Frederick Douglass: the Lion who Wrote History

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: October 10, 2017

Review

Walter Dean Myers added another important book to his distinguished list of writings before his recent death. Frederick Douglass: The Lion who Wrote History is a powerful picture book biography for children ages 5 to 8. Douglass’ moving life story includes teaching himself to read, escaping slavery, speaking out as a leading abolitionist, advocating for women’s rights, urging President Lincoln to enlist black soldiers into the Union army, and serving in the government after the Civil War. When teachers and parents ask for books about perseverance and grit, here is book you can share with them. Myers does not write down to his young audience. There is no fictionalization, and primary sources are listed at the back. Readers learn of some of the terrible struggles of life as a slave, and this knowledge adds to the reader’s appreciation of what Douglass achieved in his lifetime. The illustrations by Coretta Scott King Award Winner Floyd Cooper add to the book’s appeal. His oil on board paintings softened the story of Douglass’ struggles and provide historical details and emotional depth. This book is highly recommended for all collections. Even those libraries that already have a picture book biography on Douglass will want to consider adding this work.

Overall Book Score: excellent

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About the Book

Author:

Myers, Walter Dean

Illustrator: Cooper, Floyd

Illustration Quality: excellent

Publisher: Harper

Book Type: Choose Book Type

Genre: biography / autobiography

Audience: grades k-3

Binding Type: reinforced trade binding

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9780060277093

Price: 17.99

Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Choose Library District

Review Date: October 11, 2017

Review

Ladies of Liberty introduces primary and mid elementary students to a diverse group of American women who lived from the early 1700s through the early 1800s. Nuns, African Americans, Jews, Native Americans, the rich, the poor, famous and not-so-famous all helped shape our country as outlined in these sixteen biographical sketches. Each woman is given two pages, one a general overview, and the second a brief detail about part of her life. Readers are only given a glimpse of each woman and don’t get emotionally close to the women. By the end of the book, however, children will understand that women of all sorts helped form this country. In this case, the book’s whole may be greater than the parts. Cokie Roberts, the National Public Radio commentator, based this book for children upon her earlier work, Founding Mothers. She researched using journals letters, diaries, and other books. Diane Goode’s pen and ink and pastel sketches add greatly to the book’s appeal. Her illustrations give character including humor and strength to these women, and they highlight details presented in the brief two-page biographies.

Overall Book Score: very good

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About the Book

Author:

Roberts, Cokie

Illustrator: Goode, Diane

Illustration Quality: very good

Publisher: Harper

Book Type: picture book nonfiction

Genre: biography / autobiography

Audience: grades k-3

Binding Type: trade edition

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9780060780050

Price: 17.99

Keep a Poem in Your Pocket: Classic Poems and Playful Parodies

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date:

Review

J. Patrick Lewis, one of the leading children’s poets in America, has selected thirteen poems by famous poets such as Carl Sandburg, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Jack Prelutsky, David McCord, and Langston Hughes to parody. Each poem is presented in its original text and then Lewis’ parody is on the opposite page. As explained in his introduction, his goal is “not to try to write better poems than the originals…but to take a well-known poem and echo it by tweaking and twisting to make it new.” This challenge he gave himself seems to be more successful with the light or happy poems. Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Happy Thought” is charmingly parodied with “Sleepy Thought.” Twisting “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Frost into “Stopping by Fridge on a Hungry Evening” takes a much longer leap. The acrylic and ink illustrations by Johanna Wright portray a group of diverse children and add to the book’s light and humorous feel. The parodies would be most appreciated by children who know the original, classic poems and who might want to create their own parodies.

Overall Book Score: good

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About the Book

Author:

Lewis, J. Patrick

Illustrator: Wright, Johanna

Illustration Quality: very good

Publisher: Wordsong

Book Type: picture book nonfiction

Genre: fiction in verse / poetry

Audience: grades k-3

Binding Type: reinforced trade binding

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9781590789216

Price: 17.95

Pig the Pug

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: November 8, 2017

Review

Pig, a pug,does not share his toys with Trevor, a "wiener dog"with whom he lives. When he falls from his hoarded pile of possessions and ends up in a body cast, Pig is at the mercy of Trevor who has access to all Pig's toys. Like a fluffer-nutter sandwich, Pig the Pug will be easy for children to pick up and enjoy. The large, colorful, acrylic illustrations show exaggerated emotions. Dogs and toys take center stage with almost no details of room setting. All young readers/listeners eyes will be on the dogs' exaggerated and humorous CBRsmld316eyes and teeth. How long lasting the giggles will be is another question. This title is recommended for collections that can balance an easy treat with more meaty, literary fare.

Overall Book Score: fair

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About the Book

Author:

Blabey, Aaron

Illustrator: Blabey, Aaron

Illustration Quality: good

Publisher: Scholastic

Book Type: picture book fiction

Genre:

Audience: preschool,grades k-3

Binding Type: reinforced trade binding

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9781338112450

Price: 14.99

Go Sleep in Your Own Bed!

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: November 8, 2017

Review

Preschool story hours will welcome this satisfying, humorous story of animals trying to go to bed on a farm. The first spread shows a little girl quietly in bed looking at a book. The action starts with the next spread. The pig "toddled to his sty, waddle-jog" only to hear a moo. "Who do you think he found?" Of course, preschool audiences will let you know. Then in turn the cow goes to find a chicken in her stall. Full of repetition, clever and rich verbs (Horse stumbled..shambled...whinnied... ), unusual terms of frustrations suited to each animals such as "Oh, hayseeds" or "Oh, fluff and feather," this story is made for reading aloud with expression. The plot is in chain reaction form that comes full circle when the little girl finds her cat who rightly shares her bed. Stylized sketches in soothing blues and light shades are outlined in ink. The animals facial expressions add to the fun. Highly recommended for story hour sharing. This picture book will be met with "Read it again!"

