Tag Archives: imagination

Walter Was Worried

Posted on September 12, 2011 by

Laura Vaccaro Seeger’s expressive faces show a range of emotion from worry to delight while a storm rolls in.  Walter Was Worried is a unique picture book, capturing the feeling behind each reaction to the storm, giving children the vocabulary to … Continue reading →

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Scones and Sensibility

Posted on May 3, 2011 by

For those who wish we lived in a more romantic age, enter Lindsay Eland’s Scones and Sensibility.  Polly Madassa is a self-made matchmaker, and fancies herself as Anne of Green Gables or a Jane Austen heroine.  While immersing herself in … Continue reading →

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The Magician’s Elephant

Posted on March 21, 2011 by

Kate DiCamillo’s beautiful story about a boy searching for his sister and an elephant, and the adults surrounding them touches on tragedy, belief and hope.  Who cannot help but ache for Peter, who is being raised by a harsh old … Continue reading →

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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Posted on January 14, 2011 by

The first time I read this, I was mesmerized by the book and read most of it on the cold hallway floor by the bookshelf where I found the book.  It is still a favorite, standing up to repeated readings … Continue reading →

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Stella: Queen of the Snow

Posted on December 7, 2010 by

Twenty-eight questions are presented in Mari-Louise Gay’s Stella: Queen of the Snow. Sam’s fears about his first snowstorm are imaginatively answered by Stella, who is delighted by all things snowy. This is an excellent book to use for brainstorming snow … Continue reading →

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Chimps Don’t Wear Glasses

Posted on November 30, 2010 by

This is my favorite Laura Numeroff book because it is more zany than the rest.  It’s short, cleverly rhymed and poses a question at the end for the pondering of little listeners or readers.  No, chimps don’t wear glasses and … Continue reading →

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Ben’s Trumpet

Posted on November 29, 2010 by

Rachel Isadora’s book is everything a book about music should be.  It has soulful pictures that echo the words which evoke the music inherent in the prose.  I have heard the recorded version of Ben’s Trumpet and it is very … Continue reading →

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