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School has started in most of the country and it's time for kids and teachers to get creative. Let the fun begin! I've received a few books over the summer that will help encourage your kids, whether they're in your classroom, your library, or your homeschool setting...I want to help inspire them to seek their creative sides!
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More by Karen Beaumont and illustrator David Catrow
First published in 2005, this one is getting a new look...lap book form! Perfect for my almost-toddler! The story is fairly simple: mischievous boy with a big imagination decides (with a little help from Mama) that he "ain't gonna paint no more," but first he must finish what he started. The result is a big, bright, beautiful mess of paint and fun. Mama may not be happy, but kids have been delighted by this story since it originally came out.
I've loved this book for years. David Catrow uses incredibly bold color choices to help show off the fun and creative story that Beaumont has created. Who cares if the child is a tad disobedient? So what if the English used isn't the best? It's a super cute story with great rhymes and a huge dose of imagination. I think we all could use the reminder that sometimes, it's just ok to PAINT! Self-expression is huge here and I love it!
(After reading this to Elliott we will definitely having the "it's only a story and it is NOT ok to paint your body or our house" talk).
This story is incredibly spirited and makes for a super silly storytime read. Chant it at the top of your lungs and then pair it with a crazy painting activity. Just make sure you have smocks on hand ;)
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More!
Karen Beaumont
32 pages
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
9780547870359
September 2012 (lap book edition)
Review copy
Sky Color by Peter H. Reynolds
Marisol is in charge of painting the sky for the class mural, but she can't find the color blue! She isn't sure how to create the perfect sky without the perfect blue color and is worried she won't be able to make a beautiful mural.
When she sees has the opportunity to watch the sky change from day to night -- while riding home on the bus and then sitting on her porch -- Marisol realizes that the sky doesn't HAVE to be blue. It can be whatever she wants it to be, while still becoming something absolutely beautiful.
Peter Reynolds is one of my absolute favorite authors. Sky Color is going to inspire kids AND adults, which, at least for me, makes an awesome picture book. Just because we've been taught that the sky is blue doesn't mean it has to be blue all the time. Sometimes it's purple, pink, orange, grey...lots of colors. Marisol will help everyone realize that you don't need the color blue to make a sky...be creative!
Sky Color
Peter H. Reynolds
32 pages
Candlewick
9780763623456
August 2012
Review copy
Create with Maisy by Lucy Cousins
Elliott has started to fall in love with all things Maisy. I've seen it happen with kids at the library and bookstore, but didn't realize my own would love this cute little mouse too! This particular title is a bit above his skill level right now, but it will be sticking around on our shelves for awhile until he can use it.
We start off with a page spread about how Maisy loves to create things and showing off a few of the items she likes to be creative with. The crafts that follow are simple and though they may require a small amount of adult assistance, they'd be excellent for kids 4 and up. It's a great way to let them get creative and express themselves through art, with a small bit of instruction and direction.
Your kids can make Beady Butterflies, a Blossom Tree, a Pencil Holder, Paper Lanterns, a Button Bowl, and other fun crafts to use as homemade gifts. The holidays are coming up, as much as we'd all like to deny it and our kids are going to have to get busy!
This would make an excellent resource at home, as well as for teachers and librarians. I know you all need crafty books too.
Create with Maisy: A Maisy First Arts-and-Crafts Book Lucy Cousins 48 pages Candlewick 9780763661229 July 2012 Review copy
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Thank you, Amanda! I appreciate you sharing my newest book, Sky Color with your audience. This is the last book in my Creatrilogy (the 3 book boxed set of The DOt, Ish, Sky Color will be released in October.) I am hoping #kidlit bloggers will make a dot & sign it on Int'l Dot Day to celebrate the freedom to innovate, create, express, share. Check out the details at http://www.thedotclub.org/dotclub Thanks again for the kind words about my work. Keep making your mark!
