[Reading-For-Healthy-Families] new kids book ideas

[Katie Anderson]

Hello!  I know most of you are always on the lookout for new books to share with the young children you work with.  Below is an email I received that contains a list of recently published books a children's librarian in Iowa has discovered, used in storytimes, and proven very popular with the kids who visit her library.  

Library staff, if your library owns these you may look to these for some fresh ideas for storytime. 

Family support workers, since these are new titles it will probably be difficult to find them at low prices.  However, you may be able to check them out at your library and bring to read with your families during home visits. 

Katie Anderson, Library Development Services
* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *
Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301
katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528

-----Original Message-----
From: Danielle Day 
Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 1:56 PM
To: alsc-l at ala.org
Subject: [alsc-l] New storytime books for 2009

Hey Folks.

I have listed my new favorite books to use in storytime for the 2009.  


Arnosky, Jim.  I'm A Turkey. New York: Scholastic Inc. 0439903645 ($16.99) In spoken-word song with rhyming text, a turkey describes his life in a large flock, always looking out for other creatures that might find him tasty.

Braeuner, Shellie.  The Great Dog Wash. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.   
1416971160. ($15.99)  Rhyming text welcomes the reader to a dog wash that goes awry when someone brings their cat.

Foley, Greg.  Good Luck Bear.  New York. Penguin Group. 9780670062584. ($15.99)  When Bear's friend Mouse tells him that finding a four-leaf clobber means one is lucky, the little bear searches for one, despite the discouraging words of other animals.

Ellery, Amanda.  If I Were A Jungle Animal. New York. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. 
9781416937784  ($15.99) While playing baseball, a boy wonders what it would be like to be different jungle animals.

Waddell, Martin.  The Super Hungry Dinosaur. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers. 9780803734463
($16.99) The Super Hungry Dinosaur has come to eat Hal's parents and his dog, Billy.  Can Hal calm the Super Hungry Dinosaur's tantrum before it's too late?

Crimi, Carolyn.  Henry & the Crazed Chicken Pirates.  Somerville. Candlewick Press. 9780763636012
($15.99) When the Buccaneer Bunnies receive a note from an unknown enemy, Henry researches and writes a book called " Henry's Plan for Impending Danger from the Unknown Enemy Who Wrote the Scary Note," which helps him when the enemy finally arrives.

Watt, Melanie.  Have I got a book for you!  Toronto. Kids Can Press. 9781554532896. ($16.95) Mr. Al Foxword is one persistent salesman.  Al tries every cheesy trick of the trade, but just when you're ready to close the book on him, he comes up with a clever tactic you simply can't refuse!

Catrow, David.  Dinosaur Hunt.  New York. Orchard Books.  0545057485. ($6.99) Max Spaniel searches for dinosaurs in his backyard.

Gall, Chris.  Dinotrux. New York. Little Brown Books for Young Readers. 9780316027779. (16.99) Millions of  years ago, the prehistoric ancestors of today's trucks such as Garbageadon, Dozeratops and Craneosaurus, roamed the Earth until they rusted out and became extinct.

Emberly, Rebecca.  There Was An Old Monster.  New York: Orchard Books. 054510145. ($16.99)  In this variation on the traditional cumulative rhyme, a monster swallows ants, a lizard, a bat, and other creatures to try to cure a stomachache that began when he swallowed a tick. 

Spinelli, Eileen.  Silly Tilly.  Tarrytown. Marshall Cavendish Corp.  9780761455257. ($16.99) Tilly drives the other barnyard animals' crazy with her silliness, but after gruffly telling her to stop, they discover that they miss her old ways.

Bluemle, Elizabeth.  How Do You Worka-Worka?  Somerville. Candlewick Press.9780763632281 ($15.99) A young boy who likes to "worka-worka, a shimmy-shake, and shocka-shocka" gathers his neighbors together for a surprise celebration.

Cronin, Doreen. Stretch.  New York. Atheneum Books for Young Readers.  9781416953418. ($15.99) Rhyming  text describes the many ways to stretch.

Reid, Rob.  Coming Down to Storytime.  Janesville. Upstart Books. 9781602130289. ($9.00) "Storytime!"  
That's all the little barnyard animals need to hear to send them flocking to their librarian, who has some rip-roaring, song-singing, nursery-rhyming, snack-timing fun in store for them!

Schoenherr, Ian.  Read It, Don't Eat It!  New York. Greenwillow Books. 9780061780349. ($18.99) Rhyming  advice on how to take care of a library book.

Kasza, Keiko.  Ready for Anything. New York. Penguin Young Readers Group. 9780399252358. ($16.99) Raccoon is nervous about all of the things that could spoil a picnic from bees to dragons, until Duck convinces him that surprises can be fun.

Potter, Alicia.  Fritz Danced the Fandango.  New York. Scholastic Press.  0545075548. ($16.99) Fritz is like  every other mountain goat, except that he loves to dance the fandango .He is on a quest to find his herd.

Thomas, Jan.  Can You Make a Scary Face?  New York. Beach Lane Books.  9781416985815. ($12.99) A  ladybug invites the reader to play a game of "let's pretend."

Friedman, Laurie.  Thanksgiving Rules.  Minneapolis. CarolRhoda Books. 9780822579830. ($16.95) Young Percy Isaac Gifford provides a list of ten rules for getting the most out of Thanksgiving Day, especially how best to enjoy the buffet.

Singer, Marilyn. I'm Your Bus. New York. Scholastic Press. 0545089182. ($16.99) In rhyming text, a school bus  describes its busy day transporting children to and from school.

Trapani, Iza. Haunted Party. Watertown. Charlesbridge. 9781580892469 ($15.95) In this counting book that  introduces the numbers from one to ten, a ghost and his supernatural friends have a party on Halloween night.

Danielle Day
Youth Services Manager
Carnegie-Stout Public Library
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