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Parent’s Corner: What’s New
by manz
We are always adding new titles to the Parent Shelf. This shelf is located at the Downtown library in the Youth Department and is where you’ll quickly find a variety of parent-child related books on a multitude of topics- including everything from language to tantrums to bullying to homework. These books are available for checkout, and can be found in the catalog when searching “parent shelf,” if you’d like to have one sent to a branch of your choice.
Here are some new and hot titles on the parent shelf to keep an eye out for:
Beating the lunch box blues : fresh ideas for lunches on the go!
The big disconnect : protecting childhood and family relationships in the digital age
Taking charge of ADHD : the complete, authoritative guide for parents
For more titles, check out this list!
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Windblown
by manz
Windblown is a darling children’s picture book by Édouard Manceau. Readers will be drawn to the sparse, colorful shapes and simple line drawings as animals for the illustrations. As various shapes appear the narrator asks the reader where the paper shapes came from. Whose paper is it? Simple and funny, the book gets readers to play along as the chicken, the frog, the bird, and more animals claim that the paper shapes are theirs. It ends up being a cumulative story where the paper comes from many places.
Windblown was featured in Miss Amanda’s preschool storytimes this week!
The book is great for fans of Hervé Tullet's Press Here, which is another wonderful, interactive and colorful picture book. Why not check them both out?!
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Monsterific Picture Books
by manz
Many families are familiar with Ed Emberley’s picture book Go Away, Big Green Monster. He has a new monster book done in the same way, with colorful cut-out illustrations, called Nighty Night, Little Green Monster. It’s cute! And the monster going to bed is cute!
More great monster picture books by Emberley are There Was An Old Monster and If You’re A Monster And You Know It. For even more monster books, see this list.
These books are sure to be sweet (or spooky?) treats at bedtime this October.
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María Had A Little Llama / María Tenía Una Llamita
by manz
María Had A Little Llama is a beautiful picture book by Angela Dominguez that narrates the traditional song of Mary Had A Little Lamb, but... It’s not Mary! It’s not a lamb! The book features beautiful full color illustrations, and both English and Spanish text on each page. The book would be great for those who like nursery rhymes or for those looking to add some dual language reading in their day.
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Parent’s Corner: It’s Potty Time!
by manz
The Downtown library has a shelf in the Youth Department known as the Parent Shelf. On this shelf you’ll find a variety of parent-child related books on a multitude of topics- including everything from language to tantrums to safety to homework. These books are available for checkout, and can be found in the catalog when searching “parent shelf,” if you’d like to have one sent to a branch of your choice.
As preschoolers get into the new routine of going to school, potty training becomes more of a focus in the household. It’s potty time! If it’s a bit tricky there are some books on the parent shelf that offer guidance. We also have a slew of fun picture books about going potty to help get the little ones motivated.
For parent shelf finds, try Diaper-free before 3 : the healthier way to toilet train and help your child out of diapers sooner, Toilet training: a practical guide to daytime and nighttime training, and A guide to potty training.
And for lap time picture books see this great list of titles!