Children's Story Time

New Books and Old Favorites February 2009

Featured Book of the Month:

One Leaf Fell

Beautifully illustrated, Toby Speed's One Leaf Fell follows the day-to-day life of a fallen leaf as it provides transportation to beetles, housing to sparrows, and water for a thirsty horse. Minerva McIntyre's poignant and exhilarating illustrations of nature pair beautifully with Speed's simple and straightforward text.

(j) QK649 .Sp32 1993

One Leaf Fell. Speed, Toby. New York : Stewart, Tabori, & Chang, c1993.

The Seed and the Giant Saguaro. Ward, Jennifer. Flagstaff, Ariz. : Rising Moon, 2003.
Summary: In this very well told variation on “The House that Jack built,” a packrat, carrying fruit from the giant saguaro, is chased by various desert animals and inadvertently helps spread the cactus seed. Includes information on saguaros.
(j)SB438.3 .S14 W213 2003

Strega Nona. dePaola, Tomie. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1975.
Summary: When Strega Nona leaves her garden helper, Big Anthony, alone with her magic pasta pot, he is determined to show the townspeople how it works.
(j)SB61 .D44 1975

Once There Was a Tree. Romanova, Natalia. New York : Dial Books, c1985.
Summary: First published in the Soviet Union, this book tells the story of a tree that became a stump.
(j)QK475 .R662 1985

My Father's Hands. Ryder, Joanne. New York : Morrow Junior Books, c1994.
Summary: A girl's father digs in the garden, finding and presenting for inspection such wonders as a round gold beetle and a leaf-green mantis.
(j)QL467 .R975 1994

Gus and Button. Freymann, Saxton and Elffers, Joost. New York : Arthur A. Levine, 2001.
Summary: Gus and his dog Button leave their white mushroom world to brave the scary vegetable and fruit forest and discover color.
(j)SB105 .A1 F898 2001

Animal House. Mathis, Melissa Bay. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1999.
Summary: Various animals offer suggestions to make a children's treehouse an enjoyable place to play.
(j)SB473.5 .T7 M426 1999

Jazzy in the Jungle. Cousins, Lucy. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, c2002.
Summary: Help Mama Jo-Jo the lemur find her baby Jazzy in this lift-the-flap jungle book.
(j)QH541.5 .R27 C836 2002

Nature Did it First! Goodman, Susan E. Brookfield, Conn. : Millbrook Press, c2003.
Summary: Photographs provide examples of human inventions that have been borrowed from nature.
(j)QH48 .G624 2003

A Year of Beasts. Wolff, Ashley. New York : E. P. Dutton, c1986.
Summary: Ellie and Peter see many different field and forest animals around their country house month-by-month throughout the year.
(j)QH48 .W832 1986

Where Once There Was a Wood. Fleming, Denise. New York : Henry Holt, c1996.
Summary: Examines the many forms of wildlife that can be displaced if their environment is destroyed by development and discusses how communities and schools can provide spaces for them to live.
(j)QL59 .F629 1996

Home Sweet Home. Marzollo, Jean. New York : HarperCollins, c1997.
Summary: Simple rhyming blessings for everything in the natural world.
(j)QH81 .M458 1997