Books Review October-November
Reading together as a family not only strengthens bonds but also creates memories that last a lifetime. Grab some blankets, hot cocoa, and enjoy a special family reading night this fall!
This month, we recommend…
A Cozy Winter Day
By Nancy Paulsen
In Acorn Village, busy animals love to spend winter days filled with cozy activities together. Indoors, they read, bake, and create art projects and when they venture outside, they frolic in the snow. When the evening comes, the coziest activities unfold, sharing songs, sipping hot drinks, and sharing stories in front of a crackling fireplace before snuggling into bed and drifting off into dreamy sleep. Ages 2-5.
Have You Seen My Corn?
By DK Ryland
Squirrel has buried his acorn for safe keeping, and it is now missing. He digs and digs, but he keeps coming up short, which could only mean one thing, someone clearly took his acorn. Turing on his detective private eye, he asks Deer, and Skunk, and even Racoon, if they’ve seen his acorn, only to come up short. As his friends keep trying to tell him exactly where it is, Squirrel goes on a hysterical search for the acorn that will leave readers falling into a hoot of laughter. Ages 4-8.
Mooncakes Mean Family
By Benson Shum
Celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with this sweet story of food and family! Jade and Crystal love the Mid-Autumn Festival because it means it’s time to make a tasty treat—mooncakes! Crystal’s favorite part of the delicious dessert made of lotus seed paste is the yummy salted egg yolk at the center, meant to represent the moon. Join the sisters as they gather with their family for a memorable meal together! Ages 5-7.
Más. ¡Menos!
By Rhode Montijo
Fall is in the air in the Día de los Muertos-inspired world of Skeletown! Skully and Skelly are raking leaves and trekking to school amid the brisk autumn wind, so it’s time to cozy up with a big sweater that Abuela just knitted—that is, until their cat Lulu grabs the yarn and begins unraveling it, leading the crew on a wild chase through the busy streets of Skeletown, in this exciting story told using only two words! Ages 4-8.
Monster Movie
By Chuck Wendig
Ethan Pitowski is afraid of everything. Luckily, his best friends don’t mind, and when their entire class gets invited to watch a long-buried horror movie at the most popular boy in school’s house, Ethan’s friends encourage him to join in the fun. But when the “scariest movie ever made” reveals itself to be not just a movie about a monster, but a movie that is a monster, only a terrified Ethan escapes its clutches. Now he must find a way to stop the monster and save his friends (and also, um, get their heads back). Ages 8-12.
Umani
By Jacob Grant
A new picture book about an ambitious penguin named Umami who travels the world in search of delicious food to bring back home. Through sharing
new foods with her village, Umami encourages readers to try new things, let curiosity lead them, and be true to yourself while enriching your life with new experiences and perspectives. Breakfast, lunch and dinner, the penguin village ate cold fish. For dessert? Cold fish. Your birthday? More cold fish. But this was one fish too many for Umami. Umami is tired of eating cold fish. To find new exciting foods, Umami adventures across the sea and discovers flavors and spices that are inspiring! She has to share them. Ages 3-7.
Happy Birthday, Little One
By J. D. Forester
This charming board book is the perfect gift for celebrating a baby’s first birthday. Pig’s barnyard friends have thrown the best party for Pig’s first year around the sun. Little ones will love the gentle, rhyming text and adorable art in this delightful read-aloud. Commemorate some of life’s biggest milestones and occasions with the Tiny Moments series! Ages 0-3.
On Your Baptism Day
By J. D. Forester
This sweet board book is the perfect gift for celebrating a little one’s baptism day. Following a newborn baby, from their first steps to their baptism, rhyming text and adorable art combine for a delightful read-aloud that little ones will love as they embark on their journeys of faith. Commemorate some of life’s biggest milestones and occasions with the Tiny Moments series! Ages 0-3.
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