Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Hayley's Children's Book Reviews


A little girl named Annabelle finds a box of yarn.  It appears to be an ordinary box of yarn so she decides to knit a sweater for herself.  Then she knits one for her dog.  Soon she is making sweaters and hats for her family, friends, other animals, houses, buildings, anything in town she can think of.  News spreads about Annabelle and her box of yarn that never seems to run out.  People come from all over the world to see her work.  Read Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett and find out what happens when someone steals Annabelle’s not so ordinary box of yarn.

I Want My Mom! A Little Princess Story by Tony Ross is the perfect book for any little kid who loves their mom.  In this book the Little Princess is having one of those bad weeks where nothing is going her way.  There is no one who can make her feel better except her mom.  The princess eventually gets invited to a party and ends up having a good time.  Read this entertaining story and find out what happens to the Queen when the Little Princess has fun without her.

Stu loves to listen to the sounds of the animals at the zoo and visits them so often they know him by name.  He calls their sounds a symphony.  Not everyone is as crazy about the animals as Stu, especially Mr. Cooper.  He wants to tear the zoo down and build a mall.  Can Stu help the animals save their home?  Maestro Stu Saves The Zoo by Denise Brennan-Nelson is a playful story filled with idioms and imaginative illustrations.