Danny and the Dinosaur Go to Camp

Author	Peggy Parish
ISBN	0064441555

Once upon a school day, I think when I was in second grade (so this would have been pre-1980, I believe), we went on our bi-weekly library outing. The librarian had us sit in front of her in the storytime area and whipped this book out. She read it to us.
That may have been when I realized my love for wordplay.
I...

Author	Watty Piper
ISBN	0448405202

When I was seven, my Mom used to read to us from this little book.

It was one of many books scattered atop our bright red plastic-‘n-steel tabletop, and she was cataloguing them for her new Public Library!

It was a bright red-letter year for us kids, too, that year - a real Book Bonanza.

And...

Author	Helen Lester
ISBN	0395562333

This is a mildly funny and sweet story about an unconventional penguin and his conformist peers.

For me, the names of all the penguins were the most amusing part of the book.

This book has some good messages: that being odd or different and being your own person can be a huge positive,...

Author	Peggy Parish
ISBN	0060267003

Baseball fans will love this one! There's so much that can go wrong and that Amelia Bedelia can take literally. And of course she does; and it's great!

Reading Level: 1st - 3rd grades

Cleanliness: someone says "my goodness" and "for gosh sakes."

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Author	Mercer Mayer
ISBN	0060835435

We love Little Critter books here, so of course I couldn’t turn down a review opportunity. We received “Snowball Soup” which is one from the first reading level, Shared Reading. Honestly I didn’t even know that the Little Critter books came in different reading levels! We must have the higher...

Author	Marian Potter
ISBN	0307021521

I didn't read this book; I didn't have to because my little brother read it out loud over and over and over and over again. He had memorized the book. Think of sitting in a car with him on a long trip. But maybe it wasn't that he was quoting from this book but from a song he had somehow learned:

Little...

Author

Laura Joffe Numeroff

If you give a dog a donut, he’ll ask for some apple juice to go with it.

When you give him the juice, he’ll drink it all up.

Then, before you can say “Woof” . . . Dog is off on a backyard adventure!

The exuberant dog who first appeared in if you give a pig a party is now the star...