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The Dinosaurs Night Before Christmas

Title: The Dinosaurs Night Before Christmas

Author: Anne Muecke

Price: $18.99

Pages: 36

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Publisher Date: 2008

ISBN: 0811863220

Classification: Holiday Picture Book/Holiday Music

Annotation: Christmas just went prehistoric with this humorous take on the traditional poem. Included are dinosaur-themed holiday songs and a read aloud of the poem!

Evaluation: I heard this poem many times as a child and was always entranced by it. I also was mesmerized by the idea of dinosaurs and remember my brother memorizing each and everyone of them. Here is the marriage of the holiday classic with an high interest twist. Get your kids reading poetry and exploring there favorite dino-characters! Sure to be a literate christmas afterall! The CD is an awesome bonus that will enhance the book and your Christmas! I highly recommend this holiday book as a Christmas read aloud or even an introduction to poetry and verse!

The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Title: The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Author: B. G. Hennessy

Pages: 40

Price: $16.99

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing

Publisher Date: March 7, 2006

ISBN: 0689874332

Classification: Picture Books/Fairy Tales

Annotation: The Boy who tends sheep is bored and doesn't know what to do with himself. So out on his little mountainside he makes up a new game, one that he thinks will be really funny. He cries, "WOLF!!!!!!!!!!!" And everybody in the town below comes running...but is this game really funny at all? And what happens when the wolf really comes?

Evaluation: This book takes an old folk tale and familiar saying a new, modern spin, that even the most modern children will be able to relate to. The illustrations are really at the heart of this retelling. They are vulgar (but tame enough for little eyes) and with this edge, convey the feeling of mischief the boy gets himself and the town into. If trying to teach a lesson, or just have a down right good laugh, you'll love this little book!

Author Website: http://www.bghennessy.com/

Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose

Hardcover: 128 pages

Price: $25.99
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile; First Printing edition
Publishing Date: October 2, 1985
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0399212582

Genre: Mother Goose/Nursery Rhymes

Annotation: Beloved children's writer Tomie dePaola's take on 200 classic Mother Goose Rhymes.

Evaluation: From the first year on, children delight in the rhythm and wonder of nursery rhymes. Here, Tomie dePaola gives a fresh, whimsical take on classic Mother Goose as well as a bunch of not as well known rhymes. The pictures are classic dePaola and will not only bring Nursery Rhymes into the Nursery but will likely have you heading to the library and looking for more dePaola titles. Mother Goose is wonderful for devloping early literacy skills with rhyme and play!

Author Website: http://www.tomie.com/

Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Flip Up Fairy Tales)

Title: Goldilocks And The Three Bears (Flip Up Fairy Tales)

Author: Estelle Corke

ISBN-13:
978-0859536080

Price: $7.99
Publisher: Child's Play International
Pages: 24

Classification: Fairy Tale/ Lift the Flap Book

Annotation: Goldilocks wanted to try everything in the three bears house! And so will little readers, as they delightfully try the flip-ups that appear throughout the lively retelling of this classic story.

Evaluation: "Open" the front door and see the three bears on the other side leaving their home as they let their famous bowls of porridge cool. A surprise is on every page, just like the surprise little bear finds in his bed when he gets home! This is a fun, interactive way to experience a classic fairytale and a storytime in general!

Puff The Magic Dragon + CD

Title: Puff The Magic Dragon
Author: Peter Yarrow
Price: $16.95
Hardcover: 24 pages
Publisher: Sterling; First Edition edition (August 1, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1402747829

Annotation: Follow the famous Folk Song, Puff the Magic Dragon in this new, beautiful picture book plus CD with music!

Evaluation: This book has been so popular with my read aloud group that then bring it back and insist upon preforming the song and showing me the pages that match the song lyrics! They are so entranced by this book (both the pictures and the music) that you can't help but recommend it to everyone! The dragon here is so love-able it reminds me of How to Train Your Dragon (Dreamworks new blockbuster film). So much so, in fact, it makes you wonder if it may in fact be somewhat inspired by this dragon classic! And yes, the author is the "Peter" from Peter, Paul, and Mary, as they are the writers of the original song. This is an amazingly beautiful book!!!!!

Author Website:

http://www.peteryarrow.net/

100 Storytime Classics DVDs

Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 16
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: NEW VIDEO GROUP
DVD Release Date: October 27, 2009
Run Time: 1146 minutes
ASIN: B002PTBSE6

Annotation: 100 classic children's stories are collected here in this boxed set on animated adaptations.

Evaluation: I always loved the classic adaptations and would hunt them down one by one, library by library, store by store, until one day it dawned on me I should just check if there is a collection. Sure enough there are two! This is the first. It has classics such Corduroy and Curious George and although kinda "old school" in their animations they provide a storybook experience that can't be found much any more on television. And clearly they are ALL children's book, literary giants! This is somewhat pricey but if you find that you are hunting down classic stroybook treasure like me, it may be worth it. Each DVD has more then one storybook classic on it! One really cool bonus is all the professional narrations from famous actors (like Meryl Streep and Sarah Jessica Parker just to name two)! What fun! And what a collection!

(Extra Information of Every Story In This Collection!)

Alphabetical Title Listing:

Alligators All Around

The Amazing Bone

Angus and the Ducks

Angus Lost

Apt. 3

Arnie the Doughnut

The Beast of Monsieur Racine

Blueberries for Sal

Cat & Canary

The Caterpillar and the Polliwog

Chicka Chicka 1,2,3

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Chicken Little

Chicken Soup with Rice

Chrysanthemum

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type

The Cow Who Fell in the Canal

Curious George Rides a Bike

Danny and the Dinosaur

Diary of a Spider

Dinosaur Bones

Dot the Fire Dog

Drummer Hoff

The Elves and the Shoemaker

Emily s First 100 Days of School

Five Chinese Brothers

Five Creatures

The Foolish Frog

Fourteen Rats and a Rat-Catcher

Frog Goes to Dinner

The Great White Man-Eating Shark

Harold and the Purple Crayon

Harold s Fairy Tale

Harry the Dirty Dog

Here Comes the Cat

Hondo & Fabian

Hot Hippo

How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food?

How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon?

How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?

How Much is a Million?

I Stink!

I Want a Dog!

I, Crocodile

If You Made a Million

In the Night Kitchen

Inch by Inch

The Island of the Skog

Let s Give Kitty a Bath!

A Letter to Amy

Lon Po Po

Make Way for Ducklings

Max s Words

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

Millions of Cats

Moon Man

Mouse Around

The Mysterious Tadpole

No Roses for Harry

Norman the Doorman

Officer Buckle and Gloria

One Was Johnny

Owen

Pet Show!

Peter s Chair

Pete s a Pizza

A Picture for Harold s Room

Pierre

Princess Furball

Rapunzel

The Remarkable Riderless Runaway Tricycle

Roberto the Insect Architect

The Snowy Day

Stanley and the Dinosaurs

Stars! Stars! Stars!

The Stonecutter

A Story A Story

The Story About Ping

The Story of the Dancing Frog

Strega Nona

The Swineherd

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

T is for Terrible

The Talking Eggs

Teeny-Tiny and the Witch-Woman

Time of Wonder

The Three Billy Goats Gruff

Trashy TownThe Trip

The Ugly Duckling

Waiting for Wings

Wallace s Lists

A Weekend with Wendell!

What s Under My Bed?

Where the Wild Things are

Whistle for Willie

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People s Ears

Wild About Books

Wings: A Tale of Two Chickens

The Wizard

Spanish Versions of:

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type