Children's Story Time

New Books and Old Favorites December 2008

Featured Book of the Month:

Tree of Cranes

In this heartwarming tale a Japanese boy learns of Christmas when his mother, who grew up in California, decorates a pine tree with candles and paper cranes. The pairing of Allen Say's straightforward text and wonderfully vibrant watercolors makes this story a holiday classic.

(j)SD397 .Ch8 Sa99 1991

Tree of Cranes. Say, Allen. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1991.

Leo's Tree. Pearson, Debora. Toronto ; New York : Annick Press, c2004.
Summary: As baby Leo grows, his linden tree grows and changes through the seasons.
(j)SB435.51 .T6 P317 2004

Herman and Marguerite : an Earth Story. O'Callahan, Jay. Atlanta, Ga. : Peachtree, c1996.
Summary: An earthworm and a caterpillar become friends and work together to bring a neglected apple orchard back to life.
(j)SB363 .Oc1 1996

Night Tree. Bunting, Eve. San Diego, Calif. : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1991.
Summary: A family makes its annual pilgrimage to decorate an evergreen tree with food for the forest animals at Christmastime.
(j)SD397 .Ch8 B886 1991

Butterfly Story. Hariton, Anca. New York : Dutton Children's Books, c1995.
Summary: Simple text and engaging illustrations introduce children to the life cycle of butterflies.
(j)QL541 .H225 1995

A Weed is a Seed. Wolff, Ferida. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c1996.
Summary: Pairs of rhyming verses show that such things in the natural world as weeds, a breeze, sand, and ice can be seen both positively and negatively.
(j)QH541 .W832 1996

Seeds. Robbins, Ken. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2005.
Summary: From flowers to fruits, everything begins with a tiny seed. Young readers will learn how seeds grow, and how they vary in shape, size, and dispersal patterns. From cherry pits to exploding pods, to sticktight seeds that cling to your shoes, clear photographs illuminate how wondrous nature springs up throughout the year before our very eyes.
(j)QK661 .R536 2005

Mary Margaret's Tree. Drawson, Blair. New York : Orchard Books, c1996.
Summary: While working hard to plant her tree, a young girl imagines herself shrinking and she spends a year observing nature in the tree's branches.
(j)QK475 .D797 1996

The King's Flower. Anno, Mitsumasa. Cleveland, [Ohio] : William Collins, 1979.
Summary: After a king orders his servants to build the biggest flower pot ever made, he expects the tulip planted in it to be the biggest in the world.
(j)SB413 .T9 An1 1976

The First Strawberries: a Cherokee Story. Bruchac, Joseph. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1993.
Summary: A quarrel between the first man and the first woman is reconciled when the Sun causes strawberries to grow out of the earth.
(j)SB385 .B83 1993

Ten Rosy Roses. Merriam, Eve. [New York] : HarperCollins, c1999.
Summary: Ten rosy roses stand in a line until, one by one, ten children pick them.
(j)SB411 .M551 1999