Picture books we love, June 2016

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Written By Kristen

A few of our favorite library books from the past month:

All of the above are by author Petra Mathers. We had a little Petra Mathers moment this month. Her books are spectacular, bird friends on the Oregon coast, sweet and smart and funny...the next time we buy books it's going to be the books above...

  • Songs of the Fog Maiden by Tomie dePaola — Zo picked this book out and rechecked it this morning. (The kids each get to recheck one book when we do the library return.) Sweet nature poems, and lots of sheep in the pictures which I suspect is why Sis likes it so much...
  • Dem Bones by Bob Barner — "Mommy!" Luke said the other day. "Sit down and let me read you 'Dem Bones!'" And he did read it...the page titles at least. Love this fun way for kids to learn about anatomy...
  • Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts — My husband's an engineer so it was fun to have this book to help them understand what Daddy does...but it's also got such an empowering message in terms of not giving up on your dreams but instead to keep trying until you succeed...and there's also some WWII Rosie the Riveter history woven in. Luke's rechecked this out he likes it so much...
  • Madeline in America by Ludwig Bemelmans and John Bemelmans Marciano — Who doesn't love Madeline? I didn't know she and all the other little girls had come to America. As fun and charming as the original.

Any suggestions for picture books that should be on my radar?

XOXO

Kristen
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