All of Baby Nose to Toes

All of Baby Nose to Toes

Written By Victoria Adler

Illustrated By Hiroe Nakata

From head to toe, there are lots of cute things about little babies :]  Miniature fingers and toes are amongst them and in this book we get a look at those things we like to ooo and ahh over when babies are in our midst.  Each section ends with a question....

....and is answered on the following page.

Although this book was a little young for Joey, I still thought it was really cute and it kept her engaged the whole time :]  I loved the watercolor illustrations...such beautiful colors throughout the entire book!  I took a picture of my favorite part.....

This just reminds me of Joey's sister Sammy whose belly sticks out just like this little one's does :]  She will show you her belly at a moment's notice, and so these pages made me smile :]  I mean who doesn't love cute big baby bellies?!?  I know I said this book was a bit young for Joey and I stand by that...let's see what she thought...

The Lonely Phone Booth

The Lonely Phone Booth

Written By Peter Ackerman

Illustrated by Max Dalton

This is the story of a phone booth nestled in the New York city on West End Avenue and 100th Street.  The book tells the tale of this phone booth from it's hay day when people would line up just to use it. 

Since the release of Cell Phones, the phone booth has been neglected.  Nobody is sent to service the booth and it's starting to crack and feel lonely......

......until a great storm hits NYC and all the cell service is knocked out.

Folks line up once again to use one of the only remaining Phone Booths to call family and friends to let them know they are ok.  The phone booth is celebrated as the city's hero and when the workers come to take it away, there is a huge protest.  In the end, the Phone Booth gets to stay right where it is, the city rejoices and the Phone Booth is no longer lonely :]

I thought this book was so cute, and I love that it's about a real Phone Booth in NYC. The illustrations were beautiful and the story line was cleverly written from the Phone Booth's point of view.  I would reccommend this to any family...boys and girls will both like this fun story!  Let's see what Joey had to say about The Lonely Phone Booth....

The Show and Tell Lion

The Show and Tell Lion

Written By Barbara Abercrombie

Illustrated By Lynne Avril Cravath

This book starts off with Matthew...it's Show and Tell Day and he doesn't have anything special to talk about or show, so he makes up a whale of a tale....well a Lion of a tale really :]

Since declaring he has a Lion at Show and Tell, Matthew must keep his friends up to date on all that his Lion is doing.  His sweet little white lie told to impress Matthew's classmates gets so out of hand that all his friends want to do a field trip to his house to see his amazing Lion!

At the thought of a field trip to his house, Matthew begins to panic about the lie he has told.  What will his friends do if they find out he doesn't really have a lion at home?

After speaking with his mother, Matthew comes up with a solution and begins to write the stories he's been telling to his friends on paper complete with illustrations.  In sharing these with his classmates, Matthew hopes to bridge the gap between fact and fiction and stop his friends from coming to his house for the field trip to see the imaginary Lion.

I thought this book was so cute!  I was an excellent liar when I was young, and I'm sure I could whip up a doozie right now if necessary :]  I have had a few stories get out of hand and can relate to Matthew in this story.  This is a great story to read to kids whose creativity can get the best of them at times :]  Where was this when I was Joey's age??  Anywho, read it, I loved it!  Let's see what Joey had to say...