Friday, April 20, 2012

Books for kids

A Bear and His Boy

What I love: "This is the story of a bear named Mack, who woke up one morning with a boy on his back." The author has two other books in the same vein - A Boy and His Bunny and A Girl and Her Gator. Check them out.

What Henry loves: The boy being on the bear's back.
Adelaide

What I love: Seriously, a kangaroo with wings? How cool is that? The drawings are subtle. The story is sweet.

What Hen loves: Pretty much any animal that flies and sort of looks like a dinosaur.
 Foxy and Egg

What I love: Everything. This is a great book to read out loud. The illustrations are most excellent. Also, the fox's name is Foxy DuBois, which is just awesome, don't ya think?

What Henry loves: The surprise ending. This story does not go down like you think it will.
I Need My Monster

What I love: The concept. It is so cool to change up the monster-child dynamic so that the child actually bonds to the monster. And no other monster will do.

What Henry loves: The various substitute monsters that try to fill in when Gabe's monster goes fishing. Scary stuff!
The Sandwich Swap

What I love: The illustrations of the girls. They are so cute! Also, the subtle way in which the different cultures are handled.

What Henry loves: Two words - food fight.

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