Genre: Picture Books Source: Purchased
Books for Benjamin by R.G. de Rouen
I absolutely loved this book. Benjamin is a worm. Unlike his
family who lives on the rotten fruit and vegetables the store owner throws out,
Benjamin prefers reading. He slips into the store one night to hide inside a
paper. His idea is to be taken to a home where he can read books. Instead he is
almost eaten by a parrot. Read this wonderful adventure to see if he succeeds
in finding books to read. Cute, while showing the value of reading. There is
extra information at the end of the book about libraries.
Night Cats by Pippa Pralen
This is the story of cats that are homeless. One day when
the author left a restaurant she saw a hungry cat and decided to feed it. That
was the beginning of her adventure. I
loved this book because of the humorous pictures. At the end she has pictures
of the cats she takes care of. I could understand. We inherited five semi-feral
cats from a gentleman across the street. He had been feeding them and took them
to the vet to be fixed. When he passed he left them to us in his will. We still
have four of them. I couldn’t imagine
not helping them.
The Unusual Penguin by Madeleine MacRae
I loved this book. A
penguin finds a lone egg on the ice with no one around. She takes it home and
cares for it. When it hatches she proudly takes care of her son. When he begins
school it is quite apparent he doesn’t fit in. He can’t seem to do what the
other penguins do. He doesn’t even look like them. There is a reason for this, but I won’t tell. A great book about being proud of who you are
and not worrying if you aren’t like each other.
We need to celebrate our differences.
This is Not Enough by Anna Kang
Two friends try to find gifts for each other to show how
much they care. Neither of them think
what they have chosen or made is enough.
However as we learn, when it comes to friends, the love they show us in
whatever form is always enough. Cute
little book about friendship.
