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!!

The wonderful house

Margaret Wise Brown (1910-1952)

The wonderful house

Who lives here? And who lives there? But what is that flying through the air?

Margret and J.P. Miller take us on a wonderful adventure, where we discover the homes of all sorts of creatures. Children will delight in guessing where each animal lives before discovering who lives in the most wonderful house of all.

First published in 1950 as a Little Golden Book, The Wonderful House is now in print for the first time in a generous size. J. P. Miller's colorful, imaginative illustrations, recently discovered in the Golden Books archives, will cqaptivate a new generation of readers.

You will find the bee, snail, chicks and hen, horse....turtle, birds...lion, dog, frog...hippo their own homes, it's really funny and good for kids to read.

 

What's that noise?

by Mary Roennfeldt / illustrated by Robert Roennfeldt

上學途中與森林迷藏王,遲到大王有異曲同工之妙的故事書, 可愛的動物就藏在樹叢中,但是我很好奇的是這個管理員既然是聽到了奇怪的聲音而從床上爬起來"視察一番"但怎麼都沒有"張開"眼睛呢???讀者的眼睛應該都focus在後面的各種動物,眼睛估溜估溜的看著管理員,只見受驚嚇的小貓在樹叢中驚慌的跳來跳去,但是管理員始終沒有發現調皮的動物們.....只管帶著受驚嚇的小貓咪回家去...直到天亮後,管理員到了動物園裡還搞不清楚半夜中的吵鬧聲到底是甚麼呢????不過,動物們可是知道得清清楚楚呢@@@@哈哈哈,真糗!
(找不到圖片耶@, sorry!)

Kitten's First Full Moon

by Kevin Henkes

Kevin設計的版面非常有趣, 大大月亮在封面就留下了伏筆,貓咪舔著腳,無辜的眼神令人憐惜,蝴蝶頁也巧妙的安排了滿滿的月餅...不是啦,是月亮!

月亮就像一碗香甜的牛奶誘惑著小貓咪,隨著小貓咪追逐著月亮,卻一不小心就摔下樓梯,但是小貓不灰心,爬上樹稍撈一撈,仍然無功而返,作者一句 Poor Kitten! What could she do? 一轉折,作者馬上為無助的小貓找到了出處,小貓又有了新發現,可惜呀...Poor Kitten! She was wet sad and tired and hungry.看著小貓無辜的眼神,好想幫她一把,直接倒一碗牛奶給她呢....終於,小貓望著月亮好像想通了......."平安回家最好!"呼應著莫里斯桑達克大師的大作"野獸國"中,媽媽也準備了熱呼呼的晚餐等待回家的家人呢!!!Lucky Kitten!

The Snow Day

by Komako Sakai lived in Tokyo, Japan

台灣雖然不是位於高緯度地帶,但是常常也在雨季來臨時,鎮日陰雨綿綿無法出門的心情就像書中這隻小兔仔一樣...

大雪不斷,擾亂了許多正常的作息....文中小兔仔雖然不用去幼稚園,但是也不能出去玩....心情也不太好,最多就只能在陽台上堆一堆雪球....直到中午大雪仍然沒有停歇而且爸爸的班機也被canceled不能回家,一家三口相隔兩地等待這場雪停止下來......到處都是一片雪茫茫,彷彿天地間只有小兔仔跟媽媽...直到夜晚的到來,終於雪停了,小兔仔帶不住性子央求媽媽帶他到雪地裡堆雪球... (picture by website)

Rex

Ursula Dubosarsky / illustrated by David Mackintosh

Rex is the class pet.  Every day a different person gets to take Rex home.

What would you do if he came to visit you?

