Giving

Giving by Shirley Hughes

A simple story that shares the different ways of giving.

Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion

Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion retold by Verna Aardema, pictures by Jerry Pinkney
Rabbit repeatedly helps himself to honey found in Lion's calabash tree. After outsmarting Lion (making a monkey of him) a couple times, Rabbit realizes he shouldn't be eating the honey from Lion's tree.

Ho for a Hat!

Ho for a Hat! by William Jay Smith, illustrated by Lynn Munsinger
A rhyming celebration of hats.

Imogene's Antlers

Imogene's Antlers by David Small
How Imogene and her family deal and react when she wakes up with antlers one day.

Cat Goes Fiddle-i-fee

Cat Goes Fiddle-i-fee by Paul Galdone

Princess Grace

Princess Grace by Mary Hoffman, illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu

Grace learns that a princess can be more than a girl who wears a pink floaty dress. This books shares examples of princesses around the world and throughout history.

Cowgirl Rosie and Her Five Baby Bison

Cowgirl Rosie and Her Five Baby Bison by Stephen Gulbis

"Oh Calamity", on the way to town, Cowgirl Rosie's bison disappear one at a time. How do her and the sheriff find her missing bison?

Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock

Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock retold by Eric A. Kimmel, illustrated by Janet Stevens

Anansi uses the rock to play a trick on the other animals and in the end is taught a lesson.

Make Way for Ducklings

Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey

The duck parents find a place in Boston to raise their ducklings.

The Pumpkin Book

The Pumpkin Book by Gail Gibbons

Explains how to grow pumpkins from seeds, this history of pumpkins and Thanksgiving and Halloween and how to carve a pumpkin.

Spooky Spooky Spooky!

Spooky Spooky Spooky! by Cathy MacLennan

Bright illustrations of spooky Halloween critters.

Applesauce Season

Applesauce Season by Eden Ross Lipson, illustrated by Mordicai Gerstein

About a family's tradition of collecting apples from the market and making applesauce. Includes applesauce recipe.

Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf

Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert

The Golden Goose

The Golden Goose by the Brothers Grimm, retold and illustrated by Uri Shulevitz

Apple Farmer Annie

Apple Farmer Annie by Monica Wellington

Annie picks apples from her orchard and makes lots of different apple recipes and then sells the rest of her apples at the farmer's market. Includes recipes for applesauce, apple muffins and applesauce cake.

There are Monsters Everywhere

There are Monsters Everywhere by Mercer Mayer

Time to Sleep

Time to Sleep by Denise Fleming

Animals preparing to hibernate.

Giving Thanks

Giving Thanks by Jonathan London, paintings by Gregory Manchess

A father and son take a day hike through the woods and the father expresses thanks for the nature they see.

How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?

How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? is by Margaret McNamara and G. Brian Karas

The students count the seeds in different size pumpkins by twos, fives and tens to discover which pumpkin has the most

seeds.

Leaf Jumpers

Leaf Jumpers by Carole Gerber, illustrated by Leslie Evans identifies the trees different leaf shapes fall from with simple illustrations.

Our Online Bookshelf

Risa, Tali and I read a lot of awesome books. We've created this blog as a place to record and categorize what we read.