Showing posts with label Picture Book. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Picture Book. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg


Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg

     Judy and her brother, Peter, find a game left under a tree one day while they are home alone. It looks like any other game, but the instructions say that once the game is started, it must be finished. As they play, things from the jungle appear in their house. A lion, monkeys in the kitchen, what could come next? All they have to do is finish the game for the things to go away. But will they finish before their mom comes home?


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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

The Quiltmaker's Gift by Jeff Brumbeau



The Quiltmaker's Gift by Jeff Brumbeau
     The greedy king makes everyone in the kingdom give him a gift on his birthday, but he is still not happy. One day, his soldiers find an old woman who makes beautiful quilts and she has not given the king a gift! The king demands she give him one of her quilts, but she refuses, saying she makes them only for the poor. She agrees to give the king one if he gives away everything he owns. Will the king give away his prized possessions just to have one quilt?

Monday, February 21, 2011

The Way Home: A Princess Story by Max Lucado




The Way Home: A Princess Story by Max Lucado
     Princess Anna is not happy just being a princess. She has heard stories of the Lowlanders and how much fun they have. Each day, she day dreams about living like them. Her father, the king, is very worried about his daughter. He knows the Lowlanders are really evil and only want to harm people. But no matter what he says to Anna, she will not listen. Then one day, the Princess runs away to live with the Lowlanders. Will her father be able to rescue her in time?

Monday, January 10, 2011

Holly Claus The Christmas Princess by Brittney Ryan


Holly Claus The Christmas Princess by Brittany Ryan
    This beautifully illustrated picture book tells the story of Holly Claus, Santa Claus' daughter.
     A young boy named Christopher writes to Santa one year at Christmastime. But instead of telling him what he would like for Christmas, Christopher asks Santa what he would like for Christmas. This letter gives Santa his greatest wish: to have a daughter.
     But when Holly is born, the evil warlock casts an evil spell on the princess. Will Holly overcome the evil in the world in time to save Christmas and those she loves?