Snow

Snow  by Uri Shulevitz  ~ Caldecott Honor book (siliver)

啊哈!從一顆小雪花(你要仔細找喔),小男孩與小狗興奮的告訴他所碰到的人,
但是沒人理他,要不就是不屑一顧的說,一顆小雪花,不算下雪.....2顆小雪花,
不算下雪,幾顆小雪花,很快就融了,不算下雪.......收音機也說不算下雪,電視機
也說"不算下雪".......直到...雪花一顆接著一顆.....白色覆蓋著整個大地,小男孩
和小狗最最興奮的大叫"下雪了"在雪地裡玩的不亦樂乎.....只有小男孩和小雪
花知道是真的下雪了........
節奏相當輕快的書,看著小男孩天真的臉龐與相遇的人嚴肅的臉比較起來,非
常像現在的人一般,忙碌而無暇注意周遭環境的變化,或是停下腳步欣賞周遭
的風景呀....慢活是很重要的!!!

The dot

The dot by Peter H Reynolds 

"Just make a mark and see where it takes you" Vashti says she can't draw.
Here teacher thinks she can. She knows that there's a creative spirit in
everyone, and where there's a dot, there's a way....

"A wonderfully liberating book....The small line drawings, set in clear white
space, covey everything they need to say with the utmost simplicity." the Guardian

I like the little girl, her face is from red to normal, it means she is very angry in the
very beginning but after the teacher shows her dot on the wall....everything different..
very different....and something change! I have to say the teacher is the key and the
girl is lucky to have the teacher!!

The magic rabbit

The magic rabbit by Richard Jesse Jatson

What's in the hat? Hat-and his own imagination. Presto! He makes frog jump, mice
scurry, and a flutter of birds fly up into the sky.

One surprise leads to another, until finally, it's the best trick ever....Finding a friend to
share your adventures is the greatest magic of all~

Friends are always important!!!

A new house for mouse

A new house for mouse  by Petr Horacek (by website)

How can mouse fit a huge apple into her tiny home?
By finding a new house, of course!

Peep through the holes and join her on her search.

It's a peep-through story book. People like to peep, but the little mouse is very polite to
ask the animal who lived in the hole: " I'm looking for a bigger house for me and my
apple. Can I live here with you?"  He always failed to find a new hole but still very
patient to say thanks for the hole ower.

每一次的詢問,受到每一次婉轉的拒絕,小老鼠總是耐心的等待與尋找,最後雖然沒
有跟其它的動物達成協議,不過小老鼠有很出人意表的結局喔~

我把所有的動物請我老公用A4紙畫下來,在每張紙的上方挖一個洞後護貝,再畫一隻
小老鼠和一顆大蘋果,就可以帶著小朋友跟著小老鼠一起去冒險了~

Leo the Late Bloomer

Leo the Late Bloomer  by Robert Kraus/Jose Aruego (from website)

Leo couldn't do anything right. He couldn't read or write. He couldn't draw.
And he was a sloopy eater. Every day and every night Leo's father watched
him for sihgs of blooming.
"Are you sure Leo's a bloomer?" asked Leo's father.
"Patience," said Leo's mother.
The on day, in his own good time- Leo bloomed!

很令人有感觸的書,幼稚園的小朋友聽了之後,一開始是會笑這隻小老虎很笨,
甚麼都不會,後來慢慢的,慢慢的,小朋友開始發現小老虎都做些跟一般的動物
小孩做的事情不一樣,所以有的小朋友就會幫忙辯駁說,她會的事不一樣的事
情!!唉!小孩也是很有智慧的~一語道破虎爸爸的憂心,虎爸就是擔心小孩跟別
人不一樣呀~虎媽媽說,別急,要有"耐心"!!!!!果然小老虎一下子就以迅雷不及
掩耳的速度蛻變成功~

The moral is : The father is always without patience......(just kidding)

Dumpy La Rue

Dumpy La Rue by Elizabeth Winthrop/ Betsy Lewin (picture by website)

Dumpy? What animal can be called "dumpy"? hipo? elephant? pig?
No doubt, it is a pig.
看到了封面上那隻翩翩起舞的小豬,忘情的舞動著矮胖的身軀,讓讀者
彷彿也聽到了優美的音樂而想要與他共舞呢!這隻小豬雖然老爸老媽老妹
都強力反對告訴他身為"豬"應該做的事是打滾,鉤鉤叫,到處聞東聞西,沒事
就睡覺就好了,但是小豬哥哥很堅持的說,我就是想要跳舞呀~一掛農場的
動物們也不認為這是一個好主意,因為沒人會教動物跳舞呀???

小豬說了"只要你想跳舞,音樂自然會在你心中流動,身體就會跟著舞動起來了!"
真喜歡小豬的自信!!沒錯,小豬鼓舞了大家....所有的動物都在跳舞啦~老爸老媽
也來加入囉!!!! 這本書與Giraffe can't dance!有著很相像的味道~很不錯的啦!!