Little Baby Buttercup

LITTLE BABY BUTTERCUP by Linda Ashman with illustrations by You Byun. Nancy Paulsen Books, 2015

Baby Buttercup
Growing up more every day.
Slow down, Buttercup!

Racing the Waves

RACING TEH WAVES: TALES OF THE TIME DRAGON by Robert Neubecker. Scholastic, 2015.

A sailing ship race
New York to San Francisco
With Captain Dragon.

Little Rhino

LITTLE RHINO: MY NEW TEAM by Ryan Howard and Krystle Howard. Scholastic, 2015.

Homework then baseball
Little Rhino practices
On and off the field.

Step into the spotlight

THE AMAZING STARDUST FRIENDS: STEP INTO THE SPOTLIGHT by Heather Alexander. Scholastic, 2015.

Circus train for home
Performers for all her friends
What more could she want?

Dinosaur Farm

DINOSAUR FARM by Frann Preston-Gannon. Sterling, 2014.

What does your farm grow?
Surely not T-Rex, other
Dinosaurs, right? Right?

Jampires

VAMPIRES by Sarah McIntyre and David O'Connell. David Fickling Books/Scholastic, 2015.

They come in the night
Not in search of blood but of
Jams in all flavors.

Colors of the Wind

COLORS OF THE WIND: THE STORY OF BLIND ARTIST AND CHAMPION RUNNER GEORGE MEDOZA by J.L Powers. Purple House, 2014.


Blind artist paints
The colors he hears in wind
Colors from the world.

Dash

DASH by Kirby Larson. Scholastic, 2014.

Separated from
Home and beloved pet dog,
Misty feels alone.

MacBeth

MACBETH adapted by Gareth Hinds. Candlewick Press, 2015.

Graphic novel tells
Tale of love, power, and greed
A true tragedy.

We are all made of molecules

WE ARE ALL MADE OF MOLECULES by Susin Nielsen. Wendy Lamb Books, 2015.

Stewart, Ashley now sibs?
Couldn't be more different
Is happiness doomed?

#Prehistoric

PREHISTORIC: FOLLOW THE DINOSAURS by John Bailey Owen. Scholastic, 2015.

If dinosaurs had
Facebook pages would you want
To follow, friend them?

Family Life

THE MISADVENTURES OF THE FAMILY FLETCHER by Dana Alison Levy. Delacorte, 2014.

Sam, Jax, Eli, and Frog
Plus two fathers makes for an
Intresting fam'ly.

The Lost Prince

SEABORNE: THE LOST PRINCE by Matt Myklusch. Egmont, 2015.

Is he the lost prince
Or simply a thief, pirate?
Is there an answer?

Anything could happen

Lana loves Tretch who
Loves Matt who loves Amy, love
Quadrilateral.

Thirteen

THIRTEEN by Tom Hoyle. Holiday House, 2015.

Adam will be next
Another millennial
Will be sacrificed.

Chick Lister

CHICK LISTER by Alex Van Tol. Orca, 2015.

Making lists is how
Chick copes with anxiety
And expectations.

Field trip fiasco

FIELD TRIP FIASCO by Julie Danneberg with illustrations by Judy Love. Charlesbridge, 2015.

Been there. Done that. How
Can we avoid fiascos
For the next field trip?

Read Red

RED, A CRAYON'S STORY by Michael Hall. Greenwillow, 2015

Red, disappointing
To many who do not see him
As blue and not red.

Celebrating Artists

HARLEM RENAISSANCE PARTY by Faith Ringgold. Amistad, 2015.

Meet Langston, Jo, and
Marcus, Louis, Robeson and
More here in Harlem

I AM JACKIE ROBINSON by Brad Meltzer. Dial, 2015.

Jackie Robinson
Excelled at many things and
Showed others the way.

Animal Fare

CARNIVORES by Aaron Reynolds with illustrations by Dan Santat. Chroncile Books, 2013.

Carnivores eat meat.
So why try to change nature.
Let them eat their meat.

GOOSE by Laura Wall. Harper, 2015.

Goose can be a friend
For a lonely little girl
Looking for a friend.

READY RABBIT GETS READY by Brenna Maloney. Dial, 2015.

Get ready rabbit
But there is so much to do
Before Rabbit can.

Last stop on market street

LAST STOP ON MARKET STREET by Matt de la Pena with illustrations by Christian Robinson. Putnam, 2015.

Taking the bus with
Nana. Learning to hear with
His heart. Beautiful.

In my Heart

IN MY HEART: A BOOK OF FEELINGS by Jo Witek with illustrations by Christine Roussey. Abrams/Appleseed, 2015.

Hot, cold, or heavy
The heart feels things and responds.
How does your heart feel now?

Trucktown!

TRUCKTOWN: RACE FROM A TO Z by David Shannon, Loren Long, David Gordon. Simon and Schuster, 2014.

Dan the Dump Truck and
Melvin Mixer Pete, Kat
Other racing trucks.

The Death of the Hat

THE DEATH OF THE HAT: A BRIEF HISTORY OF POETRY IN 50 OBJECTS BY PAUL JANECZKO WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHRIS RASCHKA. Candlewick Press, 2015.

Poems from ages
Past, present, and future, too.
Poetic hist'ry.

Marcel the Shell returns

MARCEL THE SHELL: THE MOST SURPRISED I'VE EVER BEEN by Dean Fleischer-Camp and Jenny Slate. Razorbill, 2015.

Marcel the Shell takes
An unexpected journey
Up, up then down, down.

Square Cat A B C

SQUARE CAT A B C by Elizabeth Schoonmaker. Aladdin, 2014.

Square Cat alphabet,
Learn your letters with Square Cat
Enjoy all the fun.

What does baby love?

WHAT DOES BABY LOVE? by Karen Katz. Little Simon, 2014.

Baby loves eating
Sleeping, bathing, and playing.
Lift the flaps to see.

Around the Clock

AROUND THE CLOCK by Roz Chast. Atheneum, 2014.

What do people do
All day long? eat, work, learn, shop
And then go to sleep.

Did you know...

DID YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU? by Christa Pierce. Harper, 2015.

Did you feel my love
When I sang to you at night?
Held you in my arms?

Goodnight, Already!

GOODNIGHT, ALREADY! by Jory John and Benji Davies. Harper, 2015.

Would you please just leave
So I can go to bed? I
Am very sleepy.

First Snow

FIRST SNOW by Peter McCarty. Balzer and Bray, 2015.

His first time in snow
Is not too much fun until
They all go sledding.

Who wants a hig?

WHO WANTS A HUG? by Jeff Mack. Harper, 2015.

Who wants to get hugged?
A bear hug that is. Do you?
How about you, then?

Sick Simon

SICK SIMON by Dan Krall. Simon and Schuster, 2014.

Simon is sick and
Sickening. He needs to stop
Infecting others.