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Go, Dog. Go! – November 20-27, 2011
Red, Stop! Green, Go!
Eastman, P.D. Random House, 2004
Flaps, wheels, and slide tabs let children make a white dog get black spots, the traffic light change from red to green, and dogs of all colors zoom around in cars.
My Nest is Best
Eastman, P.D. Random House, 2005
Mr. and Mrs. Bird search for a place to build a new nest only to discover their old one is better.
Give a Dog a Bone: Stories, Poems, Jokes and Riddles about Dogs
Cole, Joanna and Calmenson, Stephanie. Scholastic, 1996
A collection of poems, stories, and humor with a dog theme.
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
Seuss, Dr. Random House, 1960
A story-poem about the activities of unusual animals with unusual names.
Strega Nona – January 25-February 19, 2012
Strega Nona: an Old Tale
DePaola, Tomie. Simon & Schuster, 1988
When Strega Nona leaves him alone with her magic pasta pot, Big Anthony is determined to show the townspeople how it works.
Strega Nona’s Magic Lessons
DePaola, Tomie. Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1982
Big Anthony disguises himself as a girl in order to take magic lessons from Strega Nona.
Strega Nona: Her Story/as told to Tomie DePaola
DePaola, Tomie. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1996.
Grandma Concetta heals everyone with her remedies and advice, and when she retires, she leaves Nona her magic pasta pot with its secret ingredient.
Strega Nona’s Harvest
DePaola, Tomie. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2009
After helping Strega Nona plant her vegetable garden just so, Big Anthony takes some extra seeds and sows another garden willy nilly, then must find a way to deal with the consequences.
Rapunzel – March 7 – April 1, 2012
Rapunzel
Zelinsky, Paul O. Dutton, 1997
Caldecott Medal, 1998. A retelling of a folktake in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress. Includes a note on the origins of the story.
RAPunzel: a Happenin’ Rap
Vozar, David. Doubleday, 1998
A take-off, in rap style with dogs as characters, on the story of a girl with long hair who is imprisoned by a witch.
Rapunzel: a Groovy Fairy Tale
Roberts, Lynne. Abrams, 2003
In this updated version of the Grimm fairy tale, Rapunzel has flaming red hair and is kept imprisoned by her Aunt Esme, a heartless school cafeteria worker, in a tenement apartment with a broken elevator.
Rapunzel
Isadora, Rachel. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2008
Recasts in an African setting the familiar fairy tale in which a beautiful girl with extraordinarily long hair is imprisoned in a lonely tower by a witch.
The Stinky Cheese Man – June 6 – July 1, 2012
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
Scieszka, Jon. Viking, 1992.
Caldecott Honor Book, 1992. Madcap revisions of familiar fairy tales.
Squids will be Squids: Fresh Morals, Beastly Fables
Scieszka, Jon. Viking, 1998
Contemporary fables with tongue-in-cheek morals address such topics as homework, curfews, and television commercials.
The Frog Prince, continued
Scieszka, Jon. Viking, 1991.
After the frog turns into a prince, he and the Princess do not live happily ever after and the Prince decides to look for a witch to help him remedy the situation. He encounters witches from other fairy tales, and tires of his adventures, returning home for yet another happy ending with his Princess.
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
Scieszka, Jon. Viking Kestrel, 1989.
The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs.
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