Knuffle Bunny Too: A Cautionary Tale

Check out Mo William's smart and comical look into the mind of a preschooler and her exhausted parents in Knuffle Bunny Too. Trixie is excited to bring her special knuffle bunny to school, but is horrified when Sonja has the same bunny. That night she is sleeping peacefully when she wakes up with the realization that she has the wrong bunny. Her father attempts to explain the concept of 2:30 a.m. when the phone rings. It is Sonja's father. The two dads arrange a meeting spot and the bunnies are exchanged. Although her dad is exhausted, Trixie found her first best friend. Cool mix of art and realistic scenes of the city. 

Little Bear's Little Boat

I actually got Eve Bunting's Little Bear's Little Boat for my infant son. Surprisingly, Ivy has wanted to read it every night for one week. She "reads" it to herself every morning. Perhaps she understands the deeper message behind this simple story? This is a tale of growing pains. Little bear spends his days fishing and dreaming in his little boat until he finds himself too big for the boat. Confronted with this new reality, he heeds some advice and decides to give his boat to another little bear with the caveat that that little bear give it to another little bear when he outgrows the boat. He does not, however, abandon his love of boats...

Me Jane

Patrick McDonnell has created a lovely new book about a young Jane Goodall who loves animals and her stuffed chimpanzee, Jubilee.  She studies the natural world around her and dreams of a life in Africa until she one day wakes up living her dream.  The stamp artwork and pictures of the real Jane make for an unusual combination. The simplistic language is good for a younger child, but the actual tale of Jane fascinates Ivy.