Thursday, May 28, 2009

Amy Krouse Rosenthal...

...is truly one of my favorite picture book authors. See her website here. I look forward to her new books and lately I have been getting a lot of them. Recently I read Duck! Rabbit! to a storytime group and they really enjoyed it. It's about two kids who look at the same drawing, but one kid sees a duck and the other sees a rabbit. Each tries to convince the other that he's right.



I also really love Little Pea, Little Hoot, and Little Oink. They are such cute stories that all feature a fun reversal: Little Pea hates candy but has to eat it for dinner, Little Hoot wants to go to bed early but his parents insist they stay up late, and Little Oink would like a clean room but has to make it messy. The illustrations are lovely as well in all three books.

Any kid suffering from jealousy should read Spoon. Spoon is jealous of his friends Knife, Fork, and Chopsticks. At the same time, his friends are jealous of Spoon. Who else but Spoon could dive headfirst into a bowl of ice cream, or relax in a cup of hot tea? It's a sweet, comforting story.

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