Children's Story Time
New Books and Old Favorites April 2008
Featured Book of the Month:
Song of the Water Boatman
& Other Pond Poems
In this pond inspired award-winning book, the author and illustrator combine imaginative poetry with scientific details in artistically hand-painted woodcuts. Learn about the wonder and beauty of a wide variety of pond life with poems about fascinating organisms ranging from peepers to beetles, duckweed to backswimmers.
(j)QH541.5 P63 Si13 2005
Winner of the Caldecott Honor
Song of the Water Boatman & Other Pond Poems. Sidman, J. Prange, B. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, c2005.
Agave Blooms Just Once. Jernigan, Gisela. Tucson: Harbinger House, 1992, c1989.
Summary: Illustrated verses present plants and animals of the desert from A to Z.
(j)QH88 J482 1989
Alison's Zinnia. Lobel, Anita. New York : Greenwillow Books, c1990.
Summary: Alison acquired an amaryllis for Beryl who bought a begonia for Crystal--and so on through the alphabet, as full-page illustrations are presented of each flower.
(j)SB407 L783 1990
Anna's Garden Songs. Steele, Mary. New York : Greenwillow Books, c1989.
Summary: A collection of fourteen poems about the beet, potato, radish, onion, and other plants found in the garden.
(j)SB321 St32 1989
Koa's Seed: A Hawaiian Version of an Age-Old Tale. Han, Carolyn. Ewa Beach, Hawaii : BeachHouse Pub., c2004.
Summary: A leader of a Hawaiian village decides to choose a new leader by giving each man and boy a seed to tend for one year. At the end of the year, a young man named Koa is taught a valuable lesson.
(j)SB117 .H19 2004
Flower Fairies of the Spring. Barker, C.M. London; New York: Frederick Warne, c1990.
Summary: Illustrated poems depict the fairies that live among the spring flowers.
(j)QK83 B241s 1990
How do You Know It's Spring? Fowler, A. Chicago : Children's Press, c1991.
Summary: Photographs and simple descriptions of the characteristics of spring.
(j)SB454 C17sp F829 1991
In the Park. Lee, Huy Vuon. New York, c 1998.
Summary: Lessons about spring with a few Chinese characters.
(j)SB454 C17sp L512 1998
Mouse & Mole and the Year-Round Garden. Cushman, D. New York, c1994.
Summary: Two friends, Mouse and Mole, work in their garden and learn about the natural world during each season of the year.
(j)SB454 C17s C959 1994
The Peach Tree. Pike, N. Owings Mills, Md: Stemmer House, c1983.
Summary: When aphids threaten this peach tree, Farmer Pomeroy brings in a horde of ladybugs to save the tree and restore the balance of nature.
(j)QL496 P635 1983
Poppy Bear: The Garden that Overslept. Saltzman, Ruth E. Hillsboro, Or. c2001.
Summary: Two curious children, wondering why spring is late, find Poppy Bear in their garden and he teaches them about the beauty of nature and their role in caring for it as they plant seeds and flowers together.
Children's Choice Award
(j)SB453 Sa37 2001
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