Children's Story Time
New Books and Old Favorites January 2009
Featured Book of the Month:
The Enormous Potato
In this adaptation of a Russian folktale a farmer's potato grows to such an enormous size that he needs the help of his wife, his daughter, and a host of animals to harvest it. This simple tale reveals what can be done when everyone works together to solve the problem of what to do with this giant spud. They all benefit from their hard work with full bellies.
(j)SB211 .P8 D29 1998
The Enormous Potato. Davies, Aubrey. Buffalo, N. Y. : Kids Can Press, c1998
Growing Vegetable Soup. Ehlert, Lois. San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1987.
Summary: A father and child grow vegetables and then make them into a soup.
(j)SB321 .Eh56g 1987
The Water Hole. Base, Graeme. New York : Harry N. Abrams, c2001.
Summary: An ever growing numbers of animals visit a watering hole, introducing the numbers from one to ten; the water dwindles.
(j)QH541.5 .W3 B291 2001
Have You Seen Bugs? Oppenheim, Joanne. New York : Scholastic Press, 1998, c1996.
Summary: Depicts and describes in verse a variety of bugs and how they look, behave, and improve our lives.
(j)QL467 .Op5 1996
Pohutukawa. Morris, Sandra. Auckland, [New Zealand] : Reed Children's Books, c2000.
Summary: A delightful story of life in the Pohutukawa tree of New Zealand. Supporting bees, birds, geckos and bats this tree is being threatened by possums.
(j)QK 495 .M9 M834 2000
What is a Plant? Kalman, Bobbie. New York : Crabtree, c2000.
Summary: The Science of Living Things invites you to learn what a plant is. Teaching what a plant needs to grow and what threatens them helps young readers to respect the life a plant.
(j)QK49 .K126w 2000
Round the Garden. Glaser, Omri. New York : Harry N. Abrams, c1999.
Summary: Traces the journey of a tear as it falls to the ground, evaporates, reappears as rain, and waters a garden to make an onion grow to produce more tears.
(j) QH541.5 .G3 G462 1999
The Dandelion Seed. Anthony, Joseph. Nevada City, Calif. : Dawn Publications, c1997.
Summary: The life cycle of a dandelion is beautifully illustrated and lovingly told.
(j)QK495 .C74 T17 An86 1997
Farm Morning. McPhail, David. San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1985.
Summary: A father and his young daughter share a special morning as they feed all the animals on their farm.
(j)S519 .M241 1985
The Grapes Grow Sweet. Tuft, Lynne. Napa, Calif. : Studio 8 / River Press, 1996.
Summary: After watching his family's vineyard grow from spring to summer, Julian participates in the grape harvest in California's wine country.
(j)SB389 .T816 1996
Fran's Flower. Bruce, Lisa. New York : Summit Books, c1989.
Summary: Fran feeds her new plant foods she likes herself: pizza, cookies and ice cream, but the thing won't grow. She tosses the plant outside where it gets the food it needs, sunshine and rain!
(j)SB417 .B832 2000
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