Naughty Pictures (A Dancer Tale Book 2)

How else does everyone find great books to read? Anyone want to connect on Goodreads to share what they are reading? Does anyone walk around the book stores with their smart phone and photograph the covers of all the new releases and recommended reads? I am a desperate granny! Does anyone know a storybook about a little girl who wishes she could have a star of her own. She learns that to be beautiful she has to give it back to the night sky. I read it to my class of 5 year olds about six or seven years ago.

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Please help if you can. The little girl wants to hold onto the moon, but decides to give it back to the night sky as it starts disappearing little by little each day. I remember that book as well and was looking for it. It is not the one about the moon.. If anyone has info, I would love to find this book! The images of family life, reading, studying, chores, playground games, and neighborhood social events are rich and warmly drawn in a jazzy, impressionistic style.

Eastman — taught generations of my family and friends to read. I almost cried when I read your comment.

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It was one of my very favorites. Thank you so much. My top 10 in no particular order except how they come into my head: More than 10, but we love them all! This is a great site! Here are a few favorites: What a pleasant present! Munsch and Michael Martchenko Not just for girls! A fun magic adventure in the Edgar Eager, E. Nesbit tradition The Enchanted Castle — E. Deserves a place right up there with the best christmassy snowy books.

Absolutely beautiful, just check out the trailer: Who can read this and resist putting their opinion? Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss—I can still recite the whole dang thing by heart. My youngest is Jamberry by Bruce Degen—beautiful, dancing rhyme 3. Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey—kerplink kerplank kerplunk 4. Barn Dance by Bill Martin jr. Shoes by Elizabeth Winthrop—rhyming, illustrated by William Joyce.

Here, in no particular order, are ten books that we love in our home: Falling for Rapunzel by Leah Wilcox 8. Miss Suzy by Miriam Young 9. Thank you for the post. Mostly because of my son or students loving them, I guess. This is from memory so apologies for scratchy details or spelling errors. Are You My Mother, P. Owl Babies, Martin Waddell 4. Where the Wild Things Are, Sendak 6. Feathers for Phoebe, Rod Clement 8. Mirror, Jeannie Baker For All Creatures, Millard and Cool.

Thanks for sharing these, Susan! More on that later…. Beegu by Alexis Deacon 2. Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers 3. The Highway Rat by Julia Donaldson 4. Owl Babies by Martin Waddell 5. Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper 9. Kipper Nick Inkpen 5. Harry the Dirty Dog Gene Zion 7.

Pumpkin Soup Helen Cooper 8. You have a few classics on your list. The kids and I enjoy Harry and the Dirty Dog. Please, feel free to re-mention! Those books and authors mentioned by more than one of you will get a bigger shout out in my December 1st post.

Oooo, tough to limit it to ten!!!! It is pretty much impossible to stick to Thanks for sharing your picks! Our current library lets us check out books at a time per library card — which is pretty amazing. So many to choose from! Thanks so much for sharing your picks! Great list and your web site is a wonderful resource! Many of your top 60 are my favorites as well.

Really enjoyed you sharing all these — where has the year gone?! Thanks so much for sharing your favorite books! Seuss books on your list and that may be by design. But I love to read The Lorax to my children. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein is a beautiful love story and always makes me cry. Some solid choices here!

I absolutely did not exclude Dr. Amy, it was so great to meet you at the conference! I love so so many of the titles you have already put up. Yay for picture books! I look forward to seeing your list! I hope I have the opportunity to see you again at a future conference! Hi, I,m new and just reading all the posts and loving it. I love books and love to read.

I have nine grandchildren and they all love books. What conference are you making reference to? Is it a book cconference. Ihave many children books and are always looking for more great ones. Many of yours are our favorite also. Thank you for your recommendations! Caps for sale slodbodkina ox cart man Donald hall , stone soup? It took a lot of mulling and fiddling for me to narrow my list of great books down to 60…and still I try to avoid claiming that these are my favorite books. This is sort of like trying to choose a favorite children, but—Frog and Toad! But I have a sneaky feeling that one of those is behind the curtain.

And probably something by Jon Agee and something by Steve Jenkins. We need titles here, Liz! It is fun to take a look at your website and illustrations! It was tricky for me to decide which new and newish books to include on my list. I wonder which ones will hold up over time. Ack, too many to think of but a great looking list so far. Good luck choosing the next 10! For all, fewer than 10 books is fine.