Overall Book Score: very good

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About the Book

Author:

Fleming, Candace

Illustrator: Nicholas, Lori

Illustration Quality: very good

Publisher: Schwartz & Wade

Book Type: picture book fiction

Genre:

Audience: preschool

Binding Type: reinforced trade binding

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9780375866487

Price: 17.99

Rulers of the Playground

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: November 8, 2017

Review

Teachers looking for a picture book story to start a discussion around playground behavior will find it in Rulers of the Playground. Jonah declares himself king of the playground, and the other children "pinky swear" to obey because Jonah is he on the slide which they all want to use. Lennox decides she too wants to be ruler of the other part of the playground with swings, and children "crossed their hearts" and promised to obey her. Jonah and Lennox discover "Conquering is complicated," and soon the king and queen have no friends. They promise never to be rulers again. On the final page, a fellow student appears who wants to take their place as ruler. The message of cooperation is worthy, but the conflict is a bit too easily resolved. Large eyed, expressive children representing a variety of races, subdued colors on clothes and equipment, and white backgrounds with few details turn the readers/listeners eyes toward the characters and the playground equipment. The story is didactic, but many educators do not mind didactic.

Overall Book Score: good

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About the Book

Author:

Kuefler, Joseph

Illustrator: Kuefler, Joseph

Illustration Quality: good

Publisher: Balzer Bray/HarperCollins

Book Type: picture book fiction

Genre:

Audience: grades k-3

Binding Type: reinforced trade binding

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9780062424327

Price: 17.99

We Are Shining

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: December 13, 2017

Review

If you are looking for a book that will go with topics of peace, joy, diversity, kindness, and international acceptance, you have found the right book We Are Shining for children ages 4 - 10. This poem by Pulitzer Prize winner Gwendolyn Brooks who died 17 years ago is still relevant today. The short poem is in the voice of child who expresses her (but it just as easily been illustrated with a boy) joy of life and love for all people. The colorful watercolor illustrations by Coretta Scott King Award-winning artist Jan Spivey Gilchrist lead the reader/viewer around the world in a swirl of locations, religions, and ethnic groups. This a powerful, short message of happiness and love that contemporary children can understand.

Overall Book Score: very good

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About the Book

Author:

Brooks, Gwndolyn

Illustrator: Gilchrist, Jan Spivey

Illustration Quality: very good

Publisher: Harper

Book Type: picture book nonfiction

Genre: fiction in verse / poetry

Audience: preschool,grades k-3

Binding Type: reinforced trade binding

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9780062570666

Price: 17.99

Caps for Sale and the Mindful Monkeys

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: December 13, 2017

Review

Caps for Sale and the Mindful Monkeys was published 15 years after the death of Esphyr Slobodkina. The information in the back of the book reports that Ann Marie Mulhearn Sayer and Slobodina lived and worked together for six years, and this book is based upon story ideas developed by both women. The classic stylized illustrations truly look like the work of Slobodkina with updated colors and an appealing larger size. The famous text patterns are here too including “Caps , caps or sale, 50 cents a cap” and “He looked to the right….” The plot has some of the charm of the original, but little of the humor. The monkeys are mindful as they carefully watch and learn how to make caps. Gone are the naughty little monkeys that listeners have enjoyed for over 70 years. The peddler gets a philosophical lesson in anger control from a wise old woman. She may be wise, but she is a bit preachy and her lesson will go over the heads of many listeners. It may be better to buy a fresh, clean copy of the original tale, unless you have a demand for books with a mindfulness theme.

Overall Book Score: fair

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About the Book

Author:

Slobodkina and Sayer, Esphyr and Ann Marie Mulhearn

Illustrator: Slobodkina and Sayer, Esphyr and Ann Marie Mulhearn

Illustration Quality: excellent

Publisher: Harper

Book Type: picture book fiction

Genre:

Audience: preschool,grades k-3

Binding Type: reinforced trade binding

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9780062499882

Price: 17.99

Amanda Panda Quits Kindergarten

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: December 13, 2017

Review

Amanda Panda Quits Kindergarten by Candice Ransom and illustrated by Christine Grove is the story of Amanda Panda’s first day of kindergarten. She know she likes the color brown, building a tower, and writing her name. Because of her big brother, she knows what to expect, but things don’t go as planned. A sweet little panda named Daisy dressed all in pink and who loves sparkles wants to be her friend, but Amanda thinks she is a pest. Fed up with kindergarten, she tries to join her brother’s class but ends up helping Daisy get back to kindergarten instead. By the end of the day, Amanda realizes that she can fit pink loving Daisy into her kindergarten world. This story about accepting friends with different tastes and interests and about accepting school for what it is will appeal to teachers and young listeners. Illustrations are a bit similar to Lynn Munsinger’s with line drawings filled with a variety of colors done with graphic pencils. The pandas have plenty of human expressions and appeal, and the colorful dotted endpapers set the mood.

Overall Book Score: very good

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About the Book

Author:

Ransom, Candice

Illustrator: Grove, Christine

Illustration Quality: good

Publisher: Doubleday

Book Type: picture book fiction

Genre:

Audience: preschool,grades k-3

Binding Type: reinforced trade binding

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9780399554551

Price: 17.99

Twindergarten

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: December 17, 2017

Review

Brother and sister twins are entering kindergarten and they "absolutely positively" wanted to be together. They go off to different classes the first day of kindergarten, have their jitters, but meet new friends and understanding teachers and get to play together at recess. By the end of the day, they realize that kindergarten even in different classes is "absolutely positively awesome." Twindergarten is story that is played out regularly in schools today with many twins in the same classroom and many twins not in the same classroom. This gives an upbeat, positive spin on family love with the independent spirit individual children have. Expressive illustrations done with colored pencils give the children Dax and Zoe personalities and have just enough detail to let the listener/viewer fill in the story with their own thoughts.

