A cuddly, colorful little dragon is lost, and he's looking for someone who will want him. He encounters a witch, a knight, and a princess, but there is always a reason he cannot stay with them. Just as he's ready to give up, his mommy appears ' ready to give him a kiss and a cuddle. This rhyming story has a sweet, gentle feel.

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 4/28/2009

ISBN-10: 0439672376

ISBN-13: 9780439672375

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Herb doesn't just love stories, he loves the pictures in the storybooks. His love of books is so great that one night during a sleepover, when he falls asleep on top of a book, he actually falls into a storybook. His first encounter is with the bratty Goldilocks and the three nice bears. He runs through multiple pages of the book, meeting different characters along the way, until he comes to Cinderella's castle. Here, Herb's previous period of book defacing comes back to haunt him. The characters in the book are not amused at the mustaches he drew on them, or the fact that he cut out the Queen's throne and drew telephones in all of the pages of his book. It seems like almost everyone in the storybook world is after Herb for his treatment of books, but will the fairy god mother and Cinderella be able to help him? Find out with Lauren Child's mixed-up fairy tale!

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 6/29/2009

ISBN-10: 0786809264

ISBN-13: 9780786809264

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A rhyming book about a librarian who drives her bookmobile into the zoo, this story is filled with lively illustrations for the young animal lover. The pictures are bright, dynamic, and engaging, and the rhymes are clever. Younger kids will enjoy the illustrations and the sound of the rhymes, while older picture book lovers can be exposed to new vocabulary as they enjoy the story.

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 7/6/2009

ISBN-10: 037582538X

ISBN-13: 9780375825385

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Willow's words come out so quietly, no one can hear her. As a result, she sits alone at lunch, her teacher gives her the wrong kind of juice, and she never gets her turn to be Line Leader. Willow wishes she could make her words louder. Then, she has an idea! Find out how Willow finds her voice in Willow's Whispers. Gentle lines, poetic language, and ample white space lend a peaceful quality to this book.

Reviewed by: emc

Date read: 8/26/2010

ISBN-10: 1554532809

ISBN-13: 9781554532803

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Tom Edison was always into something. In the book, 'Wizard from the Start: The Incredible Boyhood and Amazing Inventions of Thomas Edison' by Don Brown you get to know Thomas as a young boy in Michigan up until his invention of the light bulb in 1879. Thomas Edison's thirst for knowledge, adventurous spirit, and his nack for getting into mischief led him on an amazing journey of discoveries.

Similar authors: David A. Adler; Haydn Middleton; Ellen Dolan

Similar books: A Picture Book of Thomas Ava Edison by David A. Adler; Thomas Edison: Inventor, Scientist, and Genius by Lori Mortensen; Hurray for Inventors by Marcia Williams; Inventions: Inventors and Ingenious Ideas by Peter Turvey; Brainstorm: The Stories of Twenty American Kid Inventors by Tom Tucker; 10 Inventors who Changed the World by Clive Gifford

Reviewed by: mb

Date read: 7/23/2010

ISBN-10: 0547194870

ISBN-13: 9780547194875

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