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A Recipe for Valentine's Day:
a Lift-the-Flap Rebus Book
illustrated by Jennifer Herbert
Simon & Schuster, January 2005
Ages 4-8, ISBN 0-6898-5895-7
Use some red hearts, ribbons -- and don't forget Cupid — to make a recipe for Valentine's Day. Lift the multiple flaps on each spread to reveal the words beneath the pictures and complete the rebus. Add a pinch of concentration and a heaping cup of fun for an extra-yummy holiday!
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Easter is Coming
illustrated by Jayoung Cho
Simon & Schuster, February 2005
Ages 4-8, ISBN 0-6898-6385-3
This novelty storybook is safe for children and showcases three sealed water pouches filled with glitter and confetti visible on each page. With the touch of a finger, children can make the pieces inside the pouches swirl around. Perfect for an Easter basket goodie.
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If Frogs Made Weather
illustrated by Dorothy Donohue
Holiday House, March 2005
Ages 4-8, ISBN 0-8234-1622-4
If frogs made weather it would rain all the time and ponds would stay full to the brim. If polar bears made weather, winter would never end and the ground would always be covered with snow. This picture book encourages children to speculate on what it would be like if animals made weather.
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A Bear Named Trouble
Clarion Books, June 27, 2005
Ages 9-12, ISBN 0-6185-1738-3
Ten-year-old Jonathan practically lives at the Anchorage Zoo, where his father is a keeper. He loves animals, and even imagines himself inside their bodies, seeing what they see, feeling what they feel.
Meanwhile, a young brown bear is wandering through the woods near Anchorage, alone and hungry. One night, while searching for food, the bear crosses paths with Jonathan, who eagerly follows him onto the zoo grounds.
But when the bear accidentally kills Mama Goose, Jonathan’s favorite zoo creature, the boy loses the empathy he had felt earlier. He wishes that the bear—now nicknamed Trouble—would meet the same fate as his beloved goose, and he impulsively takes steps to make sure that happens.
Based on an actual incident, and told in alternating chapters from the bear’s and Jonathan’s points of view, this is both an involving animal story and a thought-provoking investigation into the consequences of one’s actions.
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