Overall Book Score: good

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About the Book

Author:

Ehrlich, Nikki

Illustrator: Abbott, Zoey

Illustration Quality: good

Publisher: Harper

Book Type: picture book fiction

Genre:

Audience: preschool,grades k-3

Binding Type: reinforced trade binding

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9780062564238

Price: 15.99

Independence Cake

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: January 10, 2018

Review

Deborah Hopkinson and Giselle Potter, two leading creators of historical fiction in picture book format for primary school age children , have teamed up again for another story that introduces children to another era. Independence Cake is the fictionalized account of the young woman, Amelia Simmons, who wrote the first American cookbook. In 1789 orphan Amelia is becomes the servant of a woman with six boys. She is helpful with the chores but is especially appreciated for her cakes that she makes with American ingredients. Thirteen of these cakes are presented at the inauguration of George Washington. Teachers looking for books that present a realistic look at life in the new nation can turn to this book that has an appealing character, fun plot, and period detail. The watercolor and ink illustrations are typical Potter, stylized yet full of historically accurate detail. At the back of the book, the author's note includes information about what is known and not kwown about Amelia Simmons, and the recipe for her Independence cake is included.

Overall Book Score: very good

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About the Book

Author:

Hopkinson, Deborah

Illustrator: Potter, Giselle

Illustration Quality: very good

Publisher: Schwartz Wade

Book Type: picture book fiction

Genre: historical fiction

Audience: grades k-3

Binding Type: Choose Binding Type

Binding Quality: very good

ISBN: 9780385390170

Price: 17.99

Plankton Is Pushy

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: January 10, 2018

Review

Plankton tries to get Mister Mussel to be polite and respond to "hello". After several increasingly pleading attempts by Plankton, mussel does respond, but not in the desired way. He eats Plankton! Brief and humorous with child appeal? Yes. However there is a real problem here with the binding . There are no end papers and no place to put a date due label if your library uses them.

Overall Book Score: fair

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About the Book

Author:

Fenske, Jonathan

Illustrator: Fenske, Jonathan

Illustration Quality: good

Publisher: Scholastic

Book Type: picture book fiction

Genre:

Audience: preschool,grades k-3

Binding Type: trade edition

Binding Quality: poor

ISBN: 9781338098969

Price: -10.01

Buster and the Baby

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: January 10, 2018

Review

This book has a winning combination. It is a story with heart and charm, repetition, animated expressions on both baby and dog, and satisfying ending. While perfect for preschoolers, kindergarten children can also enjoy the naughtiest and spirit of the little dog and its toddler master. Amy Hest knows how to create a warm family scene without too much sweetness or too much silliness. Polly Dunbar matches her crayon and paint digitally produced illustrations with the feisty, fun, and loving plot. Baby and Buster dog scamper throughout the house. The listener, viewer is treated to variations of "Thump. goes his heart. Thump. thump, thump! Then...CHAAA! Then out of the shadows she comes. Squealing and whirling and bumping his nose. Go Buster. Go Buster. Go Buster, Go!" throughout the day with different family members until the end of the day until baby and dog are snuggled together. "Thump go their hearts, thump, thump, thump. All through the night."

Overall Book Score: excellent

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About the Book

Author:

Hest, Amy

Illustrator: Dunbar, Polly

Illustration Quality: excellent

Publisher: Candlewick

Book Type: picture book fiction

Genre:

Audience: preschool

Binding Type: reinforced trade binding

Binding Quality: very good

ISBN: 9780763687878

Price: 15.99

Who Wants to Be a Princess?

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: January 10, 2018

Review

This will be a book easy to sell. It has pink and princesses on the cover. It gives young children a brief look at how real princesses lived between 1100 and 1300 in Great Britain. Because the information is so brief, the hardships and limitations of life so l on ago are not fully realized, but it is an effort to prevent historical information to modern readers. Wirth some illustrations in pink representing what children think life was like for princess back then and then illustrations in shades of brown and less pink representing more realistic look at history. Cartoon style illustrations match the breezy style.

Overall Book Score: good

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About the Book

Author:

Heos, Briget

Illustrator: Migy,

Illustration Quality: good

Publisher: Henry Holt

Book Type: picture book fiction

Genre:

Audience: preschool,grades k-3

Binding Type: trade edition

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9780805097696

Price: 16.99

Trains

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: February 14, 2018

Review

Even if you normally do not buy board boards or lift the lap books, you will want to consider adding this unusually sturdy nonfiction cross section book to your preschool through first grade collection. STEM enthusiasts will appreciate the detailed information accessible to young viewers and readers through Stephen Biesty's pen and colored pencil illustrations and through Ian Graham's scattered facts on each of the eight spreads and 40 sturdy well designed flaps. In chronological order this book shows how trains work and how they evolved from early 1800s through current high speed trains and into the future. Other books in the series are Giant Vehicles and Emergency Vehicles. Highly recommended.

Overall Book Score: very good

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About the Book

Author:

Graham, Ian

Illustrator: Biesty, Stephen

Illustration Quality: excellent

Publisher: Templar Books/Candlewick

Book Type: picture book nonfiction

Genre:

Audience: preschool,grades k-3

Binding Type: library binding

Binding Quality: very good

ISBN: 9780763696474

Price: 15.

Let's Clap, Jump, Sing & Shout; Dance, Spin & Turn It Out!

