Just finished reading three good ones:
1. Jack Plank Tells Tales by Natalie Babbitt
Yes, that mistress of storytelling has a new delightful book out for us. Jack Plank's days of being a pirate have come to an end. He has washed up on the shores of Saltwash, a town on the Caribbean Sea, and has dropped anchor at Mrs. Delfresno's boardinghouse. The task of finding him new employment is at hand. Each night at dinner the residents propose various possible new paths for Jack but each suggestion meets with a reason why Jack can't do that and a story to back up his NO. The stories have great imagination and will take young listeners to wonderful places. Mermaids, the hand of a mummy, treasure and knaves...it rings of days gone by and stories gone by. Good stuff.
2. When Dinosaurs Came With Everything by Elise Broach: Too much fun. Today while running errands, our young hero and his mother learn that at the bakery a dozen doughnuts will get you a free dinosaur. At the doctor's office being brave enough to get a shot will also get you a free dinosaur. Imagine the mother's face as she is trailed home by a motley crew of dinos...
Fabulous.
3. Ivan the Terrier by Peter Catalanotto: Ivan keeps getting into the story and turning it on its head. The three bears are terrorized and the girl with the red riding hood will never be the same- neither will the three pigs. Fun.
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Thanks for the kind words on DINOSAURS, Barb! I'm so glad you liked it. It is close to my heart because I've spent so much time in the dinosaur halls at the Museum of Natural History with my family (my husband works there), and it was fun to write a book that brought those enormous, amazing, long-lost creatures back to life. Thanks for the other book recs, too!
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