Name of Book: Yes We Can Author:Sam McBratney Illustrator:Charles Fuge Publisher:Scholastic Publisher’s Intended Audience: Preschool/younger elementary.  Message is important for all ages but text is most appropriate for a young audience. Summary: Yes We Can tells the story...

Name of Book: Be Good To Eddie Lee Author: Virginia Fleming Illustrator: Floyd Cooper Publisher: Putnam and Grosset  Group Publisher’s Intended Audience: Ages 4-8 Summary: Christy lives across the road from a boy named Eddie Lee who has Downs Syndrome.  Her mother has always told...

Name of Book: Who Is Coming to Our House? Author: Joseph Slate Illustrator: Ashley Wolff Publisher: Puffin Book Publisher’s Intended Audience: Ages 3-8.  The simple, rhyming text would certainly be most appealing for this age group. Summary: This book tells in rhyming verse how...

Name of Book:  A Field Full of Horses Author :  Peter Hansard Illustrator:  Kenneth Lilly Publisher’s Intended Audience :  Ages 4-8 Features:  Read-Along CD with Music and Facts Summary:   Every child who has ever clambered up the back of a pony or dreamed of owning a horse will...

Name of Book: Little Blue Truck Author: Alice Schertle Illustrator: Jill McElmurry Publisher: Harcourt Children’s Books, Inc. Publisher’s Intended Audience: Preschool.  (Message is important for all ages but text is most appropriate for a very young audience. Would be...

Dr.Seuss’ many stories with their rhyming words and funny pictures can be used for much more than simply teaching children how to read.  Many of his works are based on themes which explain in a simple way the things that are truly important in life.  His words give us pause to...

Name of Book: Olive’s Ocean Author: Kevin Henkes Illustrator: None Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers Publisher’s Intended Audience: Grades 5-8 Summary: As Martha Boyle is getting ready to go to her grandmother’s house on the ocean, she receives a visit from the mother of...