Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Bathtime for Biscuit (1998)

 

In Bathtime for Biscuit by Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Biscuit likes to play, dig, and roll. Biscuit even enjoys water play. When a young girl tries to give Biscuit an outdoor bath– surprise! She falls into the soapy water. This girl is kind and does not get angry at Biscuit and friend Puddles. This story may encourage dialogue about how play can have unintentional consequences. Everyone in this story is patient and understanding. Pat Schories' illustrations remind me of the Dick and Jane books I read as a child. 

*Echoes for the Eye: Poems to Celebrate Patterns in Nature (1996)

*Echoes for the Eye: Poems to Celebrate Patterns in Nature by Barbara Juster Esbensen (1996) is a clever title for this unusual book. A no...