“Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.”
― George Bernard Shaw
Showing posts with label Picture Book. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Picture Book. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

King Bidgood's in the Bathtub














"'Help! Help! 'Cried the Page when the sun came up. 'King Bidgood's in the bathtub, and he won't get out! Oh, who knows what to do?'"

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

The Story of Ferdinand











"Once upon a time in Spain there was a little bull and his name was Ferdinand. All the other little bulls he lived with would run and jump and butt their heads together, but not Ferdinand. He liked to sit just quietly and smell the flowers."

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

If you Give a Mouse a Cookie












"If you give a mouse a cookie, he's going to ask for a glass of milk.  When you give him the milk, he'll probably ask you for a straw."

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

The Jolly Postman or Other People's Letters










"Once upon a bicycle,
So they say,
A Jolly Postman came one day
From over the hills
And far away...
With a letter for the Three Bears"

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Diary of a Worm














"March 29
Today I tried to teach Spider how to dig.  First of all his legs got stuck.  Then he swallowed a bunch of dirt. Tomorrow he's going to teach me to walk upside down.

March 30
Worms cannot walk upside down."

Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs














"Across as an ocean, over lots of huge bumpy mountains, across three hot deserts and one smaller ocean there lay the town of Chewandswallow."

"After a brief shower of orange juice, low clouds of sunny-side up eggs moved in followed by pieces of toast. Butter and jelly sprinkled down for the toast. And most of the time it rained milk afterwards."