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The Best Time of Day 3 reviews
Eileen Spinelli
Voyager Books, 2007
What's your "Best Time of the Day?"
What's your "Best Time of the Day?" For everybody it is a little different. In this cute book, we get to meet the whole farm community, and take a peek at their favorite time of the day. The pictures are brightly colored, and fill the pages, making this book an instant hit. My three-year-old loves this book, and your young reader will too!
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Beverly Billingsly Borrows a Book 1 review
Alexander Stadler
Voyager Books, 2006
For Young Bibliophiles Everywhere...
Beverly Billingsly loved books, and she loved the library. On this special day, she finally got her very own library card. She searched the shelves until she found just the book she wanted, a big shiny dinosaur book full of pictures and information. "She couldn't put it down. On Wednesday, after school, she studied the iguanodon. On Thursday and Friday, she read about the ankylosaurus..." Beverly ...
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All You Need for a Snowman 5 reviews
Alice Schertle
Voyager Books, 2007
A New Classic!
This book, with its inviting watercolors and wonderful use of words is a new favorite of mine. A snowman, built very simply yet lovingly by a neighborhood full of children is perfect for a warm cuddle with your favorite toddler. A perfect picture book.
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B Is for Bulldozer: A Construction ABC9 reviews
June Sobel
Voyager Books, 2006
B is for lots of reading fun
I got this book for my son who is in love with construction vehicles thinking it would be another way to teach the alphabet. The illustrations are terrific - lots of things to see, name and tell the color of. The story, while it rhymes, uses lots of words, not just the same simple ones over and over. (I didn't know it rhymed until I read it on my own without stopping to comment on every little ...
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Arithme-Tickle: An Even Number of Odd Riddle-Rhymes2 reviews
J. Patrick Lewis
Voyager Books, 2007
Sharpen Your Pencil.....
Math is fun, loads of fun, in this delightful collection of eighteen rhyming riddles. J Patrick Lewis challenges kids to sharpen their pencils and use their brains to solve these clever word puzzles. With a little addition here, some subtraction there, or maybe multiplication, and division you'll find the answer in no time. Frank Remkiewicz's bold, bright, and charming illustrations add to the ...
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The Baker's Dozen2 reviews
Heather Forest
Voyager Books, 1993
The Baker's Dozen
As a professional storyteller, I am always on the look out for stories that explain "why things are," and "how they came to be."
This will be a delightful tale to add to my collection and use in my drama classes.
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Before I Was Your Mother4 reviews
Kathryn Lasky
Voyager Books, 2007
Tugs on the heartstrings
I received this book for Mother's Day from a dear friend who supported me through a long struggle with infertility. I was blessed to give birth to my daughter Caitlin in September, 2000. This book is wonderfully touching as a mother tells her daughter about what she was like before she became a mother, and how much she longed to someday be a mom. She tells her daughter, Katie, how she named all ...
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Abe Lincoln Grows Up1 review
Carl Sandburg
Voyager Books, 1975
A home-style, family book for everyone
If you enjoy history and want a clean read that will keep you hooked cover to cover than this is the book for you! I found this children's book a fun read that would be great for adults and kids alike if they are trying to rekindle their innocent, free-spirit days as a child! It takes you from Abe's youth to his adolescent and the history of his aduldhood. What a great read!
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The Alphabet Parade1 review
Seymour Chwast
Voyager Books, 1994
A wonderful parade, with spectators playing a big part!
I thought this alphabet book was one of the most creative I've ever seen! What I loved the most was the way the parade spectators were a big part of the story---just about every one also stood for the letter of the alphabet they were viewing. Probably EVERY one did, but some of the references are so clever and non-standard that I couldn't figure them out---always fun to be able to read a book ...
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Bebe Goes Shopping3 reviews
Susan Middleton Elya
Voyager Books, 2008
"He tugs on a carton with mucho colores."
This is a delightful mix of language (Spanish and English) with a great adventure in a supermarket (supermercado), as a young mother takes her baby to shop the colorful aisles of the store, every bright color catching his eye and stimulating him to touch and explore. The illustrations are rich and energetic; as the text uses unfamiliar words, the art work easily indicates the context, making ...
