How to say hello to a worm

 How to say hello to a worm: A First Guide to Outside Kari Percival c) 2022 Ezra Jack Keats Award winner!

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This book celebrates the joys of lettuce and mud and ladybugs and worms and bees and strawberries and carrots and the PATIENCE one needs to harvest peas! Lovely!

Toto's Apple

 Toto's Apple, Mathieu Lavoie, c) 2016

 

Toto is willing to experiment with lots of different ideas to get a hold of an apple.

So clever: He makes a fake worm and when bird swoops down for it, Toto takes a ride on the bird's wing. Next, he paints himself so he can camouflage in squirrel's fur. His third try (to get to the apple) is to make wings and fly like a butterfly. Unexpected luck happens when Didi's mom takes a ladder and gets the apple down from the tree for Didi. The ending is a huge surprise...will everything be okay?

Ear worm!

 Ear worm! (Shimmy shimmy, no-sashay...) Jo Knowles; illustrated by Galia Bernstein C) 2022

 

Owl explains to worm that he has an ear worm=a song stuck in his head! As he tries to find out from other animals if they put it there, they have ear worms of their own. Very funny! Ultimately, when worm is being sung to at bedtime by his dad, the mystery is resolved!

Charming, because goldfish need a vacation, too!

This book is an absolute delight. And it made me so happy to read that this is based on a true story of what happened in New York over the summers of 1992 to 2005. Can you imagine a beautiful fountain where kids could bring their goldfish to have a summer vacation? This was mostly to attract kids who weren't leaving the city themselves to have a fun place to visit! The fountain was first filled with lily pads and reeds and shining water. The kids come to collect their goldfish at the end of the summer. My adult mind asked, "How would they know their fish?" They didn't! They just took home whichever ones they caught. So cool!!! Creative!!! Magical!

 

Bubbles & Giggles

 This is a book about finding the joy even in the face of a disaster. Lovely. A tornado comes through and then a family finds happiness by playing with bubbles. So very sweet and hopeful.

Mixing up the seasons!

 

A priceless giggly book for a frigid day. Cow dresses for winter during Spring, Summer and Fall. When winter comes around, her confusion puts her in the mood for summer dressing...a lot of us are thinking about summer today! I used this title for READ ACROSS THE COMMUNITY, 2023.

 

A great way to learn the geography of North & South America!

 Penguin is from Antarctica and Polar Bear is from the Arctic. They agree to meet in the middle. Thus begins a fantastic study in the geography of North and South America. The character of the arctic tern makes it all happen. Delightful!