Children's Story Time
New Books and Old Favorites August 2008
Featured Book of the Month:
Cactus Poems
A photographer and a poet join forces to describe the beauty of the Western desert. Beautiful photographs of desert plants, animals and scenery are paired with poems that are accessible to children and give us a wonderful view of desert life. These pictures and poems help us feel the beauty and timelessness of the desert. The back section of the book discusses the ecosystems depicted.
(j)QH541.5 .D4 As23 1998
Asch, Frank. San Diego, CA : Harcourt Brace, c1998.
A dead log. Green, Jen. New York : Crabtree, c1999.
Summary: Describes the various creatures and plants that live in, on, or under a dead log in a North American broadleaf forest.
(j)QH541.5 .F6 G823 1999
The gardener. Stewart, Sarah. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, c1997.
Summary: A girl moves to the big city and takes her love of gardening with her.
(j)SB417 .St496 1997
Caterpillar's wish. Murphy, Mary. New York : DK Pub., c1999.
Summary: Caterpillar wants to fly away with her friends Bee and Ladybug, and she can after she becomes a butterfly.
(j)QL545 .M955 1999
Aiko's flowers. Umezawa, Rui. Toronto, Ontario; Plattsburgh, N. Y. : Tundra Books, c1999.
Summary: After Aiko learns to pick sunflowers for an arrangement, she comes to appreciate the art of ikebana, formal flower arranging.
(j)SB450 .Um2 1999
Insectlopedia : poems and paintings. Florian, Douglas. San Diego : Voyager Books/Harcourt, 2002, c1998.
Summary: Presents 21 short poems about 21 different kinds of insects.
(j)QL467 .F663 2002
Little buggy. O'Malley, Kevin. San Diego,CA: Harcourt, c2002
Summary: A young ladybug is determined to learn how to fly and, with the help of his father, he succeeds.
(j)QL596 .C65 Om1 2002
Are you a ladybug? Allen, Judy. New York : Kingfisher, c2000.
Summary: Introduces the life cycle of a ladybug, showing how it changes from an egg to an adult ladybug.
(j)QL596 .C65 AL53 2000
How to hide a meadow frog & other amphibians. Heller, Ruth. New York : Grosset and Dunlap, c1995.
Summary: Rhyming text and pictures demonstrate how various amphibians camouflage themselves to protect against predators.
(j)QH546 .H367 1995
The parrot Tico Tango. Witte, Anna. Cambridge, Mass. : Barefoot Books, 2004.
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
Watermelon Day. Appelt, Kathi. New York. : Henry Holt, c1996.
Summary: Young Jesse waits all summer for her watermelon to ripen.
(j)SB379 .W38 Ap48 1996
Mrs. Morgan's lawn. Saltzberg, Barney. New York: Hyperion Paperbacks for Children, 1998, c1993.
Summary: Mrs. Morgan, who is very fussy and protective about her lawn, confiscates all the soccer balls, baseballs, and other kinds of balls that land there while neighborhood children are playing.
(j)SB433 .Sa37 1998
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