When the Sky Is Like Lace

Author	Jan Brett
ISBN	0698113993

Berlioz and his bear orchestra are playing the gala ball in the village square at eight o'clock. But a strange buzzing sound coming from inside Berlioz's double bass causes him to steer the mule-driven bandwagon of musicians into a hole in the road. Who will rescue the wagon? Readers will be surprised...

Author	Elsa Beskow
ISBN	0863154972

Although I do at least somewhat wish that this English language version of Elsa Beskow's 1910 classic Tomtetobarnen had adhered to the poetry, the lyricism of the original (I have a copy of it, but as my Swedish is extremely rudimentary and self taught, I do not understand all that much of it), I also can...

Author	Alice McLerran
ISBN	0060526335

From two-time Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Barbara Cooney and celebrated children’s book author Alice McLerran comes Roxaboxen, a treasured story about the magic of a child’s imagination.

Marian called it Roxboxen. There across the road, it looked like any rocky hill—nothing...

Author	Martin Waddell
ISBN	0744544599

A beautifully told story about the close relationship between a father bear and his son.
You could read this book with two views in mind; friendship, sharing and playing or the strong bond children have with a loved one. The story can also be read with the theme of father and son in mind.
I read this...

Author	Mary Lyn Ray
ISBN	1442422491

What a lovely book. Pages shining with hope, support, and warmth. “Stars are everywhere.” We just have to look. Look up. Look down. Look in the mirror. The stars will always be there when we need them to guide, inspire, and wish upon.

Stars is a gorgeous story depicting a full range of...

Author	Kathryn O. Galbraith
ISBN	1561455636

Eloquent text and stunning illustrations combine to explore the many ways seeds are distributed.
A farmer and her son carefully plant seeds in their garden. In the wild garden, many seeds are planted too, but not by farmers' hands. Different kinds of animals transport seeds, often without knowing...

Author	Phyllis Root
ISBN	0763622966

Luminously illustrated by Mary GrandPre, a timeless adventure from master storyteller Phyllis Root about the loss of the sun - and one girl's brave quest to find it.
In a cozy cabin high in the mountains of the Far North, Lucia and her family live a snug and contented life. But one day the wind screams...

Author	Adrienne Adams
ISBN	0684125064

I had to read this book because I was so tickled by its title.

This is a weird book, unless I had some pages missing, which maybe I did, but my copy of the book looked intact.

This is a silly simple story about witches, and it’s a fun book to read aloud.

My favorite pages were the...

Author	Taeeun Yoo
ISBN	0803731450

A little boy enters a library with his grandfather and his little red fish at his side. But when he awakes after falling asleep amidst the library shelves, his fish is missing. Could his little friend have disappeared into that red book over there on the shelf? Join us in celebrating this stunning debut...

Author	Matthea Harvey
ISBN	0375967737

In a starred review Publishers Weekly raves: "It’s an avant-garde, surrealist story with a Hollywood-style tearjerker lurking within—and a surprisingly charming and affecting one at that."

Award-winning poet Matthea Harvey and illustrator extraordinaire Giselle Potter team...

Author	Russell Hoban
ISBN	1406329916

So many people really like this book and perhaps it didn't help my copy being in black and white ( many reviews mention a change of colour as the story progresses which sounds like a nice idea ) but I found this story confusing.

Soonchild is an unborn child who is due to be born but is suspected to be...

Author	Patricia MacLachlan
ISBN	0763647535

From Newbery Medalist Patricia MacLachlan comes a reassuring story about new beginnings and making friends.

Nora and her family have just arrived from Russia and are making a new home on the American frontier. The prairie is very different from the forested hills Nora is used to. Most of all,...

Author	Sophie Blackall
ISBN	0805078584

Edward can't fall asleep, and like most children, he has a million questions burning to be answered even though it's way past his bedtime.

In this funny picture book about the all-familiar bedtime negotiations between child and parent, Edward and his mother talk about everything from yellow...

Author	Cynthia Rylant
ISBN	0689854269

Long Night Moon Cynthia Ryland and illustrated by Mark Siegel is a picture book story about the different names of the moon. Each month the Native Americans named the full moon and each name was like a story about what that season was going to bring. A beautifully illustrated book that is written in poetry....

Author	Michael Bedard
ISBN	0385306970

This is a fictionalized account of a family who moves in near Emily Dickinson and the child's interactions with her. It's cute and sweet, but I'd rather have had an actual picture book biography. There are some beautiful descriptions of poetry, though. "Listen to mother play. She practices and practices...

Author	Sarah Perry
ISBN	0892363215

A diving board to creative wordplay, the fascinating picture book If... offers a surrealistic view of the natural world. The two-page spreads present artful watercolors paired with such strange possibilities as "If zebras had stars and stripes...," "If the moon were square...," and "If worms had...

Author	Alyssa Satin Capucilli
ISBN	0689869916

I just adored this book. Perhaps it wasn’t “amazing” but I really, really liked it and I’m giving it the full 5 stars.

It works as an alphabet book because Mr. McTats’s first cat is named Abner, and as more cats adopt the household, she gives them names that start with B, C, D, and so on,...

Author	Salley Mavor
ISBN	0618737405

This hand-picked collection of classic nursery rhymes, all delicately and painstakingly illustrated by Salley Mavor, who is reknown for her incredibly detailed fabric and cloth scenes. It took Mavor ten years to develop her own fabric relief technique to a level where she felt comfortable even considering...

Author	Allen Say
ISBN	0618889337

Caldecott Medalist Allen Say creates a beautiful story about an American girl who seeks adventure in Japan and discovers more than she could have imagined.

In her grandmother’s house there is one Japanese print of a small house with lighted windows. Even as a small girl, Erika loved that...

Author	Jonathan Bean
ISBN	0374304467

On some nights, a snug bedroom is a hard place to fall asleep. On some nights, it's better to get away from slumbering, snoring family members and curl up alone with one's thoughts in the cool night air, under wide-open skies. In this charming bedtime fantasy, a sleepless city girl does just that, finding...

Author	Cindy Jenson-Elliott
ISBN	1442412607

Weeds are wonderful! Persistent, exuberant…these plants have personalities, and this nonfiction picture book puts them on colorful display!

From bright yellow dandelions popping through cracks in sidewalks to purple loosestrife growing rampant along roadways, weeds offer unexpected...