February 2014 – Page 2 – Booktalking #kidlit

Pinkalicious Cupcake Cookbook

Pinkalicious Cupcake Cookbook
by Victoria Kann (Author, Illustrator)

Booktalk: Cupcakes galore!
Now you can make all your cupcakes Pinkalicious cupcakes. The Pinkalicious Cupcake Cookbook features more than twenty cupcakes straight from the pinkatastic world of Pinkalicious.

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All of the cupcakes in this book need a flat top to facilitate the frosting and decorating and sometimes for balancing one cupcake on top of another. When using a cupcakes baked from a cake mix, slice off the rounded top of the cupcake with a paring knife.

See how to follow these directions in this 40 second Pinkalicious book trailer

Nonfiction Monday

It’s Nonfiction Monday!

Whales (My First Discoveries)

Whales (My First Discoveries)
by Ute Fuhr (Author) and Raoul Sautai (Illustrator)

Booktalk: “See inside” the world of whales as you turn the transparent pages in this spiral bound book.

Snippet:
Of all the
animals on Earth,
whales are the biggest.

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

Foxy in Love

Foxy in Love
by Emma Dodd (Author, Illustrator)

Booktalk: Emily is trying to make a Valentine’s Day card, and she needs Foxy to remind her of all the things that she loves most.

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Foxy was sure he could help.
“Think hard, Emily,” he said.
“What do you love best of all?”

It’s Valentine’s Day

It’s Valentine’s Day
by Jack Prelutsky (Author) and Marylin Hafner (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Fourteen easy-to-read poems go straight to the heart—and the funny bone—of the fourteenth of February. (Beginning reader level 3)

Snippet:
It’s Valentine’s Day,
and in the street
there’s freezing rain
and slush, and sleet,

Pete the Cat: Valentine’s Day Is Cool

Pete the Cat: Valentine’s Day Is Cool
by James Dean (Author, Illustrator) and Kimberly Dean (Author)

Booktalk: Pete the Cat thinks Valentine’s Day isn’t cool . . . until he realizes how many special cats there are in his life! Pete works hard to make valentines for everyone. (This hardcover book also has Valentine’s Day cards, stickers, and a fold-out poster.)

Snippet:
“Have you made your Valentine’s Day cards? asked Callie.
“No, Valentine’s Day is not cool,” Pete said.