final installment of this special edition of Picture Book Monday on a Friday
Let me begin with a trio of books from a new imprint: Lemniscaat (Boyds Mills Press). These are translations of children's books from other countries.
WHERE IS MY SOCK? by Marijke ten Cate shows the zany process of a young boy asking for various articles of clothing beginning with his striped underpants and then moving outward. Of course, he requires help finding all of the clothes, help provided by an assortment of friends both human and animal.
ELEPHANT SOUP is at first vaguely reminiscent of Stone Soup. A lonely mouse decides to make some elephant soup. There arise some difficulties including an elephant too big to fit into the pot with the lid on. Ingrid and Dieter Schubert provide spare text and quietly humorous illustrations for this story.
THE TREE HOUSE by Marije and Ronald Tolman is a textless tale of various animals arrving at and seeking shelter in a tree house.
And here is a second trio of books.
Isabel wants a balloon for her graduation gift. However, the porcupines are not permitted balloons for reasons obvious to everyone except the porcupines. Wait until readers see her solution to the major objection over the balloons in A BALLOON FOR ISABEL by Deborah Undermont (Greenwillow 2010).
Arthur Geisert's new offering, COUNTRY ROAD A TO Z is not really an alphabet book (though it does meet the criteria for one). It is more of a concept book that helps readers examine life in the country. (Houghton Mifflin, 2010)
The final book is without a cover since there is none available for downloading and using here on the blog. WHY? by Richard Torrey (Harper 2010) is a perfect book about questions and the need to ask them even when driving other family members crazy.
WHERE IS MY SOCK? by Marijke ten Cate shows the zany process of a young boy asking for various articles of clothing beginning with his striped underpants and then moving outward. Of course, he requires help finding all of the clothes, help provided by an assortment of friends both human and animal.
ELEPHANT SOUP is at first vaguely reminiscent of Stone Soup. A lonely mouse decides to make some elephant soup. There arise some difficulties including an elephant too big to fit into the pot with the lid on. Ingrid and Dieter Schubert provide spare text and quietly humorous illustrations for this story.
THE TREE HOUSE by Marije and Ronald Tolman is a textless tale of various animals arrving at and seeking shelter in a tree house.
And here is a second trio of books.
Isabel wants a balloon for her graduation gift. However, the porcupines are not permitted balloons for reasons obvious to everyone except the porcupines. Wait until readers see her solution to the major objection over the balloons in A BALLOON FOR ISABEL by Deborah Undermont (Greenwillow 2010).
Arthur Geisert's new offering, COUNTRY ROAD A TO Z is not really an alphabet book (though it does meet the criteria for one). It is more of a concept book that helps readers examine life in the country. (Houghton Mifflin, 2010)
The final book is without a cover since there is none available for downloading and using here on the blog. WHY? by Richard Torrey (Harper 2010) is a perfect book about questions and the need to ask them even when driving other family members crazy.