by Karen Beaumont (Author), Leuyen Pham (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover: 40 pages
Publisher: Scholastic Press (January 1, 2011)
Source: Publisher
Who doesn’t like a good pair of shoes? Bestselling and award-winning author Karen Beaumont certainly does. Shoe-la-la is Beaumont’s latest rhyming picture book—and it’s all about, you guessed it, shoes. Four girls—Emily, Ashley, Kaitlyn, and Claire—go on a shopping expedition to find the perfect pair. The girls truly have the ultimate shoe experience in what appears to be an upmarket shoe store. The salesman, a European looking gent complete with curling moustache, brings the girls copious amounts of shoes in every possible style and color. However, sometimes decisions can be so hard to make. In the end, it is the bedazzled versions that the girls make at home that win them over. Rhyme and rhythm come with ease to Beaumont. Her text always flows and has a level of playfulness that enables illustrator LeUyen Pham to truly go to town on the illustrations.
Eeny, meeny, my oh my!
Just don’t know which shoes to buy.
Illustration by LeUyen Pham
Beginning with the sparkling and show-stopping cover, every picture is filled with razzle-dazzle, pizazz, and personality. Using her signature block-print artwork, Pham transforms the story, word for word, into the ultimate girlie experience. She uses mostly pinks and purples in vivid hues, combining them with softer shades and splashes of other less feminine colors which add individuality to each of the characters. At the beginning of the story, two of the girls are dressed in sneakers and one in a pair of Mary Janes and the other in a pair of ballet flats—this carefully selected attire also gives each of the girls an identity of their own. On the whole, Shoe-la-la is deliciously diva-ish, but Pham’s characterisations and humor add the grounded touch that a book of this nature requires.
Ooh-la-la (ha,ha,ha), Shoe-la-la is a fun and feminine treat that I can imagine will be gifted to children, but specifically with some shoe loving moms in mind.
Shoes, glorious shoes! Ooh-la-la, we have two copies of Shoe-la-la by written by Karen Beaumont and illustrated by LeUyen Pham to giveaway. Giveaway begins January 14, 2011, at 12:01 A.M. PST and ends February 10, 2011, at 11:59 P.M. PST.
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover: 40 pages
Book overview: Join four girls as they shop till they drop, looking for the perfect shoes to match their party dresses.
Emily, Ashley, Katilyn, Claire! Let’s go find the perfect pair!
There are piles of shoes to choose from, and the girls try on every pair in the store, but…
Eeny, meeny, my oh my! Just don’t know which shoes to buy.
What’s a girl to do? With some feathers and glitter, a little bit of glue, and a lof of imagination, the friends come up with the best shoes of all!
About the Author: Karen Beaumont is the New York Times bestselling author of I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More! illustrated by David Catrow. She is also the recipient of the Geisel Honor for Move Over, Rover! and three ALA Notable Book citations. As a little girl, Karen loved her tan cowboy boots best of all. She now lives near the beach in Capitola, California, and has traded in her boots for flip flops. She has two daughters who love shoes, and a cat named Jake, who runs around barefoot most of the time.
About the illustrator: LeUyen Pham is the New York Times bestselling illustrator of Grace for President, by Kelly DiPucchio, as well as Julianne Moore’s Freckleface Strawberry books and her own Big Sister, Little Sister. She is quite the shoe lover herself, and can be found traipsing about in her Mary Jane shoes or knee high boots in San Francisco, California, where she lives with her family. You can visit her and her shoes at www.leuyenpham.com.
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I love dogs and I LOVE David Catrow, so my first selection this week just had me at hello! Doggone Dogs!, written by Karen Beaumont and illustrated by David Catrow is an adorable, laugh-out-loud silly book about ten dogs and their rather rambunctious activities.
Also including counting from one to ten and back again, not to mention some great dog names and absolutely amazing illustrations, Doggone Dogs is one great read aloud for story time and the book your children will be pulling off your shelves to read, over and over again. I especially love the old man squinting between the dogs at the obedience school...SO funny!
