1/16 – 1/22/12 Children’s Book of the Week: Gilbert Goldfish Wants a Pet

by Susie Chodakiewitz

Gilbert Goldfish Wants a Pet

by Kelly DiPuccio 

illustrated by Bob Shea

Gilbert Goldfish has it all – gorgeous home, plenty of food, even a chest full of treasure. But Gilbert has a dream. He thought he got his dream when a great, yappy, lappy dog prances around his little fishbowl – but no; the dog just liked barking, and anyway it didn’t stay. Or when a sweet little mouse stops by to nose the glass of his tank – but no; the mouse splits as soon she realizes Gilbert is not a big, swishy chunk of cheese. Gilbert’s heart-broken when his “pets” don’t work out, but he does get his wish eventually, though perhaps in a somewhat different form than he thought.

A fun, rhythmic story with some adorable pictures. Great for preschool and up.

Be sure to also check out the Make Your Own Fishbowl craft on the Crafts For Kids page for an excellent activity to go with this excellent story!

~ Susan Chodakiewitz is the author of the children’s picture book Too Many Visitors for One Little House and the founder of Booksicals, Encouraging Reading Through the Arts.  Too Many Visitors is now available  as an ibook for ipad and iphones with a fun read-aloud musical narration.  http://bit.ly/ibookVisitors  ~

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1/2 – 1/8 Children’s Book of the Week: Stuck

by Susie Chodakiewitz

Stuck

by Oliver Jeffers 

Floyd got his kite stuck in a tree. And he really needs it out, now! So, he hurls his shoe up into the tree to knock it out. And that doesn’t work, so he tries his other shoe. And that doesn’t work, so he throws a cat, an orangutan, a front door and anything else he can get his hands on (and a few things he can’t) to knock that kite out of the tree – with hilarious results.

A whimsically told and wonderfully illustrated story. Great for ages 2 and up, but even grown-ups will find it funny.

~ Susan Chodakiewitz is the author of the children’s picture book Too Many Visitors for One Little House and the founder of Booksicals, Encouraging Reading Through the Arts.  Too Many Visitors is now available  as an ibook for ipad and iphones with a fun read-aloud musical narration.  http://bit.ly/ibookVisitors  ~

 

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12/26 – 1/1/2012 Children’s book of the Week; King Hugo’s Huge Ego

King Hugo’s Huge Ego by Chris Van Dusen  King Hugo is a very small man with a very big problem. He cannot and will not consider the ears and feelings of anyone at the recieving end of his epic boasting. He is so haughty, he doesn’t even notice the sorceress he was so discourteous towards [...]

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12/19 – 12/25 Children’s Book of the Week: Freckleface Strawberry; Best Friends Forever

Freckleface Strawberry: Best Friends Forever by Julianne Moore illustrated by LeUyen Pham Freckleface Strawberry and Windy Pants Patrick are as different as can be – which precisely why they become such good friends. Windy Pants is the biggest and Freckleface Strawberry the shortest kids in their class, so when they are both chosen the very [...]

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12/12 – 12/18 Children’s Book of the Week: A Sick Day For Amos McGee

A Sick Day For Amos McGee by Philip Stead  illustrated by Erin Stead Amos McGee is always very busy at work at the city zoo, but he always makes time for his animal friends. He plays chess the ponderous elephant. He races the enormous tortoise. He sits quietly with the shy penguin. He comforts the [...]

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12/5 -12/11 Children’s Book of the Week: Flotsam

Flotsam by David Wiesner  In this wordless tale, a young boy equips himself to find and examine flotsam – anything that washes in from the sea to the shore. To the boy’s unbounded excitement, an old-time camera, the kind you have to hold in both hands, washes upon the shore! The young boy rushes to [...]

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Happy New Year from Me!

I made it my year end goal to finish 2 books, get out my ibook for Too Many Visitors for One Little House and get better at cooking and especially at making delicious soups.  So let’s see how I fared in this year’s goal. First, I finished the text for a new children’s picture book [...]

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The New ‘Too Many Visitors’ iTunes Book is Out!

 Now available on iTunes: You can buy it here Enjoy!

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11/21 – 11/26 Children’s Book of the Week: The Seeing Stick

The Seeing Stick by Jane Yolen  illustrated by Daniela Terrazzini Hwei Min is the only daughter of the emperor of China – and blind. The emperor, an inscrutable but devoted ruler and father, offers a reward to anyone in the kingdom who can lift the princess’ blindness. From all over, magicians, sages, and medicine men [...]

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11/14 – 11/20 Children’s Book of the Week: The Sweetest Fig

The Sweetest Fig  by Chris Van Allsburg  Bibot is a cold and calculating dentist in France. He has his little white dog for company, Marcel, but even Marcel only reminds Bibot that if he were really rich, he’d have a Great Dane. One day, Bibot pulls the tooth of an old woman who afterwards tells [...]

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