Bat's Big Game retold by Margaret Read MacDonald

OK how cool is it that the author's middle name is Read?!  There's a soccer game between a team of animals and a team of birds.  A bat wants to play too and at first joins the animal team.  When they start losing, bat switches his jersey for the bird's team.  Then he tries to switch again.  The animals notice this and soon kick him out of the game.  This is a great book that teaches loyalty to a team, no matter if they're winning or losing.  A nitpicky thing:  In the book, the birds' jerseys are described as red but the illustrations in the book are of orange jerseys. 

 

The Ultimate Guide to Grandmas & Grandpas! by Sally Lloyd-Jones and illustrated by Michael Emberley

Cute book with lots of different types of animals about what to do with your grandparents.  One of my favorite pictures is of an older koala with giant glasses trying to park a car, with a little koala in the passenger seat pointing at a parking spot.  This is a great picture book :o)

 

Fartiste by Kathleen Krull and Paul Brewer

THIS BOOK IS FARTASTIC!  It's based on a real character in France who could control his intestinal muscles and fart on command.  Joseph Pujol performed at Moulin Rouge and hung out with Toulouse-Lautrec and Picasso.  He was a baker by day and a fart performer at night.  I wish someone like that was around today.  I would pay good money to see him! 

 

The Littlest Dinosaur by Michael Foreman

A runt dinosaur is ignored by his siblings until the day his entire family gets stuck in the muck.  He runs for help from a gigantic brontosaurus and they soon become friends.