Monday, June 30, 2025

Art in Our World

Check out one of these great picture books about art . . . . 


The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau by Jon Agee
When Felix Clouseau's painting quacks, he is hailed as a genius. Suddenly everyone wants a Clousseau masterpiece, and the unknown painter becomes an overnight sensation. That's when the trouble begins.

I Can Only Draw Worms by Will Mabbitt
Teaches the reader to count to ten using worms that have great adventures or everyday experiences, described but not illustrated due to the author/illustrator's inability to draw anything but worms.

Jeremy Draws a Monster by Peter McCarty
A young boy who spends most of his time alone in his bedroom makes new friends after the monster in his drawing becomes a monstrous nuisance.

When Pencil Met Eraser by Karen Kilpatrick
When Pencil draws on the pages of this book, Eraser erases parts of Pencil's work, and the book itself becomes a canvas for their different takes on creativity - until the two discover their artwork is even better when they work together.


More Books --
Art & Max by David Wiesner
The Artist by Ed Vere
Blue Chameleon by Emily Gravett
The Boy and the Mountain by Mario Bellini
The Concrete Garden by Bob Graham
The Day the Crayons Came Home by Drew Daywalt
Doodleday by Ross Collins
Draw Me a Star by Eric Carle
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More by Karen Beaumont
I Cannot Draw a Horse by Charise Mericle Harper
The Imaginary Garden by Andrew Larsen
Knit Together by Angela Dominguez
Lines by Suzy Lee
Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni
Masterpiece Mix by Roxie Munro
Scribbles and Ink by Ethan Long
Time to Make Art by Jeff Mack
Warthogs Paint by Pamela Duncan Edwards

Monday, June 16, 2025

World Music Day -- June 21st

 Did you know that June 21st is World Music Day?  Celebrate by reading one of these chapter books stories about music . . . .

Welcome to Starvation Lake by Gloria Whelan
When a tire fire causes a punk rock band to take a detour to Starvation Lake, the fourth-grade students talk them into playing at the school fund raiser.

The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
When Chester, a very musical cricket, visits New York, he brings business to Mario's newsstand.

The First Rule of Punk by Celia Perez
MarĂ­a Luisa O'Neill-Morales starts seventh grade with a bang -- spurning the middle school's most popular girl in favor of starting a band with a group of like-minded weirdos.


More Books --
Drum Roll, Please by Lisa Jenn Bigelow
Duet by Elise Broach
Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan
Gentle's Holler by Kerry Madden
The Last Holiday Concert by Andrew Clements
Mrs. Bacon is Fakin' by Dan Gutman
The Show Must Go On by Tina Wells
Simon B. Rhymin' by Dwayne Reed
The Singing Rock by Nathaniel Luchenmeyer
Upstaged by Diana Harmon Asher

Monday, June 9, 2025

If You Like the Warriors series by Erin Hunter

The Warriors series by Erin Hunter is one of the more popular series for children.  But what should you read next?  Try one of these series . . . .


Guardians of Ga'Hoole series by Kathryn Lasky
When Soren, a barn owl, arrives at St. Aggie's, a school for orphaned owls, he suspects trouble and with his new friend, a clever elf owl named Gylfie, embarks on a perilous journey to save all owls from the danger at St. Aggie's.

Endling series by Katherine Applegate
After her pack is hunted down and killed, Byx fears she may be the last of her species. The Endling. So Byx sets out to find safe haven, and to see if the legends of other hidden dairnes are true. 

Spirit Animals series by various authors
As a dark force engulfs the land, the fate of Erdas has fallen on the shoulders of four young strangers who each have forged a rare bond with their spirit beasts -- a bond that gives great powers to all of them.


More Series --
Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
The Erth Dragons by Chris D'Lacey
Longburrow by Kieran Larwood
The Lost Rainforest by Eliot Schrefer
Mouseheart by Lisa Fiedler
The Sisters Grimm by Michael Buckley
The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann
Wings of Fire by Tai Sutherland