Thursday, July 14, 2011

Hayley's Children's Book Reviews

Fergus, the pig, and his little brother, Dink, love to walk up and down the beach searching for treasure. The waves leave them all sorts of treasures like seaweed, pebbles, and shells. What happens one day when they find a treasure bigger than anything they’ve ever found before? Find out in the Pig Kahuna by Jennifer Sattler, a great story about conquering fears.

Tweak Tweak by Eve Bunting is a sweet story about Mama Elephant and Baby Elephant as they take a walk and Baby Elephant sees many new animals for the first time. He is curious about the other animals and has lots of questions for Mama, some about what the other animals can do but mostly questions about what little elephants can do. Read this cute story and learn with Baby Elephant about frog, monkey, the songbird, the butterfly, the crocodile and even Baby Elephant.

Agnes Morley grew up on a cattle ranch in New Mexico. She was no girly-girl. Her parents sent her to Stanford University hoping it would make a lady out of her. Instead she decided to make history and play women’s basketball. Basketball Belles: How Two Teams and One Scrappy Player Put Women’s Hoops on the Map by Sue Macy is a story about the first women’s college basketball game ever between Stanford and Berkeley. Read how a lady can be tough and strong as well as refined and polite. A lady can even play basketball.

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