We can work with that — esp. Excellent and much loved by my two anyway! I just finished reading George and Martha books to two of my kids before their naps. They are a staple at our house. But surely you must include at least one Babette Cole book?!! I just found your website.

I, too, am an avid seeker of great picture books for my three kids. I have compiled a spreadsheet of about of our favorite picture books. I had a book that almost no one has ever heard of, but my dad located a old library copy for me— A Ghost in a Four Room Apartment by Ellen Raskin. Of course, as an elementary school teacher I focused a lot on certain authors.

We would do an author of the month. Some of these were- Eric Carle, Dr. Seuss, Tomi Depaola, Kevin Henkes…and more. I love your website. I have many other favorites, but those are my top three. My son and I are reading lots of books about U. What books would others put on their Top 60 booklists?

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What books do you think are still to come on this one? I have already chosen the 60 books, so you will not influence my choices. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. Without further ado… 1. November 29, at 5: August 14, at 3: May 21, at 4: April 28, at 9: April 22, at 5: April 19, at February 27, at January 29, at 6: January 12, at November 21, at 8: November 13, at 7: Linda J Hall says: September 15, at 1: September 12, at 5: November 22, at May 7, at 3: June 14, at 7: June 6, at 4: May 3, at 2: March 25, at 8: Peggy Anne Puleo says: March 16, at Quality better quantity I have held onto that principle and would love to read this book to my grandchildren Can you help me or is it lost forever?

February 9, at December 2, at 2: November 17, at November 13, at October 20, at 2: October 5, at 4: September 30, at 6: September 17, at 5: September 1, at January 31, at 1: This sounds like a neat book on being quiet and mindful. Did you ever find out the name? April 25, at 1: August 24, at 5: Here are the few facts I remember: August 25, at 2: August 11, at 5: August 31, at 8: May 30, at 1: May 23, at 6: May 16, at 3: September 14, at I read that one as a child! March 31, at 1: Thankyou very much, it was one of my favourite stories growing up: February 21, at 1: February 12, at Robert H Graham says: December 15, at 5: October 17, at 6: December 4, at 2: January 20, at 8: October 4, at November 26, at The few details I can remember are as follows: McGreeby was the mans name, or something of the like I know these are vague, please response if you happen to know either!!!

November 5, at 4: November 3, at August 2, at 1: October 29, at 3: October 29, at 4: December 1, at 9: May 30, at October 13, at 1: October 13, at 3: September 22, at 4: Yes, Brooke is correct. One of my favorites as well. September 27, at 3: September 14, at 5: September 2, at August 21, at June 13, at 1: June 13, at 2: Nevermind — figured it out!

May 25, at 2: May 13, at April 25, at April 28, at April 22, at 8: March 12, at 5: March 4, at 5: February 18, at 9: February 2, at 9: February 29, at 4: Actually we found it!! January 28, at 6: September 14, at 1: January 9, at 1: December 22, at May 16, at 2: December 7, at 5: August 19, at 4: November 2, at 9: December 5, at October 29, at October 30, at 7: September 27, at 2: March 27, at 8: September 25, at 1: July 10, at 4: September 29, at June 19, at 6: April 25, at 3: I have a few to add since so many of my favorites have already hit the list s: March 3, at 9: March 25, at February 13, at 3: February 8, at September 22, at 8: November 15, at 2: August 11, at August 11, at 9: August 30, at 9: April 26, at 8: May 1, at It is McDuff by Rosemary Wells.

June 16, at 1: October 25, at March 30, at March 30, at 5: March 30, at 8: October 28, at I like that blog quite a bit and have written a couple guest posts for Burgin. January 29, at 2: January 20, at 6: February 21, at 8: January 8, at December 2, at 3: December 2, at 1: March 11, at Those are 2 of our absolute favorites! Go for 2 generations also. November 28, at 8: November 18, at November 1, at November 1, at 9: November 1, at 7: November 1, at 8: October 31, at October 23, at 1: October 23, at 6: October 21, at 1: October 21, at 8: One is a Snail Ten is a Crab is pretty clever!

