In My Backyard is a wonderful book. It is about the wildlife you will find in a backyard. The writing is simple and flows nicely, making it a good read aloud. The accompanying illustrations are beautiful! Ron Broda has done the scenes of the backyard in paper sculpture. Because they are sculptures the pictures are given a 3D quality that make them much more realistic. They are so detailed that it is hard to tell that they are made of paper. If you look closely every page has a ladybug somewhere.
This delightful book is one of the Blue Spruce Nominees.
I fell in love with the book Grumpy Bird instantly. The comical drawing of a little grumpy blue bird on the cover with the bright yellow background caught my eye. I pulled it off the new book cart and read the first page. The main character, Bird, wakes up one day and is grumpy. He is so grumpy he doesn't even want to fly, instead he decides to walk. Having woken up grumpy for no reason myself quite a few times I felt a kinship to this little bird stomping along. He runs into his friends along the way and they join him on his walk. By the end I was laughing and so was Bird. It was adorable, and funny and my new favourite book!
In October, I was happy to see that it had been nominated for the Blue Spruce Award! But not as overjoyed as I was last week when I found out that the author, Jeremy Tankard, would be autographing copies at the Ontario Library Association Super Conference Expo! So off I went with my copy of Grumpy Bird to meet Jeremy Tankard. It was quite thrilling. He signed my book and drew a sheep on the back of a poster for me. It was amazing how he could make such an adorable sheep just using a black marker! Grumpy Bird is Mr. Tankard's first book. When I asked if he was working on what was next he told me that he has a new book coming out sometime next year called Boo Boo Bird. It will be about a very sad bird who bumped his head. I cannot wait to read it!
If you want to read Grumpy Bird (and really you should!) check to see if we have a copy in by clicking:
Grumpy Bird by Jeremy Tankard
If you would like to learn more about Jeremy Tankard and how he wrote and drew the story of Grumpy Bird check out his website:
http://www.jeremytankard.com/
This charming new picture book by Jan Brett, is an adaption on Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
An Inuit girl, Aloo-ki, is out with her dog team on the ice flows when she becomes separated from her dogs. While looking for them she stumbles across the biggest igloo she has ever seen and decides to investigate. The bears have just stepped out for a stroll while baby bear's breakfast cools down. Like Goldilocks, Aloo-ki tries out the bears things until they arrive home and find her asleep! A beautiful story with Jan Brett's distinctive illustrative style. A must read for all who love the classic version.
The Three Snow Bears By Jan Brett
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I was browsing the new book shelves today and saw that we have a new series of craft books. The series is called the Cool Craft series and is aimed at ages 8 to 12. Each book introduces the craft and gives a little background on how it began. The tools and materials that are required as well as the different techniques you can use to do the craft are laid out in a child friendly manner. The pictures are plentiful and help to explain how to do the craft.
There are five books in the series. Click on the titles below to check to see if they are in and if they are not you can always place a request for them.
Cool Scrapbooks
Cool Beaded Jewelery
Cool Melt & Pour Soap
Cool Painted Stuff
Cool Clay Projects
Title: Lulu luciole s'est engluée
Type of Review: Book
Intended Audience: Kids
It was a really cute little kids book! I am French Immersion and I thought that some of the translations were not so great but it was cute!
Your Rating: *** Recommended
Submitted by Jacqueline
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Title: Archie #576
Type of Review: Book
Intended Audience: Children/Teens
It was a really funny issue! I was laughin almost the whole time:)
Your Rating: **** Highly Recommended
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Title: Archie #561
Type of Review: Book
Intended Audience: Children / Teens
It was a funny book. I thought that it felt quite short and I thought that it could have used a couple more stories!
Your Rating: *** Recommended
Submitted by Jacqueline
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If you like pirates you will love this series! Rob Kidd has written a series of children's books about that lovable pirate, Jack Sparrow, before he became a Captain. Follow young Jack as he searches for the legendary Sword of Cortes. On his adventure he encounters all manner of fearsome sea creatures, dastardly pirates and, of course, treasure!
Stanley's Wild Ride
By Linda Bailey, illustrated by Bill Slavin
Picture Book
This is the second book by Linda Bailey, illustrated by Bill Slavin, about a dog named Stanley. In the last book Stanley was left home by his people too much and discovered the joy of laying on the couch, eating food out of the fridge, dancing to music and having a huge doggy party. Now Stanley is back and he is in for another adventure. This time Stanley finds himself bored in his backyard and while sniffing around discovers a hole by the fence. Like all dogs that find a hole Stanley begins to dig and soon finds himself on the other side of the fence. And what does a dog do when he finds himself alone, without his people or a leash? Why he goes and helps his dog friends escape their yards so they can join him in exploring of course! Check out this hilarious book to find out what the dogs did on their adventure.
This delightful story is Sandra Boynton's latest board book. Throughout the book a penguin explains to a hippo that he wants to be the hippo's friend. He wants to be the hippo's personal penguin. This is a sweet story of friendship that toddlers are sure to love. Boyton wrote this as both a song and a book. On the inside of book it gives you a URL where you can download the song, sung by Davy Jones of the Monkees, www.workman.com/boynton. It is priceless.
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