Penny and her Song by Kevin Henkes

Penny has a new song. Penny wants to share her new song. Every time she tries to share her song, she is told, "NO!" Mama and Papa do not want the babies woken up. Mama and Papa say no singing at the table. Will Penny ever get to share her song? What will her family think of her new song?

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10 Hungry Rabbits by Anita Lobel

Ten hungry rabbits are helping Mama Rabbit add to the soup pot for dinner. Each rabbit adds another item which of course is a different color.

"...NINE GREEN peas in a pod...TEN BLACK peppercorns in his pocket..."

Great concept book about colors and numbers as well as vegetables. Simple to read and understand.

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Otto The Book Bear by Katie Cleminson

Feel like I am FINALLY starting to get my head above water....waiver day presentation of grades 3-5 picture books - check; levy passed - check (though this is not all sunshine and roses as unfortunately, cuts still have to be made including some cuts in the library program as well as many other programs district wide....but that is a discussion for another day). So I am now trying to catch up on my younger picture book reading which thanks to my wonderful soon-to-be- 4 year old son, I have my audience always ready and waiting!

This is a new favorite of mine! I paired this book with Dog Loves Books (by Louise Yates) and The Wonderful Book (by Leonid Gore) for my first grade classes today. Otto is a book bear. What is a book bear? A bear that lives in a book of course! And at night Otto climbs out of his book to explore and read. He is quite content with his life until the day he is out of his book exploring and gets left behind. Otto decides to take off on an adventure but soon realizes he is not so crazy about what he finds. Finally he comes upon a building with lots of.....BOOKS!!! He soon discovers many book creatures within the rows and rows of books. Otto is once again happy to be

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What We Wear: Dressing Up Around the World

LOVE this book.....children from 45 countries are included in this colorful, simply written book about the way cultures all over the globe dress. Love this book....part of the proceeds from the book's sales will be donated to The Global Fund for Children. Love this book...BECAUSE KAZAKHSTAN IS REPRESENTED!!! WOOHOO!!!! Guess who will be buying this book?? Any book with my baby boy's birth country in it.....gets a special spot on our book shelf!

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Zero the Hero by Joan Holub

The other numbers think zero is worth nothing…nada….diddly squat….useless. From addition to subtraction, zero is nonexistent! When it comes to division, forget it. Zero decides to roll away. Then one day, Zero the Hero must swoop in and help save the day when the other numbers are taken over by the Roman Numerals. This book is HILARIOUS!! I was cracking up the whole time....HOWEVER reading it aloud to a group of kids may be challenging as the quotes in speech bubbles really make it funnier but may be hard to include in the reading aloud. Some kids may not get all the humor.

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