I smiled when I saw it on your list. October 21, at October 21, at 9: October 21, at 7: October 21, at 5: October 20, at October 12, at 9: October 7, at 7: My ten not already on the list would be: October 7, at 5: October 4, at 1: October 3, at October 3, at 1: September 13, at 7: October 2, at 9: October 3, at 6: October 2, at 6: October 2, at 7: October 2, at 8: October 2, at 3: August 2, at 8: My daughter and I like to read George and Martha — they are hilarious! August 3, at 2: Jan 09, Mary rated it it was ok Shelves: Belinda is a ballerina, but her sister Chloe is not.

Chloe tries, but can't do anything correctly in ballet class. She has "naughty toes" according to her teacher. At the big show, her sister gets flowers from their teacher, and Chloe receives a box of tap shoes from a mysterious person. Readers may assume they are from their teacher, but the jacket flap says they are from the pianist.

Chloe is seen in dance class with the same teacher at the end of the book, leaving an unsatisfactory feel. Dec 13, Lynn Plourde rated it it was ok Shelves: The title and concept of "naughty toes" got my attention and made me laugh. Chloe's sister Belinda is the best at ballet, but Chloe's feet seem to have a mind of their own. The idea of celebrating individuality is a good one, but the ending doesn't make sense. Chloe gets tap shoes to replace her ballet slippers; but if she's not coordinated, why would she be good at tap? Students in tap classes follow set routines--which would still be a problem for free-spirit Chloe.

The illustrations are quirk The title and concept of "naughty toes" got my attention and made me laugh. The illustrations are quirky and fun--a strength of this book. I really enjoyed this story. Chloe was a fun character to read about. She has spirit and enjoys the unusual. I especially liked how, in the end, she wasn't sad to not be a ballerina like her sister: I also really liked how there was a boy in the ballet class and how it was the girls' dad who did their hair before their class.

Feb 21, Mary rated it liked it Shelves: I'll have to read this again to see if the things Chloe does differently from her ballerina sister Belinda really lead to the conclusion the story gives She thinks her own style is "unique" and that when she dances like a cloud, she dances "with gusto.

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Sep 01, Christine Turner added it Shelves: Tiempo's help, she learns to follow her feet and step out in style! I really dislike the swirly font that was chosen. Feb 26, Amanda rated it liked it Shelves: Good story, however, it ended too abruptly and seemed to leave out part of the story. The transitions were abrupt and did not allow the story to flow as well as I would have liked; however, the storyline and idea that doing things differently does not mean you are not good at things is a great lesson to teach children.

I would recommend this book to 2nd and 3rd grade students. Oct 31, Shelli rated it it was amazing Shelves: Books are so much fun when you can relate to them! Naughty Toes is a book myself and my daughter can both relate to since we always seem to be just off when trying to find our rhythm. Not to mention no matter how much we try to be clean we still wind up making a mess.

If you are a kindred spirit you will laugh along understanding just how Naughty Toes feels. Sep 29, Angela added it Shelves: The wonderful resolution of a teacher who identifies a hidden strength and her unexpected encouragement to try something else helps adult readers discover how much words matter to the struggling. Feb 23, Treasa rated it really liked it Shelves: Chloe's sister, Belinda, is a ballerina.

Although she tries, ballet just doesn't seem to be her thing. But Chloe stays true to herself and soon finds that there is a place for her in the world of dance.

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Sweet story, fun illustrations. Just an enjoyable picture book! Dec 13, Kate McCartney rated it really liked it Shelves: Chloe has naughty toes at ballet, but that doesn't deter her from enjoying the class. Soon though she finds the right kind of dance for her. Mar 28, Deanna Genova rated it really liked it Shelves: This book helps show kids we don't all have to be the same, that being different is fine too.

The clothes in this book had a realistic and appealing patterns. Oct 25, Stefani rated it really liked it Shelves: Fun story about one sister being a better ballerina than the other, until the other sister realizes that she was meant to be someone else. Thrilled with the illustrations. Delicate and pretty meet spunky and cute. May 23, Michelle rated it it was amazing. This is a beautiful book emphasizing that we all have our own magical beat to dance through! Oct 04, Karen rated it liked it. This book is great -- if you know nothing about dance. You don't get to have "naughty toes" for tap any more than you can have them for ballet.

They might work for interpretive dance, though. Not all of us are meant to be ballerinas. When sisters Chloe and Belinda start dance class with Madame Mina, Chloe struggles with making her feet do what they are supposed to, while Belinda seems to be a born dancer. Dec 19, Lupine rated it really liked it Shelves: Nice story about embracing yourself and finding your own talents. I liked the story, but the illustrations gave me the willies.