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: February 14, 2018

Review

The book's subtitle summarizes the book well - Games, Songs, & Stories from an African American Childhood. Patricia McKissack who died this past year has given American children, librarians, and folklorists a loving collection of the jump rope chants, hymns, folksongs, hand claps, circle games, superstitions, "Mama Sayings", proverbs, and folktales from her African-American childhood in 1950s Missouri and Tennessee. With pen and ink and watercolor illustrations that dance across the pages, Brian Pinkney has captured the joy and movement of the songs, chants, and stories. The could be enjoyed by public school teachers, librarians, American history and folklore scholars (including detailed and background note for each of the nine chapters), and ministers. However, children who love to dance, clap, and shout will be true beneficiaries of McKissack's final work.

Overall Book Score: excellent

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About the Book

Author:

McKissack, Patricia

Illustrator: Pinkney, Brian

Illustration Quality: very good

Publisher: Schwartz & Wade Books

Book Type: chapter book nonfiction

Genre: folklore,fiction in verse / poetry

Audience: grades k-3,grades 4-6

Binding Type: Choose Binding Type

Binding Quality: very good

ISBN: 9780375870880

Price: 24.99

Pterodactyl

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: February 14, 2018

Review

This early nonfiction has all the elements that primary teachers are now looking for - a table of contents, index, prepared questions, labeled diagram, two or three brief sentences per page, a brief listing of four additional resources including downloadable free resources from Lerner, and glossary. It has what young children want, a scary looking "real" dinosaur with photos downloaded from Shutterstock.com and iStock.com. There is no provided written information noting the background of the author or research done by Shutterstock. Also, no where does it say that the photos are just "best guesses" of what these flying reptiles looked like.

Overall Book Score: good

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About the Book

Author:

Rober, Harold T.

Illustrator: Shutterstock.com,

Illustration Quality: good

Publisher: Lerner

Book Type: chapter book nonfiction

Genre:

Audience: preschool,grades k-3

Binding Type: reinforced trade binding

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9781512426397

Price: 15.

Creeping Caterpillars

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: February 14, 2018

Review

This early nonfiction has all the elements that primary teachers are now looking for - a table of contents, index, labeled parts of a caterpillar, and one brief sentence per page.It has what young children want, close-up colored photos. These photos were downloaded from Shutterstock.com and iStock.com. There is no provided written information noting the background of either the author or Shutterstock. The brief text describes the caterpillar in unscientific terms, "squishy bodies" "beady eyes", and the text is too brief to give a sense of how long these transformations take.

Overall Book Score: good

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About the Book

Author:

Nelson, Robbie

Illustrator: , Shutterstock.com

Illustration Quality: good

Publisher: Lerner

Book Type: chapter book nonfiction

Genre:

Audience: preschool,grades k-3

Binding Type: reinforced trade binding

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9781512408805

Price: 15.00

No More Bows

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: March 13, 2018

Review

A determined young Milly puts one bow after another on Hugo, her dog, each one bigger and more attention grabbing than the next. The neighborhood dogs laugh at poor Hugo who in frustration, runs away. Soon, however, he misses his girl, sees a modest plaid bow in a pet store, and brings Milly back to see it. Compromise brings happiness for both girl and dog who enjoy walking through the neighborhood in rain boots and bow. Jaunty cartoon style digital illustrations with accents of red, yellow and green are reminiscent of Harry the Dirty Dog and suit the story's humorous mood.

Overall Book Score: good

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About the Book

Author:

Cotterill, Samantha

Illustrator: ,

Illustration Quality: good

Publisher: Harper

Book Type: picture book fiction

Genre:

Audience: preschool,grades k-3

Binding Type: Choose Binding Type

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9780062408709

Price: 17.99

Monkey with a Tool Belt and the Silly School Mystery

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: March 13, 2018

Review

Chico Bon Bon is back. Everywhere he looks at his school something is missing including books in the library, taco shells at lunch, and half a map from the classroom. Chew marks offer clues, and Chico discovers squirrels who have built a little school for themselves with all the stolen goods. With his tool belt and help from friends, he builds a new school for the lively squirrels. The humor comes in the understated comments and the detailed illustrations. Children who love looking closely to find things will be rewarded with lots to discover in each pencil, pen, and paint illustrations. This book can stand alone or enjoyed by children who know Chico from his earlier books beginning with Monkey with a Tool Belt.

Overall Book Score: very good

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About the Book

Author:

Monroe, Chris

Illustrator: ,

Illustration Quality: very good

Publisher: Carolrhoda/Lerner

Book Type: picture book fiction

Genre:

Audience: preschool,grades k-3

Binding Type: reinforced trade binding

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9781512430103

Price: 17.99

Charlie on the M.T.A. Did He ever Return?

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date:

Review

This picture book has the lyrics of "The MTA", the Kingston Trio's #1 song on the popular charts for 118 week in 1959 and 1960. Watercolor and pen illustrations provide mid century scenes of Boston and add humor to the story of Charlie who is 5 cents short and cannot get off the Boston subway. The author is the daughter of Walter O'Brien, the activist who ran for mayor in Boston in 1949, and this song was his campaign song. The first three pages give the historical context to the song, and the back endpapers provide a detailed and illustrated timeline of Walter O'Brien's life including his birth in Portland in 1914 and his death in 1998 in Cundy's Harbor.

