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Each night just before bed, Papa reads Little Red Chicken a bedtime story. 'You're not going to interrupt the story tonight, are you?' 'Oh no, Papa. I'll be good.' But just as the story gets going and it looks as if there might be some trouble ahead, Little Red just can't help herself. She jumps into the story and finishes it swiftly saving the characters. Then, filled with excitement, she needs another story to settle her down before going to sleep. Can Papa come up with a solution that will get Little Red Chicken to listen to a whole story and go to sleep?
Awards won: Caldecott Honor 2011
Reviewed by: mec
Date read: 6/1/2011
ISBN-13: 9780763641689
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Is Your Buffalo Ready for Kindergarten?
Audrey Vernick (2010), 32 pages
Illustrated by Daniel Jennewein
Audience: Preschool - 1st Grade
This humorous take on starting kindergarten details the trials of starting kindergarten...for your buffalo. Detailing common kindergarten fears and giving them a silly spin, this book features a charming cartoon buffalo as he faces kindergarten for the first time. This is a funny, likable read even for those not beginning kindergarten.
Reviewed by: emc
Date read: 9/30/2010
ISBN-10: 006176275X
ISBN-13: 9780061762758
Isabel's Car Wash
Sheila Bair (2008), 32 pages
Illustrated by Judy Stead
Audience: 2nd Grade - 4th Grade
Isabel wants a Nelly Longhair doll, but she has only fifty cents. To make the ten dollars to buy the doll, she must come up with a plan. With the help of her friends, Isabel starts a car wash business and is on her way to earning the money! Will her business succeed? This picture book uses the story of Isabel's car wash business to explain simple principles about investing. An essay at the end of the book explains how the story relates to investment in the stock market.
Reviewed by: emc
Date read: 9/30/2010
ISBN-10: 0807536520
ISBN-13: 9780807536520
It's Hard to Be Five
Jamie Lee Curtis (2004), 40 pages
Illustrated by Laura Cornell
Audience: Preschool - Preschool
Category: Picture Books
In a story all five year olds can appreciate, this youngster relates the difficulties and disappointments of being a five. No longer a preschooler and 'little no more,' he bemoans the hardship of going to school when he just wants to play all day. Sitting still is a challenge, along with waiting one's turn and using good manners. Naturally, by the end he realizes and appreciates the advantages and fun that accompany the independence of being five.
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/28/2009
ISBN-10: 0060080957
ISBN-13: 9780060080952
Jack and the Beanstalk
E. Nesbit (2006), 48 pages
Illustrated by Matt Tavares
Audience: Preschool - 4th Grade
'Jack and the Beanstalk' by E. Nesbit is a rich retelling of the traditional Grimm's fairy tale, 'Jack and the Beanstalk'. This author cleverly weaves this story to include the reader in the adventures of a foolish boy who sells his family's only procession, a cow, for a handful of beautiful beans. The plot is predictable but the enriched story and illustrations spin a magic all their own.
Similar authors: Amanda Askew; Candance Fleming; H.C. Andersen; Steven Kellogg
Similar books: Grimm's Fairy Tales by Deanna McFadden;
A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz;
Little Red Riding Hood by Gennadii Spirin;
Jacques and de beanstalk by Mike Artell;
The Pied Piper's Magic by Steven Kellogg;
Jack and the Beanstalk: The graphic novel by B.A. Hocna
Reviewed by: mb
Date read: 7/27/2011
ISBN-10: 0763621242
ISBN-13: 9780763621247
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