NEW YEAR AT THE PIER: A Rosh Hashanah Story by April Halprin Wayland, illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch “Izzy loves this changing time of year. Some days sunglasses, some days sweaters…” But his favorite part of the holiday is Tashlich, the ceremony of “casting away” – celebrated during Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. It is… Read more »
Book Room
Small Adventures and the Meaning of Friendship
THE SMALL ADVENTURE OF POPEYE AND ELVIS is another gem from this month’s Author-In-Residence, Barbara O’Connor. It’s been raining for over a week and when Popeye awakens to the Drip. Drip. Drip. of rusty water squeezing its way out of a hole in the peeling plaster above his bed, it looks like it’s going to… Read more »
The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester by Barbara O’Connor
After a month of hard work, Owen Jester has finally caught the “biggest, greenest, slimiest, most beautiful bullfrog ever to be seen in Carter, Georgia.” Owen named his new pet, Tooley Graham. Tooley, after his Alabama cousin and Graham, for the pond behind Owen’s grandfather’s house, where the bullfrog had lived before Owen had snatched… Read more »
The Power of a Name
The term “Old Favorite” is what ReaderKidZ uses to describe a book that’s been around a while. A book that finds its way, year after year, into the collection of those that are read and shared many times over the course of any given year. CHRYSANTHEMUM by Kevin Henkes, is one such book. Not only… Read more »
Rocket Learns to Read, a Lion in the Library, and Book, Book, Books!
HOW ROCKET LEARNED TO READ by Tad Hills Tad Hills (Duck and Goose) is back with another perfect book for beginning-to-read ReaderKidZ (and even for those who are already experts!). Until the little yellow bird comes along, Rocket is perfectly happy chasing leaves, chewing sticks, and lying down under a favorite tree for a nap. … Read more »
School Supplies
SCHOOL SUPPLIES: A BOOK OF POEMS selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins, illustrated by Renee Flower This first in a series of school-based poetry collections includes poems about pencils and erasers (“Pencils” by Carl Sandburg and “The Eraser Poem” by Louis Phillips), paperclips and globes (“Paper Clips” and “Classroom Globe” by Rebecca Kai Dotlich), a rubber… Read more »
Back-to-School “Old Favorites”
This week’s BOOK ROOM recommendations are what the ReaderKidZ like to refer to as “Old Favorites.” These are the books kids enjoy at the beginning of every new school year. They’re also the ones children are fond of revisiting often. For our Back-to-School picks, we’ve selected just a few of our picture book favorites. What… Read more »
