John and
El's Favorite Books
The
bears' picks for best books: June 2000
These titles should be available at your local library.

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Moongame by Frank Asch When little bird and bear play hide
and seek,
the moon plays too, in this simple tale
of childlike imagination.
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Weslandia by
Paul Fleischman
Illustrated by Kevin HawkesThis quirky, comic tale of an
innovative child's
successful attempt to cope with the monotony
of suburbia, explodes with bright, detailed
illustrations of an alternate world of possibilities.
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The Tale I told Sasha by
Nancy Willard.
Illustrated by David ChristianaIn this impressionistic tale,
fanciful
interpretive paintings reveal
the surprising nature of things
in the elusive world of lost and found.
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A is for Amos by Deborah
Chandra
Illustrated by Keiko NarahashiYoung audiences will delight in the
rhythmic text,
which accompanies a girl as she rides her horse,
Amos, across pages splashed with watercolor images
of streams and storms and glorious mud.
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Black Cat by Christopher Myers Striking photo-collages accompanied
by a rhythmic refrain effectively capture
the wanderings of a city cat,
silhouetted against an urban landscape.
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book reviews are written by respected children's librarian
Barbara Lintner of the
Urbana Free Library in Urbana, IL. AKA,
Natalie's Mom.
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