Overall Book Score: very good

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About the Book

Author:

O'Brien-Merrill, Julia

Illustrator: Marquis, Caitlin

Illustration Quality: very good

Publisher: Commonwealth Editions/Applewood Books

Book Type: picture book fiction

Genre: historical fiction,biography / autobiography

Audience: grades k-3,grades 4-6

Binding Type: trade edition

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9781938700422

Price: 15.95

This Book's Maine Connection: Maine author

A Cooked-Up Fairy Tale

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: March 13, 2018

Review

This story has potential but it becomes confusing with too many references to fairy tales. William lives in the "magical world of fairy tales" and longs to be a chef but gingerbread boys run away, wolf stew is dangerous to make, and the three bears are too picky about the porridge's temperature. He decides to cook from home and at the market finds apples, beans, and pumpkin that need to be delivered to Fairy-Tale Headquarters. His cooking ends up pleasing Snow White, Jack and the Giant, and Cinderella and her prince, and he cooks "happily ever after." The colorful, cartoon illustrations match the snappy mood of the story. Less would be more.

Overall Book Score: fair

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About the Book

Author:

Klostermann, Penny Parker

Illustrator: Mantle, Ben

Illustration Quality: fair

Publisher: Random

Book Type: picture book fiction

Genre:

Audience: preschool,grades k-3

Binding Type: Choose Binding Type

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9781101932322

Price: 17.99

The Too-Scary Story

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: March 14, 2018

Review

This picture book story has a winning combination of popular child appeal and strong characterization, setting, and plot using just a few words per page. A father tells his daughter and son a bedtime story as his daughter holds her wand to fend off scary things. The little brother feel less protected and repeatedly asks his dad to not make the story too scary. Dad's story creates just enough suspense to satisfy preschoolers' love of scary things and just enough fireflies to light up the dark corners. Humorous cartoon style sketches (created with pencil, watercolor,gouache, and tissue collage) in night shades with orange and red touches balance the scary and fun moods.

Overall Book Score: very good

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About the Book

Author:

Murguia, Bethanie Deeney

Illustrator: ,

Illustration Quality: very good

Publisher: Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic

Book Type: picture book fiction

Genre:

Audience: preschool

Binding Type: reinforced trade binding

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9780545732420

Price: 16.99

Sail, Away Dragon

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: March 14, 2018

Review

This is the third story about a little girl and her forevermore friend dragon. With a nod towards earlier classic fantasy writers including Edward Lear's "The Owl and the Pussycat", this new pair sails away "for a year and a day" in search for the far-est Far Away. The soothing poetic, repetitive text is just right for bedtime. Shades of grays, greens, and blues pull the listener into the fantasy world complete with both Bad Hats Viking warriors, an owl strumming tunes to the man in the moon, and goodie gumdrops. Without a princess dressed in pink or a scary looking dragon, this book may need an adult to read it aloud before the young listeners realize that they will want to hear this adventure about two best friends again and again.

Overall Book Score: excellent

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About the Book

Author:

Joosse, Barbara

Illustrator: Cecil, Randy

Illustration Quality: very good

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Book Type: picture book fiction

Genre: fantasy

Audience: preschool,grades k-3

Binding Type: reinforced trade binding

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9780763673130

Price: 15.99

Mighty Truck: Muddymania!

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Choose Library District

Review Date: March 14, 2018

Review

Even his best truck friend Bruno, does not realize that he Clarence is really Mighty Truck. However, just like Superman, Clarence needs time to get clean and change into his super hero garb. Can he change in time to rescue the crowd from the out-of-control sleeping Flo, a big truck, who is wildly going towards them and also keep his identity a secret? Of course! With illustrations created by the artist who illustrated the Notebook of Doom series and by the author who has given us Shark vs. Train, this hyper action tale filled with trucks, friendship, mud, color, and exclamation points will bring a smile to young truck lovers. This reviewer is guessing that there will be further adventures of Mighty Truck.

Overall Book Score: very good

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About the Book

Author:

Barton, Chris

Illustrator: Cummings, Troy

Illustration Quality: very good

Publisher: Harper

Book Type: picture book fiction

Genre:

Audience: preschool,grades k-3

Binding Type: reinforced trade binding

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9780062344793

Price: 17.99

Lola's Rules for Friendship

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: May 7, 2018

Review

In this companion to Lola Knows a Lot, young Lola and her family have moved to a new neighborhood, and young Lola shares her wisdom with the reader. There is one friendship rule given on each page. For example, "Friends have lots of things in common. But not everything in common. That would be boring." That thought is illustrated with Lola on a swing next to another little girl as they discuss favorite foods and colors. Her neighborhood new friends are multiracial and include both boys and girls. There is nothing new or deep or challenging here, but young readers/viewers/listeners may have their own hopes reinforced. Everyone wants friends, and Lola makes it seem very do-able. The happy, jaunty digital illustrations were created with watercolor, colored pencils, cut paper, and digital media.

Overall Book Score: good

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About the Book

Author:

McCarthy, Jenna

Illustrator: Palacios, Sara

Illustration Quality: good

Publisher: Balzer & Bray/HarperCollins

Book Type: picture book fiction

Genre:

Audience: preschool,grades k-3

Binding Type: trade edition

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9780062250154

Price: 17.99

The Good Samaritan and Other Parables

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: May 8, 2018

Review

This is a reissue of a book published in 1987 under the title The Parables of Jesus. Seventeen parables are told using the language of the Gospels Matthew and Luke. These seemingly simple stories have been studied and interpreted throughout Christian history, and children may be introduced to them through this picture book format.Tomie dePole's stylized illustrations have a formal, Romanesque feel which match the formality of the language from the Bible. Adults who read this book parable by parable at home or at church to children will most likely want to discuss the meaning behind each story with the young listeners and readers. Having the 17 parables all in one short beautifully illustrated book is a welcome addition to families who want to share them with children.

