Submitted by Ms. Amanda!
Hugless Douglas by David Melling is an adorable book I fell in love with the minute I picked it up. Douglas is a brown bear who wakes up one spring morning and goes in search of a hug! He looks for a BIG hug, but when he hugs a rock he finds it is too heavy. He looks for a TALL hug, but when he hugs a tree he does it all wrong and gets splinters. Next he looks for a comfy hug in a bush, but finds the bush is filled with sheep who do not want to be hugged by a bear. Poor Douglas doesn’t know where to look next, so he asks an owl for a hug, but that just makes the owl angry. Then he finds a rabbit. The rabbit doesn’t want a hug either, but he knows where Douglas can find a hug. The rabbit takes Douglas by the paw and leads him to a cave. When Douglas goes in the cave to look for a hug, he finds someone he knows… his Mommy! Douglas then snuggles into the biggest, warmest hug! See this book listed in our catalog
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Zen Ghosts
Submitted by Ms. Tess!
Happy almost Halloween everyone! As we prepare for our Halloween parties at the library, I wanted to tell you about a beautiful book, Zen Ghosts by Jon J. Muth. If you’re familiar with Muth’s other Zen books, then you already know Stillwater the panda, and his friends Karl, Michael, and Addy. It’s Halloween, and the kids are getting their costumes ready. Karl is going to be a monster, Michael either an owl or a pirate. Or an owl pirate. But Addy’s moon princess costume reminds Stillwater of an ancient Chinese ghost story, the chilling tale of a girl named Senjo who appears to be in two places at once… The story is an example of a koan, as Mr. Muth explains in an author’s note at the end of the book, or a question to contemplate. There is really no right or wrong answer; to intuit is the only point. This may seem like a slightly advanced concept for your child, but consider that the idea of duality is one a person begins to process very early in life: “There’s the me I am with my parents, the me I am with my friends, and there is still another me with a different group of friends.” Have a philosophical conversation with your youngster, or just enjoy a spooky story, with gorgeous illustrations, with Zen Ghosts. See this book listed in our catalog
Baby Bear’s Books
Submitted by Ms. Janis!
Bears! Bears! Bears!
Bear Snores On
Submitted by Ms. Jill!