Sweet Baby Feet by
Margaret O’Hair, illustrated by Tracy Dockray
A quick rhyming story about those chubby, cuddly, bouncy
baby feet. If you have a toddler in the house, this is a must read. Can’t wait
to try it with Wes.
The Chandeliers by
Vincent X. Kirsch
The Chandeliers are a family of performing giraffes and
until the night of the multiple disasters, Rufus just sits on the sidelines and
watches. But, on this, his night of nights, he helps his granny with her
costume and his uncle with his lines, he rescues his great-granddaddy and
covers for the lighting tech. He does it all, and he gets to take a bow at the
end. Hooray for Rufus and all the youngest family members who wait in the
sidelines to have their turn in the family spotlight.
The Forgiveness Garden
by Lauren Thompson, illustrated by Christy Hale
Dr. Suess told similar stories in the Sneeches and the Butter
Battle Book, but it is a story worth telling and one that unfortunately still needs to be heard. The
Vayams and the Gamtes are fighting and a young Vayam woman is wounded. When her people capture
the Gamte who threw the stone at her head, it is her place to throw the first
stone at him. But, she refuses. She encourages her people to work with the
Gamte people to make a forgiveness garden. The endnotes describe a forgiveness
garden in Beirut, Lebanon. My favorite line in the book is at the end when the
injured girl and her attacker sit in the garden for the first time, “What do
you think they said?” Use this to start the discussion.
Suryia Swims by
Bhagavan Antle and Thea Feldman, photographs by Barry Bland.
Suryia is an orangutan and orangutans do not swim; but
Suryia learns to swim with her best friend, Roscoe, the dog. Told in short,
simple sentences, the reader follows Suryia in her progression from bathing, to
dunking her head in the pool, to frolicking and playing with elephants, tigers
and an otter. The photographs make this book with several great underwater
shots! (True story)
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