Overall Book Score: very good

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About the Book

Author:

dePaola, Tomie

Illustrator: dePaola, Tomie

Illustration Quality: very good

Publisher: Holiday House

Book Type: picture book nonfiction

Genre:

Audience: grades k-3,grades 4-6

Binding Type: reinforced trade binding

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9780823438884

Price: 17.95

Hello Spring!

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date:

Review

Beautiful full color photographs show close ups of crocuses, spring green new leaves, a bird's nest, snowdrops, tree frogs, and other signs of spring. Happy multiracial children look right into the camera and show the joys of spring including holding baby animals and smelling flowers. Each spread is a splash of color with sights of the season. Teachers and parents may use the book to introduce the season to preschoolers and kindergarteners and to get them discussing what they see and enjoy around them in the spring. The text is brief and is secondary to the photos. "Birds return with song, busy building nests and laying eggs." This is not a scientific introduction to the season but rather a look at the joys of the season.

Overall Book Score: very good

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About the Book

Author:

Rotner, Shelley

Illustrator: Rotner, Shelley

Illustration Quality: excellent

Publisher: Holiday House

Book Type: picture book nonfiction

Genre:

Audience: preschool,grades k-3

Binding Type: reinforced trade binding

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9780823437528

Price: 16.95

Big Machines: The Story of Virginia Lee Burton/ How Mike Mulligan's Steam Shovel and Friends Came to Life

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: May 9, 2018

Review

Teachers and parents with young truck and machine enthusiasts have a great opportunity with this picture book biography to introduce the story how one mother who loved to draw and dance and who also loved her sons created books filled with big machines for them. After reading this book, it only makes sense to then read Burton's classic books from an earlier time including Mike Mulligan..., Katy and the Big Snow, Choo Choo, and the Little House. This book could be used to introduce partial biographies (a slice of a life, not the entire life) or a crossover book about both writing and machines. The author also wrote Goodnight Goodnight Construction Site and the illustrator won a Caldecott Honor Blackout. This is a winning combination. Children who look at the illustrations will see that it is about a woman who likes to draw and dance and then they see a lot of drawings of big machines. This book's appeal should not just not be limited to nostalgic fans of Virginia Lee Burton's books.

Overall Book Score: excellent

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About the Book

Author:

Rinker, Sherri Duskey

Illustrator: Rocco, John

Illustration Quality: excellent

Publisher: Houghton MifflinHarcourt

Book Type: picture book nonfiction

Genre: biography / autobiography

Audience: preschool,grades k-3

Binding Type: reinforced trade binding

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9780544715567

Price: 5.99

Borris and the Worrisome Wakies

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: May 9, 2018

Review

Like so many youngsters, Boris a badger has a hard time falling asleep. Badgers sleep during the day, and so Boris has to get up at night to head off to school. Because he has done everything but sleep during the day, he sleeps in class throughout the school time. Unfortunately for him, he misses out on all the fun activities including being line leader, having cupcakes for a birthday celebration, and being included in the class picture. His fun, good-natured classmates and teachers even forget about him. The story is told with a sense of humor and understanding like all Helen Lester books, and Lynn Munsinger's characteristic sweet, funny, and colorful illustrations add even more humor to the story. Helen Lester who wrote a short autobiography about her childhood with dyslexia understands what it is like to be different from your classmates, and once again, she helps the child who is different know that they can succeed.

Overall Book Score: very good

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About the Book

Author:

Lester, Helen

Illustrator: Munsinger, Lynn

Illustration Quality: very good

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Book Type: picture book fiction

Genre:

Audience: preschool,grades k-3

Binding Type: reinforced trade binding

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9780544640948

Price: 16.99

Magic for Sale

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: May 9, 2018

Review

Just enough spooky illustrations combined with a fast moving fun plot will satisfy preschoolers and primary students looking for scary books or books about spells and magic. A young boy is dared to enter a magical store that is rumored to have a ghost in it. Told in rhyme, the story's spell is filled with lots of detailed ingredients such as self-serve graves, freeze-dried ghoul, and snakes from Medusa's hair. A friendly ghost, a threatening Miss Night, and a big monster add to the fun. Shelley's highly detailed illustrations will be most enjoyed close up as young viewers will have lots of spooky things to find in the store.

Overall Book Score: good

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About the Book

Author:

Clickard, Carrie

Illustrator: Shelley, John

Illustration Quality: very good

Publisher: Holiday House

Book Type: picture book fiction

Genre:

Audience: preschool,grades k-3

Binding Type: reinforced trade binding

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9780823435593

Price: 16.95

Hermit Crabs

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: June 13, 2008

Review

This nonfiction work would benefit from fewer exclamation points and more careful editing. On page 22, readers are given six words about crabs to write a sentence with "answers on page 24" directly below the six words. There is no sample paragraph on page 24. "Sometimes, two hermit crabs fight over the same shell!"is an example of six exclamation points that might fit the Science Slam series style but does not add to objective, critical thinking. Close, colorful, clear photos, diagrams with labels, index, page headings, interesting facts, and side text make the facts accessible to early readers and teachers who like informational books, however, the text does not flow naturally. On balance, this title is not recommended.

