Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Shelf Worthy Book

I read several picture books from our library pile to my daughters last night. The first one I read I loved right off the bat and am now thinking of ordering it for our shelf. It was called Brontorina by James Howe; illustrated by Randy Cecil.

Why was it so good? The "voice" of the book was spot on and fun for me to read out loud. Merging dinosaurs and ballet is pure genius (both are favorite topics for the 4 year old set), the ending was a nice surprise, and the illustrations were beautifully done and integrated with the story quite well. The girls and I loved it!

Brontorina
By James Howe

2 comments:

Andrew Finnie said...

Hey Stacia, thanks for this! I am inspired to visit our library now! Your seven deadly sins work is superb. You should be very happy with it. It works on so many different layers.

Stacia said...

Thanks Andrew! Your praise means a lot to me (blush)...I appreciate your kind words. I want to rework a couple of the other sins so they are just as strong...isn't that the way it goes?

If you want my favorite children's book list...check out these books: http://lazylemur.blogspot.com/

I like to keep track...I'm a list maker so it's just what I do :)

I check out your site this morning but couldn't leave a comment. Nice to see what you are up to these days. I also really enjoyed your friend's fairy tale stick houses! Rather bizarre/creepy/whimsical!