Part-time Princess by Deborah Underwood

During the day she does regular girl stuff but at night she becomes a princess.  With the princess crown on her head she gets right to work doing, sliding down fire poles to save the kingdom, lassoing dragons, and going to school.  Not your typical princess, there are lots of fun and activity for this young princess before dancing in a sparkly dress at the ball!  Young princess loving girls will enjoy this fun twist on the ever popular princess tale.

Text:  4 Buckeye leaves
Illustrations:  4 Buckeye leaves

Don't Play With Your Food by Bob Shea

Buddy the monster is excited when he comes upon some bunnies.  He plans to gobble them up!  What Buddy does NOT know is he is dealing with some pretty smart bunnies.  The smart bunnies are able to convince Buddy NOT to eat them by agreeing to make them cupcakes.  Of course after indulging in the delicious cupcakes Buddy does not have ANY room left to eat up any bunnies so he decides to come back the next day.  When he comes back the next day planning to gobble up the bunnies, the bunnies convince him to instead go swimming.  After being reminded he should not eat BEFORE he swims, he decides to wait until after swimming to eat the bunnies but falls asleep instead.  On and on the bunnies are able to trick the monster into NOT eat them.  In the end  Buddy has an important decision to make regarding his tummy and the bunnies.  Children will enjoy watching the not-so-scary-but-a-little-silly-monster be tricked and outfoxed by the bunnies.  Sure to be a hit with kids of all ages. 

Text:  5 Buckeye leaves

Illustrations:  5 Buckeye leaves (fits the text perfectly)

Lola Goes to Work: A Nine-to-Five Therapy Dog by Marcia Goldman

Meet Lola, an adorable little dog that works hard every day as a therapy dog.   In order to be a therapy dog, Lola had to learn certain skills.  After all her training she had to take a test to prove she could be a good therapy dog.  Each day while she is working Lola visits friends in their homes or schools and tries to cheer them up.  Younger children will enjoy this simple book with amazing (and sometimes funny) photographs to compliment the text.  Great introduction for kids that have never heard/seen therapy dogs. 

Text:  3 Buckeye leaves
Illustrations:  4 Buckeye leaves

Fraidy Zoo by Thyra Heder

It is zoo day and everyone is excited to go...well, almost everyone!  But why is Little T afraid to go to the zoo?  The family sets out to uncover why she is afraid.  Starting with the letter A the family acts out the different animals that could be the source of her fear.  A great book for interactive read aloud as the reader must determine what animal the family is trying to illustrate. 

Text:  5 Buckeye leaves

Illustrations:  5 Buckeye leaves



Snow Dog, Go Dog by Deborah Heiligman

Tinka is back for the third installment.  In true Tinka fashion, he is on the move and this time that means snow fun!  However this time Tinka takes off and can not his way back.  Will Tinka learn his lesson this time?  

Text:  4 Buckeye leaves

Illustrations:  5 Buckeye leaves (Love the illustrations!  Tinka is adorable!!) 

On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein by Jennifer Berne

When Albert turned 3 and he still was not talking his parents became concerned and then he started talking, he had lots of questions.  Some of his teacher told him he was a disruption to the class.  But Albert had lots of questions.  Questions about Gravity.  Questions about light.  Questions about sound.  Questions about magnestism.  Through his whole life Albert had questions and seeked for answers to these questions, which often led to more questions.  Written is story form, kids will love this biographical look at Einstein's life and the life full of questions he lived.  Great addition to any library. 

Text:  5 Buckeye leaves
Illustrations:  5 Buckeye leaves

How to Train a Train by Jason Carter Eaton

Want a pet?  Trying to get facts on how to train your new pet?  There is lots of advice available.  But what if your pet is a train?  There are many steps involved in training your train.  First you have to decide what kind of train you want.  You must select a name for your train.  You must be sure your train gets plenty of sleep which may mean you have to lull the train to sleep.  Taking care of a train is not easy, so be prepared.  Cute take on having a "pet".


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Text:  4 Buckeye Leaves
Illustrations:  5 Buckeye leaves

Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas

It is Chinese New Year and Goldy's mother has woken Goldy up early to go visit their neighbors the Chan family.  Goldy is not happy about this.  Noone answers when Goldy arrives at the Chan's house but the door opens and Goldy goes in.  Goldy finds 3 bowls of congee, no porridge, which she decides to try.  She then goes on to try out the chairs and the beds before the Chan family returns home.  Readers will be able to find similarities and differences throughout the book.  A great book to use in conjunction with Chinese New Year and/or fairy tale/Goldilocks study.

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Illustrations:  5 Buckeye leaves

And the reason we already own this book (with her favorite big brother....)

Turkey Claus by Wendi Silvano

 Thanksgiving has come and gone and Turkey has lived to tell about it.  Just when Turkey thinks he can relax he overhears dinner plans for Christmas.  How can Turkey escape becoming Christmas dinner?  Turkey decides that the only person that can help him is Santa Claus.  Turkey heads to the North Pole to meet with Santa and quickly learns that the elves will not let him see Santa.  He tries various disguises to get into see Santa, none of which tricks the elves.  Will Turkey ever get in to see Santa?  Will Santa be able to help?  Hilarious Christmas book that kids of all ages will enjoy!

Text:  5 Buckeye leaves
Illustrations:  5 Buckeye leaves

Fossil by Bill Thomson

Bill Thomson is back with another brilliant wordless picture book.  In Fossil a boy and his dog are near a lake where they discover a rock.  This rock is not just any rock but rather a fossil of an ancient plant that comes to life.  The boy breaks open two more rocks and two more come to life.  Things change from amazement to fear when one of those fossils takes the boy's dog for a ride.The boy must figure out a way to save his dog. A great wordless picture book (like his other book Chalk) for older students to enjoy.

Illustrations:  5 Buckeye leaves