Children's Choices

Lies, Brian. (2008). Bats at the library. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.

Summary:
Brian Lies has continued the adventures of bats in this sequel to Bats at the Beach. The bats are bored one night, until the word spreads that a window at the public library has been left opened. The bats venture to the library for a night full of activities including reading, tag, and playing with the water fountain and copier. The night concludes with story-time. Brian Lies incorporates classic children stories into the illustrations that children should be able to recognize.

Genre: Fantasy
Format: Picture Book
Suggested Grade Level(s): K – 3rd
Awards:
2009 Children’s Choices

Yolen, Jane. (2007). How do dinosaurs go to school? (M. Teague, Illus.). New York: The Blue Sky Press.

Summary:
Jane Yolen and Mark Teague continue to add to the How Do Dinosaurs… series with How Do Dinosaurs Go to School? With brightly colored, detailed illustrations and simple, rhyming text both author and illustrator show how dinosaurs could easily break the school rules, but in the end both show that dinosaurs know how to behave at school.

Genre: Fantasy
Format: Picture Book
Suggested Grade Level(s): K – 3rd
Awards:
2008 Children’s Choices