All Ages

How many times have we all missed an opportunity to be kind to someone?  Chloe doesn't really know why she turns away from the new girl, Maya, when Maya tries to befriend her.  And every time Maya asks if she can play with Chloe and the other girls, the answer is always no.  So Maya ends up playing alone. And then one day she's gone.  This is a beautiful story with a powerful message that will stick with you long after you close the cover of the book.

All the animals in the diner order two eggs. The fun is to see the different variety. The same and different.

This clever book about a princess and  a pig that accidentally swap places makes references to famous fairy tales throughout the story with the repeat line of "It's the sort of thing that happens all the time in books". Except things that usually happen in those other books doesn't happen here. This would be a great family read for children well versed in popular fairy tales and may motivate the adults doing the reading to introduce their children to them.

Here is another winner from Eric Litwin featuring the now famous Pete the Cat ( I love my white shoes). This time Pete goes to school and he's rocking in his school shoes all over the place. Young readers and/or audiences are given clues about where Pete is going next in the tour of his school and once he arrives at his destinations Pete reads, eats, plays, etc. in his  cool school shoes. The illustrations are again original and fun and of course, singing the "chorus" of this book makes it another fun read along. We intend to use this book for our annual Kindergarten visits during National Library Card Sign Up Month. Could there be a young child alive that does not want to go to school after having this book read to them? I doubt it.