| Title, Creators, Comments / Reviews | Ages | Date Added | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China (Paperback) Author: Ed Young Publisher: Putnam Juvenile |
Ages 4-8 |
6/12/2009 Add | |||
| Amira said: Ed Young’s version of Little Red Riding hood is both thrilling and eerie. The outstanding illustrations seem to be made with crayon, watercolor and chalk, giving very cloudy, shadowed depictions of ...more | |||||
| 1,022 Reviews | |||||
| 2. Strega Nona: An Old Tale Retold (Hardcover) Author: Tomie dePaola Illustrator: Tomie dePaola Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing |
Ages 4-8 |
6/12/2009 Add | |||
| Amira said: Strega Nona is the enchanting tale of a little old lady with a magic touch. One day, Big Anthony (the boy she has hired to help her) secretly witnesses Strega Nona singing a magic chant to her pasta p...more | |||||
| 669 Reviews | |||||
| 3. First the Egg (Caldecott Honor Book and Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book ... Author: Laura Vaccaro Seeger Illustrator: Laura Vaccaro Seeger Publisher: Roaring Brook Press |
Ages 4-8 |
6/12/2009 Add | |||
| Amira said: This brilliantly illustrated book gives children a simplistic glimpse into the circle of life and the ways in which nature work. The text is uncomplicated, with one to two words on each page. Upon vi...more | |||||
| 614 Reviews | |||||
| 4. Little Miss Muffet (Board book) Author: Tracey Campbell Pearson Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
Ages 4-8 |
6/8/2009 Add | |||
| Amira said: Tracey Campbell Pearson takes a classic tale and breaks it down for younger readers/listeners. This fourteen page board book is filled with detailed water-color illustrations, each on a double page sp...more | |||||
| 8 Reviews | |||||
| 5. Busy Chickens (A Busy Book) (Board book) Author: John Schindel Publisher: Tricycle Press |
Baby to Pre-K |
6/8/2009 Add | |||
| Amira said: Busy Chickens by John Schindel is a rhyming board book that showcases the daily activities of many different chickens – old and young. What are chickens doing? “They are walking, they are squawkin...more | |||||
| 24 Reviews | |||||
| 6. The Feelings Book (Board book) Author: Todd Parr Publisher: L,B Kids |
Baby to Pre-K |
6/8/2009 Add | |||
| Amira said: Todd Parr writes and illustrates The Feelings Book to show that it’s okay to feel different emotions and to be in different moods as long as you share them and don’t keep them to yourself. He writ...more | |||||
| 147 Reviews | |||||
| 7. Corduroy (Paperback) Author: Don Freeman Publisher: Puffin |
Baby to Pre-K |
6/5/2009 Add | |||
| Amira said: Corduroy is the tale of a loveable department store bear who longs to be “adopted.” When he overhears a little girl’s mother tell her that they cannot purchase Corduroy because he is missing a b...more | |||||
| 2,723 Reviews | |||||
| 8. Chrysanthemum (Paperback) Author: Kevin Henkes Illustrator: Kevin Henkes Publisher: HarperTrophy |
Ages 4-8 |
6/5/2009 Add | |||
| Amira said: Chrysanthemum is a story about a young mouse whose parents named her after the most perfect flower, a Chrysanthemum. Growing up, she loved her name very much until the first day of school when some of...more | |||||
| 2,346 Reviews | |||||
| 9. Stellaluna - Oversize edition (Paperback) Author: Janell Cannon Publisher: Harcourt Big Books |
Ages 4-8 |
6/5/2009 Add | |||
| Amira said: This captivating story about a baby bat named Stellaluna manages to make an endearing impression of a creature otherwise thought of as scary. At the beginning of the story Stellaluna is separated from...more | |||||
| 389 Reviews | |||||
| 10. The Giving Tree (Hardcover) Author: Shel Silverstein Illustrator: Shel Silverstein Publisher: HarperCollins |
Ages 4-8 |
6/5/2009 Add | |||
| Amira said: This heartwarming story tells the tale of a boy and his friendship with a tree. At the beginning of the story the boy is very young and he loves the tree very much. He plays in her leaves, climbs on h...more | |||||
| 24,127 Reviews | |||||
| 11. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (Paperback) Author: Judi Barrett Illustrator: Judi Barrett, Ronald Barrett Publisher: Aladdin |
Ages 9-12 |
6/5/2009 Add | |||
| Amira said: In the story, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, readers are introduced to a boy named Henry and his sister, who are enjoying a pancake breakfast with their family. Grandpa accidentally sends a pancak...more | |||||
| 2,987 Reviews | |||||
| Bestselling order determined by Amazon.com SalesRank(tm) | |||||
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Amira Qattan - Occupation: Writer
- Birthday: July 8
- Locale: Carlsbad, CA, United States of America
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