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All the Way to Havana
by Margarita Engle; illustrated by Mike Curato
Fixing "Cara Cara" is a family tradition. When the bright blue vintage car breaks down on the way to a birthday party, its owners -- a Cuban boy and his family -- aren't even surprised. The boy and his father simply open up the hood and start tinkering until the car's pitiful "pio pio, pfffft" sound transforms back into a distinctive, rhythmic "cara cara, cluck cluck." And then they're off, zooming and gliding through the countryside and into the colorful bustle of modern Havana. Evocative onomatopoeia and true-to-life visual details make this lyrical journey "as striking as it is unforgettable" (Kirkus Reviews).
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The wolf, the duck & the mouse
by Mac Barnett
When a woeful mouse is swallowed whole by a wolf, he quickly discovers that a previously swallowed duck has already set up a cushy home for himself using the many comfortable things that the greedy wolf has eaten up. By the author of the Caldecott Honor-winning Sam and Dave Dig a Hole.
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The perfect siesta
by Pato Mena
A whimsical bedtime story features a sequence of animals who each want to take a refreshing siesta and who ask the next animal friend in line to wake them up after a few minutes, with silly results.
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The gold leaf
by Kirsten Hall
When the forest animals find a gold leaf, they fight about who gets to have it
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| Magritte's Marvelous Hat by D.B. JohnsonWhat it is: a visual homage to famous surrealist painter René Magritte, a fable about inspiration, and a story about a mischievous hat.
Starring: a suit-wearing dog in the role of Magritte, a painter who's learning to look at things differently.
Look for: clever, interactive artwork, including transparent pages that kids can turn to transform the images on the pages they cover. |
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| We Found a Hat by Jon KlassenWhat it's about: Two desert-dwelling turtles discover -- and immediately covet -- a single cowboy hat.
Why kids might like it: From the comically oversized hat to the turtles' shifty eyes, the spare illustrations speak volumes, ramping up the tension over hat ownership only to resolve it with a surprisingly gentle twist.
For fans of: the hat-based moral dilemmas in Jon Klassen's earlier books, I Want My Hat Back and This is Not My Hat. |
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Caps for sale and the mindful monkeys
by Esphyr Slobodkina
A latest entry in the picture book series inspired by the beloved classic finds the long-suffering peddler receiving unexpected help from the monkeys when he is unable to make a new batch of caps while caring for a sick friend. 60,000 first printing.
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| The Red Hat by David Teague; illustrated by Antoinette PortisStarring: Lonely Billy Hightower, who lives "atop the world's tallest building" with a lively breeze as his only companion -- a breeze that interferes every time Billy tries to get the attention of the red-hatted girl in the neighboring skyscraper.
Look for: the vivid pops of red that stand out against the book's black-white-and-blue illustrations, creating striking visuals for this story about overcoming obstacles to find friendship. |
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| Hooray for Hat! by Brian WonWhat it's about: After Elephant wakes up feeling grumpy, he discovers that donning a stack of colorful hats banishes his bad mood.
Why kids might like it: Children will want to cheer along as Elephant distributes funky headgear to his grouchy friends, transforming each grumbled "go away!" into a gleeful refrain of "hooray for hat!"
Try this next: Hooray for Today! and Hooray for Books!, also by Brian Won. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 0-8!
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San Mateo Public Library 55 West 3rd Avenue San Mateo, California 94402 (650) 522-7802www.smplibrary.org |
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