by Johanna Hurwitz
F HUR
This cute story can be enjoyed by both boys and girls. If you are a
boy, just ignore the pink book that Pee Wee the guinea pig is holding.
He is a boy guinea pig. Pee Wee is a pet shop guinea pig in New York
City. He learned to read while still in the store by studying the
newspapers lining his cage. After he is adopted by a family and a boy
named Robbie, an adult decides to let him loose in Central Park.
Central Park is a very big park in the middle of New York City. Pee Wee is a pet store animal and has no idea how to survive in the wild, even if it is the wild in the middle of a big city. Luckily, Pee Wee makes friends with a squirrel named Lexi who helps him learn all he needs to know in order to survive living outside with no food--and lots of other, bigger wild animals!
This story is the first in a series of four about Pee Wee's new life in Central Park.
by Henry Cole
E COL
This wordless book will draw you right into the story.
It is set during the time of the Underground Railroad--when slaves were hid in homes and on farms and then sent to another location to travel north toward freedom.
Soldiers have come to a farm where a young girl is working. After they leave, she find someone hiding in her barn. She brings him food and he eventually moves on.
It has beautiful illustrations and the story is powerful. I know you will enjoy it.
by Mark Cassino with Jon Nelson, Ph.D.
551.57 CAS
Did you know that many snowflakes begin on a spec of dust? This is a wonderful, interesting book about snow. It shows how the crystals are created, the different shapes
they make, and how they join together to create snowflakes. It is the perfect length to begin to understand the structure of
snowflakes. The illustrations are beautiful. The photographs of the snowflakes are excellent
and the diagrams are detailed. The ending of the book shows you the best way to "catch" snowflakes so you can see their designs. It is also one of the Illinois' Bluestem Nominees this year.
by Jason Chin
582.16 CHI
Redwoods is an easy-to-understand, non-fiction picture book about the tallest trees in the world. The tallest Redwood is 379 feet tall! That is about 35 building stories! These trees live in California.
This book is non-fiction, but it feels like a story. It is not broken
out into boring sections. Each page tells a different fact about Redwoods. A kid from the city sits reading a book (this book!) about the Redwoods,
and as he reads, the forest appears all around him. The pictures are beautiful. I really liked the
fascinating tree details and the amusing expressions on the reader's face
in the story.
This book is also on Illinois' Bluestem list, one of the books for voting in 3rd - 5th grade. I recommend it to everyone with a little interest in the world around you.
Click here for Information and a cool video about climbing the world's tallest tree
