiger and Bear Go to Happy World, they’ve truly had enough! Knuckle and Potty try reasoning with the author and illustrator of the Tiger and Bear books and finally decide that a visit to Happy World is the only way to keep this book from happening!  This short book is generously illustrated and would be great for beginning chapter books readers and Captain Underpants fans.  Meghan (J Fiction)

Bink and Gollie: Two for One by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee

For those of you who love stories about two great friends, Bink and Gollie are back!  This time, our leading ladies are at a town fair.  In three short stories, we follow Bink as she tries her hardest to “Wack a Duck”, we follow Gollie as she tries to fulfill a lifelong dream; and we follow both girls to find out their future.  Once again DiCamillo and McGhee have created a fast paced, easy to read, and easy to love story about friendship.  Jacquie (J Fiction)