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Academy
Story Time Favorites
Saturday,
December 6th, 13th, 20th, and 27th at 10:30 a.m.
Books
Bones,
Bones, Dinosaur Bones.
Byron Barton.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers.
Public Juv. QE 861.5 .B37 1990
(A group of scientists looks for bones, then puts them together)
A
multiethnic group of paleontologists looks for bones, then puts
them together for display in a natural history museum. The bright
vibrant colors and simple text make this a Story Time favorite.
How
Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?
Jane Yolen.
Publisher: The Blue Sky Press.
Public Juv. QE 862 .D5
Y64 2000.
(A bed-time tale about Dinosaurs)
A
playful peek into the homes of dinosaur children and their parents
at bedtime. This is a wonderfully imaginative
story your own little dinosaur will want to read again and again.
The Girl Who Wore Snakes.
Angela Johnson.
Publisher: Orchard Books.
Pub Juv QL 666 .O6 J598 1993
(A lighthearted story of a girl who loved snakes)
Ali loves snakes, but her parents, her friends, and her teacher
don't like them. Where does Ali come by this love of snakes? Is
there anyone in the family who likes snakes as much as Ali does?
Konte Chameleon Fine, Fine, Fine!
Cristina Kessler.
Publisher: Boyd Mills Press.
Public Juv. PZ8.1 .K5 Ko 1997.
(West African folktale)
Konte Chameleon feels just fine until
he climbs onto a red orchid and he
begins to turn red. Then he climbs onto a yellow flower and turns
yellow.
Konte thinks he is sick, but the Doctor
has another explanation.
Frog Girl.
Paul Owen Lewis.
Publisher: Tricycle Press, 1999.
Biodiv Juv PZ7
.L5876 Fr 1999
(Girl saves village by releasing Grandmother Frog's people from
captivity)
This story of the native people of the Pacific Northwest tells the
tale of a
young girl who spies two boys from her village pretending to be
great
hunters by capturing frogs in a lake. When she is summoned by a
frog to the
empty halls of Grandmother Frog, she realizes that Grandmother's
anger over
the disappearance of her people has threatened her entire village!
Can she
manage to save her people, Grandmother's people, and create understanding
between the two before it's too late?
Prietita and the Ghost Woman: Prietita
y la Llorna
Gloria Anzaldúa.
Publisher: Children's Book Press.
Public Juv PZ73 .A592 1995
(A Mexican folk tale about la Llorna,
the ghost woman)
Self-discovery and courage are explored in this lovely retelling
of a Mexican
legend. The bilingual book, presented in both English and Spanish,
tells the
story of a young girl who braves her fears of the Ghost Woman to
bring back
medicinal herbs that can help her save her mother. All alone, the
young girl
encounters not the terrifying figure of myth and legend, but help
and direction.
The Great Kapok Tree
Cherry, Lynne.
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Biodiv Juv PZ7
.C4199 Gr 1990
(South American rainforest)
In the beautiful Amazon rainforest, a man starts to chop down a
huge
kapok tree. He becomes tired and soon falls asleep at the base of
the
tree. Before long, all of the animals who depend on the tree for
survival
visit the sleeping man. Each begs the man not to cut down the tree.
When
the man wakes up will he continue to cut down the tree or leave
the beauty and peace of the rainforest as it is?
One
Lonely Sea Horse
Saxton Freymann & Joost
Elffers
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books, Scholastic Press.
Public Juv. QA 113 F73 2000
Count from one to ten as other sea creatures join a lonely sea horse
to cheer him up. Adorable images of ordinary fruits and vegetables,
with faces drawn on them, represent the sea horse's friends.
The Carrot Seed.
Ruth Krauss.
Publisher: Harper and Row, 1989.
Pub. Juv. PZ7.K72 Ca 1989.
In this book for beginning readers, a little boy plants a carrot
seed. His mother, his father, and his big brother tell him it probably
won't come up. But it does, as just he knew it would.
The Magic Fan.
Keith Baker.
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989.
Pub Juv PZ 7 .B17427 Mag
1989
(The story of a boy who found a magical fan)
In a village
by the sea, there lived a boy named Yoshi
who loved to build. He built wagons, stairs, tables-anything
his village needed. Yoshi soon became
uninspired and didn't know what to build next. One day, he found
a magical fan which when opened, presented him with pictures of
a beautiful boat, kite, and a huge bridge. Inspired by the beauty
of these designs, he builds them all. However, a huge tsunami tidal
wave is coming towards the village. Can Yoshi's
new creation save the villagers?
One Grain of Rice.
Demi.
Publisher: Scholastic Press, 1997.
Pub Juv QA 40.5 .D38 1997
(A mathematical folktale set in India).
Long ago, a raja in India believed he was wise and fair. But,
every year, he kept most of his people's rice for himself. When
the rice crops go bad one year, his people start to go hungry, but
the raja refuses to share the stored rice. Rani,
a village girl, does a good deed for the raja and for her reward
asks for one grain of rice to be doubled every day for thirty days.
That one grain eventually grows to over a billion grains at the
end of the month. Not only does Rani save
her people, she also teaches the raja a valuable lesson.
Me and My Place in Space.
Joan Sweeney, illustrated by Annette Cable.
Publisher: Crown Publishers, Inc.
Public Juv. QB501.3.S94 1998.
(A look at the universe the earth lives in)
Where is YOUR place in space: do you know?
In this book, learn about the moon, the sun, the solar system, the
milky way, and the universe through the
eyes and imagination of a child. Kid-friendly text and lovely illustrations.
All
books featured in Story Time are from the Academy Library and the
Biodiversity Resource Center. If you have any questions, please
contact the Biodiversity Resource Center at 415.750.7361 or
biodiversity@calacademy.org
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