My Mother Is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World: A Russian Folk Tale
 | author: Becky Reyher Ruth Gannett rating:  asin: 0688512518 binding: Library Binding list price: $16.93 USD amazon price: $16.93 |
Betty Doll
 | rating:  asin: 014240196X binding: Paperback list price: $6.99 USD amazon price: $6.99 USD |
Young Mary Ellen is heartbroken when her family's farmhouse burns to the ground, taking all five of her dolls with it. So when her mother announces that they are going to make her a new doll, she is overjoyed. But little does she know that Betty Doll will travel with her as her closest confidant through her whole life, watching as first Mary Ellen grows up, then her children, and her grandchildren. Along the way, Betty is privy to family events big and small: a devastating blizzard, tea parties, weddings, floods, illness, births, deaths, and war.
Blueberries for Sal
 | author: Robert McCloskey rating: asin: 0670175919 binding: Hardcover list price: $16.99 USD amazon price: $11.55 USD |
Kuplink, kuplank, kuplunk go the blueberries into the pail of a little girl named Sal who--try as she might--just can't seem to pick as fast as she eats. Robert McCloskey's classic is a magical tale of the irrepressible curiosity--not to mention appetite--of youth. Sal and her mother set off in search of blueberries for the winter at the same time as a mother bear and her cub. A quiet comedy of errors ensues when the young ones wander off and absentmindedly trail the wrong mothers.
Honey, I Love
This is one of our new favorite books! What makes this book unique is
that it is about a little girl sharing about what she loves, listing
one thing after another in delightful rhymes. "My mama's on the sofa
sewing butons on my coat, I go and sit beside her, I'm through playing
with my boat, I hold her arm and kiss it 'cause it feels so soft and
warm, Honey let me tell you that I LOVE my mama's arm, I love to kiss
my mama's arm, and..../"
 | author: Eloise Greenfield rating: asin: 0060091231 binding: Hardcover list price: $17.99 USD amazon price: $15.29 USD |
To one young narrator, it's the simple things that mean the most, like sharing laughter with a friend, taking family rides in the country, and kissing her mama's arm.
When this poem was first published in 1978 in Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems, Eloise Greenfield reminded us that love can be found just about anywhere. Now, twenty-five years later, she and celebrated children's book artist Jan Spivey Gilchrist present a stunning, newly illustrated anniversary edition that invites readers to celebrate the simple joys of loving and living.
Christina Katerina and the Box
What a fun book about all the things a girl can do with a refrigerator box! Christina Katerina's imagination is inspiring
 | author: Patricia Lee Gauch asin: 0698116763 binding: Paperback list price: $7.99 USD amazon price: $7.99 |
A huge cardboard box becomes a castle, a clubhouse, a racing car and more for Christina and her friend Fats. In it they swear undying friendship, wage furious battles--and drive Christina's mother crazy. You won't believe how much fun a cardboard box can be!
A New Coat for Anna (Dragonfly Books)
 | author: Harriet Ziefert rating:  asin: 0394898613 binding: Paperback list price: $6.99 USD amazon price: $6.99 USD |
Illus. in full color. "A fresh and moving story of a mother's dedication to acquire a coat for her daughter in post-World War II hard times. Anna's mother decides to trade the few valuables she has left for wool and for the services of a spinner, a weaver, and a tailor. Lobel's pictures do a tremendous job of evoking the period. Insightful and informative, this may make children consider how precious the ordinary can become in times of turmoil."--(starred) Booklist.
Oma's Quilt
 | author: Paulette Bourgeois rating: asin: 1553376250 binding: Paperback list price: $5.95 USD amazon price: $5.95 |
The time has come for Emily's grandmother to move. But it's hard to leave her house on Maple Street, filled as it is with a lifetime of cherished memories. At the retirement home, Oma complains about everything, from flowers in the hallway to crooked bowling lanes!
A Chair for My Mother 25th Anniversary Edition (Reading Rainbow Book)
This Caldecott Honor book really touched my heart.
 | author: Vera B. Williams rating: asin: 0688040748 binding: Paperback list price: $6.99 USD amazon price: $6.99 USD |
After a fire destroys their home and possessions, Rosa, her mother, and grandmother save and save until they can afford to buy one big, comfortable chair that all three of them can enjoy.After their home is destroyed by a fire, Rosa, her mother and grandmother save their coins to buy a really comfortable chair for all to enjoy. "A superbly conceived picture book expressing the joyful spirit of a loving family."––Horn Book.
My Mama Had A Dancing Heart (Orchard Paperbacks)
 | author: Libba Gray rating: asin: 0531071421 binding: Paperback list price: $6.99 USD amazon price: $6.99 USD |
I Like to Be Little
 | author: Charlotte Zolotow rating: asin: 0064432483 binding: Paperback list price: $6.99 USD amazon price: $6.99 USD |
With her finely tuned ear for the concerns and cadences of childhood, Zolotow records a little girl describing all the things she likes that grown-ups usually do not. This tale, adapted from Zolotow's I Want to Be Little and newly illustrated with appealing watercolors, will strike a pleasurable chord with adults and children.