Doggone Dogs Karen Beaumont 40 pages Picture Book Dial 9780803731578 October 2008
Gone with the Wand, written by Margie Palatini and illustrated by Brian Ajhar, is a perfect title for that little princess in your life! A hilarious storyline with adorable illustrations, it's sure to please all those little girls that love Disney Princesses, dressing up, glitter, and girly fun.
When the best fairy godmother in the land has a slight wand mishap...well, a big wand mishap, things are starting to look verrrry bad for her, until the tooth fairy takes her under her wing and offers up friendship, kindness, and some pretty silly antics!
The entire book is one big girl-fest. Not my first choice for a boy's read aloud, but it's silly enough that they may just enjoy it too!
Gone with the Wand Margie Palatini 40 pages Picture Books Orchard Books 9780439727686 April 2009
My Brother Bert, written by Ted Hughes, with illustrations by Tracey Campbell Pearson, is a perfect storytime book that will have the kiddos giggling all over the floor!
Presented with cute, rhyming text, we learn from his little sister that Bert has a rather unusual. He has been so secretive and mysterious, that she simply can't take it anymore and opens his door, letting loose almost an entire zoo of silly, zany animals!
Complimented by bright illustrations with a storyline that's a whole lot of fun, this one is great for read alouds and for both library and home shelves. A great toddler gift book!
My Brother Bert Ted Hughes 40 pages Picture Book Farrar, Straus, and Giroux 9780374399825 March 2009
What Really Happened to Humpty? is written by Joe Dumpty (as told to Jeanie Franz Ransom) and is illustrated by Stephen Axelsen and presents the ultimate crime case for little kids to solve.
Joe Dumpty, Humpty's younger brother,is definitely not the popular brother. Mother Goose much preferred Humpty, and thus built all the stories around him. When Humpty takes his infamous fall, the rumor on the street is that he was pushed! Joe just happens to be an investigator and sets out to solve the crime of who pushed Humpty off the wall!
A very cute concept, your kids will love that their beloved nursery rhyme might just have a little backstory going on. The characters are a lot of fun, with appearances by Little Miss Muffet, Little Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks, and others, this one is a lot of fun for a read aloud with the family.
What Really Happened to Humpty? Jeanie Franz Ransom 32 pages Picture Book Charlesbridge 9781580891097 February 2009
To learn more about any of these titles, or to purchase, click on the book covers above to link to Amazon.
2 Comments on Picture Book Saturday, last added: 7/7/2009
First published in 2005, this one is getting a new look...lap book form! Perfect for my almost-toddler! The story is fairly simple: mischievous boy with a big imagination decides (with a little help from Mama) that he "ain't gonna paint no more," but first he must finish what he started. The result is a big, bright, beautiful mess of paint and fun. Mama may not be happy, but kids have been delighted by this story since it originally came out. 
Marisol is in charge of painting the sky for the class mural, but she can't find the color blue! She isn't sure how to create the perfect sky without the perfect blue color and is worried she won't be able to make a beautiful mural. 
Elliott has started to fall in love with all things Maisy. I've seen it happen with kids at the library and bookstore, but didn't realize my own would love this cute little mouse too! This particular title is a bit above his skill level right now, but it will be sticking around on our shelves for awhile until he can use it. 
Thank you, Amanda! I appreciate you sharing my newest book, Sky Color with your audience. This is the last book in my Creatrilogy (the 3 book boxed set of The DOt, Ish, Sky Color will be released in October.) I am hoping #kidlit bloggers will make a dot & sign it on Int'l Dot Day to celebrate the freedom to innovate, create, express, share. Check out the details at http://www.thedotclub.org/dotclub Thanks again for the kind words about my work. Keep making your mark!
I thought you may enjoy seeing what we did after reading "I Ain't Gonna Paint No More"
Lots of fun!!
http://tenkidsandadog.blogspot.com/search?q=ain%27t+gonna+paint+no+more
I love all these books! Another art themed book I LOVE is Micawber by John Lithgow. :D