Pele, King of Soccer / Pele, El rey del Futbol Author(s): Monica BrownIllustrator(s): Rudy Gutierrez This week I want to post about one of my country's heroes... Pele, King of Soccer. Warm illustrations full of movement tell the story of the world's genius of soccer from his humble beginnings to his post professional carer as an ambassador for the world's most popular and well-loved sport. Read more about Pele, King of Soccer / Pele, El rey del Futbol
A Million Dots Author(s): Andrew ClementsIllustrator(s): Reed, Mike There are indeed a million dots in the book, although the book states it would take over eleven days for the reader to actually count them! On each page one of the dot numbers is highlighted and a large illustration depicts what that number represents. For instance, dot number 265,000 represents the number of different kinds of moths and butterflies on earth, and dot number 615,100 represents the number of words in the Oxford English Dictionary. Read more about A Million Dots
The Library Of Alexandria Author(s): Kelly TrumbleIllustrator(s): Robina MacIntyre Marshall My fourth grader and Classics-minded daughter loved this one! The product description does a good job of explaining what the book is all about: Read more about The Library Of Alexandria
My Librarian is a Camel Author(s): Margriet Ruurs The libraries I grew up with did not even resemble what we have available today... truly. I am not able to go to my weekly visits to the library without being amazed at how fortunate we are. This friendly book will help your children appreciate what some other children in the world go through to be able to borrow a book! Going beyond that, the book has information and maps on each country discussed and lots of fun photographs! Read more about My Librarian is a Camel
Plant Secrets Author(s): Emily GoodmanIllustrator(s): Phyllis Limbacher Tildes I confess I have a stack of books here waiting... some about libraries under different themes. Alas, the warmth today brings our minds to travel towards a green world, full of sunshine and growth. Read more about Plant Secrets
Look! Seeing the Light in Art Author(s): Gillian Wolfe I found this quite accidentally when browsing the art shelves in the non-fiction children books section at our library system's main branch last week. Mind you, I am always carting around mountains of books in huge, oversize bags, and I am thankful for strong, teen sons, and for downtown ballet and piano classes allowing me the time to browse at the library. Read more about Look! Seeing the Light in Art
Fun with Roman Numerals Author(s): David A. AdlerIllustrator(s): Edward Miller I showed this book and read it aloud to my kids in Junior Classical League's last meeting, and except for one kid, the club's president and a Latin aficionado, none of us knew about the Roman numerals on the two last pages! Have fun learning! From the publisher: Read more about Fun with Roman Numerals
What's The Deal? Author(s): Rhoda Blumberg National Geographic published some longer, generously illustrated non-fiction picture books, and this is one of them. A great aid to any homeschool's History curriculum. We have picked up several different titles from the library like this one. I, for one, learned a lot! From their site: Read more about What's The Deal?
Greater Estimations Author(s): Bruce Goldstone You may have enjoyed, like we have, Great Estimations in the past. I was happy to find in the library this week a brand new sequel by the same author! Read more about Greater Estimations
Twenty-Odd Ducks Author(s): Lynne TrussIllustrator(s): Bonnie Timmons Lynne Truss does it again, this time stressing the correct use of the hyphen, parenthesis, question and exclamation marks and also more comma use. I feel that my younger kids will have a wonderful and visual grasp of punctuation as they grow up exposed to Truss' humor and fresh approach to grammar! If you haven't enjoyed her first punctuation picture books, don't miss them: Eats, Shoots and Leaves and The Girl's like Spaghetti! Read more about Twenty-Odd Ducks
