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Children's Story Time
New Books and Old Favorites January 2008
 Featured Book of the Month:
It's a Hummingbird's Life
This story follows the life cycle of the ruby-throated hummingbird, including eating, mating, nesting, rearing of chicks, and the annual migration. The annual migration of hummingbirds is many thousands of miles. This story explains how such a tiny bird can fly so far. The story also describes the kinds of plants that the hummingbird feeds from and makes suggestions of how the reader can attract hummingbirds to the garden. The drawings illustrating this material are whimsical and engaging.
It's a Hummingbird's Life. Kelly, I. New York : Holiday House, 2003. Nonfiction.
(j)QL696 .A558 K296 2003
Cabbage Moon. Chadwick, T. New York : Orchard Books, 1994.
Summary: Albert the rabbit doesn't like cabbage until he finds out what the moon is really made of.
(j)SB331 .C346 1994
Elizabite : Adventures of a Carnivorous Plant. Rey, H.A. Hamden, Conn. : Linnet Books, c1990.
Summary: Elizabite, an unusual carnivorous plant, bites everything in sight and finally wins fame by capturing a burglar.
(j)QK917 .R33 1990
Fletcher and the Falling Leaves. Rawlinson, J. New York : Greenwillow Books, c2006.
Summary: When his favorite tree begins to lose its leaves, Fletcher the fox worries that it is sick, but instead a magical sight is in store for him.
(j)SB454 .C17sa R199 2006
The Forest. Nivola, C. New York : Frances Foster Books, c2002.
Summary: A mouse sets out to overcome a lifelong fear of the forest.
(j)QH541.5 .F6 N649 2002
Lizards, frogs, and polliwogs : poems and paintings. Florian, D. Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, 2005, c2001. Summary: A collection of humorous poems about 21 different kinds of reptiles and amphibians.
(j)QL644 .F663 2005
The Magic Tree. McCrea, J. New York : Atheneum, c1965.
Summary: An unhappy princess discovers the joy of gardening after she watches the contented gardener Bolo tending his fruit tree.
(j)SB457 .M137 1965
The Pea Blossom. Poole, A. L. New York : Holiday House, c2005
Summary: In a garden near Beijing, five peas in a shell grow and wait to discover what fate has in store for them.
(j)SB343 .P785 2005
Tops & Bottoms. Stevens, J. San Diego : Harcourt Brace, c1995
Summary: Hare turns his bad luck around by striking a clever deal with the rich and lazy bear down the road in this story about the edible parts of vegetables.
(j)SB321 .St47 1995
We're Rabbits! Westberg, L. Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2004
Summary: Rabbits invade a young gardener's vegetable garden in the hopes of finding carrots to eat. (j)SB351 .C2 P442 2004
What Do Roots Do? Kudlinski, K. V. Minnetonka, Minn. : NorthWord Books, c2005.
Summary: The structure and function of roots are described in rhyme and illustrations.
(j)QK644 .K953 2005 |
