Children's Story Time

New Books and Old Favorites April 2009

This month's Story Times dates are: April 5th and 19th

Featured Book of the Month:

What's so Terrible about Swallowing an Apple Seed?

When Rosie accidently swallows an apple seed, her sister Katie mischievously tells her that an apple tree will grow out of her ears. She's soon swept away with her active imagination; imagining the trouble and wonders an apple tree would cause. Both children and adults can relate to this playful story based on a real incident from the authors' childhood.

(j)SB363 .L562 1996

What's so Terrible about Swallowing an Apple Seed? Lerner, Harriet and Susan Goldhor. New York: HarperCollins, c1996.

From Seed to Plant. Gibbons, Gail. New York : Holiday House, c1991.
Summary: An introduction to how plants reproduce and grow from seed.
(j)QK661 .G352 1991

Pick, Pull, Snap! Where Once a Flower Bloomed. Schaefer, Lola M. New York : Greenwillow Books, c2003.
Summary: Describes how raspberries, peanuts, corn, and other foods are produced as various plants flower, create seeds, and finally bear fruit.
(j)QK825 .Sch13 2003

Muskrat, Muskrat, Eat Your Peas! Wilson, Sarah. New York : Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1989.
Summary: After Muskrat's family meticulously plants, waters, and harvests peas, Muskrat doesn't want any.
(j)SB343 .W697 1989

Maggie and the Ferocious Beast: the Big Carrot. Paraskevas, Betty. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2000.
Summary: Maggie, Hamilton, and the Ferocious Beast help a stubborn rabbit dig up a giant carrot which becomes transformed into a bird house.
(j)SB351 .C3 P212 2000

Oliver's Vegetables. French, Vivian. New York : Orchard Books, c1995.
Summary: While visiting his grandfather, who has a wonderful garden, Oliver learns to eat vegetables other than potatoes.
(j)SB321 .F889 1995

The Vegetables go to Bed. King, Christopher L. New York : Crown, c1994.
Summary: The tomatoes, carrots, spinach plants, and other vegetables in the garden prepare to go to bed, each in its own fashion.
(j)SB321 .K58 1994

Flower Green. Trimble, Marcia. Los Altos Hill, CA : Images Press, c2002.
Summary: Flower Green, a young girl sprout, brings color and fragrance to her garden.
(j)SB406 .T735 2002

From the Garden: by a Counting Book about Growing Food. Dahl, Michael. Minneapolis, MN. : Picture Window Books, c2004.
Summary: Introduces the numbers from one to twelve as family members pick a variety of vegetables from the garden. Includes counting activities and fun facts about growing vegetables.
(j)SB321 .D137 2004

Morning Glory Monday. Alda, Arlene. Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Tundra Books, c2003.
Summary: A young girl makes her Italian immigrant mother happy by planting morning glories outside their tenement window.
(j)SB413 M67 AL21 2003

The Surprise Garden. Hall, Zoe. New York : Blue Sky Press, c1998.
Summary: After sowing unmarked seeds, three youngsters wait expectantly for their garden to grow.
(j)SB321 .H149 1998