Millie's Library Bag - May 5

"Meeow and the Little Chairs" by Sebastien Braun I mentioned in a previous post that Meeow is one of Millie's favorite literary friends. It's too bad there are only three Meeow books, because we'd love to add more to our monthly rotation! In this book, Meeow and his friends - Woof, Quack, and Baa - each have a different colored chair (Moo has a yellow whistle and a green flag). What could they be doing?

"Billy & Milly, Short & Silly!" by eve feldman A cute, well-illustrated, little book filled with 13 very short stories made up of only three or four rhyming words each. It was neat to read the stories to Millie and then go back through and talk more about what's happening in the pictures and in the stories, and to hear Millie's take on the stories as well!

"When I Grow Up" by Leonid Gore A great book to give dads on Father's Day! The little boy in the book wonders what he will be when he grows up. He looks out his window for inspiration from the natural world (the raindrop that will become the fastest river, the small green sprout that will be the tallest tree). Each page has a small cut-out window that leads to the next page (and be sure to look at what the cut-out window becomes on the left-hand page as well!). At the end, we see the boy has drawn a picture of his daddy - because, when he grows up, he wants to be just like him.

"Fire Trucks" by Carol K. Lindeen Yet another Pebbles Plus book! We had just visited a fire station a few days earlier, so I wanted to find a book about firetrucks for Millie. Most were geared toward older kids (or focused mainly on fire safety - which I love! But I don't think my 2 year old needs to read about what to do when her house is on fire!). Just like the other Pebbles Plus books we checked out previously, "Firetrucks" told information Millie found interesting in a simple way she could understand.

"Tap Tap Bang Bang" by Emma Garcia We love this book! Millie heard it at the library's story time a few months ago, and this is the first time I found it on the shelf. This is the perfect book for my little tool lover! I love that the book not only teaches kids the names of tools, but also the sound they make (and gives the kids an idea of what the tool actually does). It encourages reader participation, especially at the end when we're asked “What did we make with all these tools?” We plan to check out Garcia's other books ("Tip Tip Dig Dig" and "Toot Toot Beep Beep") over the next few weeks.

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