Category: poetry

Race Car Dreams
by Sharon Chriscoe (Author) and Dave Mottram (Illustrator)

Booktalk: After a day at the track of zipping and zooming, a race car is tired and ready for bed. He washes his rims, fills his tummy with oil, and chooses a book that is all about speed. All toasty and warm, he drifts off to sleep, he shifts into gear . . . and dreams of the race!

Snippet:
He snuggles his wrench
as the moon shines bright.
The little stars twinkle
and dance in the night.

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The Gingerbread Man Loose at The Zoo
by Laura Murray (Author) and Mike Lowery (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Is there anything more fun than a class trip to the zoo? The Gingerbread Man and his classmates don’t think so, and they get to solve riddles on a WILD scavenger hunt. They meet giraffes, monkeys, and even a fox (especially scary for a Gingerbread Man!).

But a zoo full of critters is a tricky place for a tasty cookie–even a very fast one–and the Gingerbread Man ends up separated from his friends. He needs to solve all of the riddles to catch up with his class and help someone else who is lost.

Snippet:
I’ll be a detective.
I know that I can!
I’ll solve all these clues.
I’m the Gingerbread Man!

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