Picture Book of the Day – Page 17

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!

Tyrannosaurus Dad

Tyrannosaurus Dad
by Liz Rosenberg (Author) and Matthew Myers (Illustrator)

Booktalk: What’s forty feet long, fifteen feet high and wears a necktie? (Tobias’ Dad! He is, after all, a Tyrannosaurus.)

Snippet:
With Tyrannosaurus Dad around, he never felt afraid of spiders or strange noises at night, Still he couldn’t help wishing his father would be — well, a little more part of things. His dad was always, always working.

My Dad Thinks He’s Funny

My Dad Thinks He’s Funny
by Katrina Germein (Author) and Tom Jellett (Illustrator)

Booktalk: The perfect gift for anyone whose dad makes them laugh — or roll their eyes.

Snippet:
My dad thinks he’s funny.
Whenever I say, “I’m hungry,”
Dad says, “Hello, Hungry.
Pleased to meet you.”

A Pet for Miss Wright

Odette’s Secrets
by Judy Young (Author) and Andrea Wesson (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Miss Wright is a writer. She enjoys her work. Each day she sits at her desk and writes stories with marvelous characters who live exciting lives. But, except for the click-click-click of the keyboard, it is quiet in Miss Wright’s office. Too quiet. And too lonely. So Miss Wright decides she needs a pet to keep her company.

Snippet: The monkey certainly kept Miss Wright entertained, but now her stories made no sense. When Miss Wright typed, the monkey put his hands on the keyboard, too. A scramble of mixed-up letters filled the computer screen.

Mia: The Easter Egg Chase

Mia: The Easter Egg Chase
by Robin Farley (Author) and Olga and Aleksey Ivanov (Illustrators)

Booktalk: It’s an Easter Eggstravaganza, and Mia can’t wait for the festivities to begin!

Snippet: Tomorrow was Easter and Mia and her dad were coloring eggs to get ready for the big family hunt the next day.

Marley and the Great Easter Egg Hunt

Marley and the Great Easter Egg Hunt
by John Grogan (Author) and Richard Cowdrey (Illustrator)

Booktalk: The day of the annual town Easter Egg Hunt has arrived, and Marley and his family are ready to find the biggest, most eggstravagant egg!

Snippet: “Slow down, Marley!” ordered Cassie as she chased after her dog. But Marley wasn’t slowing down. His tongue hung out of his mouth and his ears flapped wildly as he flew down the street. He wasn’t sure what an Easter egg hunt was, but he knew he wanted to be in the middle of it.

Bambino and Mr. Twain

Bambino and Mr. Twain
by Priscilla Maltbie (Author) and Daniel Miyares (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Grieving the death of his wife, America’s favorite author and humorist shuts himself up in his Fifth Avenue house and abandons his writing. Only his daughter’s cantankerous cat, Bambino, seems to understand Samuel Clemens and his moods. When the feisty cat disappears, Sam is determined to find him

Snippet: “Everyone wants to meet witty Mark Twain,” the man said. “But tell me, Bambino, would they want to meet sad, old Samuel Clemens?”

Nonfiction Monday

It’s Nonfiction Monday!

Watch Me Grow!: A Down-to-Earth Look at Growing Food in the City

Watch Me Grow!: A Down-to-Earth Look at Growing Food in the City
by Deborah Hodge (Author) and Brian Harris (Illustrator)

Booktalk: A city is a great place to grow food. Everywhere you look–front yards, backyards, rooftops, balconies, windowsills–people are planting gardens and growing delicious healthy foods for themselves and others to eat.

Snippet: A seed is a new life, waiting to grow. It can sprout anywhere–even a busy city!

Nonfiction Monday

It’s Nonfiction Monday!

Secrets of the Garden: Food Chains and the Food Web in Our Backyard

Secrets of the Garden: Food Chains and the Food Web in Our Backyard
by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld (Author) and Priscilla Lamont (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Alice’s family plants a vegetable garden each spring, and this budding naturalist reports all she sees about how the plants grow, what insects come to eat the plants, and what birds and animals come to eat the insects. It’s the food chain, right in her own backyard! (Science concepts are shared by a pair of very knowledgeable chickens!)

Snippet:
Sunshine, fresh air, water and soil
help the seedlings in our garden grow.

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