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Notable New Books (PreK-3)
Total price for this list: ยค182.81
Number of books on list: 11
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There's never before been a book like "Gallop " Employing a patented new technology called Scanimation, each page is a marvel that brings animals, along with one shining star, to life with art that literally moves. It's impossible not to flip the page, and flip it again, and again, and again.
A first book of motion for kids, it shows a horse in full gallop and a turtle swimming up the page. A dog runs, a cat springs, an eagle soars, and a butterfly flutters. Created by Rufus Butler Seder, an inventor, artist, and filmmaker fascinated by antique optical toys, Scanimation is a state-of-the-art six-phase animation process that combines the "persistence of vision" principle with a striped acetate overlay to give the illusion of movement. It harkens back to the old magical days of the kinetoscope, and the effect is astonishing, like a Muybridge photo series springing into action--or, in terms kids can relate to, like a video without a screen. Complementing the art is a delightful rhyming text full of simple questions and fun, nonsense replies: "Can you gallop like a horse? giddyup-a-loo Can you strut like a rooster? cock-a-doodle-doo "
Every child who opens the book will be amazed--and so will every parent. |
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| There are many things you should never, ever, ever do. Like sit next to a porcupine on the subway (ouch ). Or hold hands with a lobster (double ouch ). Or take a shark to the dentist (triple ouch ). Bestselling author JUDI BARRETT and imaginative illustrator JOHN NICKLE give us a raucous look at the perils of taking giraffes to the movies, goats to the library, and pigs out to lunch...and other such silly stuff. |
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| Bestselling duo Harris and Emberley climb into the mind of a young child and create a hilarious picture book romp. As the frantic search for a beloved book takes off, all sorts of horrifying thoughts come to mind and the imagination goes wild. A Reach Out and Read feature title for spring 2008. Full color. |
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Smash! Crash!
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by Scieszka, Jon -
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2008
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Hardcover
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Dewey: E
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AR: 1.6/LG/0.5/174308
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$16.99
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| Welcome to Jon Scieszka's Trucktown, a brand-new preschool/kindergarten series that will come in more shapes, sizes, and formats than you can shake a bumper at. It's a world where all the characters are trucks, all the stories are action driven, and boys and girls can imagine themselves in all their crazy, loud, funny, creative, excited, full-throttle glory It's a world where we work at play, and we play at work...and no one's afraid to get dirty or be LOUD And it all kicks off with "Smash Crash " Best friends Jack and Dan are spending their day doing what they do best - smashing and crashing All the while a strange shadow is following them around every corner...Who is this new addition to Trucktown? What does she want? Rhythmic, rollicking text will get kids' motors running and horns honking with each refrain This is a book that begs to be read again and again |
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Where's My Mom?
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by Donaldson, Julia -
Dial Books, 2008
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Hardcover
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Dewey: E
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AR: 1.8/LG/0.5/175497
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$16.99
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| When little monkey canat find his mother, butterfly offers to help in the search. Little monkey says that his mother is big, so butterfly leads him to . . . an elephant. No, thatas not right Little monkey says his mom is furry, so butterfly leads him to . . . a bat. Thatas not right either. From then on, little monkey and butterfly meet many jungle animals, but they donat find Mom until little monkey comes up with just the right description. With Julia Donaldsonas effortless rhyme and Axel Scheffleras vibrant illustrations, this circular tale combines funny miscommunication with a little bit of science for a charming feel-good adventure. |
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A Taste of Colored Water
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by Faulkner, Matt -
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2008
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Hardcover
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Dewey: E
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AR: 3.6/LG/0.5/173493
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$16.99
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| You could blame Abbey Finch. If she hadn't come back from town with tales of a fountain bubbling forth with "colored" water, LuLu and Jelly would not have needed to go see for themselves. But it's not Abbey's fault. It's the early 1960s and colored water isn't the fruit-flavored, Technicolor wonder that LuLu and Jelly are expecting. And having a drink doesn't come without a price. Celebrated author/illustrator Matt Faulkner combines colloquial, down-home storytelling and timeless images of pastoral America to create a thought-provoking account of what happens when the naive and whimsical imagination of a child is confounded by the reality of intolerance. Are "you" ready for a taste? |
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Woolbur
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by Helakoski, Leslie -
HarperCollins, 2008
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Hardcover
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Dewey: E
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AR: 2.3/LG/0.5/173718
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$16.99
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| Meet Woolbur. He runs with dogs. He cards his own wool. He rides the spinning wheel. And he never follows the flock. If you are a free spirit, this book is for you |
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Zen Ties
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by Muth, Jon J. -
Scholastic Press, 2008
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Hardcover
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Dewey: E
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AR: 2.7/LG/0.5/174752
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$17.99
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| Muth's extraordinary Caldecott Honor book featuring a giant panda named Stillwater is now available in this beautiful keepsake edition, contained in an elegant slipcase and including a limited edition lithograph. Full color. Consumable. |
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| BIG BAD WOLF, now old and residing in the Villain Villa Senior Center, is invited to a tea by a children's librarian. His best friend, a toothsome crocodile, warns him that he will have to mind his manners. B. B. Wolf makes up a song: "Sip your tea and never slurp, say 'excuse me' if you burp. Smile and have a lot of fun, but don't go biting anyone." He remembers to say "please" and "thank you" and he gives a nervous Red Ridinghood, Three Little Pigs, and Gingerbread Boy his biggest smile ever, but when his stomach starts to gurgle, he gets a little mixed-up about what to do when you burp. This hilarious read-aloud story is a gentle reminder for children still learning their manners. |
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Waking Beauty
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by Wilcox, Leah -
Putnam Publishing Group, 2008
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Hardcover
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Dewey: E
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AR: 2.9/LG/0.5/173817
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$16.99
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| Everyone knows Sleeping Beauty has to be woken with a kiss, except Prince Charming. Every time the fairies watching over her try to tell him, he interrupts with his ideas of how to wake her. Eventually he gets the message, and his reaction is priceless: aOne hundred years of morning breath Wow That could be the kiss of "death" a With just as much interactive fun as "Falling for Rapunzel" (an IRA Notable Book and the winner of Marylandas Black-Eyed Susan Picture Book Award), this fractured fairy tale will elicit laughter that no one will be able to sleep through. |
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"If animals kissed
""like we kiss good night,
""Giraffe and his calf
""would stretch their necks high
""and kiss just beneath
""the top of the sky."In a cozy bedtime chat with her mom, a young girl wonders how animal families might say good night. Would Wolf and his pup "kiss and then HOWL"? Would Bear and her cub "kiss and then GROWL"? But what about Sloth and her baby? They move soooo slooowwwww . . . they're sure to be kissing from early evening until long after everyone else is fast asleep With its whimsical art and playful rhymed verse, this affectionate picture book is bound to become a bedtime favorite. |
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