Submitted by Mr. Eric!

Submitted by Mr. Eric!
Submitted by Ms. Karen!
All good stories have a beginning and an end, of course, but oh, the middle! The middle is where the story really happens, and the young storyteller in One Day, The End by Rebecca Kai Dotlich, illustrated by Fred Koehler, shares her stories with us to that effect. Each page has a large text beginning and end, but the pictures actually carry the middle where her story is found. In “I Went to School. I Came Home. The End” we are offered small glimpses of the triumphs and failures she experiences during one day at school. In “One Day I Made Something. I Gave It to My Mom. The End” we watch as the storyteller’s creativity splashes (literally) across the kitchen in pursuit of the perfect gift for her mother, with the last story summing up all of her tales! A beautiful cross between word-book and wordless-book, this story is great for lap time reading with pre and early readers, and for helping teach your young writers learn about story structure. See this book listed in our catalog
Submitted by Ms. Karen!
The Farmer and the Clown by Marla Frazee. A small clown boy bounces unnoticed off of the circus train out on the wide empty prairie. Empty, except for a solitary old farmer, who comes to the rescue of the boy. Too far away to signal the train, he takes the little clown by the hand, and returns to his tiny home to care for the boy ’til the train might return. With muted color and simple pictures that somehow convey so much (watch the priceless facial expressions), this wonderful wordless book describes the “Now what?” as the unsure old man and the lost little clown begin a friendship, eating, working, and playing together. Egg juggling anyone? At last, when the little clown’s family comes for him, the tiny clown and the farmer part as dear friends, and all is well. Your littles will love telling you this story as they “read” the pictures to you. See this book listed in our catalog
Submitted by Ms. Carol!
Where’s Walrus? And Penguin? by Stephen Savage is a wordless book with fun illustrations and a cute story. Walrus and Penguin leave the zoo one rainy day for a day out on the town. The zookeeper looks everywhere for them. Help your child look for Walrus and Penguin throughout the book and see if your child can pick them out. Walrus and Penguin try to disguise themselves to avoid getting caught by the zookeeper. Their disguises are pretty obvious and very comical. They hide from the zookeeper throughout the whole book until the end when Walrus gets injured playing baseball and has to go to the hospital where he meets the Walrus nurse and they all end up back at the zoo for the Walrus wedding in this very cute, entertaining book. See this book listed in our catalog
Submitted by Mr. Eric!
Submitted by Ms. Cassie!
Bee & Bird is a charming wordless story illustrated by the iconic artist Craig Frazier. With bold colors and graphic lines Frazier tells, or rather shows, us the adventures of a little red bird and a buzzing bee as they journey from Bird’s home in a tree to Bee’s hive. The illustrations use interesting plays on perspective to draw in the viewer. For instance, the first pages are distinct black and gold bands, but once the pages are turned we realize these are the zoomed-in stripes of Bee. This book may be especially enjoyed by little ones who does not always have the patience to listen to a story. The vibrant illustrations will be sure to interest even the most distracted reader. See this book listed in our catalog