Monday, October 26, 2020

Kids' Book Spotlight - Easy Collection Staff Favorites from Sharon Forks

The Youth Services staff at Sharon Forks branch wants to share their favorite books with you! Here are our favorite picture books and early readers. Stop by and let us know how you enjoyed them!

Picture Books

by Jules Feiffer

A mother dog tries to teach her pup how to bark, and is surprised at why he wasn't learning.

~Ms. Amy

Duck on a Bike
by David Shannon

A duck decides to ride a bike and soon influences all the other animals on the farm to ride bikes too.

~Ms. Steph

by Eric Carle

The very hungry caterpillar celebrates some of the things it's thankful for.

~Ms. Anu

Guess Again!
by Mac Barnett

For each round of guessing, readers are presented with a page of illustrations opposite a rhyming quatrain. The unexpected conclusion of the verse's final line is revealed on the next page.

~Ms. Cleo


by Diane Alber

This story is about a little boy who keeps hearing, "Never let a dinosaur scribble!" But in his heart believes that people just don't understand how beautiful scribbling can be. He wonders what would happen if he just gave him one crayon to scribble with, and realizes that the dinosaur had other ideas in mind! 

~Ms. Stephani

by John Himmelman

Six days a week the chickens help the Greenstalk family and their animals recover from mishaps that occur on the farm, but they need one day to rest.

~Ms. LeAnne


Early Readers

by Jan Thomas

Despite the objections of Pig and Mouse, Duck insists on adding a special ingredient to the cake they are making to celebrate Cow's birthday.

~Ms. Amy and Ms. LeAnne

What is Inside THIS Box?
by Drew Daywalt

Monkey has a big box, which he tells Cake has a cat inside, but only when the box is closed; Cake suggest that maybe it is a dinosaur instead, and the two friends puzzle over how they can solve the problem of finding out what is in the box, if it is always empty when opened.

~Ms. Cleo


by Jan Thomas

Duck's imagination gets the best of him when he asks his critter companions for help escaping a mysterious pursuer.

~Ms. Steph

by Mo Willems

Gerald the elephant has a big decision to make, but will he make it in time? 

~Ms. Anu

by C. L. Reid

Eight-year-old Emma is excited about her best friend Izzie's birthday party, but she is also a little worried because she is deaf and communicates through sign language, and her cochlear implant does not work well in noisy crowds.

~Ms. Stephani


Yellow Bird has found a button and wants to share it with Red Bird and Blue Bird. This is just an ordinary button. It does not do anything when you press it. But when Red Bird and Blue Bird give it try, they are delighted to find that the button does not do nothing, and that is something!

~Ms. LeAnne



Stephani Lindsey
Youth Specialist
Sharon Forks Library
#WeKnowBooks

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