Jane Yolen
Author
Publisher
Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A mermaid helps her merbaby fall asleep with the rocking of the gentle waves and singing with the whispering whales.
"Hush, foam rocker, sleep, wave breaker. Close your eyes and dream, tide breaker. A hush-filled bedtime rhyme for parents to share with their newborns, Merbaby’s Lullaby is an underwater cradlesong written by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Elizabeth O. Dulemba. Join a mermaid as she helps her merbaby to sleep, rocking with the gentle...
Author
Publisher
Moon Shower
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"This sweet collection features nanas who dream and those that sing crying babies to sleep; nanas who hold hands crossing the street and some who learn hopscotch; nanas who color with you and some who go to zoos; and other nanas spending precious time with their precious little ones. From Spanish to Japanese, Swahilli to Yiddish, Scottish to Vietnamese, one thing is clear – No matter what language you say it in…”grandma” means “love.”...
Author
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"The largest single anthology of Jane Yolen's poetry, containing more than one hundred poems for all occasions—with fun black-and-white art throughout. Our Kitchen Smells of mornings, blueberry muffins, hot chocolate, tea. It smells of bacon and of eggs. It smells of family. For the first time, legendary author Jane Yolen gathers the largest single anthology of her poetry celebrating childhood. At home or at school, playing sports or practicing...
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and easy-to-read, rhyming text observe a mother getting her child into her "nest" at home, while describing how and where different kinds of birds make their nests.
"As a mother describes how different species of birds nest, secure and cozy with their mama birds, she tucks her own child into bed with the soothing refrain -- "you nest here with me" -- easing her little one and readers alike to slumber. Accompanied by beautiful artwork...
5) Mighty Micah
Author
Publisher
Apples and Honey Press, an imprint of Behrman House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
A young boy drops the gragger he got at a Purim party, and various animals investigate the noisemaker, but eventually it ends up back at the boy's home, where he finds it in the morning. Includes information on the Purim holiday.
''Micah loved the noise maker, called a gragger, that he used at his family's Purim party. With it they celebrated the defeat of the wicked Haman, a bully from biblical times who tried to get rid of the Jews. The gragger...
Author
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In this contemporary poetic retelling of the iconic myth, a teenage girl fleeing an abusive home takes refuge in the woods with a fairy-tale witch.
A harsh, controlling father. A quiescent mother. A house that feels like anything but a home. Natasha gathers the strength to leave, and comes upon a little house in the wood: a house that walks about on chicken feet and is inhabited by a fairy tale witch. In finding Baba Yaga, Natasha finds her voice,...