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Wenn Du einen Wal sehen willst (2013)

If You Want to See a Whale is an interesting and very short book, that gives the reader a different perspective. The thing I liked most about it was how simple it is and how quiet of a book it seems to be. When I read it, I sort of felt at peace and relaxed in a weird way because I feel like tha...

Wenn Du einen Wal sehen willst (2013) by Julie Fogliano
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Se vuoi vedere una balena (2013)

If you want to see a whale is a story about a young boy who patiently waits to see a whale. The little boy explains everything you need to do in order to see the whale. The little boy also explains everything you can’t do if you want to see the whale. After making sure the little boy does everyth...

Se vuoi vedere una balena (2013) by Julie Fogliano
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Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors (2009)

The writing from Joyce Sidman and the illustrations from Pamela Zagarenski perfectly connect colors to the four seasons. The descriptions draw you into the poems and the illustrations do a wonderful job of supporting them. This book begins with the red colors of spring with the “sprouts in rhub...

Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors (2009) by Joyce Sidman
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Bear Feels Scared (2008)

“Bear Feels Scared” is a wonderful book that helps guide and express emotional and social development. The sing-song lyrical prose and beautifully illustrated pages bring the main character Bear’s emotions to life with vivid color and expression. The book highlights the importance of friendship...

Bear Feels Scared (2008) by Karma Wilson
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Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature (2011)

The swirls start on the cover with the largest animal being an obvious swirl, but also the text. Even the information on the title page is written in a swirl. The large print and font choice make it great for reading aloud. The scratchboard illustrations have a lot of texture. Children will b...

Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature (2011) by Joyce Sidman
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I Am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World (2010)

Book blurb: Through rants, poetry, questions, and facts, we come to understand the universality of girls everywhere: their resiliency, their wildness, their pain, their fears, their secrets, and their triumphs. I Am an Emotional Creature is a call, a reckoning, an education, an act of empowerment...

I Am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World (2010) by Eve Ensler
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Dog Songs Deluxe Edition (2014)

Wonderful poems! I really enjoyed enjoyed the one poem where Mary addresses the reader- "If You Are Holding This Book." She describes loving to see dogs being free: "[that] of all the sights I love in this world-/ and there are plenty- very near the top of/ the list is this one: dogs without leas...

Dog Songs Deluxe Edition (2014) by Mary Oliver
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Diamond Willow (2008)

This is a poetry book that I just absolutely love! I do not like poetry very well. What I love most about this book is that each poem is telling a story, the same story, with a hidden message in each. The hidden message is bolded. I absolutely love that part! What I do not like about this book is...

Diamond Willow (2008) by Helen Frost
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And Then It's Spring (2012)

This is a cute story about the anticipation of Spring and all of the color it brings. A boy and his friends (dog, turtle, birds, and bunny) plant seeds in early Spring. They keep waiting and checking and waiting and checking and waiting some more, but no green sprouts came up. At first he thou...

And Then It's Spring (2012) by Julie Fogliano
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Tree of Codes (2010)

Rating: 4.25 - 4.5An interesting and bizarre analysis of the passage of time and inevitability of death and decay. Hits on many heavy subjects such as depression and embracing the essence of life after a tragic death in the family. It described society as a uniformed whole, lost and continually c...

Tree of Codes (2010) by Jonathan Safran Foer
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Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes (2008)

Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox is a good book to read in Pre-k or Kindergarten. This book find a simple way to uncover the theme of diversity. Through out the book, it show different babies from around the world and how they all have ten toes. This would be good to help student...

Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes (2008) by Mem Fox
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The Quiet Book (2010)

Written by Deborah Underwood, Illustrated by Renata Liwaska, 2010. I LOVE this book! It is so simple but yet makes you think about the different kinds of quiet there are. I believe it would be a great book to use for all ages to get kids thinking and pondering, just to see what they can come u...

The Quiet Book (2010) by Deborah Underwood
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Ihan hiljaa (2011)

Love to read this book with my toddler for several reasons: The gentle way the book is written and the touching illustrations create space for deep listening and connects us with the variety of forms 'quiet' can take, from surprise to friendship to uh-oh's and everything in between."The Quiet Boo...

Ihan hiljaa (2011) by Deborah Underwood
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Piano piano (2011)

I thought that this book was okay. It had a lot to do with being quiet, and the different types of "quiet" we experience. Things such as being quiet because you see something shocking, or being quiet in on a ride at the top of a rollercoaster, are all different types of being quiet. This book cou...

Piano piano (2011) by Deborah Underwood
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Quiet Book (2010)

Underwood reveals that almost all things are more complex than first thought, and each situation will have its own distinct "kind" of quiet. Subtle and quiet even the book's illustration, this is a book that has a powerful opportunity to spur discussion of an unusual notion. In this loud and plug...

Quiet Book (2010) by Deborah Underwood