Monday, April 26, 2010

New Children's Books

The Quiet Book - Deborah Underwood
From the quiet of being the first one awake in the morning to "sweet dreams quiet" when the last light is turned off, simple text explores the many kinds of quiet that can exist during the day.

Your Daddy Was Just Like You - Kelly Bennett
A grandmother describes to her grandson how his father was just like him when he was a child, never wanting to take a bath, fearing the dark, and swooping through the house in a cape and mask.

Field Trip Day - Lynn Plourde
Juan Dore-Nomad, a boy who has a tendency to wander, provokes mayhem on a field trip to the farm.

Black Elk's Vision - S.D. Nelson
A simple biography of Lakota-Oglala medicine man Black Elk, from his childhood vision which shaped his life through his battles with the whites and his travels with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.

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