tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post1503796308614983271..comments2024-03-07T04:13:36.330-06:00Comments on The Storyteller's Inkpot: 'Tis the SeasonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-58205200503766196092009-12-08T13:46:24.106-06:002009-12-08T13:46:24.106-06:00Such a delicious place to be in life, Anne.
We lov...Such a delicious place to be in life, Anne.<br />We loved books by Janet and Allan Ahlberg(Each Peach Pear Plum and others); The Little Island by Margaret Wise Brown; The Salamander Room by Anne Mazer (a common picture book for the January residency); Catch Me & Kiss Me & Say it Again, rhymes by Clyde and Wendy Watson; a Christmas classic, Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree by Robert Barry; and sample current fare such as Kevin Henkes' Kitten's First Full Moon, A Good Day, Old Bear; Dog and Bear by Laura Vaccaro Seeger; and Otis (a tractor) by Loren Long.Marsha Wilson Challhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09449969313230016239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-51682280778467222592009-12-08T12:53:31.247-06:002009-12-08T12:53:31.247-06:00Anne, my daughter's almost three too. I just c...Anne, my daughter's almost three too. I just cleansed the shelf of books that I don't still love after reading them to my son for 4-6 years. Here are some that made the cut. Truck books: Road Builders by B.G. Hennessy, Monster Trucks by Mark Todd (poetry). Non-truck-related poetry: Today at the Bluebird Cafe by Deborah Ruddell (bird-inspired poems, very funny), Come to My Party by Heidi B. Roemer (poems organized by season, and each one is in a related visual shape. i.e. a poem about Thanksgiving where the words form a piece of pie) Fiction: Iggy Peck Architect by Andrea Beaty, Pest Fest by Julia Durango, The Lion's Share by Matthew McElligott, Nonfiction: Four Seasons Make a Year by Anne Rockwell, Plant Secrets by Emily Goodman, Vulture View by April Pulley Sayre, Steve Jenkins books in generalCheryl Bardoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00084503940091474111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-89016324966833930622009-12-08T08:38:42.161-06:002009-12-08T08:38:42.161-06:00Two oldies-but-greaties: The Friendly Book by Marg...Two oldies-but-greaties: The Friendly Book by Margaret Wise Brown and A House Is a House for Me by Mary Ann Hoberman (though you may want to skip the uncomfortable "An igloo's a house for an Eskimo" page. I always did.)Christine Heppermannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16956691641741733821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-92078717855000911282009-12-08T08:36:02.737-06:002009-12-08T08:36:02.737-06:00Ooh, what fun. I'll bet his favorite books wil...Ooh, what fun. I'll bet his favorite books will be yours, but until then...<br /><br />The Hamline list suggests that the "Frog and Toad" series is for 5 and up, but I think littler kids can appreciate them too. <br /><br />We like Mike Mulligan, which appears on the Hamline list, too. Virginia Lee Burton wrote several other, similarly nostalgic books about technological change. Our 3-year-old loves _Katy and the Big Snow_ and _This Little House_. <br /><br />(Oh, and thinking about VL Burton, reminds me that Margaret Wise Brown also wrote _Red Light, Green Light_, with eerily post-apocalyptic illustrations. Maybe not a title you'll want to own, but fun to check out at the library.)<br /><br />For train lovers: Bill Peet's _The Caboose Who Got Loose_ is a fun read. Also addictive: Margaret Wise Brown's _Two Little Trains_. (We have the 2001 version, with updated illustrations.) This week, we fell in love with Kurt Cyrus's _Slow Train to Oxmox_, which is unfortunately out of print, but which should be in the library.<br /><br />In the category of clever wordless, or near-wordless, picture books for the preschool set, check out David Weisner (_Tuesday_,_Sector 7_, _Flotsam_, _Hurricane_). We're also big fans of everything by Barbara Lehman (_Trainstop_, _Museum Trip_, _Rainstorm_, _The Red Book_.)<br /><br />Finally, as a family of vegetarians, you can't go wrong with _The Tawny, Scrawny Lion_!Maryelizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17606041467754950370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-49905035458106197502009-12-08T07:53:27.537-06:002009-12-08T07:53:27.537-06:00Hi Anne: My daughter is now five, and several of y...Hi Anne: My daughter is now five, and several of your family's favorites have also been ours. I recommend the Click Clack Moo series, Bubble Bath Pirates, and One Nighttime Sea. The Scaredy Squirrel books are hilarious (Melanie Watt's other books, like Augustine, are also delightful.) Adele and Simon by Barbara McClintock. Just this week we picked up Put It on the List! by Kristen Darbyshire and giggled through it.<br /><br />Laurie Amster-BurtonLaurieA-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01482323207701500679noreply@blogger.com