Let’s Play, Little Rabbit
by Jörg Mϋhle
Little Rabbit is ready to play! He plays hide and seek with the reader. He needs a push on the swings. He jumps into the bath, splashing the reader with water and soap bubbles. At the end of the book, Little Rabbit shouts out, “Boo! Got you again!”
This is such an adorable board book! I love cute little Rabbit. He’s such a little tiny cutesy baby bunny! I wanna give him a cuddly hug and pinch his little cheeks.
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Bella and the Lost Ball
by Kateřina Svozilová, Mag Takac (Illustrator)
Bella has lost her favorite ball. She asks the animals for help, and tries to describe the ball to them so they can help her find it. The bird has seen something beautiful, but it is not Bella’s ball. The butterfly has seen something red, but it is not Bella’s ball. The cat has seen something round, but… nope. The dog has seen something with dots on it, but it’s no use. Bella has to continue the search to remember where she left her ball.
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My Cup of Art
by Katerina Karolik
This board book uses the styles of various famous modern painters to imagine how they might paint an ordinary cup. A cup painted by van Gogh might look more like a vase of sunflowers. A cup by Malevich would probably be a big black square with a handle. Picasso might paint a person’s head as a cup. What if the diner in Edward Hopper’s famous diner painting was actually one huge cup where the diners were floating inside the drink? Kusama might make a cup of polka dots.
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Bunnygirl: The First Adventure
by Holly Jayne
Bea loves all things cute and sweet. Her greatest wish is to be a superhero, so she can help her friends. She even has her sidekick dog, Woofs. But she doesn’t have a superhero costume. She tries a cape and maybe sunglasses or a mask, but nothing seems right. Bea helps a hurt bunny and discovers that being a superhero is about more than just the perfect costume. It’s about being a super friend.
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Best Test
by Pippa Goodhart, Anna Doherty (Illustrator)
The animals find a delicious strawberry, but begin to quarrel over who will eat it. They put together a race to see who is the “best”, and the winner will get the strawberry. They devise different obstacles and tests for the race. Frog wants a hopping obstacle. Mouse is good at coloring and wants a coloring test. They also have to guess what is in a mystery bag, and make the best funny face.
As they go through the different challenges, some of the animals struggle. But their friends stop to help them through each task. They all cross the finish line together, holding paws. They never do discover who is the “best”, but they do become best friends!
A Parliament of Owls
by Devin Scillian, Sam Caldwell (Illustrator)
A young girl calls each group of animals to convene for a huge photo. A parliament of owls arrive on a tree, along with a murder of crows. There is a warren of rabbits, a gaggle of geese, and a raft of otters. Some of the strangest groups are the memory of elephants, the charm of hummingbirds, and the pandemonium of parrots. When the animals are finally assembled, the girl takes a massive group photo with all the animals together!
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Albie on His Way
by Jutta Bauer, Matthias Wieland (Translator)
The king asks Albie to deliver a message to the neighboring kingdom, but Albie gets delayed along the way. First a father squirrel needs help after a bad fall. Then a mother pig needs a babysitter while she goes shopping… for a week! Albie meets an old animal who walks very slowly, but they travel together for a while. Albie decides to take a different path through the mountains, and ends up right back in his own kingdom! By now so much time has passed, that the king decides that the message doesn’t matter after all.
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The Unbreakable Thread
by Emily Joof (Goodreads Author), Asma Enayeh (Illustrator)
As a little child begins to grow up, the unbreakable thread of love between mother and child is stretched, but never broken. The child learns a little more independence all the time, learning to walk, going to school, making friends, and finally graduating from school. But all the time the love of the mother is there to encourage and comfort. That support is what gives the child strength to explore and learn. And all the time, the unbreakable thread of their bond is always changing and always constant.
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The Scarlet Stockings Spy (Tales of Young Americans)
by Trinka Hakes Noble, Robert Papp (Illustrator)
This is a bittersweet story of a young girl who passes along information to Washington’s army during the American Revolutionary War. Her brother is a soldier, and they have a secret plan to watch the movements of ships in the harbor. Maddy Rose hangs out her washing once a week. Her unmentionables, petticoats, and stockings, hung out in a certain order, will tell her brother which ships in the harbor are friendly, and which are British ships likely carrying weapons.
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Our World Mexico
by Cynthia Harmony (Goodreads Author), Claudia Navarro (Illustrator)
A young boy tells us all about a normal day in Mexico, from the delicious breakfast all the way to bedtime when they say, “Buenas Noches!” The boy gets a besito (kiss) from his mother and hops on a bus to school. He plays with his amigos and then has a snack of pan dulce (pastry) with his abuela (grandmother). After a bath and brushing his teeth, it is time to snuggle up for some dulces sueños (sweet dreams).
I grew up in Mexico as a child, and I can indeed verify that this is exactly like a normal day in Mexico! What a sweet trip down memory lane! And now I’m craving some pan dulce. haha!
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