Demolition

Citation:- Sutton, Sally and  Lovelock, Brian (ill.). Demolition, Somerville, Mass.: Candlewick Press,  2012.

 

Annotation: Sally Sutton is New Zealand Children's Author. The author of books such as Road Works, Demolition, Farmer John's Tractor, Crazy Kiwi Tops and Tails. She was born in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1973. Brian Lovelock is a children's book illustrator and geothermal scientist working in the power industry in New Zealand."Roadworks" is his first picture book.  His titles with Walker Books include Your Mother Didn’t t Do That!, The Rain Train and Roadwork’s, which won the Picture Book category at the 2009 New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards.

This is the New Zealand fiction book and stories in rhyme picture book. It is for young children. The book gives information about big machines and their drivers work together to tear down a building a great book for active boys and girls describes the demolition of an old building to make way for a new playground.The rhyming text describes what each machine does, rather than stating what it is or how it looks.The illustrations are fantastic and have an interesting. Each brightly colour page is full of motion, energy, and great demolition to exclaim over. Cute book about construction vehicles, which is always a popular topic with young ones. The illustrations are nice, and the rhymes are fun. Tone is noisy. The last page includes "Machine Facts,” which is interesting for kids.

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Sally Sutton-

 sally.sutton@xtra.co.nz

Award Winners-

• ALA Notable Children's Books - Younger Readers Category: 2013

Grab and Go Book Lists- 

• Community Roles -- Community Helpers: Fiction for Grades K-2

Readers Advisory-

• Best Practices: Early Literacy Grows Story Lovers

Recommended Reads- 

• Working Machines

Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow

 Citation:-Shea, Susan A. and Slaughter, Tom, 1955- (ill.). Do you know which ones will grow?, Maplewood, NJ: Blue Apple Books, 2011.

Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow? is  Shea’s first novel. She lives on Cape Cod with her husband. The book is illustrated by Tom Slaughter. He is New York City-based artist. This is a book that compares objects. It teaches children the difference between things that will grow and things that will not grow. For example a stool cannot grow, while a duckling grows into a duck. Poses rhyming questions about what grows and what does not. This book has bright colours, fun illustrations, and nice rhyming pattern and lift the flaps. This is a fun and interesting book that helps children learn things that will grow and things that will not grow. It is written in a way that it asks questions to the children. The book has colourful pictures and many of the pages actually fold out.This book's simple design is very appealing. It is for young children.

 Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow? is a nominee for the 2013 Utah’s Beehive Award which is given to books that motivate and inspire young people to read more.

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Author website:
Shea, Susan A.-
Tom Slaughter


Award Winners-

• ALA Notable Children's Books - Younger Readers Category: 2012

Curricular Connections-

• Mission: Main Idea

Grab and Go Book Lists-

• Living and Non-Living : Fiction for Grades K-2

 

Goodnight, Goodnight, Constuction Site

Citation:Rinker, Sherri Duskey and Lichtenheld, Tom (ill.).Goodnight, goodnight, construction site, San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books 2011.

 

Annotation:Author Sherri Rinker lives in Chicago. Children's book author and illustrator Tom Lichtenheld writes for kids who love to laugh and adults who love to laugh along with them.
Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction site,” is a book gives information of many different types of construction site trucks. The poems tells how each truck goes about their day and prepares for the night. This is the story of what the trucks and equipment do when the sun goes down on the construction site.Story is simple and interesting. As the day winds down, the trucks complete their final tasks. The crane truck lifts and settles one more beam. The cement mixer pours out its last load. The story follows those big trucks and others such as dump trucks, bulldozers, and excavators all fascinating to young children as they shut down for the day, satisfied with a job well-done. The large wax oil pastel illustrations create a peaceful setting as night approaches that compares with the motion-filled illustrations that show the trucks hard at work during the day. This book is for young children. This story tone is whimsical. Illustration is cartoony.

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Author Website: 

Rinker, Sherri Duskey-
 Tom Lichtenheld-

Award Winners

• ALA Notable Children's Books - Younger Readers Category: 2012

• No. 1 on the New York Times Best Seller List (on the list for over a year)
• USA Today Best Selling Books of 2012
• Selected for Common Sense Media's "Essential Books for Kids and Teens"
• Outstanding Achievement by a Wisconsin Author/Illustrator, Wisconsin Library Association
• 2013 Illinois Reads Selection, Illinois Reading Council
• 2012 E. B. White Read-Aloud Honor Award Featured in New York Times 2011 Holiday Gift Guide
• PAL (Play Advances Language) 2011 Top Ten Books
• Indie Bestseller List
• Great Lakes Great Reads 2011 List
• Selection, 2011 Society of Illustrators Exhibit, New York
• Association for Library Service to Children, Notable Children's Picture Books 2012 nominee
• Texas Library Association 2 x 2 Reading List selection
• An Indie Best Seller Illustrated Children's Books (22 weeks in the top 15)
• ChildrensBookGuide.com Best Children's Books of 2011 selection Indies Choice Nominee
• Society of Illustrators 2011 Original Children's Book Art Show selection

Readers' Advisory

• October 2012 Display Idea - Vrooom! Chug! Roar! Books about Big Machines

Recommended Reads

• Working Machines

 

Green

Citation: Seeger, Laura Vaccaro. Green, New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2012.

