![]() When Grandpa finally settled down with a wife and family, he could plant the little walnut tree in his own back yard. There were more moves ahead: to other houses and other jobs, other people and places. When they arrived in America, he planted it, but not in the ground. They could only take one small bag each, but Grandpa’s bag carried a walnut he’d picked from the tree outside his window. It’s about how, when he was only a “little nut,” his family had to leave the country they’d called home and make their way to a new home in America. “One chilly morning when Emilia woke, there was a nut on her nightstand.” Grandpa put it there, and he has a story to go with it. ![]() Overall Rating: 4 (out of 5)Īll from a Walnut by Ammi-Joan Paquette, illustrated by Felicita Sala. Backmatter includes tips for making your own puddle for puddle watching, as well as more information about the featured flora and fauna. Each double-page spread features a different life form, with a brief science fact in small type. The author watched all this happen in a puddle at the end of her driveway, so everything in the book is possible for nature-watchers to see. When winter comes it freezes over, but soon spring will begin the cycle again. One little explorer discovers tadpoles hatching in a watery womb, then “Seeds take root,” “Swallows loop the loop,” “Mother turtle scratches and digs,” “Ducklings nibble” and “Snails make tracks.” Throughout the growing season and beyond the humble puddle waxes and wanes, supporting many forms of life. Spring is when puddles bloom, and some of them stay for a while. Hello, Puddle! By Anita Sanches, illustrated by Luisa Uribe. Enjoy the knights roasting marshmallows over brazier fire-at night, of course. Little knight-fanciers (and their parents) will be totally charmed by the gorgeously-detailed, medieval-themed artwork tinged with whimsey. In the face of grave danger, Knight Owl keeps his cool and uses brains over brawn to meet the challenge. Until the night the knight discovers why so many knights kept disappearing from the castle night watch. He applied to knight school, “and to everyone’s surprise,” especially his skeptical parents, “he was accepted!” Though small and feathery, he works hard for his knighthood and performs his service on the Knight Night Watch admirably. ![]() But it seemed no more than a dream until a knight shortage developed at the castle. To be a knight.” He dreams in tapestry colors of bravery and cleverness and comradeship. Simple, warm colored illustrations set the perfect mood for this bedtime story.“Since the day he hatched, Owl had one wish. Hidden on each page is the mouse, who's squeak is keeping Owl up. GOOD NIGHT OWL is a fun read that is sure to bring on a fit giggles, as readers watch Owl search tirelessly for the source of the squeak that's keeping him up. If Owl wants a good night sleep, he has to find that noise. Will Owl ever get a good night's sleep?Ī fun bedtime story! What's an owl to do, when every time he says good night to himself, and nestles down in bed, he hears a squeak? Searching high and low, and all through out his house, Owl can not figure out where that sound is coming from. But while he's busy tearing his house apart, he doesn't notice one tiny, squeaky, mouse-shaped detail. He'll never get to sleep unless he can figure out what's going on! He looks everywhere-in his cupboard, underneath the floorboards-even in his walls. But as soon as he settles in, he hears a strange noise. *I received an arc from the publisher to review, in exchange for my honest review
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