I'd Really Like to Eat a Child

I'd Really Like to Eat a Child by Donnio Sylviane. Illustrated by Dorothée de Monfreid. Random House. N.Y. 2007

Llama Llama Misses Mama

Llama Llama Misses Mama by Anna Dewdney. Viking NY. 2009

Babies in the Bayou

Babies in the Bayou by Jim Arnosky. Illustrated by Jim Arnosky. G P Putman's Sons. 2007.

The Scarecrow's Dance

The Scarecrow's Dance by Jane Yolen. Illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline. Simon and Schuster. 2009.

Zero is the Leaves on the Tree

Zero is the Leaves on the Tree by Betsy Franco. Illustrated by Shino Arihara. Tricycle Press, Berkley, CA. 2009.

Round Trip

Round Trip by Ann Jonas

Some books are classics and this is one of them. I read this book to two different groups of preschoolers today. The first group were engaged and seemed to enjoy the book. They related to some of the pictures and attended to the story. I debated whether or not to read it to the second group. I am glad I did! They were totally engaged and some of them could recognize the page from the trip "into" the city. The kids were completely engaged with the book. They must have had very sophisticated visual literacy for 4 year olds.

Birds

Birds by Kevin Henkes. Illustrated by Laura Dronzek. Greenwillow Books. NY. 2009

Beautiful bold illustrations, bright colours and engaging text with a surprising but very satisfying ending. Great for preschool read alouds.

Dog's Colorful Day

Dog's Colorful Day by Emma Dodd. Dutton Children's Books, NY. 2000.

Dog has a series of adventures each resulting in a blob of colour getting on his hair. Good book for preschool read aloud.

100 Picturebooks in 2010

I decided to read 100 picture books in 2010. This blog is going to be my reading tracker. It isn't meant to be a review blog so I will only add books to it if I like them. Since this is an experiment I won't impose any rules on my reading, so the books will be an eclectic collection of whatever catches my eye. So... here goes...