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Beverly Billingsly Takes a Bow1 review
Alexander Stadler
Voyager Books, 2007
no small parts
Beverly Billingsly gets a trunk full of costumes from her aunt for her birthday. She loved to try them on a pretend to be various people. That is why she is very excited to hear that her school will be doing a play. She tries out for the play but things don't go well. She gets stage fright when she sees all of her classmates looking at her. She is given the part of a stone wall and a shrub. ...
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Bubba and Beau Meet the Relatives (Bubba And Beau)4 reviews
Kathi Appelt
Voyager Books, 2008
Fun for kids & parents!
We started by checking out the Bubba and Beau books from the library, but quickly found we read them every day and the books were due back. So, we bought the books, and (as Appelt would put it) honey, it was better than pickled eggs! Meet the Relatives has to be my personal favorite of the 3. Can't help but read it with a slight twang. We enjoy it so much, we're sending the books to cousins ...
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Can You Do This, Old Badger? (Badger Books)3 reviews
Eve Bunting
Voyager Books, 2004
The perfect father's day story.
Amid colorful, tender and beautiful illustrations comes a heartwarming tale of a relationship between father and son. Meet Old Badger and his spirited Little Badger as they share their knowledge of the badger ways. Little Badger has much to learn despite his youthful enthusiasm. The tenderness shared between the two is skillfully rendered in the detailed works of first-time illustrator ...
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Bubba and Beau Go Night-Night (Bubba And Beau)2 reviews
Kathi Appelt
Voyager Books, 2006
Perfect for country kids
I'm a librarian in rural Washington. The Bubba and Beau series is perfect for country Dads and Grandpas to read to kids age 3-8. I especially like this one, because it shows big and little Bubba traveling together. Where I live most kids do travel with their dads running errands for the farm.
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Brunus and the New Bear2 reviews
Ellen Stoll Walsh
Voyager Books, 1993
Brilliant early work by the author of Mouse Paint
I secretly prefer Brunus and the New Bear to the later works of renowned author and artist Ellen Stoll Walsh, probably because I remember reading it when my own children were very young. When a boy named Benjamin receives a new teddy bear, his "old" bear Brunus grows jealous and tries to hide his rival under the rug. This book charmingly tells the story of sibling rivalry in a way children will ...
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Can I Be Good?5 reviews
Livingston Taylor
Voyager Books, 1997
Beautiful pictures and poetic text make this a favorite with
The story is about a golden retriever who tries to be good, but can't help getting into mischief along the way...what child can't relate to that!? This book sparked so many ideas and conversationsin my preschool class, the children were excited about it for weeks. The illustrations by Ted rand are wonderful.
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Boris and Bella11 reviews
Carolyn Crimi
Voyager Books, 2006
Boris and Bella
I purchased this book along with several others along the same vane for my Grand Daughters. age 2 and 4 to eventually enjoy as I know they will. I am their Gran Pa and are really looking forward to reading it to them when they are old enough. Great illustrations which go great with a twist of the tale....
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Calavera Abecedario: A Day of the Dead Alphabet Book1 review
Jeanette Winter
Voyager Books, 2006
Terrifico!
This book is wonderfully illustrated, and kids love it. It has a great deal of re-read value for kids because the illustrations are so detailed. The Spanish is easy and many of the words listed are very similar to their English counterparts. El Dia de los Muertos is fun anytime of the year, and this book is a visual treat...
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Boo!: A Preston Pig Story3 reviews
Colin McNaughton
Voyager Books, 1999
BOO!
An adorable story about Preston the Masked Avenger who sneaks throughout the town scaring his neighbors with his bellowing "Boo!" All is fun and games until Preston decides to scare his father and is sent to his room with out dinner. Children will love the suspense and comedy of the story. Adults will enjoy the subtle humor; such as Mr. Wolf's house having a posted sign "No Wood Cutters" ...
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Cat Tricks1 review
Keith Baker
Voyager Books, 2000
My sons loved this book!
This is an excellent book for preschoolers. Toddlers love the repetition and bright pictures, and preschoolers really enjoy the creative transitions in the illustrations and the easy-to-read phrases. My oldest son liked this book so much when he checked it out of the library, I had to order a copy for him to keep!
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