JP Ashbu
BUILDER GOOSE, by Boni Ashburn, 2012
It’s construction rhyme time and the little forklift, a jackhammer, three dump trucks and other construction crew members are hard at work in the Land of Mother Goose. Why? Well, Crumbling Bridge is falling down. The Three Little Pigs’ houses need to be rebuilt. And many more constructions jobs on the go - so “Here We Go ‘Round the Construction Site”! Preschoolers will have so much fun with this book that they’ll want to hear it read and sung again and again.
Recommended for ages 2 to 5 years. 30 pages.
JP Foccr
BERTHA AND THE FROG CHOIR, by Luc Foccroulle, 2012.
Bertha has always wanted to sing with the frog choir, but when she auditions, her voice is so awful that the other frogs groan and cover their ears. Her friend, Lucy, has a wonderful froggy voice, but is told that she’s far too small to join the choir. The two friends are very disappointed … until they work together to come up with a clever plan… can you guess what it might be?
Recommended for ages 3 to 5 years. 30 pages.
JP Dias
BURTON & ISABELLE PIPISTRELLE: OUT OF THE BAT CAVE, by Denise Dias and staff of the Royal Ontario Museum, 2011. CANADIAN
Burton, a little bat, wasn’t like the other Pipistrelle bats, who always stuck together. He was curious and brave, and he dreamed of exploring new places. One night, when his sister Isabelle and the other bats were outside, he explored a small crack at the back of the Bat Cave and discovered a wonderful new place – a huge museum with rooms and rooms of enormous dinosaurs, precious treasure and beautiful costumes!
Recommended for ages 3 to 6 years. 32 pages.
JP Clark
THE ADVENTURES OF BUDDY THE BEAVER: BUDDY EXPLORES THE POND, by Carson Clark, 2010.
Take a summer’s day tour of the beaver pond with Buddy the Beaver, and meet his friends: a rabbit, some bluebirds, painted turtles, butterflies, dragonflies, a deer, a newt and many others. This book was written by a ten-year-old author (with help from his dad)!
Recommended for ages 3 to 6 years. 30 pages.
JE Snodg
THE REALLY ROTTEN PRINCESS, by Lady Cecily Snodgrass, 2012.
Regina Recalcitrant was not a nice princess. She played mean tricks on the castle maids, the cook, the wizard and even on visitors to the castle. She insulted people. She never did as she was told. In fact, Princess Regina was downright rotten! But the day came when she had to go away to Miss Priscilla Prunerot’s School for Princesses. Can you guess what happened there? A “Ready to Read” book for beginning readers.
Recommended for ages 4 to 7 years. 30 pages.
J 590 Gre
ANIMALS AND ME, by Marie Greenwood, 2010.
People are different from animals in some ways … and in other ways, we are like animals. For example, we have teeth, and so do dolphins, elephants and many other animals. People can learn to swim, and many other creatures can also swim, such as fish, seahorses, turtles, ducks, dolphins and dogs. Animals need sleep, too – just we do. Discover many more amazing similarities - and differences - in this neat book!
Recommended for ages 6 to 11 years. 48 pages.
J 590.Seu
COWS SWEAT THROUGH THEIR NOSES AND OTHER FREAKY FACTS ABOUT ANIMAL HABITS, CHARACTERISTICS, AND HOMES, by Barbara Seuling, 2008.
Did you know that cows sweat through their noses … that barnacles manufacture their own superglue … that more than 20,000 bees can live in one beehive … that a grizzly bear can run as fast as a horse … and that giraffes, elephants and horses usually sleep standing up
(because they have such a hard time getting up off the ground)? It’s true! Discover many more strange-but-true facts about animals around the world!
Recommended for ages 7 to 11 years. 40 pages.
J FIC Gillm
THE TIME TIME STOPPED, by Don Gillmor, 2011. CANADIAN.
Fed up with people complaining about time, the Time Keeper has turned off his time machine and disappeared on holidays. But without time, people just lose interest in the things that they usually do, and everything is very confusing. Can Tristan find the Time Keeper before the evil Time Bandits, who plan to kidnap the Time Keeper and make a fortune by selling time?
Recommended for ages 8 to 10 years. 151 pages.
J FIC Shawy
LEGEND OF THE PAYMASTER’S GOLD, by Jo Shawyer, 2012. CANADIAN.
According to a historical legend, the old house on Commissioners Road in London, Ontario was the site of a War of 1812 skirmish when an army paymaster’s chest of gold was lost. Could the gold be buried on the property? Sam, Eadie and Ben Jackson - whose family has just moved into the house - are determined to discover if the legend is true.
Recommended for ages 9 to 12 years. 125 pages.
J FIC McKen
GUINEVERE’S GAMBLE, by Nancy McKenzie, 2008.
Guinevere, an orphan who lives with her Queen Alyse and King Pellinore, has been told that she will someday wed the great king, Arthur. Guinevere can’t believe it – could this prophecy really come true? When King Arthur’s sister, the powerful Princess Morgan le Fey, learns of the prophecy, she becomes a bitter enemy and hatches a plot to take Guinevere’s life. Based on the legend of King Arthur.
Recommended for ages 11 to 15 years. 361 pages. |
