Peanut and Fifi have A Ball

peanut and fifiSee what happens when two siblings only have one ball.  The older girl, Fifi, tries desperately to get Peanut to share her new ball. But it is a new ball and Peanut isn’t ready to share it just yet.  Fifi goes to great lengths to get her little sister to share but eventually gives up when she finds something even more entertaining.

Delightfully illustrated, by Paul Schmid, with muted tones of pastel red, blue and purple with a lot of white space.  The pictures will engage children. The story will provide a nice springboard to the value and rewards of sharing. The open ending also provides a great story starter for students and highlights the double meaning of the title.

Speed

 

 

 

 

Fast paced, brightly colored, and simple text – it’s a winner!

 

Speed by Nathan Clement is just right for young stock car fans.  Each two page computer rendered pencil drawings will capture a young reader’s attention.

Clement manages to capture the excitement and feel of the races. The reader is taken right into the race from the shout of “start your engines” until the final checker flag. The story begs to be read again as readers discover that they have been privy to a young child’s imaginative play and “the next race is about to begin”.  The end pages look like a checkered flag.  The first page explains what each flag means.

This is one that I’m sure will be hard to keep on the shelf!