BOOKSLOG 2005

january
the polysyllabic spree - nick hornby B+

february
epileptic - david b. B
goat : a memoir - brad land B+

march
blink : the power of thinking without thinking - malcolm gladwell A
the red notebook: true stories - paul auster C+

april
the know-it-all : one man's humble quest... - a.j. jacobs A-
hot mama - karen salmansohn B+

may
assassination vacation - sarah vowell B+

june
embroideries - marjane satrapi A-

july
hard boiled and hard luck - banana yoshimoto C+

august
jealous hamtaro and other stories - ritsuko kawai B+
a home for hamtaro - ritsuko kawai B-
hamtaro gets lost and other stories - ritsuko kawai B

september
the clumsiest people in europe - todd pruzen B

october
thumbsucker A

november
storytelling: art and technique – augusta baker
* brown bear, brown bear, what do you see? – bill martin, jr (repetition)(colors)(animals)
* go away, big green monster! - ed emberley (repetition)
chicka chicka boom boom – bill martin, jr. (alphabet)(rhyme)(repetition)
jamaica tag-along – juanita havill
* whistle for willie – ezra jack keats
* ten, nine, eight – molly bang (rhyme)(numbers)
* suddenly! – colin mcNaughton (repetition)
the rooster who lost his crow – wendy cheyette lewison
hi, pizza man! – virginia walter
the napping house – audrey wood
* it looked like spilt milk - charles shaw
all by myself - aliki (ryhme)
* knuffle bunny: a cautionary tale – mo willems
* don't let the pigeon drive the bus! - mo willems
abiyoyo - pete seeger
boo to a goose - mem fox (rhyme)(repetition)
rooster who lost his crow - wendy lewison (repetition)
kitten's first full moon - kevin henkes
what do i do? - norma simon (repetition)(bilingual)
* the stray dog - marc simont
* joseph had a little overcoat - simms taback
* no, david! - david shannon (repetition)
sector 7 - david wiesner
benjamin banneker - ginger wadsworth
the underground railroad - carla williams
* anansi and the moss-covered rock - eric kimmel
* mufaro's beautiful daughters - john septoe
* chicken sunday - patricia polacco
* the keeping quilt - patricia polacco

december
mama cat has three kittens - denise fleming (repetition)
freight train - donald crews (colors)
* maisy takes a bath - lucy cousins
* where's spot - eric hill (flip book)
peekaboo morning - rachel isadora (repetition)
the everything book - denise fleming (rhyme)(repetition)(alphabet)(colors)(numbers)
liliana's grandmothers - layla torres
gathering the sun - alma flor ada (alphabet)(poems)
* peter's chair - ezra jack keats
my car - byron barton
everywhere babies - susan myers (rhyme)
* where the wild things are - maurice sendak
* pierre : a cautionary tale in five chapters and a prologue - maurice sendak
* chicken soup with ricce - maurice sendak
tom and pippo read a story - helen oxenbury
somos un arco iris - nancy maria grande tabor
กel cucuy! - joe hayes
* pig and crow - kay charao
* millions of cats - wanda gag
* george and martha - james marshall
* miss nelson is missing - james allard
* stone soup - marcia brown
* lyle, lyle crocodile - bernard waber
* if you take a mouse to the movies - laura numeroff
* an american plague - jim murphy
* froggy gets dressed – jonathon london
* snowballs – lois ehlert
* is your mama a llama? - deborah garino (rhyme)(animals)(riddle)
we are best friends - aliki
baby danced the polka - karen beaumont (rhyme)(animals)
i used to be the baby - robin ballard
my best friend - pat hutchins
jonathan and his mommy - irene smalls-hector
* the hating book - charlotte zolotow
i went walking - sue williams (rhyme)(animals)
* rosie's walk - pat hutchins
* too many tamales - gary soto
five little monkeys jumping on the bed - eileen christelow (rhyme)(repitition)
* the very hungry caterpillar - eric carle (counting)(colors)
abuela - arthur dorros (bilingual)
* follow the drinking gourd - jeanette winter
* pet show! - ezra jack keats
* a letter to amy - ezra jack keats
* mr tamarin's trees - kathryn ernst
what do you say? - mandy stanley (animals)
* dear mrs. larue: letters from obedience school - mark teague
where's my teddy - jez alborough
* guji guji - chen zhiyuan
* if you give a moose a muffin - laura numeroff
* hey, al! - arthur yorinks
* color dance - ann jonas
* goodbye house - frank asch
the mitten - jan brett
each peach pear plum - janet and allen ahlberg
toad - ruth brown
the big sneeze - ruth brown
shawn goes to school - petronella breinburg
* little gorilla - ruth bornstein
* the runaway bunny - margaret wise brown
a dark dark tale - ruth brown (repitition)
* fortunately - remy charplin
walter the baker - eric carle
the little house - virginia lee burton
* ten black dots - donald crews (counting)
it takes a village - jane cowen
cuckoo - lois ehlert
drummer hoff - barbara emberley
barnyard banter - denise fleming (animals)
some smug slug - pamela duncan edwards (animals)
* roar! - pamela duncan edwards (animals)(rhyme)(counting)
feast for 10 - cathryn falwell (rhyme)(counting)
* goldilocks and the three bears - james marshall
* crictor - tomi ungerer
peek-a-boo - janet and allan ahlberg
where's the bear? - byron barton
* do you want to be my friend? - eric carle (animals)
three little pigs - paul galdone
* diary of a wombat - jackie french
nanta's lion - suse macdonald
fire truck - peter sis
henry and amy (right-way-down and upside down) - stephen michael king
* tacky the penguin - helen lester
* how do dinosaurs say good night? - jane yolen
* animals should definitely not wear clothing - judi barrett
* this is the bear - sarah hayes
* whose shoes? - anna hines
* shrinking mouse - pat hutchins
* where can it be? - ann jonas
* leo the late bloomer - robert krauss
* the carrot seed - ruth krauss
a winter day - douglas florian
elmer in the snow - david mckee
geraldine's big snow - holly keller
* the big snow - berta and elmer hader
* the mitten - alvin tresselt
* three little kittens - paul galdone
frederick - leo lionni
amy loves the snow - julia hoban
a color of his own - leo lionni
* george shrinks - william joyce
when will i read? - mirrian cohen
* yoko - rosemary wells
max's dragon shirt - rosemary wells
come along daisy - jane simmons