Picture Book of the Day
The Vole Brothers
by Roslyn Schwartz (Author, Illustrator)
Booktalk: In this easy-to-read picture book comic the Vole Brothers are always hungry…so hungry they are ready to eat a cat. And then…
Snippet:
VOLE BROTHERS: Mmmmmm.
THE CAT: SNIFF SNIFF
VOLE BROTHERS: Something smells good.
VOLE BROTHERS: RiP RiP RiP RiP
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Chapter Book of the Day
Lilly and the Pirates
by Phyllis Root (Author) and Rob Shepperson (Illustrator)
116 pages
Booktalk: A sighting of the rare frangipani fruit fly sends Lilly’s scientist parents off in search of the fabled Shipwreck Islands. Lilly awaits their return at the home of her great-uncle Ernest, the chief librarian of Mundelaine, a town that seems to have more than its share of piratical-looking characters lurking about. When news comes that her parents’ ship has wrecked, she must overcome her fear of the sea, find the hidden island, and outsmart a bunch of treasure-hungry pirates to save the day.
Snippet: Lilly reached for her worry book, always at her side, ready for her to scribble down any worries she might think of. If Lilly worried enough about all of the things that could go wrong, if she wrote her worries down in her worry book, the bad things she worried about might not happen.
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CYBILS Easy Reader Finalists
The new CYBILS Easy Reader Finalists were just announced!
Aggie Gets Lost
by Lori Ries (Author) and Frank W. Dormer (Illustrator)
Ben throws the ball too far and his dog Aggie gets lost! Easy reader with 3 chapters
Dodsworth in Rome
by Tim Egan (Author, Illustrator)
Dodsworth and his misbehaving duck visit Rome. Easy reader with 4 chapters
Frog and Friends
by Eve Bunting (Author) and Josee Masse (Illustrator)
Frog likes things to stay the same, but that’s not how it goes in these 3 short stories. Easy reader with 3 chapters
I Broke My Trunk!
by Mo Willems (Author, Illustrator)
Uh-oh! Elephant broke his trunk, and now he has a CRAZY story to tell Piggie. Easy reader
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Literary Links
Walter Dean Myers named third National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature!
Reading is like oxygen (via The Globe and Mail)
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My NEW chapter book is Save the Best for Last, Abby (All-Star Cheerleaders)
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