In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb by
Marion Dane Bauer
Noisy and fun, this
picture book interprets its titular adage quite literally. As March arrives, a
fierce (and rather rude) lion roars and scratches outside a child's window --
and then comes stomping inside, tracking mud everywhere! But as the month progresses
and pollen begins to tickle the lion's nose, he sneezes...and a sprightly
spring lamb skitters in on the breeze. For another springtime read with a bit
each of both rain and sunshine -- as well as palpable anticipation of better
weather -- check out Julie Fogliano's wonderful And Then It's Spring.
Mary and Her
Little Lamb: The True Story of the Famous Nursery Rhyme - by
Will Moses
Did you
know that the song "Mary Had a Little Lamb" is based in fact? This
folk-art-style illustrated book tells the story of Mary Elizabeth Sawyer, who
lived in Sterling, Massachusetts and attended the Redstone Schoolhouse in
Sudbury. She loved animals, especially the sheep on her family's farm, and
after she rescued a runt of a newborn lamb and nursed it to health, Mary's lamb
really did follow her to school. This very sweet story explains how, after that
incident, the famous song came to be -- and may make you appreciate it anew!
If I Were a Lion by Sarah Weeks
How could
such a sweet little red-haired girl's mother accuse her of being wild? Worse
still, how could she possibly make her sit in the time-out chair?
That's precisely what this little girl wonders as she sits in the chair and
lets her imagination. unruly animals
take over the kitchen and living room-snorting, charging, and growling as they
break dishes, overturn furniture, and create messes. Sharp-eyed readers will enjoy spotting the
toys being blamed for the disasters; the endpapers, with numerous stuffed
animals strewn haphazardly across them, provide another clue.
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