Kitten's First Full Moon
By: Kevin Henkes
Medal Winner
Reviewed by: Sherry Early
Also read and recommended by: Christine Kallner, Deanna Knoll, Sandy Hall
In Kitten’s First Full Moon, an adventurous kitten, who thinks she sees a full bowl of milk in the sky, travels all over to find the milk, only to find that the only real bowl of milk is at home on her own porch. Kitten thinks she knows where she’s going, and she thinks she knows what she’s looking for. And she does keep on searching until she finds the real thing.
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By: Jacqueline Woodson
Illustrated by: E. B. Lewis
Honor
Reviewed by: Deanna Knoll
This is one of those books that tugs on your heartstrings all the way through. A little girl misses her mama SO much and finds a kitten to take some of the sting away. This book drew me in right away, and the watercolor illustrations manage to depict all of the emotions playing out on Ada Ruth's face. If you enjoy books such as All the Places to Love, don't miss this sweet story.
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale
By: Mo Willems
Honor
Reviewed by: Tanya Arnold
Also read and recommended by: Sandy Hall, Sarah Kim, Sherry Early
This is a family classic at our house. I have read this book hundreds of times, and I have yet to tire of it. My children find the story simply hysterical (there is a certain section that they love to do over and over and over and...) and they love the ending. A definite must read!
The Red Book
By: Barbara Lehman
Honor
Reviewed by: Lara Lleverino
Recommended age: 4-6 years of age
Also read and recommended by: Sandy Hall
For those who have read David Wiesner's Flotsam this book is a similar wordless adventure picture book. It is funny to apply a tag of "a story within a story" to a wordless book, but that is exactly what the pictures in this story tell. This story will be "read" over and over and can entertain even those young pre-readers with its imaginative illustrations.