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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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Mary Had a Little Lamb
Title: Mary Had a Little Lamb Author: Sarah Josepha Hale Illustrator: Tomie dePaola Where I Shelve it: Tomie dePaola Fiction/Non-Fiction? Fiction Review: It’s the classic song, with Tomie dePaola’s lovely illustrations, what’s not to love? I especially like that it has all of the lyrics, not just the ones we’re used to hearing. I also…
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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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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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