Hello, friends! Our book today is Nelly Takes New York: A Little Girl's Adventures In The Big Apple, written by Allison Patacki and Marya Myers, and illustrated by Kristi Valiant. Nelly wakes up in her West Village apartment bedroom to the familiar sounds of New York: the rumble of the subway, the beat of a … Continue reading Nelly Takes New York: A Little Girl’s Adventures In The Big Apple (Allison Pataki & Marya Myers)
Hello, friends! Our book today is If I Was The Sunshine by Julie Fogliano and Loren Long, a uniquely beautiful meditation on how love connects us. “If I was the sunshine, and you were the day / I’d call you hello, and you’d call me to stay”, begins the beguiling rhyming text, the first of … Continue reading If I Was The Sunshine (Julie Fogliano & Loren Long)
Hello, friends! Our book today is Nobody Hugs A Cactus by Carter Goodrich, a delightful and gorgeous tale of a very cranky little cactus. Hank the cactus lives alone in his pot in the windowsill, just the way he likes it. His view never changes: it’s dry and hot and dusty and quiet, just the … Continue reading Nobody Hugs A Cactus (Carter Goodrich)
Hello, friends! Our book today is Super Summer: All Kinds of Summer Facts And Fun by Bruce Goldstone, a spirited look at all the things that fill our summer months. Fourth in Goldstone’s seasonal nonfiction series, young readers are given a colorful primer in many subjects that relate to the summer months (focusing on the … Continue reading Super Summer: All Kinds of Summer Facts And Fun (Bruce Goldstone)
Hello, friends! Our book today is Sign Off by Stephen Savage, a wordless picture book imagining of the secret lives of road sign figures. As twilight descends, the silhouetted deer on a road sign cannot resist: it stretches out of the sign to nibble the leaves hanging overhead. The farmer from the “tractor crossing” sign … Continue reading Sign Off (Stephen Savage)
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