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<strong>Media</strong> <strong>Center</strong> <strong>Holdings</strong>- <strong>with</strong> <strong>Call</strong> <strong>Number</strong> <strong>and</strong> Librarian Notes<br />

01 Apr 2011 12:44 PM<br />

<strong>Monarch</strong> <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Center</strong><br />

Title Author<br />

<strong>Call</strong> <strong>Number</strong><br />

Resource Type: Books<br />

Over in the meadow : an old counting rhyme<br />

(Scholastic cassettes.)<br />

Blane, Steve. / DeRosa, Rich. / Carter, FIC.119 Bla<br />

Music composed by Richard DeRosa; directed by Steve Blane; produced by Blane <strong>and</strong> DeRosa Productions.<br />

Book illustrated by David A. Carter. Side B <strong>with</strong> turn-the-page signals. Sung by Steve Blane. A variety of meadow<br />

animals pursuing their daily activities introduce the numbers one through ten.<br />

Over in the meadow : an old nursery counting Galdone, Paul. / Galdone, Paul<br />

rhyme Oversized<br />

An old nursery poem introduces animals <strong>and</strong> their young <strong>and</strong> the numbers one through ten.<br />

Owen (Scholastic Big Book) (Big Book) Henkes, Kevin<br />

Kevin Henkes's award-winning tale about growing up.<br />

FIC .090 GAL<br />

Oversized<br />

FIC .017 HEN<br />

The clinical name is transitional object, but for young children, a beloved blanket is more like a lifeline. And that's<br />

exactly how Owen feels about his baby blanket, fondly named Fuzzy. The Owen-Fuzzy relationship is cruising<br />

along smoothly until a nosy neighbor, Mrs. Tweezers, leans over the fence <strong>and</strong> asks his parents, "Isn't he getting<br />

a little old to be carrying that thing around?" With kindergarten just around the corner, Owen's parents wonder if<br />

he should in fact relinquish his prized Fuzzy. Kevin Henkes uses his signature mouse characters <strong>and</strong> jewel-tone<br />

watercolors to explore the antics <strong>and</strong> foils of one mouse-boy, one rag-blanket, <strong>and</strong> two parents wondering how to<br />

help their son kick the habit. This is what Henkes does best--playfully bringing childhood fears <strong>and</strong> feelings to the<br />

surface while portraying real-life parent-child tensions. Mrs. Tweezers, a real sourpuss, is no help at all. She<br />

offers terrible over-the-fence advice, such as dipping Fuzzy in vinegar (as if to cure a nail-biting habit) or stealing<br />

the blanket in the night. It is not until the eve of Owen's first day of kindergarten that his mother hatches the<br />

perfect solution. Ultimately, she finds a way that Owen can hang on to his first true love while also taking the next<br />

step into middle childhood--a solution that suits everyone, including Mrs. Tweezers.<br />

Caldecott Honor Book, Horn Book Fanfare Honor List, ALA Notable Book, Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor Book,<br />

<strong>School</strong> Library Journal Best Book of the Year, ALA Booklist Children's Editors' Choice. (Ages 3 <strong>and</strong> older)<br />

--Gail Hudson / Amazon.com<br />

BIG BOOKS are oversized books perfect for whole-class participation. Sit in a reading circle <strong>and</strong> read your Big<br />

Books aloud so students can follow along <strong>with</strong> the large text <strong>and</strong> illustrations. 15"x18" Big Book only! No teacher<br />

supplements or bags.<br />

The Owl <strong>and</strong> the Pussycat<br />

Lear, Edward. / Brett, Jan.<br />

FIC .070 LEA<br />

Brett irradiates her interpretation of the classic Lear nonsense verse <strong>with</strong> hues of tropical intensity. As the Owl<br />

<strong>and</strong> the Pussycat, both attired in madras plaids, set out from a Caribbean locale on their romantic voyage, Brett<br />

launches a series of lush seascapes, the colors for which might well have been inspired by exotic jungle birds.<br />

The artist's celebrated borders are almost fully integrated into the illustrations--there are no vertical borders, <strong>and</strong><br />

each spread is divided into horizontal zones. The thin uppermost layer evokes Caribbean basketry or similar<br />

elements that impart an architectural weight, as if the story were being viewed from a window; the bottom zone<br />

reveals the action below sea-level, where a golden fish, emulating the Owl, wordlessly seeks its true love. Brett's<br />

customary attention to detail results in an extravagantly gorgeous book. Ages 4-8.<br />

Owl Moon<br />

Yolen, Jane / Schoenherr, John FIC .037 YOL<br />

A girl <strong>and</strong> her father go owling on a moonlit winter night near the farm where they live. Bundled tight in wool<br />

clothes, they trudge through snow "whiter than the milk in a cereal bowl"; here <strong>and</strong> there, hidden in ink-blue<br />

shadows, a fox, raccoon, fieldmouse <strong>and</strong> deer watch them pass. An air of expectancy builds as Pa imitates the<br />

Great Horned Owl's call once <strong>with</strong>out answer, then again. From out of the darkness "an echo/ came threading its<br />

way/ through the trees." Schoenherr's watercolor washes depict a New Engl<strong>and</strong> few readers see: the bold stare<br />

of a nocturnal owl, a bird's-eye view of a farmhouse. In harmony <strong>with</strong> the art, the melodious text brings to life an<br />

unusual countryside adventure.<br />

- Publisher's Weekly<br />

ResourceMate® 3.0 <strong>Monarch</strong> <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Center</strong><br />

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