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THE CHRISTMAS MAGIC

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Thompson
Author's First Name: 
Lauren
Illustrator's First Name: 
Jon J.
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Muth
Publisher: 
Scholastic
Publication Date: 
2009

From his bunny slippers to his bald pate, this is not your average Santa. Muth's pastel and watercolor illustrations underscore the domesticity of this seasonal offering.

THE SLEEPY LITTLE ALPHABET: A BEDTIME STORY FROM ALPHABET TOWN

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Sierra
Author's First Name: 
Judy
Illustrator's First Name: 
Melissa
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Sweet
Publisher: 
Knopf
Publication Date: 
2009

Playful verse and silly illustrations convey the long process and many mishaps as parents (upper case letters) try to get children (lower case letters) tucked in for the night. Fun, fun, fun!

BUTTON UP! WRINKLED RHYMES

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Schertle
Author's First Name: 
Alice
Illustrator's First Name: 
Petra
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Mathers
Publisher: 
Harcourt
Publication Date: 
2009

From undies to an old t-shirt, an assortment of clothing worn by unique critters proclaims their joy and sorrow in a variety of playful rhymes matched with charming watercolor illustrations.

ALL THE WORLD

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Scanlon
Author's First Name: 
Liz Garton
Illustrator's First Name: 
Marla
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Frazee
Publisher: 
Beach Lane
Publication Date: 
2009

Scanlon's graceful rhyming text, a tribute to our intersecting lives, is perfectly matched by Frazee's soft watercolor and pencil illustrations which braid together a day's worth of stories that end under a starlit sky.

THE SNOW DAY

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Sakai
Author's First Name: 
Komako
Publisher: 
Arthur A. Levine
Publication Date: 
2009

A young bunny shares the extra hours an unexpected snowfall brings: playing cards with his mother, making snow dumplings, and taking a walk. Chalky figures set against dark backgrounds evoke the wonder and tranquility of this ordinary event.

DUCK! RABBIT!

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Rosenthal
Author's First Name: 
Amy Krouse
Illustrator's First Name: 
Tom
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Lichtenheld
Publisher: 
Chronicle

A playful take on the age-old optical illusion. The readers are looking at an adorable duck in this book. Or is it a rabbit? It depends on how you look at it! Read, study, and decide for yourself.

THE LION & THE MOUSE

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Pinkney
Author's First Name: 
Jerry
Publisher: 
Little, Brown
Publication Date: 
2009

Aesop's familiar fable is sumptuously re-imagined in an almost wordless presentation that sweeps readers from the vastness of the Serengeti plains down to a tiny mouse dwarfed by a lion's paw print.

HIGHER! HIGHER!

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Patricelli
Author's First Name: 
Leslie
Publisher: 
Candlewick
Publication Date: 
2009

Bold, bright colors propel this swing rider successively to out-of-this-world heights and home again. Toddlers or preschoolers will delight in re-enacting this with every playground visit… and even in between.

 

POSY

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Newbery
Author's First Name: 
Linda
Illustrator's First Name: 
Catherine
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Rayner
Publisher: 
Atheneum
Publication Date: 
2009

The very essence of kittenhood, caught in mid-action! Pairs of rhyming descriptors accompany each Posy-pose, while vibrant watercolors in tan, brown, orange, and white stripes accentuate her cat-ness on each creamy blank page.

 

WAITING FOR WINTER

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Meschenmoser
Author's First Name: 
Sebastian
Publisher: 
Kane/Miller
Publication Date: 
2009

Deer knows that winter brings snow, but Squirrel, who hasn’t seen it yet, skips hibernation to wait for it. Squirrel, Hedgehog, and Bear all search and find what they think is snow, delighting young listeners as the flakes finally arrives. 

 

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