This is a cute book about an owlet who is learning to fly.  He is scared of the dark and afraid that he might get lost,  but with the encouragement of his mother he takes off.  After a shaky start and a few scary encounters he has had a good flight and heads home.  He is happy to be home and needs a rest.

This is a fun story about a girl named Minty and how her summer changed many things in the life and her neighborhood.  Minty has trouble with her best friend trying out new friends and leaving Minty behind.  There is a secret tree in the neighborhood that notes are left with secrets.  Minty and her new friend Raymond try to match the secrets to the people in the neighborhood.  This makes for some detective work and sneaking around.  Just what every kid would love to do.

This story is fun and cute.  children would enjoy the experience of going through town as a bear.  They do theings many children would probable like to do.

There is a grammatical error on the second to last page “It’s so big and has a lots and lots of windows.” The “a” should not be there.

This would be a good book for beginning readers.  The vocabulary used is full of sight words for early readers.  The font is large and easy to read.

Dudley is a worm, an ugly worm, whom children tease and taunt.  Feeling like an outcast, Dudley meanders along in life, dreaming of a beautiful butterfly girl he saw.  Wanting to run away from home in shame, Dudley is convinced to stay, build himself a home, and wait.  He does, and he is transformed into a beautiful boy butterfly.  He and girl butterfly become friends and get married and live happily ever after.  Simple story.  There are a few more embellishments to the story to make it interesting than just what I’ve explained.  However, the story is sweet and is a perfect complement for a unit of the life cycle of insects.  The illustrations are amazing and are what make this book a treasure.  This story, though simple, is explained in words and concepts that kids understand.  Every school library should have a copy.

How interesting to have a book with so much to say about something that exists only in one’s imagination!  Various myths and lore surrounding merpeople are explored.  No actual findings of any merpeople.  Lots of books and media which feature mermaids are referred to.  A quiz to find out what kind of mermaid you are is featured.  Lots of beautiful illustrations and pictures of mermaids.  Girls strongly in tune with fantasy will enjoy spending time with this book.

Mole is a terrific musician but the problem is, he gets stage fright and can’t play in front of a crowd.  At a school talent show, he doesn’t want to play because of fear, but comes to the rescue of his friend, Pig, whose iPod broke and needs some music for his dance.  Mole overcomes his fear.  The references of Mick Jagger and Bruce Springsteen will go over young readers’ heads, but the adult reader will know who is being referred to.  Okay, but not necessary.

This book will have limited appeal to students, mainly those who love monsters, cannot read too well, may be prone to nightmares, and who have trouble with comprehension.  This is a graphic novel about ten young monsters who’ve formed a friendship and one day are headed out to the beach for a day of fun.  There they meet Gil, a fish monster, who is afraid to go into the water and is afraid of fish.  They talk him into going with them into the water and he ends up saving their lives from the giant squid.  He then discovers his family.  The story is kind of lame, the dialogue is lame, and what is strange is that the cover is intentionally made to look beat up and well worn, as if it’s been a loved book.  Why?  To fool the kids into thinking this is a popular book?  Some younger kids will enjoy it, but most won’t pick it up.  Most school libraries won’t have the budget to purchase these books.

Using a dog to teach the love of poetry–a perfect combination!  Marilyn Singer has written poems about dogs for every occasion and Miki Sakamoto has created beautiful, colorful, clean pictures in which to display these poems.  Together, it’s a beautiful thing, which all school libraries should have.

Kids, and adults, too, can’t get enough of the pictures of the cute polar bear and cubs.  In looking at the photo credits, I was surprised to see so many people involving in procuring pictures.  The language here is very simple, giving interesting facts about the bears.  Includes a glossary and index which can be used to teach about non-fiction tools.

The title refers to the big, bad wolf, who preens as he looks at his reflection in the mirror.  He saunters through the forest and as he encounters various fairy tale characters, he doesn’t threaten to eat them, he just asks “Who is the handsomest of all?”  Until he finally runs into a baby dragon, who tells him the truth, that his father is.  And he fries the wolf with his breath of fire.  The audascity of the wolf, coupled with the timidity of the fairy tale characters, gives you the feeling of his brashness, until someone finally stands up to him.  Clever and young kids got the humor.