 

Annotation:- Laura Vaccaro Seeger is a New York Times best-selling author and illustrator and a two time winner of the Caldecott Honor Award, winner of the New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award, the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Best Picture Book, and a 2-time winner of the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Award. She is also the recipient of the Empire State Award for “Body of Work and Contribution to Children’s Literature”. Laura lives in Rockville Centre, New York, with her husband, Chris, their two sons, Drew and Dylan, and their dog, Copper, the star of her "Dog and Bear" series.

This story tells about Green colour. There are many shades of the colour green are used, like the lush green of a forest on a late spring day, the vivid aquamarine of a tropical sea green, the fresh juicy of a just cut lime green, pea green, khaki green, jungle green, fern green, wacky green, slow green, faded green, glow green, shaded green, all green, never green, no green, forever green etc. Illustrations is simple.Rhyming text explore the many shades of the colour green. Illustration is Inventive; Lavish.

 

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Laura Vaccaro Seeger

 

 

 Award Winners-

• 2013 Caldecott Honor Book
• American Library Association Notable Children’s Book, 2013
• New York Times Best Seller
• A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of 2012
• A Booklist Best Book of 2012
• A Kirkus Best Book of 2012
• A Wall Street Journal Best Book of 2012
• A New York Public Library Best Book for Giving and Sharing, 2012
• Parents Magazine 10 Best Books of 2012 selection
• Children’s Book of the Month Club selection
• A Bank Street College of Education Best Book of 2012
• A CCBC Choices Best Book of 2012
• Capitol Choices 2013 Noteworthy Book for Children
• Winner – 2013 Giverny Award
• ALA Notable Children's Books - Younger Readers Category: 2013
• Booklist Editors' Choice - Books for Youth - Young Readers Category: 2012

  

 

 



I Love to Sing

Citation:- Walker, Anna. I love to sing, New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2011.

 

Annotation:- "I love to sing" book Illustrated by the author Anna Walker. Also she is the author and illustrator of the I Love series, lives in Melbourne, Victoria. She completed a degree in Graphic Design in 1994 before becoming a freelance illustrator. Anna's illustrations have enjoyed international success in a broad range of products, from greeting cards to Christmas decorations. Anna's work has gained recognition in regular exhibitions and a Melbourne Art Directors Club award for best illustration.

 This story tells about a zebra named Ollie celebrates the joys of singing in the bathtub, in the park and with his  dog Fred.  Ollie is a gentle zebra who   shares his love for singing in many ways. In rhymed text, Ollie explains, "I love to sing on my chair. I love to sing on my stair. I love to sing in the rain and the sun, and with my brother, I love to sing with ducks,  just for fun." Ollie's world always start with  singing a happy song. This sweet and simple story for young children. It is the colourful picture book and hand written text by Anna Walker.

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Walker, Anna

 

Award Winners-

• Children's Book Council of Australia: Notable Australian Children's Books: Early Childhood

 

King Hugo's huge ego

Citation:-Van Dusen, Chris. King Hugo's huge ego, Somerville, Mass.: Candlewick Press,  2011.

Annotation:-Chris Van Dusen is the author-illustrator of The Circus Ship and the illustrator of the best-selling Mercy Watson books by Kate DiCamillo. About King Hugo’s Huge Ego, he says, "Arrogance is a trait I’ve always deplored, and yet I have to admit that sometimes my own ego can become a bit inflated. Luckily I have a wonderful wife who acts as a Tessa to my occasional Hugo." Chris Van Dusen lives in Maine with his family.(Blurb on book cover)This is a picture book for young children. This book language is lyrical, rhyming Tone is funny. Hugo is a tiny king who is very arrogant, and is eventually cursed by a witch so that his head would grow physically larger with each egotistical thing he said about himself. His head becomes massive, and he demands the witch remove the curse. When she explains why she put it on him, he claims to be humble. He then has all the arrogant things he's said about himself expelled from his ears, deflating his head and causing him embarrassment at the things he's said. He humbly apologizes to the witch, who he then marries and makes his queen. When haughty King Hugo tangles with a sorceress, she causes him to see himself in a more realistic light. This picture book some-times fairy-tale, sometimes cautionary, and always laugh-out-loud funny.(Blurb on book cover)

This colourful picture book for young children.Rhyming text and great moral to the story, this book provides a humorous look at arrogance.

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Author website:

Chris Van Dusen

Award Winners-

• Treasure State Award (Montana)

LMNO PEAS

Citation:-Baker, Keith, 1953- LMNO peas, New York: Beach Lane Books, 2010.

 

Annotation:-LMNO peas is the story illustrated by the author Keith Baker. He has written and illustrated many  picture books for young children, including My Octopus Arms, the New York Times bestselling LMNO Peas, 1-2-3 Peas, No Two Alike, Big Fat Hen, Who Is the Beast?, and Potato Joe. He lives in Seattle, Washington. This story Tone is upbeat. Illustration is textured. This alphabet picture book for young children.This book LMNO peas introduces each letter as a large, colourful shape surrounded by tiny pea creatures, green circles with arms, legs, eyes, mouths, and occasionally accessories such as hats, diving masks or flippers. The pea folk demonstrate occupations and actions beginning with each letter and identified in the rhyming, rhythmic text. The letters L, M, N, and O, which so often run meaninglessly together in the alphabet song, appear on the same double-page spread. Busy little peas introduce their favourite occupations, from astronaut to zoologist.

 
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Award Winners-

• ALA Notable Children's Books - Younger Readers Category: 2011

Grab and Go Book Lists-

• Community Roles -- Community Helpers : Fiction for Grades K-2

Recommended Reads-

• ABCs