Tailypo! retold by Jan Wahl

This is a folktale about a lonely old man who cuts the tail off a creature and the creature comes back at night in search of its tail which the old man has eaten.  Good pictures with a creepy story.

 

Octavius Bloom and the House of Doom by Erik Brooks

Charming rhyming picture book about a boy detective who tries to uncover the mystery of Ms. O'Moore's creepy house.  Turns out it was all just shadows from cacti she was growing in her shed.

 

Can You Do This, Old Badger? by Eve Bunting and illustrated by LeUyen Pham

This is probably my favorite Eve Bunting book because it's so sweet.  An old badger and a little badger spend the day together and the little badger keeps asking the old badger if he can do all these youthful things like climb trees and roll down hills.  The old badger then teaches the little badger things like where to find honey and how to catch fish.  I love this book that teaches kids the importance and wisdom of the older generation. 

 

Who's Been Eating My Porridge? by M. Christina Butler

This book is OK, the pictures are really cute though.  There's a little bear who refuses to eat his porridge so his parents put it on a tree stump and somehow it mysteriously disappears each day.  Looking at the cover you'd think there was some tie-in with Goldilocks but that's not the case.  It turns out the other forest animals have been eating it.

 

The Rickety Barn Show by Jemma Beeke

This story is adorable :o)  A cat decides to put on a talent show so he makes a nice poster and starts practicing his singing.  Soon a pig asks why the cat is singing and hears about the talent show.  Well of course now the pig wants to be in it too!  So he's going to be a one-pig band and starts practicing.  Then the hens join up along with all the other farm animals.  When it's time for the show, no audience shows up because they're all part of the show!

 

Roar of a Snore by Marsha Diane Arnold

Fun book about a boy who jolts awake when he hears a loud snore.  He wakes up each member of his household and barn and forms a search train to look for the source which ends up being a tiny kitten.

 

Magnus at the Fire by Jennifer Armstrong

This is an amazing story about a firehorse named Magnus who is replaced by a firetruck.  During a fire, the firetruck can no longer run and Magnus is there to save the day.  I absolutely love the idea of noble horses that pull fire engines.

 

Never Take a Shark to the Dentist (and Other Things Not to Do) by Judi Barrett

Judi Barrett is clever and this book is wonderful!  This is a really simple book where each sentence is accompanied with a picture.  My favorite is "Never knit a hat for a moose" and there's a picture of a frog trying to knit a beaenie for a moose over its huge antlers.  Cute pictures, wonderful book. 

 

How I Learned Geography by Uri Shulevitz

Uri is a Caldecott medalist for The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship.  OK this book, is awesome!  Uri writes about how when he was little and poor, his dad bought a map instead of some bread.  Uri would study the map and soon became fascinated by it and would imagine being in different countries around the world.  This book speaks to the power of a child's imagination.