April Books
April Children's Books
Celebrate April with great books!
Puddles
by Jonathan London
"Big ones, little ones, long ones, skinny ones—pieces of sky on the ground."
A delightful picture book about a brother and sister enjoying the delights of a world all wet after a night of rain. With coats and boots, they go outside and discover tiny rivulets to launch boats, worms, frogs, mud, and puddles. Onomatopoeia words emphasize the sounds of the storm and the sounds of playing in the mud and puddles ("splash" "squish"). A fun story with descriptive language that children can relate to. A perfect book to introduce Spring.
Who Likes Rain?
by Wong Herbert Yee
With spring come April showers. A beautifully written story with soft colored pencil illustrations of a young girl
discovering animals who like rain - and who doesn't as she explores the world around her on a rainy day.
The worms like rain, and so do the fish and frogs. The “quack-quack” duck finds purpose and delight in the pitty-plip-plop
and pitty-pat-spalt of the rain. But what about the cat and dog?
In this interactive question-and answer lyrical picture book, one imaginative little girl discovers just who likes rain—and who doesn't—as
she explores the rainy-day habits of the world around her. The rhythm, rhymes, and words that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes creates a delightful and fun storybook.
Home Tweet Home
by Courtney Dicmas
A family of ten cave swallow birds live in a nest all together, it occasionally gets crowded. The two oldest siblings, Pippi and Burt, set out to find a bigger space for the family. They explore many locations - the shell of a turtle and the back of a cheetah - learning why each location is not appropriate.
Pippi and Burt have the opportunity to spread their wings and explore but also return home wiser for their adventures. A colorful expressive birds with short sentences will be a hit with younger children.
Guess How Much I Love You
by Sam McBratney
"Guess how much I love you," says Little Nutbrown Hare.
A tale of the love that exist between a parent and child.
The main characters in the book are a father and child. There are not many books where the adult in the story is male. A wonderful story of a love that exist between a parent and child. No matter how much the child loves a parent, a parent will love the child more.
Reading age: 6 - 9 years
The Swamps of Sleethe: Poems From Beyond the Solar System
by Jack Prelutsky
Illustrated by Jimmy Pickering
Travel to unexplored planets beyond our solar system with the verse of Jack Prelutsky our nation’s first Children’s Poet Laureate. The verse paints a dangerous universe with places that have quirky made up names. There are anagrams that describe an aspect of the planets. Stunning imaginative illustrations of the aliens and their worlds. A collection that children will enjoy and delight in repeatedly reciting. Ages 8+
Reading age: 8 - 11 years/p>
This book is a uniquely beautiful anthology of 95 poems with 52 of them read aloud on the accompaning CD. more
Reading age: 9 - 12 years
Imagine This!
By Joanne Froh
Illustrated by Frances Plagens
A collection of rhyming poems for children, illustrated with black-and-white drawings by artist Frances Plagens. The poems will draw children's attention and imaginations with poems of day dreams and make believe. With wanting to fly, pirates treasure, caves, cardboard box castles, the dark, and much more to encourage dreams and imaginations by journeying into a wonderful world of make believe.
A delightful book a child can keep a lifetime and grow with.
Ten Little Rabbits
by Virginia Grossman
Weaving, fishing, and storytelling are all part of this spirited book that celebrates Native American traditions as it teaches young children to count from one to ten.
Spring Is Here/Llego La Primavera
by Taro Gomi
Text and pictures take us through a year of seasons beginning when spring arrives and a calf is born.
Penny And The Four Questions (Read With Me Paperbacks
by Nancy E. Krulik
It's finally Penny's turn to ask the four questions at the Passover Seder. But now a special guest is coming, and Penny might not get her chance. A special story of friendship about a little girl who learns the true meaning of Passover.
Who Likes Rain?
by Wong Herbert Yee
With spring come April showers. A beautifully written story with soft colored pencil illustrations of a young girl
discovering animals who like rain - and who doesn't as she explores the world around her on a rainy day.
The worms like rain, and so do the fish and frogs. The “quack-quack” duck finds purpose and delight in the pitty-plip-plop
and pitty-pat-spalt of the rain. But what about the cat and dog?
In this interactive question-and answer lyrical picture book, one imaginative little girl discovers just who likes rain—and who doesn't—as
she explores the rainy-day habits of the world around her. The rhythm, rhymes, and words that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes creates a delightful and fun storybook.
