Hannah Duck Review

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(More customer reviews)Hannah Duck by Japanese author, Anji Yamamura, is a tale of three friends. Hannah duck, Gigi parakeet, and KameKame turtle live quietly and peacefully. Every Sunday Hannah heads to the park alone, but is afraid to go inside. Her friends await her return and ask many questions of the outing. Finally Hannah makes the hard confession that she is afraid of going inside the park alone. Gigi happily accompanies her on her next park excursion. With a friend, Hannah is able to face the new experience and she has a very nice time. Yamamura is a talented wood block print artist and the illustrations are wonderful. This is a very sturdy book and the dust jacket, I believe, is a strong plastic.

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Most days, Hannah Duck is peaceful and content...Most days, but not Sundays. Sundays are the days that Hannah Duck goes for a walk. And outside, alone, is a very scary place to be.But when Hannah confides in her friends and faces her fears, she discovers that being brave can open new worlds of friendship and beauty (not to mention the park gates).

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You Are Special, Little One Review

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(More customer reviews)As a children's library clerk, I see many such books in the course of my work. This is a lovely picture book; however, one thing bothers me: the baby fox is repeatedly referred to, both in the blurb and the actual text, as a 'fox cub'. Baby foxes are not cubs. They are kits. I hope this will be corrected in later editions.

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Mama's Little Bears Review

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(More customer reviews)MAMA'S LITTLE BEARS is a lovely book, and one our toddler (29 months) took to immediately.
MAMA'S LITTLE BEARS is a great book for a toddler partly because it is about children stretching at boundaries. Three little bears are out fishing with their mama, and then run away to explore. This could be a little scary, at least for a toddler, except that Tafuri was smart enough to paint the Mama Bear into the background of each adventure. She is always back there, keeping an eye on them, and when something scares them enough to call for mama, she is right there.
Another lovely aspect of MAMA'S LITTLE BEARS is the pictures. These are very nice pictures of a landscape somewhere in the Pacific northwest (Oregon?). The fish that the bear fish for look like salmon. We then see a variety of interesting plants and animals as the little bears explore -- blueberries, birds (partridges? they are on the ground), otters, mice, spiders, and more. When we see animals, we often see what appear to be family groupings, which is sweet. ("Look! A mama mouse and three baby mice!"). As an adult, I would have appreciated a guide, a page at the back listing the plants and animals, so we could talk about them.
Tafuri added another detail to MAMA'S LITTLE BEARS that you can enjoy as you read this over and over, which is connections between the pictures. In each picture, you can spot some aspect of the next thing that the little bears will explore. That is something we enjoyed looking for as we read the book over and over.
MAMA'S LITTLE BEARS is fun to look at and read. Our toddler likes this one a lot!

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Skylar Review

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(More customer reviews)"Skylar" is a beautifully told, smart, entertaining gem of a book. Both child and adult readers will fall in love with this bumbling but brave group of pond geese as they struggle to remember just what makes them geese. Best of all, this book shares with the very best works of children's literature an opportunity for young readers to learn and stretch and grow just as the characters do. From new vocabulary words to lessons about nature to poetic imagery, readers are encouraged to "think" their way through the book rather than just follow the story. As the characters expand their own language and understanding of the world, so does the reader. That is an awfully big gift from such a little book, and well worth the read!

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Tightrope Poppy the High-Wire Pig Review

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(More customer reviews)With a clever rhyme scheme and beautiful illustrations, Poppy became an instant star at our house. The rhymes stand up to repeated readings and there is nary a stumble when reading the text out loud. Poppy, a precocious pig, believes she can be the star of the circus in a highwire act. After a few stumbles and a little self-doubt, Mom reminds her that "some dreams take lots of trying" and Poppy returns determined to reach her full potential. The message, not at all heavy-handed, has prompted my own little ones to reach for their own dreams (and not a few requests to install a highwire in our back yard.) Quick! Grab your own copy of Poppy. You won't be disappointed with the performance.

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