Where the Wild Things Are or Bluestars Prophecy

Where the Wild Things Are

Author: Maurice Sendak

Max is sent to bed without supper and imagines sailing away to the land of Wild Things,where he is made king.

SLJ

Each word has been carefully chosen and the simplicity of the language is quite deceptive.

Children's Literature

Sendak presents an image of children not as sentimentalized little dears but as people coping with complex emotions such as anger, fear, frustration, wonder, and awareness of their own vulnerability. Max feels anger at his mother, acts out his aggression in a fantasy land as he becomes "king" of his wild and ungovernable forces, and returns hungry, sleepy, and peaceful to the real world, where his porridge is still hot. This is a well-earned and reassuring happy ending for all children wrestling with human nature's darker emotions. It is also available in Spanish.

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Bluestar's Prophecy (Warriors Super Edition)

Author: Erin Hunter

Destined for greatness . . .

Four Clans of wild cats have shared the forest for generations, thriving in their territories. But tensions are running high, and ThunderClan must assert its strength or risk falling prey to its power-hungry neighbors.

Into this time of uncertainty, a kit is born. A prophecy foretells that Bluekit will be as strong as fire, destined to blaze through the ranks of her Clan. But with this prophecy comes the foreshadowing of her destruction by the one enemy she cannot outrun.

As Bluekit gains power and eventually earns her leader name, Bluestar, she fights to protect her Clan. But secrets from the past threaten to surface—secrets that may destroy ThunderClan . . . and Bluestar.

Snoozers or How Do Dinosaurs Clean Their Rooms

Snoozers: 7 Short Short Bedtime Stories for Lively Little Kids

Author: Sandra Boynton

Serious silliness for all ages. Artist Sandra Boynton is back and better than ever with completely redrawn
versions of her multi-million selling board books. These whimsical and hilarious books, featuring
nontraditional texts and her famous animal characters, have been printed on thick board pages,
and are sure to educate and entertain children of all ages.

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How Do Dinosaurs Clean Their Rooms?

Author: Jane Yolen

Come along for some BIG fun as your favorite dinosaurs learn to pick up and put away their toys. How do dinosaurs clean their rooms? With trash cans and dusters and brooms! Now Jane Yolen's playful, read-aloud text and Mark Teague's hilarious illustrations show your own little dinosaurs just how fun and easy it can be. Brimming with the same infectious humor as the other How Do Dinosaurs tales, this new board book is a perfect companion to the immensely popular picture books and a great baby gift as well.

Publishers Weekly

Favorite characters and titles are now available in board book editions. Dinos delight in acting like toddlers in original board books starring the prehistoric heroes first introduced in How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? by Jane Yolen, illus. by Mark Teague. Just right for smallest hands, How DoDinosaurs Count to Ten? encourages youngsters to practice their numbers from a tyrannosaurus rex clutching his "one tattered teddy bear" to an apatosaurus reading 10 books (Teague subtly labels each terrible lizard somewhere in the drawing). The scaly stars set a good example (sort of) in How Do Dinosaurs Clean Their Rooms? as a velociraptor slides pink pajamas behind the bathroom door, and an airborne tropeognathus drops its clothes into a hamper.

Marilyn Courtot - Children's Literature

My first inclination when I read this title was to say, "very carefully." Assuming that kids can accept the premise that dinosaurs live with a human family (Dinosaur Bob set the precedent), then this story will amuse them. First the dinosaurs try all the usual tricks when it comes to cleaning up—putting toys under the bed, stuffing them in the closet, putting dirty clothes back in the drawer with the clean ones to name a few. Then the dinosaurs contrast this misbehavior with good behavior. An euplocephalus dusts, a dilophosarus organizes his toys and a tropeognathus puts dirty clothes in a hamper. Mom and Dad are really proud and thank the little dinosaurs for doing such a great job. It is silly, but kids who love dinosaurs will have fun. In addition, they will learn the names of ten very different dinosaurs (if the reader can pronounce them all). This is a companion board book to How do Dinosaurs Count to Ten? which means young kids can learn twenty of these tongue-twisting dinosaur names. Teague has fun with the expressions, body positions and coloration of these huge and now extinct creatures. 2004, Blue Sky Press/Scholastic, Ages 1 to 3.