Stories By Nana

First Snow

2009-12-22T09:43:00.000-08:00

The first snow has fallen. The mice children go sledding with grandma and grandpa. But at the top of the hill, who will go first? Bitty, the smallest mouse, is scared. When she tries WHEEEEEEEEEEEE...

Author & Illustrator: Emily Arnold McCully

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Mrs. Wishy-Washy's Christmas

2009-12-12T14:08:00.000-08:00

Just because it's Christmas doesn't mean Mrs. Wishy-Washy's farm animals can go without a good scrub. In fact she says, "Scrub yourselves from foot to head...or there'll be no presents for you this year!" But it's sooooo cold in the old red barn. They'll shiver and shake and turn to ice! Duck knows a better bath-where there's warm water, pink bubbles and fluffy towels--but if Mrs. Wishy-Washy finds out, they can kiss their presents good-bye!

Author: Joy Cowley
Illustrator: Elizabeth Fuller

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The Mitten

2009-12-11T11:47:00.000-08:00

When Nicki drops his white mitten in the snow, he goes on without realizing that it is missing. One by one, woodland animals find it and crawl in. First, a curious mole, then a rabbit, a badger and others; each one larger than the last. Finally, a big brown bear is followed in by a tiny brown mouse and what happens next makes a wonderfully funny climax.

Author & Illustrator: Jan Brett

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I Ain't Gonna Paint No More

2009-11-25T12:00:00.000-08:00

A dab of blue here, a splash of red there, a goopy smear of green . . . everywhere. To the tune of "It Ain't Gonna Rain No More," one creative kid floods his world with color, painting first the walls, then the ceiling, then HIMSELF! Before this feisty artist is through, he'll have painted his head, back, hands, legs, feet, and . . . Oh no--here comes Mama!

Author: Karen Beaumont
Illustrated By: David Catrow

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Hickory Dickory Dock

2009-11-25T11:19:00.000-08:00

"The nursery rhyme "Hickory Dickory Dock" gets new life as it goes through 12 hours of the day. It begins when a mouse runs down the clock as it strikes 1: "It's time for fun!" As each hour chimes, another creature appears, often completing an action initiated in the previous spread. For instance, a bear stops by the clock, and as the chimes strike 10, it's off to its den. Children turning the page will see only the bear's bum as the creature waddles off stage, while a whole new bit of action, featuring a horse grazing near the clock, takes up most of the spread. The design is spare. The pages are mostly empty, dominated by a traditional grandfather clock and the various romping animals. As the day passes, the sky, which comprises the background, turns from sapphire blue to a star-twinkling gray, decorated with a smiling moon. With a bouncy, easy-to-enjoy text and child-appealing collage-style pictures, this is a book that will work well one-on-one or with groups."
Ilene Cooper ~ Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

Author: Keith Baker

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A Visitor For Bear

2009-11-25T11:13:00.000-08:00

Bear is quite sure he doesn't like visitors. He even has a sign. So when a mouse taps on his door one day, Bear tells him to leave. But when Bear goes to the cupboard to get a bowl--there is the mouse! Small and gray and bright-eyed. In this slapstick comedy of manners, all Bear wants is to eat his breakfast in peace, but the mouse--who keeps popping up in the most unexpected places--just won't let him be!

Author: Bonny Becker
Illustrated By: Kady MacDonald Denton

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If You Give A Moose A Muffin

2009-11-25T11:09:00.000-08:00

If a big hungry moose comes to visit, you might give him a muffin to make him feel at home. If you give him a muffin, he'll want some jam to go with it. When he's eaten all your muffins, he'll want to go to the store to get some more muffin mix. The young host is again run ragged by a surprise guest. Young readers will delight in the comic complications that follow when a little boy entertains a gregarious moose.

Author: Laura Numeoff
Illustrated By: Felicia Bond

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Who Ate All the Cookie Dough?

2009-11-25T11:01:00.000-08:00

Eeny, meeny, miney, moe! Who ate all the cookie dough? Help Kanga and her animal friends solve this delicious cookie mystery!

Author: Karen Beaumont
Illustrated By: Eugene Yelchin

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"The Best Thanksgiving Ever"

2009-11-22T22:56:00.000-08:00

The turkeys are planning a Thanksgiving feast. The whole family's coming--a dozen, at least. Share in their fun, share in their play, share in this very best Thanksgiving Day!

Author: Teddy Slater

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Are You My Mother?

2009-11-12T19:13:00.000-08:00

A mother bird leaves her egg in the nest to go look for some food. While she's gone, the egg hatches, and the baby bird sets off to find his mother - but he doesn't know what she looks like. His search leads him to ask a variety of animals and machines, "Are you my mother?" Finally, a crane deposits him back in his nest, where his mother is waiting. Just the right amount of tension and the happy and secure ending make this an extremely popular story.

Author: P. D. Eastman

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The Witches Ball

2009-10-31T19:28:00.000-07:00

Happy Halloween

Oogily-boogily biffily-bats—
Here come the witches with broomsticks and hats.

Rum-tiddly dum-tiddly . . . careful—don’t fall!

Whoosh from the sky to the witchety ball.

A book about silly (not spooky!) witches as they celebrate Halloween at the Witches’ Ball! Funny, nonsensical words add to the fun as the witches cast a spell to bring out the full moon, then play Musical Broomsticks and share pumpkin ice cream and fruit punch potion.

Authors: David Steinberg & Liz Conrad