Up to Seven, 2008 List
Babies everywhere are beautiful, special, and loved. This gentle message combined with colorful close-up photographs of infants from seventeen different cultures creates a board book perfect for little hands. A great introduction to the global neighborhood.
Beckoned by moonlight, a young girl ventures out from under the covers onto a city rooftop to snuggle down in an impromptu bed under the stars. A diminutive size, muted watercolors, minimal text, and a mother's watchful eye keep this adventure cozy.
Never has construction paper seemed as incandescent as it does when illuminating these three familiar spirituals. A vibrant palette, hand-lettered musical scores (plus lyrics), and a passionate afterword entitled "Come Let Us Sing . . ." complete this beautiful collection.
Trusty dachshund Harry explains to young humans and their parents the proper etiquette for meeting unfamiliar dogs. Simple watercolor illustrations and a question and answer format make these lessons engaging, encouraging, and accessible.
Traveling to and from her divorced parents' houses, a young girl's one constant is her dog, Fred. When Fred barks too much or eats all the socks, she firmly reminds everyone in this gentle, empowering story that "Fred stays with ME!"
Shopping list in hand, pretty Salma dons her blue scarf, white beads, stripy ntama, and yellow sandals, and starts off for market. Before you can say "don't go through the wild side of town," tricky Mr. Dog is wearing all of Salma's finery.
Characters that literally parade across the pages, vibrant gouache and pencil illustrations, and Mother Goose verses featuring numbers combine in this perfect nursery book.
This on-board view of a lightship gives readers a peek at one of the now-vanished floating beacons that have guarded treacherous waterways since the mid-eighteenth century. Young eyes will spy the ship's orange cat in almost all the pictures.
"Coo-ee!" calls Louie when his best friend, Amy, moves half a world away. Does his call really re-shape the clouds? Does Amy really hear him in her sleep? Delicate watercolor illustrations make deft use of color to connect the parted chums.
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