David McPhail's Birthday, June 30th

To Honor David McPhail's birthday this month, here are some of his books:



Bunny's First Spring by Sally Lloyd-Jones. David McPhail was the illustrator for this book. 




Andrew Draws 




Bad Dog 



My Mother Goose 



Sick Day

 

Waddles

Enjoy! 

Cathy 

Jacqueline Woodson Named Young People’s Poet Laureate

The Poetry Foundation is honored to announce that Jacqueline Woodson has been named the Young People’s Poet Laureate. The laureate title is given to a living writer in recognition of a career devoted to writing exceptional poetry for young readers. The laureate advises the Poetry Foundation on matters relating to young people’s literature and may engage in a variety of projects to help instill a lifelong love of poetry among the nation’s developing readers. This laureateship aims to promote poetry to children and their families, teachers, and librarians over the course of its two-year tenure.



Brown Girl Dreaming.  


 
Feathers 




Coming On Home Soon



Each Kindness

Cathy 

Author Spotlight: Dav Pilkey

Dav Pilkey is one of the funniest author's out there. Need a laugh read some of these books.

Captain Underpants! 

Potty humor became famous with this series. The books were recently re-issued in a color format. 

Ricky Ricotta This is the story of Ricky Ricotta, a lonely little mouse who befriends a giant robot, takes on the school bullies, and saves the city from an evil rat scientist named Dr. Stinky McNasty! These were also reissued in color recently.

Dogzilla 

Dog Breath - one of my personal favorites! 

The adventures of Ook and Gluk- Life is pretty sweet in Ook and Gluk's hometown of Caveland, Ohio, in 50,001 BC-even though they're always getting in trouble with their leader, Big Chief Goppernopper. But things take a turn for th terrible when an evil corporation from the future invades their quiet, prehistoric community.

Cathy 

Author Spotlight: Megan McDonald

Some of my favorite books are by author Megan McDonald, in celebration of her birthday February 28th check these out. 



Judy Moody- the first book. 



Her brother, Stink



Judy Moody and Friends 



She wrote the Julie books for American Girl. 

These picture books:



It's picture day today! 



When the library lights go out. 

This fairy tale:



The Hinky-Pink 

This Non-Fiction book:



Saving the Liberty Bell. 

Cathy 

Rosemary Wells Books

Rosemary Wells celebrates her birthday January 29th. Here are some of our favorites:



Max & Ruby at the Warthogs' Wedding 



Stella's Starliner 




Ivy Takes Care




Miracle Melts Down




On the Blue Comet





Bunny Money




McDuff's New Friend 



Cathy 

Happy Birthday Tedd Arnold

Tedd Arnold is one of our favorite author/illustrators here at the library. He even came to visit us in 2012.

Fix this Mess!  Robug tries to obey when Jake instructs it to "Fix this mess" but somehow manages to make things worse.

Fly Guy's Amazing Tricks- the 14th book in this popular series. 

Dirty Gert - Gert loves dirt. She rolls in it, digs in it, even tastes it. Then one day while making mud pies in the rain, Gert becomes reorganized: she grows branches, leaves and roots.

No Jumping on the Bed-  Walter has been told not to jump on the bed, but he just can't resist. Higher and higher he bounces until the floor cracks and down he tumbles, bed and all, into the apartment below. And so begins the most exciting nighttime adventure of Walter's life.

Green Wilma, Frog in Space- Green Wilma is so determined to catch a tasty fly that she doesn't notice a family of galactic visitors to her pond. In a case of mistaken identity, the alien parents beam Wilma on board their spaceship.

 

The Twin Princes- Why did Old King Chanticleer worry about his two sons? Because they were twins, and he could not decide which prince should inherit his throne. And so he planned a horse race—one that would determine the next king. But this race was an unusual one. 

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Parts and More Parts- classics.  

Cathy 

 

Happy Birthday Author Kate McMullan

I'm Brave. Another addition to the hilarious read aloud books in this series.  

I'm Dirty. 

Pearl and Wagner: Four Eyes.  The delightful fourth book in the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor-winning series shows how a best friend and a new perspective can change everything.

Dinosaur Hunters.  An easy reader on how fossils are found & studied, with coverage on new theories about dinosaurs. 

As Far as I can See: Meg's Prairie Diary part of the My America Series. 

Cathy 

Marc Brown Books

In celebration of Marc Brown's birthday on November 25th, lets read some of his books. This popular author and illustrator has quite a collection of favorites.

His most famous character- Arthur

Click here to see all of his Arthur books. 

Marc Brown's Playtime Rhymes. An interactive experience at its very best, Playtime Rhymes will get little hands wiggling, jiggling, pointing, pounding, bending, stretching, and dancing as children animate the rhymes, pore over the vibrant pictures, and share the fun with family and friends.

Buster Changes his Luck by Brown. 

Farmyard Beat by Craig. Author Lindsey Craig teams up with Arthur creator and bestselling artist Marc Brown in a toe-tapping farmyard dance-a-thon. 

If all the animals came inside by Pinder. 

Wild About Books by Sierra. A librarian named Mavis McGrew introduces the animals in the zoo to the joy of reading when she drives her bookmobile to the zoo by mistake.

Cathy