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Friday, June 12, 2009 11:12:59 AM
Amira Qattan added Strega Nona (Caldecott Honor Books) to her Bookshelf
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 pot – which cooks itself. The next time Strega Nona go"
Friday, June 12, 2009 10:30:07 AM
Amira Qattan added First the Egg to her Bookshelf
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 viewing this book, it becomes quite clear why this book w"
Monday, June 8, 2009 9:57:45 PM
Amira Qattan added Little Miss Muffet (Mother Goose Board Books) to her Bookshelf
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 spread. The illustrations show a toddler aged girl who ha"
Monday, June 8, 2009 9:56:42 PM
Amira Qattan added Busy Chickens (Busy Animals) to her Bookshelf
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 squawking. They are cheeping, they are leaping.” The more adv"
Monday, June 8, 2009 9:55:42 PM
Amira Qattan added The Feelings Book to her Bookshelf
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 writes about more serious feelings, “Sometimes I feel sca"
Friday, June 5, 2009 5:59:45 PM
Amira Qattan added Chrysanthemum to her Bookshelf
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 her classmates giggle upon hearing her name. Everyday"
Friday, June 5, 2009 5:59:22 PM
Amira Qattan added Stellaluna - Oversize edition to her Bookshelf
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 her mother during an attack of an owl. Stellaluna drop"
Friday, June 5, 2009 5:58:55 PM
Amira Qattan added Corduroy (Picture Puffins) to her Bookshelf
Amira said, "Corduroy is the tale of a loveable department store bear who is longing to be “adopted.” When he overhears a little girl’s mother tell her that they cannot purchase Corduroy because he is missing a button, he waits until the store is closed and clim"
Friday, June 5, 2009 5:58:18 PM
Amira Qattan added Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs to her Bookshelf
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 pancake flying across the room which soon lands upon Henry’"
Friday, June 5, 2009 5:57:44 PM
Amira Qattan added The Giving Tree to her Bookshelf
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 her trunk and eats her apples and this makes her very ha"
Friday, June 12, 2009 5:43:08 PM
Amira Qattan added Lon Po Po (Paperstar) to her Bookshelf
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 the paneled scenes. Shang, Tao and Paotze are three sis"