Children's Story Time

New Books and Old Favorites July 2009

This month's Story Times dates are: July 5th and 19st

Featured Book of the Month:

Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree

Based on a vignette from the childhood of renowned author Zora Neale Hurston, this inspirational story tells how Zora learned to realize her dreams from her mother and from her observations from the top of a chinaberry tree (Melia azedarach). Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu’s wistful and engaging watercolor illustrations bring the story to life.

(j)QK495 .M52 M4, M619, 1994

Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree. Miller, William Blanchard. New York : Lee & Low Books, c1994.

In the Pond. Cristini, Ermanno and Luigi Puricelli. Saxonville, Mass. : Picture Book Studio USA, c1984.
Summary: The only text is introductory in this colorfully illustrated pond-level view of the animals and plants that make up the freshwater wetland ecosystem.
(j)QH541.5 .P63 C868 1984

Diary of a Worm. Cronin, Doreen. New York : Joanna Cotler Books, c2003.
Summary: A young earthworm discovers, day by day, that there are some very good and some not so good things about being a worm in this great big world.
(j)SB998 .E4 C881 2003

Are you a Spider? Allen, Judy and Humphries, Tudor. New York : Kingfisher, c2000.
Summary: Introduces the life cycle of a garden spider, describing how it hatches, develops, spins webs, and feeds.
(j)QL451 .AL53 2000

Snug as a Bug. Ross, Michael Elsohn. San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2004.
Summary: Illustrations and short, rhyming verses portray bedtime rituals, from stories to goodnight kisses, of various bugs as they settle down on a branch, in an old cap, or under a rock and head to dreamland.
(j)QL467 .R733 2004

The Forest. Nivola, Claire A. New York : Frances Foster Books, c2002.
Summary: A mouse sets out to overcome a lifelong fear of the forest.
(j)QH541.5 .F6 N649 2002

Honeybee's Busy Day. Fowler, Richard. San Diego, Calif. : Harcourt Brace, c1994.
Summary: Honeybee does not let anything distract her as she gathers nectar from the summer flowers to make into honey. Features a separate honeybee that weaves its way through die-cut pages.
(j)QL568 .A1 F829 1994

A Seed, a Flower, a Minute, an Hour. Blos, Joan W. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1992.
Summary: Illustrations and very brief text depict a seed changing into a flower, a bee into a swarm, a thought into a poem, and other changes.
(j)QH511 .B623 1992

Butterfly Story. Hariton, Anca. New York : Dutton Children's Books, c1995.
Summary: Describes the entire life cycle of the butterfly, starting from egg.
(j)QL541 .H225 1995

Whistling Thorn. Cowcher, Helen. New York : Scholastic, c1993.
Summary: Illustrates how acacia bushes have evolved to protect themselves from grazing animals.
(j)QK495 .L521 A25, A31, C838, 1993

Little Buggy. O'Malley, Kevin. San Diego, [Calif.] : 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

June 29, 1999. Wiesner, David. New York : Clarion Books, c1992.
Summary: For her science project, Becky decides to study the effect of extra-terrestrial conditions on vegetable growth and development--with unexpected results.
(j)QK54 .W637 1992

A Tree is Nice. Udry, Janice May. [New York] : Harper & Row, c1984.
Summary: Briefly describes the value of a tree. Winner of the Caldecott Medal.
(j)QK475 .Ud7 1956