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"It Takes a Village", "The Very Busy Spider" and "Duck & Goose"
These were a fun selection.
It Takes a Village
4 stars
Author/Illustrator: Jane Cowan-Fletcher
Yemi is to watch her baby brother while her mother sells mangos at the market. She is proud of having such a responsibility and determined to do her best.
Her little brother presents a problem. As Yemi gets food for him, he wanders off. She is left searching for him as he visits with many of the vendors at the market.
Yemi's mother knows Yemi tries hard, but all the adults know everyone is needed to watch a busy little boy.
The illustrations give a clean, colorful depiction of this African village and the people who live there.
The Very Busy Spider
4 stars
Author/Illustrator: Eric Carle
A little spider finds a good place to build a web and gets started. Various others come by asking her to stop and do something else. She ignores them, except for the last idea: having a fly for dinner as it gets caught in her finished web.
The illustrations are figures done in patterned paper. The web strands and spider are touchable.
Duck & Goose
5 stars
Author/Illustrator: Tad Hills
Duck and Goose are not friends. when they find a large, round object they assume is an egg, the competition gets fierce. Their compromise changes attitudes and their new friendship survives finding their object isn't an egg after all.
Both the text and the illustrations have gentle humor in them. The illustrations are colorful. Duck and Goose are cute.
It Takes a Village
4 stars
Author/Illustrator: Jane Cowan-Fletcher
Yemi is to watch her baby brother while her mother sells mangos at the market. She is proud of having such a responsibility and determined to do her best.
Her little brother presents a problem. As Yemi gets food for him, he wanders off. She is left searching for him as he visits with many of the vendors at the market.
Yemi's mother knows Yemi tries hard, but all the adults know everyone is needed to watch a busy little boy.
The illustrations give a clean, colorful depiction of this African village and the people who live there.
The Very Busy Spider
4 stars
Author/Illustrator: Eric Carle
A little spider finds a good place to build a web and gets started. Various others come by asking her to stop and do something else. She ignores them, except for the last idea: having a fly for dinner as it gets caught in her finished web.
The illustrations are figures done in patterned paper. The web strands and spider are touchable.
Duck & Goose
5 stars
Author/Illustrator: Tad Hills
Duck and Goose are not friends. when they find a large, round object they assume is an egg, the competition gets fierce. Their compromise changes attitudes and their new friendship survives finding their object isn't an egg after all.
Both the text and the illustrations have gentle humor in them. The illustrations are colorful. Duck and Goose are cute.
"It Takes a Village", "The Very Busy Spider" and "Duck & Goose"
These were a fun selection.
It Takes a Village
4 stars
Author/Illustrator: Jane Cowan-Fletcher
Yemi is to watch her baby brother while her mother sells mangos at the market. She is proud of having such a responsibility and determined to do her best.
Her little brother presents a problem. As Yemi gets food for him, he wanders off. She is left searching for him as he visits with many of the vendors at the market.
Yemi's mother knows Yemi tries hard, but all the adults know everyone is needed to watch a busy little boy.
The illustrations give a clean, colorful depiction of this African village and the people who live there.
The Very Busy Spider
4 stars
Author/Illustrator: Eric Carle
A little spider finds a good place to build a web and gets started. Various others come by asking her to stop and do something else. She ignores them, except for the last idea: having a fly for dinner as it gets caught in her finished web.
The illustrations are figures done in patterned paper. The web strands and spider are touchable.
Duck & Goose
5 stars
Author/Illustrator: Tad Hills
Duck and Goose are not friends. when they find a large, round object they assume is an egg, the competition gets fierce. Their compromise changes attitudes and their new friendship survives finding their object isn't an egg after all.
Both the text and the illustrations have gentle humor in them. The illustrations are colorful. Duck and Goose are cute.
It Takes a Village
4 stars
Author/Illustrator: Jane Cowan-Fletcher
Yemi is to watch her baby brother while her mother sells mangos at the market. She is proud of having such a responsibility and determined to do her best.
Her little brother presents a problem. As Yemi gets food for him, he wanders off. She is left searching for him as he visits with many of the vendors at the market.
Yemi's mother knows Yemi tries hard, but all the adults know everyone is needed to watch a busy little boy.
The illustrations give a clean, colorful depiction of this African village and the people who live there.
The Very Busy Spider
4 stars
Author/Illustrator: Eric Carle
A little spider finds a good place to build a web and gets started. Various others come by asking her to stop and do something else. She ignores them, except for the last idea: having a fly for dinner as it gets caught in her finished web.
The illustrations are figures done in patterned paper. The web strands and spider are touchable.
Duck & Goose
5 stars
Author/Illustrator: Tad Hills
Duck and Goose are not friends. when they find a large, round object they assume is an egg, the competition gets fierce. Their compromise changes attitudes and their new friendship survives finding their object isn't an egg after all.
Both the text and the illustrations have gentle humor in them. The illustrations are colorful. Duck and Goose are cute.
