BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE
APPEALS TO: SEVERAL
The inventor has created a FrankenKitty and now he is blaming every spooky happening and every slimy thing on the kitty - unfair!
Check out the gorgeous endpapers. And a neat little twist right at the end. Whether you want to blame Kitty or defend him, you will have lots of Halloween creepy things to gaze at on every page.
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS
BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K, EL (K-3) - ESSENTIAL
APPEALS TO: MANY
The children are headed to the barn on Old MacSpooky’s Farm. Before they can celebrate, they have several obstacles to bypass.
So much fun! The author took care to match the words and rhymes to the original song I will have to work on a spookier voice, however, when I read this one aloud. My absolute new favorite Halloween remake!
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS
BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K - OPTIONAL
APPEALS TO: SOME
Meet five familiar sights of Halloween and hear their sounds in this board book.
I know my grandchildren will delight in pushing the buttons to make the sounds. Parents - there is an on/off switch on the back! The words are simple, but it is the sounds that carry the weight.
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS
BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K - ESSENTIAL
APPEALS TO: MANY
Pull the tabs and find a goal and the picture with some counting to do for each page of the board book. Both sides of each tab are put to use, plus the pages have some see-thru elements. A fun one to pair read.
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS
BUYING ADVISORY: EL GIFT - ADVISABLE
APPEALS TO: SEVERAL
Briar has called to be a hero and find the Jewel of Everlasting Life and save everything living in the Enchanted Forest. But she needs our help to find her way. Spread out the map, grab the dice, and help her along the way.
Because you need to cut out the map and the Briar figurine, I can’t recommend this for a school library, unless you already check out board games or puzzles to your students. But it would make a great gift for young ones in a family that likes role-playing games and Dungeons and Dragons.
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS
BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE
APPEALS TO: SEVERAL
Alex found a dragon and now he is trying to find anyone to help him with its care and feeding.
I love that Alex decided to write letters for help instead of calling, texting, or emailing. Because the book does include letters that could be lost, you will have to cross your fingers (and maybe keep copies of the letters on hand to replace them if lost).
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS
BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE
APPEALS TO: SOME
Vegara give us a succinct, but measured look at the life of Shakespeare. I am always amazed at how well she distills the lives she writes about. Were I a 1st or 2nd grade teacher, I would pair this with other books in the series about authors.
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS
BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K - ADVISABLE
APPEALS TO: SOME
Using colors and instructions, a little one moves their fingers in different ways on the pages.
While the back says it is for ages 10 months and up, a ten month old will need a lot of help to figure out what the book wants them to do. I do like that it works on coordination skills.
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS
BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K - ADVISABLE
APPEALS TO: SEVERAL
Five pull tabs on five pages have a little one counting animals up to five, with a little surprise ending.
Cute illustrations and sturdy tabs - I would have to try really hard to bend them, which means my grandson will also have a hard time!
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS
BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K - OPTIONAL
APPEALS TO: SOME
The simple board book gives the reader one verse of the Old Macdonald song. The cut-out tabs give other ideas for other animal based verses.
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS
BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K - ADVISABLE
APPEALS TO: SEVERAL
The witch has great Halloween surprises planned for all of her friends.
Wow! Dext packs a lot of sliding interaction into this board book. Every slider has something - on the front and the back. That’s not as common as you might think for pull-tabs!
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS
BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - ESSENTIAL
APPEALS TO: SEVERAL
Claire and her mother tour a cathedral on a rainy day. Claire couldn't be more bored. As Claire's mother looks through the cathedral, Claire mopes. Then she sees a stained glass window that is breathtakingly colorful. She starts to see and hear the beauty that is all around her.
Claire and the Cathedral is an enchanting wordless book. The illustrations are intricately drawn in black and white. Splashes of color are purposefully placed throughout the book. Claire and the Cathedral would provoke a great discussion as to why wordless books can be so powerful.
Claire is around 5 or 6 and presumably white.
Tracie, Elementary School Librarian
