Wednesday, March 24, 2010

New Children's Books

The Little Red Hen and the Passover Matzah - Leslie Kimmelman
No one will help the Little Red Hen make the Passover matzah, but they all want to help her eat it.






Whaling Season: A Year in the Life of an Arctic Whale Scientist - Peter Lourie
John Craighead George is an Arctic whale scientist studying bowhead whales in Barrow, Alaska. He conducts his research in harmony with the cultural traditions of the Iñupiaq Eskimos, natives to the area, who have been hunting these whales for more than two thousand years.



If Stones Could Speak: Unlocking the Secrets of Stonehenge - Marc Aronson
Text, photographs, and explanatory maps and illustrations document archaeologist Mike Parker Pearson's study of Stonehenge and the surrounding area, describing what he found and what the artifacts reveal about the site and its history.




Lincoln Tells a Joke: How Laughter saved the President (and the Country) - Kathleen Krull
This biography reveals many reasons why Lincoln was a towering president. He had a rich sense of humor that helped him in tough times.





Read It, Don't Eat It! - Ian Schoenherr
Animal readers give rhyming advice on how to take care of a library book.








 Over in the Hollow - Rebecca Dickinson
A counting book that features a variety of spooky Halloween creatures, from one spider to thirteen ghosts.

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