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Amy Krause Rosenthal describes herself as "a person who likes to make things." She is an author, a filmmaker, and more. She also brings people together - literally - with her work. Here's the trailer for her feature film, The Beckoning of Lovely 11/11/11, and a little more about the project in her own words:
The Beckoning of Lovely began with a spontaneous public gathering on 08/08/08 at "The Bean" sculpture in Chicago's Millennium Park. 2 subsequent videos took place on 09/09/09 and 10/10/10... On November 11th, 2011 the feature film The Beckoning of Lovely 11/11/11 will be released and made globally available for viewing on YouTube... This final film — like the whole project itself — is interactive and rooted in human connection.
Learn more at http://www.TheBeckoningOfLovely.com - Check out the FAQ at Google Docs and click through the slideshow to watch all of the trailers and check out the movie poster!
It's that time of the week again! I'm trying to clean off my TBR shelves from 2009, so once again I have a smorgasbord of picture books for you this week. Hopefully you'll find at least one that grabs you!
What's New at the Zoo? An Animal Adding Adventure by Suzanne Slade and illustrator Joan Waites
I'm a big fan of books published by Sylvan Dell, for their educational elements, combined with the fun aspect of a picture book for kiddos. This one takes the subject of addition and adds in some fun rhymes and enjoyable pictures of zoo life to keep your child interested, while their working on their math.
My favorite page features penguins, some of my own favorite animals (giraffes and dogs take a high stance on my favorites list too, in case you're interested!). The rhymes reads:
"Ten playful penguins
slip and slide and flip.
Five chicks want a turn.
How many take a dip?"
And then the problem, 10 + 5 = ? is show on the bottom of the page. Fun right?
And as always with Sylvan Dell books, the fun and learning isn't over when the story ends. The back is filled with lots of additional activities, like animal matching and different addition methods. And the website, www.sylvandellpublishing.com has free online resources to go along with the book as well.
What's New at the Zoo?
Suzanne Slade
32 pages
Picture Book
Sylvan Dell Publishing
9781934359938
June 2009
Review copy received from publisher
Bedtime for Mommy by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and illustrator LeUyen Pham
If you read this blog on a regular basis, you know that Rosenthal is one of my favorite children's authors and she has yet another adorable book, coming out in March. You should preorder it...it's worth it!
Roles are reversed when a little girl has the challenge of putting her mommy to bed. First she has to have a bath, then teeth brushing, then a story, etc. And once Mommy is finally tucked into bed, it's time to start on Daddy!
A really sweet story, with fantastic illustrations. I've read a few books illustrated by Pham, but nothing that has stood out like the pictures in this one. A great bedtime read!
And if you're interested in the whole role-reversal at bedtime topic, Topsy-Turvy Bedtime by Joan Levine is another one to look up.
Bedtime for Mommy
Amy Krause Rosenthal
32 pages
Picture Book
Bloomsbury
9781599903415
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I have three adorable picture books to showcase this week, all surrounding the subject of PIGS!!
My first choice is by one of my all-time favorite picture book authors, Amy Krause-Rosenthal, who, together with illustrator Jen Corace, has brought another "Little" to the cute series of books. Little Oink (joining Little Pea and Little Hoot), features a pig that is entirely sick and tired of being messy. All he wants to do is be clean like all of his friends!!
Unfortunately, mom and dad won't allow Little Oink to go out and play until he properly takes part in "mess-up time." He has to mess up his room, change his clean clothes to dirty ones, unfold his clothes, etc. How mean are those parents?!
Kids will love the nature of this story and soon you'll be having the little ones asking if they too can make a mess like Little Oink! Very cute! A wonderful addition to the series!
Little Oink
Amy Krause-Rosenthal
36 pages
Picture Book
Chronicle Books
9780811866552
April 2009
Being a Pig is Nice: A Child's-Eye View of Manners, written by Sally Lloyd-Jones and illustrated by Dan Krall, is another silly book for this week. A little girl explains how kids are always being given manners to follow and goes on to tell us readers how EASY it is to be a pig, a snail, an elephant, and lots of other animals. Lots of messes are perfectly fine, muddy hands are great, being slow is normal, etc. Until she realizes that being polite and having manners might not be so bad after all.
Very cute with silly illustrations (the snails are adorable) and a nice message. Manners are given for a reason!
Being a Pig is Nice: A Child's-Eye View of Manners
Sally Lloyd-Jones
40 pages
Picture Book
Schwartz & Wade
9780375841873
May 2009
My final "pig" selection this week, is by the ever-popular Eileen Spinelli, illustrated by Tim Bowers. Princess Pig is another laugh-out-loud funny book with great illustrations, making for another good read aloud selection.
When Pig wakes up from her nap with a Princess sash around her head, she is convinced she has been named a Princess, refusing to do any of her regular duties and bossing around all of her fellow farm animals. When Pig learns that Princesses don't eat slop and they certainly don't roll around in the cool mud, she begins to reconsider her position.
