Submitted by Ms. Tammy!
A Balloon for Isabel by Deborah Underwood. The animals are excited to be graduating from kindergarten. Every animal will receive a brightly colored balloon at graduation, except the porcupines–they will be receiving bookmarks. Isabel and her porcupine friends really want a balloon. She points out to her teacher that they have already received bookmarks for all the previous holidays. Her teacher refuses to change her mind, it being dangerous to give a porcupine a balloon. Isabel starts to think of different plans to solve the problem of their quills popping the balloons. She wears a pop-stopper box to breakfast. When this doesn’t work, she straps on pillows, and eventually tries wrapping her friend in packing bubbles. Finally, on the day of graduation, a solution is found: gumdrops on their quills to cover the points! In the end, her porcupine teacher is revealed, wearing gumdrops on her quills, and holding a special balloon of her very own! See this book listed in our catalog
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Bear Snores On
Submitted by Ms. Jill!
Cupcake
The Wide-Mouthed Frog
Submitted by Ms. Catherine!
I love pop-up books, and I love frogs. So, when I found The Wide-Mouthed Frog, I was very excited! This book, written by Keith Faulkner and illustrated by Jonathan Lambert, is now one of my favorites. The friendly frog, with is pop-up wide mouth, goes from animal to animal asking what each one eats. The bird eats worms, and the mouse eats berries. But the alligator wants to eat “delicious wide mouth frogs!” What is a frog to do? Children will laugh at how the frog solves his problem, and avoids becoming dinner. This is a short and simple book that is great to read aloud. Kids will love the bright pictures and the fun pop-outs on each page. See this book listed in our catalog OR learn to make your own pop-up book
Princess Pigtoria and the Pea
Submitted by Ms. Carol!
Princess Pigtoria and the Pea written by Pamela Duncan Edwards and illustrated by Henry Cole is the classic story of the princess and the pea with a little twist, since the princess in this story is a pig! Princess Pigtoria has a problem: her palace is a pigsty and she has no money to fix it up. She sees an ad in the paper requesting a bride for the prince and she figures if she marries the prince maybe he would help her fix up her palace. The prince is very picky and so when he meets Pigtoria he is not at all polite. He decides to place a pea under her pillows to see if Pigtoria is a proper princess, since only a proper princess would be able to feel such a small pea. In the meantime, Pigtoria meets Percy the Pizza Pig when she orders a pizza. They eat and dance the night away! Then Pigtoria goes to bed. Pigtoria can’t sleep because all the pizza, popcorn, and pie crumbs are pressing through her pajamas. She tells the prince the next morning what an awful night sleep she had and of course the prince is very happy and assumes he has found the proper princess since Pigtoria, he thought, had felt the pea. When Pigtoria finds out that the prince had placed a pea under her pillows she is very angry, and decides she likes Percy the Pizza Pig much better. So Pigtoria marries Percy and lives happily ever after! A very cute sory based on an old classic. See this book listed in our catalog