Overall Book Score: fair

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About the Book

Author:

Lawrence, Ellen

Illustrator: ,

Illustration Quality: very good

Publisher: Bearport

Book Type: picture book nonfiction

Genre:

Audience: grades k-3

Binding Type: Choose Binding Type

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9781684024452

Price: 15.99

The Dragonfly's Journey

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: June 13, 2018

Review

Young readers will be drawn into the book because of its clear, colorful, closeup photographs Four brief chapters provide readable, interesting facts around migration, hazards (including human's destruction of wetlands, migration, and general introductory facts. One interesting fact, for example, is that some dragonflies migrate 11,000 in a year from Asia to Africa. Teachers of informational text will appreciate the index, glossary, further reading including websites, table of contents, and labels. Recommended

Overall Book Score: very good

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About the Book

Author:

Tunby, Benjamin

Illustrator: ,

Illustration Quality: very good

Publisher: Lerner

Book Type: picture book nonfiction

Genre:

Audience: grades k-3

Binding Type: library binding

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9781512486360

Price: 6.05

I Can Be Anything! Don't Tell Me I Can't

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: June 13, 2018

Review

This is Diane Dillon's first solo book after the death of her husband and decades long co-illustrator, Leo. It works. Each page shows a young bi-racial girl, Zoe. In the corner of each double spred, Zoe is doing something realistic in today's time such as listening to the inside of a shell.The larger illustrations show her doing something bold in the future such as scuba diving as an oceanographer. It is the voice inside her head, not an outside force, that tries to tear her down. On each page, she contradicts the negative doubting voice and stands up for her dreams. Finally, the negative voice says, "You don't know what you want to be, do you?" and Zoe shoots back "I'm not grown up yet. I can anything...but first I have to learn to read... and read...and read! And I'll read books about all the things I can be." This upbeat text fits right into a growth mindset and and "not yet" message so important to young learners.Recommended for most collections.

Overall Book Score: very good

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About the Book

Author:

Dillon, Diane

Illustrator: Dillon, Diane

Illustration Quality: excellent

Publisher: Blue Sky Press/ Scholastic

Book Type: picture book fiction

Genre:

Audience: preschool,grades k-3

Binding Type: Choose Binding Type

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9781338166903

Price: 17.99

Moo & Mr. Quackers present What's Cooking, Moo Moo?

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: August 8, 2018

Review

In this sequel to to Moo Moo in a Tutu, enthusiastic Moo Moo uses his best friend's piggy bank savings to start a restaurant where they can spend "quality time" together. Customers do not respond to Moo Moo's inventive menu and chaos ensues. The friends sell the restaurant and take the vacation Mr. Quakers wanted in the first place. There are jokes scattered throughout the cartoon illustrations, expressive faces on all the characters, and easy to follow action in the graphic novel/picture book format for young readers. Wacky? yes Fun? yes Recommended where early graphic novels are popular.

Overall Book Score: good

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About the Book

Author:

Miler, Tim

Illustrator: Miller, Tim

Illustration Quality: very good

Publisher: Balzer & Bray/HarperCollins

Book Type: picture book fiction

Genre: graphic novel

Audience: preschool,grades k-3

Binding Type: reinforced trade binding

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9780062414410

Price: 17.99

Pete the Cat: The Petes Go Marching

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date:

Review

Since Litwin left Pete the Cat series, the unusually uplifting spirit of silly goodness is gone. Pete and Cat is back with his own version of The Ants Go Marching. Here the Petes each with his own distinctive primary colored sneakers go marching. Some of the rhymes are a bit awkward, "The Petes go marching four by four. The groovy one stops by at the store." It is always the groovy one in the red sneakers that stops to complete the action. Parts of the repetition of the original song come through and young children will enjoy shouting "hurrah, hurrah" and "Boom, Boom, Boom" and counting. Consider passing this one up and buy an additional copy of one of the earlier Litwin/Dean Pete the Cat series or an illustrated version of the "Ants Go Marching" camp song.

Overall Book Score: fair

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About the Book

Author:

Dean, James

Illustrator: Dean, James

Illustration Quality: good

Publisher: Harper

Book Type: picture book fiction

Genre:

Audience: preschool,grades k-3

Binding Type: trade edition

Binding Quality: fair

ISBN: 9780062304144

Price: 9.99

Pete the Cat: The Petes Go Marching

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date:

Review

Since Litwin left Pete the Cat series, the unusually uplifting spirit of silly goodness is gone. Pete and Cat is back with his own version of The Ants Go Marching. Here the Petes each with his own distinctive primary colored sneakers go marching. Some of the rhymes are a bit awkward, "The Petes go marching four by four. The groovy one stops by at the store." It is always the groovy one in the red sneakers that stops to complete the action. Parts of the repetition of the original song come through and young children will enjoy shouting "hurrah, hurrah" and "Boom, Boom, Boom" and counting. Consider passing this one up and buy an additional copy of one of the earlier Litwin/Dean Pete the Cat series or an illustrated version of the "Ants Go Marching" camp song.

Overall Book Score: fair

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About the Book

Author:

Dean, James

Illustrator: Dean, James

Illustration Quality: good

Publisher: Harper

Book Type: picture book fiction

Genre:

Audience: preschool,grades k-3

Binding Type: trade edition

Binding Quality: fair

ISBN: 9780062304144

Price: 9.99

Ava and the Rainbow (Who Stayed)

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: August 8, 2018

Review

A little girl appreciates the rainbow that appears after the rain and wishes it would stay forever. Surprising every, it does stay. It becomes part of the town's character and is a attraction until people slowly lose interest in it and cover it up with signs and advertisements. In the spring a rare water sparrow arrives, and people now like this "rare and precious sight." The rainbow overhears this comment and decides to disappear, and it only reappears occasionally. The colorful, jaunty, expressive illustrations show a town filled with lively characters including Ava who does everything she an to befriend the rainbow and misses it when leaves and welcomes it when it returns. Will young children care? Will young children appreciate the fact that some things are fleeting and need to be enjoyed while they last? Perhaps.