From beginning to end, this is a sweet, funny story, again, with fabulous illustrations. And I just LOVE Pig's crown made of a teacup. How cute is that?
Great for storytime read alouds and home shelves.
Princess Pig
Eileen Spinelli
40 pages
Picture Book
Knopf
9780375845710
June 2009
To learn more about any of these titles, or to purchase, click on the book covers above to link to Amazon.
Lots of fun books today folks, all centering around the idea that being "different" is just fine. I've read all of these just this week and truly enjoyed each one. Hope you find something that appeals to you!
The first thing a great book needs is a fantastic title and author Bill Cochran does not disappoint in that area with My Parents are Divorced, My Elbows Have Nicknames, and Other Facts about Me. Great title huh? And the story definitely lives up to it.
A fabulous choice for children with divorced parents, this title follows a boy that basically describes his life. His parents being divorced is just a quality about him...it certainly doesn't mean he's weird. And the fact that he sleeps with one sock on, gives his elbows nicknames, pretends to be a chicken when he answers the phone, or eats spaghetti sauce out of the jar doesn't make him weird either. That's just the way he is!
With great illustrations by Steve Bjorkman, this picture book is a great resource for parents about to get a divorce or that already are. The integration of humor and the explanation of having two different homes and being just a bit different is perfect, making for a fun, yet comforting book.
My Parents are Divorced, My Elbows Have Nicknames, and Other Facts about Me
Bill Cochran
32 pages
Picture Book
HarperCollins
9780060539429
June 2009
Adios Oscar! A Butterfly Fable is written and illustrated by Peter Elwell takes on being different in the physical sense. Oscar is a caterpillar and when he learns he's going to turn into a butterfly someday, he is overjoyed! He and his friend Edna begin making plans for their butterfly lives by researching Mexico, the place where they want to relocate with the rest of the beautiful butterflies they know.
When Oscar goes through his metamorphosis and turns out to be a moth, rather than a gorgeous butterfly, he is devastated and thinks his plans for Mexico are dashed. He couldn't possibly go with all the beautiful butterflies to an exotic land when he looks like a boring old moth could he??
A nice story about both being different, as well as a metamorphosis process and the back includes some nice facts about butterflies and moths, making it a useful classroom book as well.
Adios Oscar!
Peter Elwell
32 pages
Picture Book
The Blue Sky Press
9780545071598
April 2009
Pink! by Lynne Rickards, illustrated by Margaret Chamberlain is the ultimate of "it's ok to be different" books. When a very-much-boy penguin turns pink one day, he is embarrassed, humiliated and afraid he no longer fits in with his black and white penguin family and friends. In search of a place where he does fit in, Patrick swims all the way to Africa to go live with the pink flamingos.
Quickly, Patrick finds out that he really doesn't fit in with the flamingos at all and swims all the way back home, where he is met by his very-impressed friends. He swam ALL the way to Africa!! Being different wasn't quite as bad as Patrick thought.
Another cute selection, this would make a nice read a loud or a great choice for those kids that just love PINK!! (Like ME!).
Pink!
Lynne Rickards
32 pages
Picture Book
The Chicken House
9780545086080
January 2009
And my final choice of the week is by one of my all-time favorite picture book authors, Amy Krouse Rosenthal, with illustrator Scott Magoon. Known for Little Pea (my favorite) and Little Hoot, Rosenthal has cooked up another adorable story of someone that hates being different from his friends, Spoon.
Spoon is bummed about being a spoon. He doesn't get to cut or spread like Knife or go everywhere like Fork. And he certainly isn't exoctic like Chopsticks. Being a Spoon is just SO boring. When his friends are actually jealous of all the cool things Spoon gets to do, like diving headfirst into a bowl of ice cream or measuring stuff, and his mom explains all the cool things he DOES get to do, Spoon starts to realize that his life of being different is actually pretty neat.
You have to go get this book to read the last page...I could NOT stop laughing!! And Magoon did a fabulous job with facial expressions. Any fan of Little Pea or Little Hoot will really enjoy this one. And Little Pig comes out soon!
Spoon
Amy Krause Rosenthal
40 pages
Picture Book
Hyperion
9781423106852
April 2009
To learn more about any of these titles, or to purchase, click on the book cover above to link to Amazon.
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I had Ferocious Wild Beasts on my to-read list, but not Proud as a Peacock, Brave as a Lion. Thanks!
My son loves What's New at the Zoo? . . . Another great from Sylvan Dell!!
Looking forward to reading Proud as a Peacock , Brave as a Lion, to my grandchildren! My son is in the Military . I am a publisher with two books for Military kids : We Serve too! A Child's Deployment Book and We Serve Too!2 A Child's Reunion Book. Our website is www.weservetoo.com.