A Father Takes his Son to work at a construction Site, Father is an Engineer. 33 pages. 13" by 15"

The Night Worker Grade K (Copyright 2000)

Kate Banks

McGraw=Hill

Mama’s back from work! “Mama’s coming home,” says Papa. And that’s all it takes to get this rambunctious household – two boys, a baby, a dog, and a cat – to settle down. As they pitch in, preparing dinner and straightening up the house, Mama crosses the bustling city, eager to be with her family. Tomek Bogacki’s clever illustrations and Kate Banks’s rhythmic text capture the spirit of activity and anticipation as finally, at the end of the day, their two worlds come together. Children will delight in sharing in the celebration of this everyday homecoming.

Mama's Coming Home

Children's Books

Tomek Bogacki

Education & Reference

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Part of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. This deeply emotionalread-aloud about a lost wolf pup who is raised by a loving polar bear is sure to resonate with families - particularly non-traditional ones. You are not my mother, said the wolf pup. I am not your mother, said thepolar bear, but I can cuddle you and keep you safe. Here is a picturebook that celebrates differences and promotes kindness , sure toresonate with the many fans of the beloved classic, Mama Do You Love Me? During the ice melt that follows an Arctic winter, a wolf cub findshimself spinning out to sea on a sheet of ice. He awakes lost and aloneto an unfamiliar smell: a polar bear. And while the polar bear is notthe wolf's mother, she takes him on her back to her den, where she feeds him, keeps him warm, and does everything a mother would do. Timepasses, the cub grows into a wolf, and soon it's time for him to venture out into the wide world alone. Years later, the now grown wolf comesupon a tiny lost polar bear cub--and the cycle begins again. With poetic prose this beautiful picture book about the love and kindness of astranger is sure to touch a deep chord, particularly with parents andchildren who have found each other in unexpected ways.

Pup and Bear

Schwartz & Wade Books

How do you make new friends? It's hard for Howie Bowles when his family moves to a new town -- what if the kids at school don't like him? "Just be yourself" is his mother's advice, but wouldn't it be easier to be somebody else? Howie doesn't plan on making his classmates believe that he's actually a secret agent named Agent Bean Burger, but somehow that's what happens. Soon everyone is interested in him because he's a secret agent, and it's sort of like having friends, except that the other kids still don't know anything about Howie. And then a case comes along that he has to solve: someone's been spitting out their gum in the drinking fountains at school. In short chapters with snappy dialogue and winning pictures, this is a fast-paced story of a likable, worrisome boy -- a boy who finally does solve the case (it's the principal!), so Agent Bean Burger can take a vacation and Howie Bowles can be himself.

Howie Bowles, Secret Agent

scholastic

In this lyrical text, a mother plays with her baby, copying the sounds and sights of his new world - making animal actions, showing him the shapes shadows make on the wall, the blackness of the night, and the brightness of the day. But the most precious thing she shows him is a mother's love.

Mama's Little Baby (Storytime)

Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd.

And If the Moon Could Talk

Literature & Fiction

Andersen Press

What kind of parents would name their child Dillon Dillon?

For his tenth birthday, Dillon's parents give him a red rowboat with his name painted on the stern: Dillon Dillon. Why did his parents give him a name like that? To Dillon, it seems like the right time to find out. The truth alters everything Dillon has ever known or felt about himself and his family. But with the rowboat Dillon finds a new freedom as he embarks on a journey that takes him back to his beginnings. His discovery of an island and his memorable encounters with a pair of nesting loons bring him face-to-face with the magic and wonder of life. And though he cannot decipher all its mysteries, Dillon acquires, through these legendary birds, an understanding and acceptance of the world and his place in it. 

In a powerful story full of questions, Kate Banks creates a character full of hope and courage. He lets us know what he is thinking - and it's this inner dialogue that we respond to, his constant bewilderment at the way things are that makes us love Dillon Dillon, from his crazy name to his tenacious spirit.

Dillon Dillon

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Bear in the Book

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