Jenny and Joanna wake up ready for a normal school day. But as they rub their eyes, they hear Grandma's voice at the door. Grandma says, 'Sometimes, some things are more important than school.' When Mom and Dad hear the plan, they agree, but Grandma won't tell the girls what the big surprise is. Their journey takes them out to breakfast, on the subway, and eventually to a baseball stadium to see a real game and to sing America's favorite song, 'Take Me Out to the Ballgame.' This book is full of beautiful illustrations that show just what we love most about baseball, from the peanuts, to the players, to the seventh inning stretch, to the last out. Jenny and Joanna discover that just this once, baseball (and of course, spending time with Grandma) is much more important than school. This book is perfect for anyone who loves the game of baseball or who wants to learn 'Take Me Out to the Ballgame'.

Reviewed by: mkl

Date read: 8/12/2009

ISBN-10: 1550418971

ISBN-13: 9781550418972

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This story is based on a trickster tale about Tricky Fox. Tricky brags to Brother Fox that stealing chickens is too easy: he is going to steal a pig. Brother Fox makes a bet that Tricky can't do it, and the game is afoot. Tricky starts by putting a log in an old sack. He waits until evening and then knocks on an old lady's door. He tells her how old and tired he is and asks to spend the night. When she lets him in, he makes a big deal over how worried he is that someone will touch his sack. She promises to watch the sack for him, but true to human nature, she can't help but take a peak. The next morning, the fox starts exclaiming that someone stole his loaf of bread and replaced it with an old log. The woman does not want to admit that she had looked in the sack, so she calms him by giving him a loaf of bread from her own pantry. Tricky Fox then repeats this trick several nights in a row, trading up to a chicken and finally the pig that he is after. But the last little old lady has a trick of her own to play on dear Tricky Fox.

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 6/29/2009

ISBN-10: 0439095433

ISBN-13: 9780439095433

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Everyone helps to plant the village vegetable garden except Spider, who refuses to cooperate. One day, Spider grows tired of eating plain rice, and he decides he's entitled to some of the village vegetables. When he arrives at the garden, he's in for a shock: the vegetables start talking to him! Next, they try to trap him in the garden! Will Spider escape? Will he succeed in picking any fresh vegetables to dress his plain rice?

Reviewed by: emc

Date read: 7/22/2010

ISBN-10: 0805077421

ISBN-13: 9780805077421

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This is a lively adaptation of the classic rhyme 'Ten Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed.' After these ten little monkeys jump on the bed they run out of the house to see what kind of monkey business they can get into outside. Try finding the naughtiest monkey in every scene and watch as she pays the consequences in the end.

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 4/28/2009

ISBN-10: 0060599057

ISBN-13: 9780060599058

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Puppy lovers will enjoy seeing ten puppies adopted and raised. With colorful illustrations, the different puppies are compared by their features, each time with the two groups of puppies numbering a total of ten. 'Nine had pink tongues. One had a blue tongue.' This work might be used to identify a number of concepts (colors, shapes, and numbers), as an introduction and practice tool for simple addition, or simply as a counting book for the youngest children.

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 4/28/2009

ISBN-10: 0060086440

ISBN-13: 9780060086442

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