So, there are a couple of books that I really like that have an odd thing in common. Basically all the books have an animal (or two) that get the upper hand at the end of it. Since I am a librarian, I’m going to talk about them in some sort of order (typically I…
Where Bear? Sophie Henn 3 Stars A bear cub and a boy live together. But then the bear cub grew up to be a rather large bear. In order to still be a bear and do “bearish” things, the boy and the bear realized that the bear would need to move. But the question is…
Who Wants a Hug? Jeff Mack 3.5 Stars Everyone likes Bear. He gives away free hugs. Skunk is upset. Nobody likes him or his free slugs. Skunk decides to do something about it. He tries all sorts of tricks to get stinky things to hit Bear (so that nobody will like him because he stinks).…
A Bed for Bear Clive McFarland 3.5 Stars Bernard is a bear that wants the perfect place to sleep all winter long. The only trouble is that his cave is a bit crowded with Mama bear and the other bear cubs. So off Bernard goes in search of the perfect place to sleep. His first…
Where’s Mommy? Beverly Donofrio illustrated by Barbara McClintock 3 stars A little girl and a mouse live in the same house. But they can’t “tell anyone about each other.” If the little girl’s family knew about the mice the humans would “get a cat.” If the mice knew their daughter was friends with a human,…
Teach Me to Love Denise Brennan-Nelson 3 Stars This is a book where little baby animals ask their grown-up animals how to do certain things: to swing, follow, play, or whatnot. Each little page has a photograph of some sort of baby animal often with the other animals and a bit of text that explains…
No More Pacifier, Duck Michael Dahl illustrated by Oriol Vidal 3 Stars “Duck likes his pacifier.” And as many toddlers know, pacifiers are great…though adults don’t always think so. Duck is happy to have his pacifier. However, Mama Duck decides that Duck doesn’t need the pacifier anymore except while in bed. Then eventually Mama decides…
Cats Are Cats Valeri Gorbachev 4.5 Stars “Miss Bell loved cats.” So she went to the pet store and bought a cat. Of course the cat grew and grew and grew. Young readers will love the fact that they know the secret that the cat isn’t really an ordinary cat. It is a tiger. And…
Rex Wrecks It! Ben Clanton 4 Stars Gizmo, Sprinkles, and Wild like to build things with blocks. But Rex likes wrecking the things that they have built. Of course there is a lot of building and a lot of wrecking. But in the end each of the different characters learn what it might take to…
Train! Judi Abbot 4 Stars Little Elephant loves trains. So much that his parents decide to take Little Elephant on a trip to ride a real train. There Little Elephant meets some new friends. But they don’t love trains the same way that he does. Soon there are toddler-sized arguments about what modes of transportation…