好可愛的變色龍Rex, 一出場就緊緊抓住讀者的目光,難怪所有的小朋友搶著要帶它回家,但可不是給它吃的就行,還要做筆記,記下Rex的一舉一動,如果你不會寫字,你也可以給他用....畫的...小朋友也是看的很了解的~重點是它只能陪你一天而已喔,把握相處的每一刻....
On Monday, Rex去Jai家, Rex went for a swim.......Lucky he can float.
On Tuesday, Rex去Hilary家,因為是住在大樓,Rex一不小心就從窗口掉下去,還好底下沒人受傷~

On Wed...Thur.......Rex分別度過了非常美好的時光....

The House in the Night

The caldecott medal book by Susan Marie Swanson,
 pictures by Beth Krommes

今天的讀書會中,主講人帶著我們快速的在書本Zoom及Re-zoom中
轉換場景,在不同的時空及背景中交錯來去,猶如時空旅人,時而現代,時而穿越道古代,有時一霎那在紐約的熙來攘往人群中,一瞬間卻又來到空無一人的沙漠中流連....還有大衛威斯納的Flotsam海底來的秘密,也帶領讀著探索深不可測的海底會有甚麼不同的世界,穿針引線的小男孩雖然透過照相機洗出的照片與不同時代的影中人見面,但作者安排小男孩也成為未來歷史的一分子,為自己的這段奇遇也留下給後人或是不同種族亦或是不同世界的"生物"留下紀錄~

我聯想到了五味太郎的"春天來了",及這本也是凱迪克金獎的書"The House in the Night" 精彩的程度不惶多讓,線條,光線,色彩的設計乾淨清爽,溫暖的月光所呈現的橘黃色也在書中不時得照護著乘著飛鳥觀世界的讀者,時而虛幻,時而真實....由小而大再遊歷一番後再由大畫面帶到小細節...在在玩弄著有如相機zoom in 與zoom out的樂趣呢!!如果你喜歡,別忘了也可以欣賞五味太郎的春天來了,四季變換的趣味在一頭牛的身上可以說是再分明不過了!!Enjoy!

The Biggest Bear

By Lynd Ward  the Biggest Bear

What happened to the young kid? Why the bear run so fast? Is the kid in danger? The Caldecott Medal book was really surprised me!

緊扣著地方慣有的習俗,小男孩Johnny的家庭就是與眾不同,別人家的外牆上都掛著大大的熊皮,就是Johnny家沒有!!Johnny在內心裡暗暗的下定決心一定要獵一頭最大的熊回來,成為地方的英雄!!

 

Johnny準備好了要去森林裡獵最大的熊但卻碰到一隻孤苦無依的小熊,善良的J將小熊帶回,徵得父母及爺爺的同意飼養著小熊.....直到鄰居的食物都被小熊逐漸變大的食量一掃而空且變成大熊很嚇人而抱怨時...是該將大熊送回森林的時候到了....Johnny千方百計的用盡各種方式,各個不同的地點將大熊送走,但是大熊總能在不久後自尋軌跡的回到家中, 直到大人們建議該是將大熊殺死的時候...Johnny有多麼的不忍心卻又無計可施時...........計畫永遠趕不上變化,作者安排了最戲劇化的結局, 讓大熊與Johnny有了最好的結局.....很精彩喔~不看可惜呀!鄭重推薦!!

The Christmas Magic

最近在四維圖書館相遇的書,其實這本書是在2009/11/18出版的,距離現在應該也過了好幾個Christmas了,不知有多少小朋友閱讀過它呢??

封面給我一種非常神祕的感覺, Santa仰望星空,他在看什麼?or他在等待甚麼?滿天星斗,作者 Lauren Thompson, pictures by Jon J Muth, 讓我們從故事中一窺Santa的內心及feel the air with magic.
沉浸在溫馨的時空中,隨著Santa的一舉一動,我們跟隨著書中的主角們一起期待那一刻的到來~每一次總是那麼神奇與令人讚嘆...

I don't want a posh dog!

 

 

Emma Dodd,目前住在London, England.

