New Picture Book Review: Don’t Kiss the Frog: Princess Stories with Attitude

Chosen by Fiona Waters
For ages 4-8
80 pages
Copyright: 2008
Call number: E Kuenzler
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Let me admit right now that I’m a sucker for anything to do with princesses. For those of you like me (or know someone like me) here’s a new book that jumped off the shelf. These princesses here aren’t all graceful, charming, and simply waiting for their prince. They eat pizza, tame dragons, take P.E. in school, and yes, some even kiss frogs, but they all live happily ever after, even if it isn’t in the way they expected.

These six stories play with fun font changes and effectively use brightly patterned illustrations to show that while nobody’s perfect (even princesses), everybody has something to offer and can succeed. So whether you are looking for something to read to your little princess when all the Disney's are checked out, or want something that has the female lead doing more than dancing and waiting for a prince’s kiss, give Don’t Kiss the Frog: Princess Stories with Attitude a try. -J-

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New Juvenile Book Club Kits

Do you want to host your own book club for kids this summer?

If so come to the Beaverton City Library and check out our new Juvenile Book Club Kits. These kits contain 8 copies of a book and a resource guide to help you during your book club discussion. In these resource guides you will find some information about the book and about the author (biography, bibliography). We have also provided some questions about the book (and the answers) and some craft ideas. The kits are made for kids from grade 3 to 5.
Ten kits will be available in June, for the following titles: The Year of the Dog, Phineas L. Mac Guire, Christopher Mouse, Chocolate Touch, The Janitor’s Boy, No flying in the House, Say What?, Ivy and Bean, Poppy, and Moxy Maxwell Does not Love Stuart Little.
You can check out these kits for 3 weeks, and you can also put a hold on them. If a kit is in you can check it out by going to the Circulation Desk.

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New Picture Books for June

Summer is here and just in time for Summer Reading at the Beaverton City Library, five new picture books to get you started towards your reading goal.

Tacky Goes to Camp by Helen Lester
Tacky is back! This time he and his penguin mates are spending some quality time at Camp Whoopihaha. Tacky's skills as a camper leave something to be desired. The last straw is an incident with S'mores and a sleeping bag. But Tacky's chocolate and marshmallow accident saves the day and all the penguins.
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Hello Baby by Mem Fox
The world is filled with beautiful babies. But which is the best baby of all? Mem Fox's delightful text combines with Steve Jenkins spectacular paper collage animals to answer this most important question.
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Naked Mole Rat Gest Dressed by Mo Willems
Wilbur marches to the beat of a different drummer. While all the other naked mole rats in his colony never dream of wearing clothes, he loves to dress up. Will the others come around to his way of thinking? "Why not?", asks Wilbur.
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Just How Long Can a Long String Be? by Keith Baker
Ant and Bird consider a very important question: How long should a piece of string be? As they discover, that depends on what that piece of string needs to be.
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Toot Toot Zoom! by Phyllis Root
Pierre sets off in his little red car on a journey to find a friend. As he drives along a road that takes him to the top of a very high mountain, he meets Goat, Sheep and Bear. But does he find a friend? Sometimes the very thing you are looking for is right under your nose.
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GW

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid Party Tuesday, June 16 from 3:00-4:30 p.m.

Come celebrate the hilarious Diary of a Wimpy Kid books with trivia, prizes, fun, games and make your own journal at this party for wimpy and non-wimpy kids. Jazz up your journal with comic drawings like Greg or just let your imagination run wild. Registration is required. Sign up at the Children’s Desk or call 503 350-3600.

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Penny's Puppet Productions

Penny and her wonderful puppets are back for another visit at the library. Join us on Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. in the Library Auditorium for "Mother Goose on the Loose". Mother Goose thinks no one cares or knows her rhymes and she runs away and hides. Join the lively cast of puppets as they try and get her come back and play. This program is for ages two to six years and an accompanying adult. GW

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Summer Reading 2009 Is Almost Here

The big day is almost here! The start of Summer Reading 2009 at the Beaverton City Library. The theme this year is "Be Creative @ Your Library." Summer Reading is for all kids, birth through those entering the fifth grade in September, 2009. Registration begins Monday, June 1st and continues through Friday, July 31st, 2009. You can register in person or online. Prizes include a paperback book and a coupon for Oaks Park Day on Wednesday, August 12, 2009. So don't miss out. Plan to spend some fun reading time over summer vacation and win prizes. What could make summer more perfect? GW

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Staff Favorites: April showers bring May flowers.

Planting a Rainbow
by Lois Ehlert (E Ehlert) (1988)
Flowers come in all colors, shapes and sizes. Why not plant them all?

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Lilly's Big Day
by Kevin Henkes (E Henkes) (2006)
Lilly would really love to be the flower girl at her teacher's wedding!

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Budgie and Boo
by David McPhail (Children's New Book) (E McPhail) (2009)

One friend grows flowers, and the other grows vegetables.
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Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms
by Julia Rawlinson (Children's New Book) (E Rawlinson) (2009)
A young fox mistakes the white spring ground for snow!

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Daisy-head Mayzie
by Dr. Seuss (E Seuss) (1994)
What do you do if you are Daisy McGrew and grow a daisy on the top of your head!?
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Wildflower ABC: an Alphabet Of Potato Prints
by Diana Pomeroy (E Pomeroy) (1997)
The flowers in this book are all illustrated using potatoes prints! A list of wildflower facts and folklore is included in the back of the book.
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Zinnia's Flower Garden
by Monica Wellington (E Wellington) (2005)
Zinnia eagerly plants her garden in the spring and tends it from the first seedlings appearance until harvesting the seeds in the fall.
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Junie B. Jones Is (Almost) a Flower Girl
by Barbara Park (J Park) (1999)
Junie doesn't get to be the flower girl in her aunt's wedding. She'll have to think of some other way to show off how grown-up she is!
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Oregon Wildflowers: a Children's Field Guide To the State's Most Common Flowers
by Beverly Magley (J 582.13 Mag) (1992)
A guide for children about our state's most common flora. check our catalog for this title



Fairyopolis: a Flower Fairies Journal
by Mia Posada (J 133.14 Fai) (2005)
Could this really be a secret diary kept in 1920? The water color illustrations are especially fine and add just the right touch to this scrapbook of fairyfolk.
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