Children's Story Time
New Books and Old Favorites January 2010
This month's Story Times dates are: January 3rd and 17th
Featured Book of the Month:
The Pea Blossom
Beautifully illustrated, this retelling of a tale by Hans Christian Andersen, is about five peas in a shell in Beijing who dream of life outside of the pod. The fifth and smallest pea is content to go wherever he is meant to go. When a young boy with a peashooter sends the peas off into the world, the fifth pea discovers where it is he is meant to go, and what fate has in store for him.
(j)SB343 .P785 2005
The Pea Blossom. Poole, Amy Lowry. New York : Holiday House, c2005.
The Parrot Tico Tango. Witte, Anna. Cambridge, Mass. : Barefoot Books, c2004.
Summary: A cumulative rhyme in which a greedy parrot keeps taking fruit from the other creatures of the rainforest until he can hold no more.
(j)SB379 .A1 W783 2004
The Gigantic Turnip. Tolstoy, Aleksey Nikolayevich. Brooklyn, N. Y. : Barefoot Books, 1999, c1998.
Summary: In this traditional Russian tale, a farmer grows a turnip so big that it takes the combined efforts of him, his wife, and a host of animals to harvest.
(j)SB211 .T8 T588 1998
Dirt. Tomecek, Steve. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, c2002.
Summary: Brief text explores how soil is formed, its layers, and its importance as a natural resource that living things need to survive.
(j)S591 .T594 2002
The Pumpkin Man and the Crafty Creeper. Mahy, Margaret. New York : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1991, c1990.
Summary: A bossy and demanding plant insists on going home with Mr. Parkin, who usually only tends quiet pumpkins, and from that moment his peaceful existence is changed.
(j)SB427 .A1 M279 1990
Laughing Tomatoes and Other Spring Poems = Jitomates Risueños y Otros Poemas de Primavera. Alarcón, Francisco X. San Francisco : Children's Book Press, c1997.
Summary: A bilingual collection of humorous and serious spring poems about family, nature, and celebrations by a renowned Mexican American poet.
(j)SB454 .C17sp AL12 1997
Cocoa Ice. Appelbaum, Diana Karter. New York : Orchard Books, c1997.
Summary: A girl in Santo Domingo tells how cocoa is harvested during the late 1800s while at the same time her counterpart in Maine tells about the harvesting of ice.
(j)SB267 .Ap48 1997
Pea Pod Babies. Baicker, Karen. Brooklyn, N.Y. : Handprint Books, c2003.
Summary: When three babies who are growing in a garden tire of everyone saying they are just alike, they pop free of their pod, set off on their own adventures, and prove that each is unique.
(j)SB343 .B149 2003
Under the Lemon Moon. Fine, Edith Hope. New York : Lee & Low Books, c1999.
Summary: Rosalinda learns from La Anciana, an old wise woman, how to heal her sick lemon tree.
(j)SB370 .L4 F493 1999
The Blueberry Shoe. Dixon, Ann. Anchorage : Alaska Northwest Books, c1999.
Summary: When Baby loses a shoe on a blueberry-picking trip, it becomes an object of curiosity for all the animals on Ptarmigan Mountain before being rediscovered by the family with a surprise inside.
(j)SB386 .B7 D643 1999
A Flower Grows. Robbins, Ken. New York : Dial Books, c1990.
Summary: Illustrates the life cycle of an amaryllis.
(j)SB413 .A5 R536 1990
I Love Dirt. Nielsen, Shelly. Edina, Minn. : Abdo & Daughters, c1993.
Summary: Brief text and suggested activities introduce the importance of dirt, the covering that blankets the Earth.
(j)S591 .N554 1993
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