我曾經介紹過我最喜愛的書之一"What pet to get?"就是

自她!看看那一隻宛如皇后般的貴賓狗,Emma在書中告訴讀者她心目中最優的狗狗, 既不是跳上跳下的型,也不是天生一副不開心的樣子的狗狗,更不會是那種碰不得的狗狗,也不要跑得很快的賽狗,裝可憐的狗.........各種個性及外型的狗狗都會在這本書出場喔~最後終於找到

最perfect的狗狗囉~ (picture from website)

 

可以跟小朋友玩變裝遊戲喔~(帶各式的服裝,讓小朋友們限時變裝,拍起照片再來票選小朋友心目中的perfect one.

 

 

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The Penguin and the Pea

Again, for penguin, I found an interesting book talked about the real princess. Isn't it familar with the other story? Yes, but it happened on penguin's kingdom. The queen wanted to identify the real princess, she put the pea under twenty mattresses!! What! Twenty! Are you kidding me?
The queen said " We must be absolutely sure that this young penguin is a real princess! Only a true princess is so delicate and fragile as to feel a single pea under twenty mattresses~

No doubt, the princess past the test and married with the young prince then joined in the royal family.

Would you like to try it? Put a pea under your pillow then feel it....can you really feel about the pea? If not, don't worry, you don't have to marry to the prince. (picture by website)

Don't Be Afraid, Little Pip

Don't Be Afraid, Little Pip   by Karma Wilson & Jane Chapman

Is penguin a bird or not? If yes, why it can't fly? Pip doesn't want to learn swimming but flying, his parents sang"Into the water, under the sea-that's the best place for a penguin to be. Flapping our wings and swishing on by.
Penguins can swim, so why should we fly?"

Pip didn't sing along. She looked up again at the sky. " I still just want to fly," she whispered.

Sometimes we like the differences, sometimes not. Kids have their own thinking about life to be but the real world sometimes not allow to.

Nothing scares Little Pip more than the thought of swimming in the deep dark ocean-she would rather than learn to fly just like the other birds do.

If you have such a kid like Pip, what will you do? Agree or disagree?
That will be an ineresting question. (picture by website)

A Sick Day for Amos McGee

A Sick Day for Amos McGee   by Philip c. Stead / illustrated by Erin E. Stead

Amos McGee, a friendly zookeeper, always made time to visit his goodfriends: the elephant, the tortoise, the peguin, the rhinoceros, and the owl.

But on day-"Ah-choo!"-- he woke up with the sniffles and the sneezes. Though he didn't make it into the zoo that day, he did receive some unexpected guests....

Philip Stead's gently humorous tale of friendship and dedication is illustrated by his wife Erin Stead's elegant drawings, embellished with subtle hints of color. (winner of the 2011 Caldecott Medal) ~ picked up from the book.

很棒又溫馨的故事,本來Amos照顧的動物後來因為有一天一直等不到Amos,大家無法開始正常一天的生活,但是動物們決定搭公車去找Amos時,一連串溫馨又感人的情節就此打開....不看可惜喔!!

Dozy Mare

Dozy Mare  by Jeanne Willis / Tony Ross

You can stand still without any move like the dozy mare. But she isn't really dozy, she just like the freedom. Sometimes we asked our kids to do something and they just stay in their rooms and do nothing! Perhaps what they really need is freedom too?

Bigh Smelly Bear

Britta Teckentrup has  written so many interesting books for children and I introduced one copy before "Grumpy Cat", did you read it?

"Big Smelly Bear", there was a big bear who never washed even took any bath.  Big Smelly Bear was followed by a big smelly stink wherever he went. Flies buzzed all around him. Big Smelly Bear wanted to have a friend but who could stand the smelly bear?
Here is the surprise for a kind bear showing up, she can help the Big Smelly Bear to stop his itehes but she asked the Smelly bear to take a bath!!! "What?" "A bath!" Of coures, our Big bear will rather itch to die! They are arguing for a while then who's the winner? Guess!!!

Easy and warm story for kids easy to understand the frindship and the benefits for taking bathes.

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