Wombats are Pretty Weird
Author: Abi Cushman
Illustrator: Abi Cushman
Summary: Learn all about the wombat in this funny and informative narrative! Wombat and his friend Snake tell you all the fun facts!
Recommended Ages: 4-8 years
Themes, Skills, & Concepts: There are so many interesting, funny and weird facts about this endangered little mammal! Unknown vocabulary can be learned with the glossary as well as facts about three different variety of wombats found in Australia.
Extension Activities: Meet Elle the Wombat! She is a rescue wombat living at the Australian Zoo. Click here!
Maybe a Bear Ate It!
Author: Robie H. Harris
Illustrator: Michael Emberley
Summary: A sweet little raccoon falls asleep while reading and when he wakes up his book is gone! Where could it possibly be hiding?
Recommended Ages: 2-4 years
Themes, Skills, & Concepts: This simple read aloud has so many opportunities for librarians (and teachers) to reinforce the importance of keeping their books in safe places.
Extension Activities: After reading, have kids pretend to be the little silly raccoon and retell the story of the missing book. Let them design a box to have a safe place for keeping their books. Click here!
Flowers are Pretty Weird!
Author: Rosemary Mosco
Illustrator: Jacob Souva
Summary: Flowers aren't weird, are they? This follow up book of Butterflies are Pretty Gross is told by a cute little bee and buzzes you through interesting and little known facts about our beautiful flowers!
Recommended Ages: 3-7 years
Themes, Skills, & Concepts: Interesting, unusual and fun facts about flowers are presented in this engaging, fast paced book. After reading, look at the more detailed descriptions of the different flowers on the end pages and see if you can identify any of them on a walk in your neighborhood or park!
Extension Activities: Taking what you have learned from the book, set up a simple scavenger hunt for your students to see if they can find interesting or unusual plants or parts of plants. The link below will take you to more fun activities to engage your kids! Click here!
How to Catch a Garden Fairy
Author: Alice Walstead
Illustrator: Andy Elkerton
Summary: The kids from the How to Catch series come across a trail of glitter in a beautiful garden and decide to explore. Follow along, looking at all the traps the kids set to capture the Garden Fairy and the clever ways that she dodges them!
Recommended Ages: 3-6 years
Themes, Skills, & Concepts: This brightly illustrated book is great for rhyming words, repetition, identifying contractions, pronouns and sentence types. Analyzing the illustrations that are paired with the text is so fun, as well!
Extension Activities: Fairy gardens are so much fun to design and put together. Have kids work in groups to design, draw and decorate their own fairy gardens. Complete the activity by having them write and describe their gardens. Preview the video of fairy gardens before they start to give some ideas! You can also find so many pictures of fairy gardens to get you started! Click here!
Book! Book! Book!
Author: Deborah Bruss
Illustrator: Tiphanie Beeke
Summary: The animals on the farm are so bored now that the children have gone back to school. They hatch a plan to visit the library, but the librarian is having a hard time helping them to find the perfect book. How will they work together to solve the problem?
Recommended Ages: 4-8 years
Themes, Skills, & Concepts: Book! Book! Book! is a sweet reminder of the adventures and entertainment that you can find at your library. This book leads its' readers to remember all the things that happen at their library!
Extension Activities: Print out the free activities on the link below. Have the kids take turns sequencing the animals in order of their trips to the library. Click here!
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