Overall Book Score: good

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About the Book

Author:

Anderson, Ged

Illustrator: Anderson, Ged

Illustration Quality: good

Publisher: Harper

Book Type: picture book fiction

Genre:

Audience: preschool,grades k-3

Binding Type: Choose Binding Type

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9780062670809

Price: 21.99

Albert's Tree

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementry School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: August 8, 2018

Review

Sweet, wide-eyed baby bear is part of a gentle story about assumptions and fear. In the spring he hears crying coming from his favorite tree, and he thinks it must be a monster inside the tree. His animal friends are no help trying to figure it out, and so he bravely climbs up to ask, "Why are you crying tree?" As it turns out, it is a baby owl who is afraid of the "big, hairy monster" i.e. baby bear. They laugh at their mistakes and become friends. The last scene is of owl snoozing on bear's back who is peacefully sleep on a limb. The mixed media (including watercolor?) paintings have few details but show the setting to include a forest with a big ever green tree. On the cover, bear looks right out at the reader/viewer and invites them into his story. Recommended as a gentle lesson about acceptance, assumptions, and openness to others without being preachy.

Overall Book Score: very good

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About the Book

Author:

Desmond, Jenni

Illustrator: Desmond, Jenni

Illustration Quality: very good

Publisher: Candlewick

Book Type: picture book fiction

Genre:

Audience: preschool,grades k-3

Binding Type: library binding

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9780763696887

Price: 15.99

A Mammal Is an Animal

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: October 10, 2018

Review

Nonfiction for ages 4-7 can be filled with clear, accurate facts if well organized, explained concisely and accompanied by watercolor illustrations that direct the young eyes to understandable and appealing visual information. This book does just that. In an elegant, deceptively simple looking book, Lizzy Rockwell takes away the clutter of unnecessary facts in both words and pictures. The book includes a repetitive question, "But is a ---- a mammal? No!" In this way characteristics of animals are scientifically narrowed down to mammals. Additional information is presented on end papers with outline drawings of mammals, a carefully colored circle graph identifying the major animal classifications, two pages of clearly written brief summary of mammal facts (for all, most, and some mammals), and reference sources.

Overall Book Score: excellent

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About the Book

Author:

Rockwell, Lizzy

Illustrator: Rockwell, Lizzy

Illustration Quality: very good

Publisher: Holiday House

Book Type: picture book nonfiction

Genre:

Audience: preschool,grades k-3

Binding Type: reinforced trade binding

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9780823436705

Price: 17.95

The Squirrels' Busy Year

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: October 10, 2018

Review

The Squirrels' Busy Year presents some of the the seasonal activities of squirrels. They are curled up but also digging for acorns in the winter, looking for food, eating bugs, and digging up bulbs in the spring, lazing about in the summer, and burying acorns in the fall. A supporting "character"is an owl that threatens the squirrels throughout the year. Mixed media paintings accompany the text and draw the listeners' attention into the true life story. A few, clearly written concepts "Thinking about the Seasons" are included at the end and before the title page and suggest background information about thunder, lightning, clouds, and snow. There is also an index at the end. This book can be read as a informational story but can also serve as an introduction and discussion starter to squirrels and the seasons.

Overall Book Score: very good

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About the Book

Author:

Jenkins, Martin

Illustrator: Jones, Richard

Illustration Quality: very good

Publisher: Candlewick

Book Type: picture book nonfiction

Genre:

Audience: preschool,grades k-3

Binding Type: reinforced trade binding

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9780763696009

Price: 16.99

Peter & Ernesto: a Tale of Two Sloths

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: October 10, 2018

Review

This graphic novel has humor, beginning philosophy, adventure, "human" drama, and a happy ending. Ernesto is a sloth who is not content and longs to see all of the sky beyond his treetop home that he shares with his best friend Peter, another sloth. He sets off for adventure with gusto. He enjoys the shaky bridge over the deep gorge and embraces each challenge his travels bring. Meanwhile, Peter misses his friend but is willing to go beyond his comfort zone in search of him. The friends view life's challenges differently. Peter clearly does not like the shaky bridge, but he keeps going until he ends up on a good lookout rock. Crabs help him be hopeful that his good friend will return. After multiple adventures, Ernesto ends up in the Arctic being chased by a polar bear and escapes with the help of a new whale friend. Peter and Ernesto are reunited in the end, and each has a new perspective as they look out from their treetop home. The black lined illustrations are done in shades of blues, olive greens, with a touch of red. The sloth's expressive big eyes and simply sketched bodies add to the book's humor. Kids can read the illustrations as well as the short speech bubble text.

Overall Book Score: good

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About the Book

Author:

Annable, Graham

Illustrator: Annable, Graham

Illustration Quality: very good

Publisher: First Second

Book Type: picture book fiction

Genre: graphic novel

Audience: grades k-3,grades 4-6

Binding Type: reinforced trade binding

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9781626725614

Price: 23.50

Snowboy and the Last Tree Standing

Reviewed by: Margy Soule - Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: October 10, 2018

Review

Snowball and the Last Tree Standing is a not so subtle allegory or fable with a young hero Snowboy and his imaginary Ice Troopers companions. After saving a polar bear from the Evil One-eyed Emperor, they team up for awhile with Greenbackboy who has a new game called "KA-CHING." The boys get lots of gold after cutting down the trees and catching all the fish. However, Snowboy is able to save one tree and two fish and save the world from KA-CHING. Illustrations are done in pencil and digitally colored with shades of blues, yellows, greens, and browns. Young children may enjoy discussing the evils of KA-CHING and what Snowboy did to save the world.

Overall Book Score: good

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About the Book

Author:

Oram, Hiawyn

Illustrator: Sif, Birgitta

Illustration Quality: good

Publisher: Candlewick

Book Type: picture book fiction

Genre: fantasy

Audience: preschool,grades k-3

Binding Type: reinforced trade binding

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9780763695729

Price: 16.99