Picture Book Saturday is a new feature here at YA Librarian Tales but it is not a new blogging feature at all! Picture Book Saturday is the invention of
Amanda of A Patchwork of Books who posts very regularly on Saturday about fun picture books she has been reading.While this won't be a regular feature for me, I do hope to do it once or twice a month.
Since I'm now working with children from 0-18, I wanted a handy way to talk about some of the fun picture books that have come across my desk, that may be good for story time, or are just fun books to read with children! Amanda kindly has let me hop along on her feature so be sure you visit
A Patchwork of Books on Saturday to get the full dish on other fun picture books.
Where's My T-R-U-C-K? by Karen Beaumont, illustrated by David Catrow. This is a fun book because it's about trucks and if you know little boys, this is the kind of book they will love! Plus, it focuses on letter knowledge with the repetition of T-R-U-C-K. By the end of the book, your little ones will be spelling truck very easily. As the little boy in the book searches for his truck, the little details in the illustrations come alive, particularly the little dog who is on every page, making some type of mischief. Little eyes are going to follow that dog and some of them may just connect the dots about where that darn truck is. This is a guaranteed enjoyable story for little boys but girls and boys are going to definitely understand what it feels like to lose a beloved toy and not have any other toy quite make do.
A Dog is a Dog by Stephen Shaskan. The rhyming text, the fun pictures, and the fact that there are some interesting animals used in the rhyme scheme that will get kids chatting. There's not necessarily a real story here, not like in
Where's My T-R-U-C-K? but that doesn't make this book less. Kids will be able to chatter about what makes a dog a dog, what makes a squid a squid, or a moose a moose. The pictures are bright and clear and mimic the words, adding a double layer of meaning for kids and adults. This would work well for a story time or for a one-on-one reading session. It's a conversation starter of a picture book.
So, there you go, two new picture books to consider adding to your library collection or perhaps giving as gifts this coming holiday season!
