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Nancy's picks for the best picture books &
poetry of Winter
2009-2010. Compiled by Nancy Polette © 2010.
| Last updated: Monday, February 01, 2010 |
- Arnosky, Jim. I’M A TURKEY! Scholastic, 2009 Grades Pre K-2
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Learn fun turkey facts with Tom the Turkey and his flock who are always on the lookout for hungry animals.
- Barasch, Lynne. FIRST COME THE ZEBRA. Lee & Low 2009. Grades 1-3
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A dangerous situation brings two boys together and turns enemies into friends.
- Bunting, Eve. THE BANSHEE.
Illustrated by Emily McCully. Clarion, 2009. Grades 2-4
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A scary tale about a boy who must confront a banshee in spite of his fears.
- dePaola, Tomie. STREGA NONA’S HARVEST. Putnam, 2009. Grades K-2
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While Strega Nona’s garden is just perfect, Big Anthony’s garden turns out to be a jungle. What will they do with all these vegetables?
- Donaldson, Julia. STICK MAN. Illustrated by Axel Scheffler. Scholastic, 2009. Grades PreK-2
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The world is a dangerous place for a stick man. How many uses can people and animals find for a stick? Great repeating patterns.
- Emberley, Rebecca, Adrian and Ed. THERE W AS AN OLD MONSTER.
Orchard Books, 2009. Grades K-3
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Sing along book featuring an old monster who swallowed a tick.
- Falconer, Ian. OLIVIA FORMS A BAND. Atheneum, 2009.
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Olivia decides to be the whole band for the July 4th picnic.
- Franco, Betsy. POND CIRCLE. Illustrated by Stefano Vitale. McElderry, 2009
Grades K-3
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Pond creatures introduced using the “House that Jack Built” format.
- Garland, Michael. MISS SMITH AND THE HAUNTED LIBRARY. Dutton, 2009.
Grades K-3
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Creepy characters leap out of a storybook and play with the children. The Headless Horseman gave rides. They played fetch with the Hound of the Baskervilles and Dracula told jokes. A fun Halloween romp!
- Greathouse, Carol. THE DINOSAUR TAMER. Illustrated by John Shroades. Dutton, 2009. Grades 2-4
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There isn’t a dinosaur in the land that would give Dinosaur Trainer Rocky trouble.
- Jackson, Alison. DESERT ROSE AND HER HIGHFALUTIN HOG. Illustrated by Keith Graves Walker, 2009. Grades 1-3
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A Texas take-off on The Old Woman and Her Pig, cleverly done.
- Johnston, Tony. MY ABUELITA. Illustrated by Yuy Morales. Harcourt, 2009. Grades K-2
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This amazing grandmother has a very important job. What could it be?
- Lord, Cynthia. HOT ROD HAMSTER. Illustrated by Derek Anderson. Scholastic 2010. Grades K-3
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A hamster creates a sizzling hot rod with help from a junkyard dealer and his mice assistants.
- Miller, Bobbi. DAVY CROCKET GETS HITCHED. Illustrated by Megan Lloyd.
Holiday House, 2009. Grades 2-4.
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Davy must gather all his gumption to whirl his way into Miss Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind’s heart.
- Myron, Vicki. DEWEY THERE’S A CAT IN THE LIBRARY. Illustrated by Steve
James. Little Brown, 2009. Grades K-3
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A cat is found in the book drop and adopts the library as its home.
- Peck, Jan. WAY FAR AWAY ON A WILD SAFARI. Illustrated by Valeria Petrone. Simon & Schuster, 2009. Grades K-2
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Repeating rhymes introduce lots of jungle animals.
- Salley, Colleen. EPOSSUMONDAS PLAYS POSSUM. Illustrated by Janet Stevens.
Harcourt, 2009. Grades K-2
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What’s a possum to do when he’s lost in a deep, dark swamp. Why didn’t he listen to his mama?
- Sanderson, Ruth. GOLDILOCKS. Little Brown, 2009. Grades K-3
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The traditional tale with a surprise ending. Porridge becomes blueberry
muffins that Goldilocks and the bears make together.
- Schur, Maxine. GULLIBLE GUS. Illustrated by Andrew Glass. Clarion, 2009. Grades 1-3
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Who can teach Gus, who believes everything people tell him, the difference between the truth and a lie?
- Von Buhler, Cynthia. BUT WHO WILL BELL THE CATS? Houghton Mifflin, 2009. Grades K-2
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Mouse and bat want to join friends in the banquet hall but first must deal with the cats.
- Wild, Margaret. PIGLET AND GRANNY. Illustrated. by Stephen King. Abrams, 2009. Grades PreK-2
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Piglet has been waiting all day for her granny to visit.but what is taking so long? A charming but simple tale of one who must wait patiently.
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