July 2013 – Booktalking #kidlit

Cuddle

Cuddle
by Elizabeth Verdick and Marjorie Lisovskis (Authors)

Booktalk: This rhyming board book show photos of babies cuddling.

Snippet:
Rock, baby, rock.
Tender as can be.
Snuggle, baby, snuggle.
Rest your head on me.

Yes, Let’s

Yes, Let’s
by Galen Goodwin Longstreth (Author) and Maris Wicks (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Are you ready to go camping?

Snippet:
Let’s get into the station wagon, roll those windows down,
Let’s sing out loud and wave to cows as we drive out of town.
Let’s park the car beneath the trees and trade our shoes for boots,
Let’s set the timer, all say “Cheese!” then head into the woods.

Follow Your Money: Who Gets It, Who Spends It, Where Does It Go?

Follow Your Money: Who Gets It, Who Spends It, Where Does It Go?
by Kevin Sylvester (Author, Illustrator) and Michael Hlinka (Author)

Booktalk: Find out what happens to your money after you hand it to the cashier…

Snippet:
Money.
Money.
Money.
Everybody wants it. Some people have a lot of it. Most don’t have enough.
This book explores where the money you spend actually goes.

Nonfiction Monday

It’s Nonfiction Monday!

Ocean Counting

Ocean Counting
by Janet Lawler (Author) and Brian Skerry (Photographer)

Booktalk: From 1 to 10 and over again, get ready for a wonderful ocean counting adventure!

Snippet:
4 reef squid
Four reef squid explore shallow waters. What color are they now? Faster than a blink they can change colors and patterns. They do this to signal each other, blend in, find mates, or warn enemies.

STEM Friday

It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

Cartwheel: A Sequel to Double Eagle

Cartwheel: A Sequel to Double Eagle
by Sneed B. Collard III (Author)

Booktalk:
A coin.
A friendship.
A fast car.
And a girl with a secret.

Snippet: Like many coin collectors, I have a special fascination with silver dollars. For a sixteen year-old without a steady job, the large silver “cartwheels” are worth a lot of money–up to five bucks for an ordinary specimen.

Nasreddine

Nasreddine
by Odile Weulersse (Author) and Rbecca Dautremer (Illustrator)

Booktalk: It’s time to go to market, so Nasreddine loads up the donkey and sets off with his father. But no matter what Nasreddine tries, it seems that someone always finds something to disapprove of. (Nasreddine is a legendary character popular in stories told throughout the Middle East.)

Snippet: One morning, Nasreddine was sitting on a carpet in the shade of a palm, drinking camel’s milk with cinnamon, when his father Mustafa called him: “Nasreddine, bring the donkey from the stables. We are going to the market.”

“As you wish, Father,” the young boy replied, putting on his hat and Turkish slippers.

Giant Dance Party

Giant Dance Party
by Betsy Bird (Author) and Brandon Dorman (Illustrator)

Booktalk: A group of giants shows up at Lexy’s door wanting dance lessons. What will she do?

Snippet: Giants? Yeah, they don’t dance. They stumble and they stomp and they stretch and scratch, but that’s not exactly dancing.

Look Up!: Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard

Look Up!: Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard
by Annette LeBlanc Cate (Author, Illustrator)

Booktalk: You don’t have to own binoculars and know a bunch of fancy Latin names to watch birds! No matter where you live, they’re in your neighborhood — just look up.

Snippet: I wasn’t always a bird-watcher, but several years ago, I thought it would be nice to keep a nature sketchbook. When I sat outside to draw trees and rocks and flowers, I couldn’t help but begin to notice lots of birds, some that I knew and some that I didn’t, flitting around the edges of my drawings.

Nonfiction Monday

It’s Nonfiction Monday!

Cowpoke Clyde and Dirty Dawg

Cowpoke Clyde and Dirty Dawg
by Lori Mortensen (Author) and Michael Allen Austin (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Cowpoke Clyde’s house was completely clean—until Dawg woke up!

Snippet:
Clyde set his hat and grabbed a rope,
filled some buckets, snatched the soap.
But right before he sprung his plan,
ol’ Dawg woke up, and off he ran.

**Lori is one of my former students!**

Steam Train, Dream Train

Steam Train, Dream Train
by Sherri Duskey Rinker (Author) and Tom Lichtenheld (Illustrator)

Booktalk: The dream train pulls into the station, and one by one the train cars are loaded…

Snippet:
Building blocks,
erector sets,
bikes and kites
and model jets–

The boxcar‘s made
to safely haul
almost
anything at all!