Megan MaynorRezensionen

Helga dreams of being a warrior, but she is a simple farmersdotter from a tiny Viking village. What does it take to become a warrior? Heart, pride, hard work, and determination, and Helga's got it! With creative and appealing pictures, this little tour through life in Viking times is paralleled by Helga's story of a girl wanting to be more than what is expected of her. The book includes an information page about the viking history that inspired the story.

Genre
Humorous stories
Tone
Funny
Illustration
Cartoony
Subject
Lollipops
Problem-solving
Raffles
Scarcity
Sharing

"As long as there had been Henry and Liza, they were together. Liza and Henry. Henry and Liza." The brown-skinned, dark-haired siblings do everything together - until Liza gets a new backpack, and Henry doesn't. Liza starts kindergarten, and Henry is angry and lonely. But brother and sister learn how to live without each other (temporarily), always returning to their Best Place, a special tree in their backyard.

A special kind of first-day-of-school book. See also: Alfie by Thyra Heder

Using the English nursery rhyme and cumulative tale, This is the House That Jack Built, as a basis for her text, author Megan Maynor tells the story of Lola, whose sandcastle making is continually interrupted by other children, each of whom eventually joins her in creating an amazing structure. But when their creation is wiped out by a rogue wave, is that the end of the fun...?

A sweet, engaging book about a day at the seashore, The Sandcastle That Lola Built emphasizes friendship and teamwork, depicting a diverse group of kids all working together and having fun. The repetitive structure of the text lends itself to reading aloud, while the colorful artwork captures the energy of the young children being depicted. My favorite scene, visually speaking, was the one in which a distraught Lola sits on the beach, while mermaid-shaped clouds float by. Recommended to anyone looking for picture-books about the beach, as well as to those in the market for new revisions of the classic "House That Jack Built" type tale.

This was a simple, sweet book that I fell in love with. These are often midlist titles that make up the bulk of our collections - they don't win awards and may not be outstanding or even memorable, but they create warm memories of reading together and may just be a childhood favorite for a little one.

Ella has stickers and Penguin is thrilled. But they're not ordinary stickers - they're glow-in-the-dark stickers! There's just one problem; they have to go in the dark closet to see them glow! With Ella's help, will Penguin be brave enough to venture into the dark closet and see the stickers glow?

The simple, comic illustrations are delightful and though the story doesn't have any wild excitement or uproarious humor, there's a gentle, sweet feeling to it that will reassure listeners while making them giggle along with Penguin's worries.

Verdict: Perfect for a storytime on the dark or stars, be prepared to break out the glow-in-the-dark stickers to go along with this story!

ISBN: 9780062330888; Published 2016 by Harper; Borrowed from another library in my consortium; Purchased for the library

glow in the dark stickers with a slight fear of the dark