July 2024 - Anastasia Suen

Red Is Not Angry, Blue Is Not Sad
by Luis Amavisca (Author), Alicia Acosta (Author), Anuska Allepuz (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Three friends, Bear, Deer and Squirrel are having a picnic. They are waiting for their friend Fox to join them. When he turns up wearing his blue t-shirt, everyone assumes he’s sad. Fox is confused — why do they think he is sad? He feels happy. Why does blue have to be associated with sadness? And why is red linked to anger? Fox wants to be free to like and wear all different colors!

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Also available in Spanish as El rojo no está enojado, el azul no está triste

Coco and the Caterpillars
by Geraldo Valério (Author / Illustrator)
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Booktalk: When a boy finds a clutch of butterfly eggs in his garden, he can’t stop thinking about the beautiful butterflies they will become. He keeps the eggs a secret from Coco, who finds all the insects in the garden yummy! The boy watches as the eggs hatch, and brightly striped caterpillars appear, growing bigger and juicier every day. But one day, when his back is turned, Coco gobbles up the caterpillars and falls ill. The boy is torn between worry for Coco and sorrow that the caterpillars have been eaten. But then he makes a wonderful discovery — his dream of butterflies in the garden just might come true after all.

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