Picture Books
A picture book provides you with a visual experience. The illustrations are as important and sometimes more important than the words.
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Crayons on Strike?
by Drew Daywalk
Illustrated by Oliver Jeffers
A story about a boy who gets a stack of letters from his fed up crayons. Each crayon takes turns writing a letter about why they quit. But Duncan finds ways to make them happy so that they don't quit."
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Folktale
A Spanish version of the Gingerbread Man
The Gingerbread Man
There are different versions of the Gingerbread Man....
Take a look at these two books. What differences do you notice? What are the similarities?
Award Winning
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
by Mo Willems
When a bus driver takes a break from his route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take his place-a pigeon! But you've never met one like this before. As he pleads, wheedles, and begs his way through the book, children will love being able to answer back and decide his fate.​ ~Amazon
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Award Winning
by Jane Yolen; Illustrator: John Schoeherr
"Late one winter night a little girl and her father go owling. The trees stand still as statues and the world is silent as a dream. Whoo-whoo-whoo, the father calls to the mysterious nighttime bird. But there is no answer. Wordlessly the two companions walk along, for when you go owling you don't need words. You don't need anything but hope. Sometimes there isn't an owl, but sometimes there is". Goodreads
by Maurice Sendak
Max is sent to bed without his dinner. His room transforms and takes Max to a place where the Wild Things are. "But when Max has sent the monsters to bed, and everything is quiet, he starts to feel lonely and realizes it is time to sail home to the place where someone loves him best of all." Goodreads
A Classic
by Earl Carle
The very hungry caterpillar eats his way through the pages of the book. This colorful book can be enjoyed by children of all ages.
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Finding Kindness
by Shel Silverstein
Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk...and the tree was happy. But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave and gave." Goodreads
