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The Little Island
Title: The Little Island Author: Margaret Wise Brown (Under the pen name Golden MacDonald) Illustrator: Leonard Weisgard Where I Shelve it: Margret Wise Brown Fiction/Non-Fiction? Fiction Review: This is such a beautiful, gentle book about the changing of the seasons on a little island. A kitten comes on a picnic and challenges the island about…
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Peter’s Chair
Title: Peter’s Chair Author: Ezra Jack Keats Illustrator: Ezra Jack Keats Where I Shelve it: Ezra Jack Keats Fiction/Non-Fiction? Fiction Review: Peter has a new baby sister and all of his things are becoming her things! This is a good one for kids who have a new baby on the scene, or who are just…
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Farmer Palmer’s Wagon Ride
Title: Farmer Palmer’s Wagon Ride Author: William Steig Illustrator: William Steig Where I Shelve it: William Steig Fiction/Non-Fiction? Fiction Review: What a fun read! Palmer Farmer just wants to sell his harvest, buy gifts for his family and get back home! That is not what happens, at all! This is a funny, engaging story about…
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Adam, Adam What do You See?
Title: Adam, Adam What Do You See? Author: Bill Martin Jr. & Michael Sampson Illustrator: Cathie Felstead Where I Shelve it: Bill Martin Jr. Fiction/Non-Fiction? The content is fiction, but the context is nonfiction Review: This is very much in the same style as Brown Bear Brown Bear. That easy rhyming, gentle flow. But, it…
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Albert the Albatross
Title: Albert the Albatross Author: Syd Hoff Illustrator: Syd Hoff Where I Shelve it: Syd Hoff Fiction/Non-Fiction? Fiction Review: So silly! Albert gets lost in a storm and ends up in the city, trying desperately to find the ocean again. None of the birds he talks to know the way. He ends up as a…
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Amelia Bedelia
Title: Amelia Bedelia Author: Peggy Parish Illustrator: Fritz Siebel Where I Shelve it: I Can Read>Amelia Bedelia Fiction/Non-Fiction? Fiction Review: The classic! Such a fun, silly read. We’ve read it so many times, and it never gets old. Amelia is always up to something silly. Misinterpreting everything and taking things very literally. It makes for…
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Amelia Bedelia: Takes the Cake
Title: Amelia Bedelia Takes the Cake Author: Herman Parish Illustrator: Lynne Avril Where I Shelve it: I Can Read>Amelia Bedelia Fiction/Non-Fiction? Fiction Review: We teach phonics, not sight words, so I completely disagree that it’s a “level 1” reader. Lou Bae can read it independently and Evie needs some help, but it isn’t fully decodable.…
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Kites Sail High
Title: Kites Sail High Author: Ruth Heller Illustrator: Ruth Heller Where I Shelve it: Language Arts>Parts Of Speech Fiction/Non-Fiction? The material is nonfiction, but the context is fiction. Review: The illustrations are lovely. The prose is gentle and rhythmic. It’s a fun and engaging way to talk about verbs, until the very end of the…
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