Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Ancient Thunder by Leo Yerxa

Ancient Thunder is unique and breath-taking illustrated poem.  Leo Yerxa shows us the beauty and power of horses on the prairie.  The thunder is their hooves as they run.  The horses fly over the prairie and gallop across the page.  The illustrations were made with paper which look like raw hide.  The illustrations look three [...]

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Scaredy Squirrel

Scardey Squirrel was a fantastic exciting adventure story.  Scaredy Squirrel lives in a big tree surrounded by the unknown.  He lives in fear of tarantulas, killer bees, sharks, poison ivy and Martians.  One day the unexpected happens and you have to read to find out the rest.  Melanie Watt draws very appealing pictures to capture [...]

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Alpha-Better by Don Bar-el and Graham Ross

Alpha-better is a funny look at the alphabet.  This story tells us about friendship and sharing.  Each page has a person who is missing something but has an item another person could use.  Some of our favourites include Edward playing football with an egg, Noah who has a necktie but not an oar and Alberto [...]