Thursday, March 25, 2010

Sophie Peterman Tells the Truth by Sarah Weeks




Poor Sophie, she is here to give all children some good advice; if your parents ask you if you would like to have a new brother or sister, say "NO!" Sophie's new little brother gets into everything. He wants her to play in her dresser drawers, he stinks, he cries, he's a regular monster! As her brother grows her gets cuter and maybe she even likes him but, her advice doesn't change. Find out why when you read the funny story.

The Cuckoo's Haiku and other birding Poems by Michael J. Rosen


In spare and graceful haiku, Michael Rosen writes about the characteristics of common American birds. The illustrator, Stan Fellows, paints beautiful birds in their habitat in water color.