Round Up: A Texas Number Book

Crane, Carol. (2003). Round up: a texas number book.  Michigan: Sleeping Bear Press.

(K-3) This counting book uses people, animals, places, and things that are connecting with the Lone Star State.  Rhymes are used to present the number and the illustrations portray addition and multiplication.  Each illustration contains a commentary regarding the historical figures, animals, and people that are depicted.

The illustrations are richly colored and do justice to this great state of ours.  I highly recommend this book...especially if live in Texas! 

I stumbled across this book when I was in Waco, Texas visiting the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum.  I flipped through the pages and couldn't leave the gift shop without it.

The author and illustrator of Round Up also teamed up for L is for Lone Star: a Texas Alphabet.  Perfect duo for any library or personal collection.

Silly Doggy

Stower, Adam. (2011). Silly doggy. New York: Orchard Books.

(PreK-2)  This book to PRECIOUS!!  Fearless Lily looks out the window and spies something wonderful.  She cries out, "Doggy!"  She uses her scarf as a leash and leads the doggy to the house where her mom says she cannot keep him.  If mom had been paying attention, she would have seen that this was not a doggy, but a BEAR!  Lily makes a poster to find the owners of the doggy that are surely missing him.  She lists all the reasons why he is a very silly doggy.  The zookeeper, Theodore Wilde, sees the poster and comes to claim the doggy.  Lily is very sad that her doggy was taken, but when she wakes the next morning there is something wonderful in her garden..."Kitty!"

The illustrations keep you laughing and Lily is one great girl. Lily has me grinning from ear to ear with her fearless antics.  I just love how she uses her scarf as a leash.  The "doggy" doesn't mind it one bit.  Great book for read alouds.  A wonderful book about mistaken identity!!