Genre: Rhymes/songs

Circus Carnivore

By Book Importer | Published: February 28, 2012

In rhyming nonsense verse, a young girl explains how the creatures who live in her head affect her behavior.

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Boo to a Goose

By Book Importer | Published: February 28, 2012

A child relates a long list of things he would do before he’d say boo to a goose.

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Jazz Age Josephine

By Book Importer | Published: February 16, 2012

Singer, dancer, actress, and independent dame, Josephine Baker felt life was a performance. She lived by her own rules and helped to shake up the status quo with wild costumes and a you-can’t-tell-me-no attitude that made her famous. She even had a pet leopard in Paris! From bestselling children’s biographer Jonah Winter and two-time Caldecott [...]

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Wailana the Waterbug

By Book Importer | Published: February 7, 2012

Wailana the waterbug woke up each day, to be with her friends, to go out and play. What a joy to be seen, all the cheers and the smiles, waterbugs followed the parade on for miles. All through the Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall Wailana’s parades would bring laughter to all!

Other Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Hawaii, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Themes: , , » Leave a comment

Lala Salama

By Book Importer | Published: December 21, 2011

An African lullaby in Swahili and English in which a little boy says good night to all the animals and ends with his mother.

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Lala Salama

By Book Importer | Published: November 21, 2011

A mother relates the events of a peaceful day along the banks of Lake Tanganyika to her baby, wrapped up and ready for sleep.

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Get Happy

By Book Importer | Published: November 2, 2011

Simple, rhyming text urges the reader to be happy by making such choices as teasing less and tickling more, or groaning less and giggling more.

Other Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Infant/toddler (ages 0-2), Ireland, Picture Book » Themes: , , » Leave a comment

A Stork in a Baobab Tree: An African Twelve Days of Christmas

By Book Importer | Published: October 26, 2011

Set in Africa during the Christmas season, this is the story of a village preparing for a celebration – the birth of a child. The story is told in verse inspired by the traditional carol The Twelve Days of Christmas, but in this version by the author Catherine House the gifts are: 1 stork in [...]

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Welcome to the World

By Book Importer | Published: September 28, 2011

Plenty of books tell parents what’s in store when a new baby arrives. But this one lets a new baby in on what he or she might expect. Styled as a sweet and simple letter to a newborn, this picture book introduces Baby to several first-year splendors, such as feeling warm sunlight, watching the movements [...]

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Juba This, Juba That

By Book Importer | Published: September 26, 2011

Traditional “juba” rhythms have a long history. They originated in Nigeria as hand-clapping games. People who were brought to the New World as slaves fought hard to keep their culture alive against terrible odds. They transformed “juba” rhythms into work songs that were passed down orally.

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