Playing catch up

Summer used to be play time for me. Now it seems that all I do is read, blog, teach, grade, lather, rinse, repeat. So, here are some books I read a while back that never made it to the blog for some reason (must have been lathering then).

A IS FOR MUSK OX by Erin Cabatingan with illustrations by Matthew Myers. Roaring Brook, October 2012.

A is for apple
Just will not work anymore
Since musk ox appeared. <395>

APPLE PIE ABC by Alison Murray. Disney/Hyperion, 2012.

Learn the alphabet
From A to Z and beyond
With the help of pie. <396>

Z is for Moose! Yes, it is!

Z IS FOR MOOSE by Kelly Bingham with illustrations by Paul Zelinsky (Greenwillow 2012) is a wildly funny alphabet book. Moose waits rather impatiently as the alpabet gets underway (though if you look closely, you can see Moose spying early on). However, by the letter "D", Moose is center stage and getting in the way. Finally, the director of this alphabet production (Zebra) gets Moose off stage. However, when "M is for mouse and not Moose, Moose rampages across pages. Zebra manages to bring Moose back by the end of the alphabet, placated for the time being. Wild and zany, this is a book kids will demand be read over and over again. <182>