Shy Mama's Halloween

Shy Mama's Halloween
Author: Anne Broyles
Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000
Genre: Immigrants
ISBN: 9780884482185

When their father gets sick and cannot take them out trick or treating on their first Halloween in their new country, Anya and her sisters and brother are surprised when their shy mother agrees to accompany them.

Priscilla and the Hollyhocks

Priscilla and the Hollyhocks
Author: Anne Broyles
Publisher: Charlesbridge
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2008-02-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1607341050

A young African American girl is sold away from her mother as a slave, and then later is sold to a Cherokee Indian, but eventually she is bought by a white man who not only sets her free, but adopts her into his family of fifteen children. Based on a true story; includes instructions for making a hollyhock doll.

Arturo and the Navidad Birds

Arturo and the Navidad Birds
Author: Anne Broyles
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2013-08-29
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781455618019

It's time for Arturo and his Central American grandmother, Abue Rosa, to decorate their Christmas tree. Abue Rosa shares with him the family history of each ornament as it is hung. But what happens when Arturo plays with-and breaks-a glass bird? Young readers will find out in this touching, bilingual picture book.

Ten Timid Ghosts on a Christmas Night

Ten Timid Ghosts on a Christmas Night
Author: Jennifer O'Connell
Publisher: Cartwheel Books
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2002
Genre: Christmas stories
ISBN: 9780439395533

Ten timid ghosts are visited by Santa Claus and learn what Christmas feels like.

My Monster Mama Loves Me So

My Monster Mama Loves Me So
Author: Laura Leuck
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2002-08-20
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780060088606

She tucks me tightly into bed, then asks me id my spider's fed and hangs my favorite bat above me. That's how I know my mama loves me! At once tender and funny, this monster bedtime story is guaranteed to generate giggles, tickles, and plenty of monster hugs.

Because We Can Change the World

Because We Can Change the World
Author: Mara Sapon-Shevin
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2010-06-28
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1452209960

Change the world, one classroom at a time! Mara Sapon-Shevin skillfully blends vision statements, stories, and strategies to guide teachers in promoting social justice and creating classrooms that allow all children to experience academic success. This new edition of a highly acclaimed book: Provides a powerful vision of diverse, inclusive elementary classrooms Discusses the barriers to creating cooperative classrooms and how they can be overcome Offers activities, songs, and children’s literature that promote acceptance and understanding Includes new “Reframing Our Work” sections with reflective questions that help readers examine their own beliefs and teaching practices

I Spy Spooky Night

I Spy Spooky Night
Author: Jean Marzollo
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2005
Genre: Halloween
ISBN: 0439684293

This "I Spy" book takes children through a spooky old house at night where they search for spooky items. Children look for bats, lizards, frogs, owls and tombstones. From its rickety gate to its cobwebbed attic, this haunted house contains 13 spooky environments. Readers will marvel at Walter Wick's beautifully executed photographs as they travel through each enchanting scene and solve the rhyming riddles, reading the story along the way. Over two million "I Spy" books have been sold to date.

Gustavo, the Shy Ghost

Gustavo, the Shy Ghost
Author: Flavia Z. Drago
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2020-07-14
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1536216933

This winning debut picture book from Mexican artist Flavia Z. Drago about finding the courage to make friends is perfect for the spooky season — or anytime. Gustavo is good at doing all sorts of ghostly things: walking through walls, making objects fly, and glowing in the dark. And he loves almost nothing more than playing beautiful music on his violin. But Gustavo is shy, and some things are harder for him to do, like getting in a line to buy eye scream or making friends with other monsters. Whenever he tries getting close to them, he realizes they just can’t see him. Now that the Day of the Dead is fast approaching, what can he do to make them notice him and to share with them something he loves? With fancifully detailed artwork and visual humor, debut picture-book creator Flavia Z. Drago’s vivid illustrations tell a sweet and gently offbeat story of loneliness, bravery, and friendship that is sure to be a treat for little ghouls and goblins everywhere.

Naptime with Theo and Beau

Naptime with Theo and Beau
Author: Jessica Shyba
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 17
Release: 2016-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1250075017

The only thing better than naptime is naptime with a friend. Theo the puppy (part-Boxer, part-Shepherd, part-Labrador, part-Sharpei) was rescued by Beau, a twenty-three-month-old toddler, and his family from an animal shelter in Santa Cruz. The two of them instantly became best friends. And every day at naptime, Theo waits for Beau to fall asleep, then curls up next to him. Theo and Beau were already a viral sensation thanks to the "unbearably adorable," "utterly charming" photos that author (Beau's mother) Jessica Shyba has been posting on her popular blogMomma's Gone City. And now, she's matched the very sweetest of them to a charming bedtime text to make a board book that is (as Alyssa Milano said of the blog) "so cute it hurts."

A to Zoo

A to Zoo
Author: Rebecca L. Thomas
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 3583
Release: 2018-06-21
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

Whether used for thematic story times, program and curriculum planning, readers' advisory, or collection development, this updated edition of the well-known companion makes finding the right picture books for your library a breeze. Generations of savvy librarians and educators have relied on this detailed subject guide to children's picture books for all aspects of children's services, and this new edition does not disappoint. Covering more than 18,000 books published through 2017, it empowers users to identify current and classic titles on topics ranging from apples to zebras. Organized simply, with a subject guide that categorizes subjects by theme and topic and subject headings arranged alphabetically, this reference applies more than 1,200 intuitive (as opposed to formal catalog) subject terms to children's picture books, making it both a comprehensive and user-friendly resource that is accessible to parents and teachers as well as librarians. It can be used to identify titles to fill in gaps in library collections, to find books on particular topics for young readers, to help teachers locate titles to support lessons, or to design thematic programs and story times. Title and illustrator indexes, in addition to a bibliographic guide arranged alphabetically by author name, further extend access to titles.