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| The slower pace of summertime opens doors to a wealth of activities and adventures - especially those contained in books. Provide your child with wonderful books this summer - books that are finely-crafted and funny, factual, or fantasy. Encourage your child to set time aside each day or evening for reading, and establish a family time for read-aloud, whether your child is three or thirteen. | |
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 The myth of Cupid and Psyche is a love story for the ages, masterfully retold by
M. Charlotte Craft and illustrated with luminous paintings by award-winning artist
Kinuko Y.
Craft. Jealous of mortal Psyche’s great beauty, Venus vows revenge and sends her son Cupid, the god of love, to make the girl fall in love with a hideous creature. Pricked with his own arrow, Cupid falls in love with beautiful Psyche himself, and spirits her off to live in a fantastic palace, where he remains invisible and only visits her under cover of darkness. Prodded by her envious sisters, Psyche disobeys the god, views him, and falls in love. Psyche’s betrayal forces Cupid from her, they can only be reunited if she completes the three seemingly impossible tasks set by Venus. Those who do not yet know the myth will find themselves enthralled, those who do will be enchanted by its presentation. A timeless tale that deserves a place in everyone’s library.
(all ages, hc)
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 Two of our favorite poets have just published new collections and we couldn’t be more pleased!
Shel Silverstein and
Jack Prelutsky both have the ability to look deep into the hearts and minds of children, to find their fantasies, dreams, and feelings, and to translate these into verse. These are poems which teachers recite to their classes and parents read aloud. But the poems of
Shel Silverstein and
Jack Prelutsky live in the hearts and minds of the children with whom they share their magic. |
In the poems and drawings of Falling Up, you will meet some typically outrageous Silverstein characters like Complainin’ Jack, Tattooin’ Ruth, Mister Moody, and the Terrible Toy Eater. |
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There are also poems which will touch your heart . . .
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 In a
PIZZA the size of the SUN,
Jack Prelutsky finds more and more ways to delight and amaze. “Reverso Is Name My” is a backward poem, “A Dizzy Little Duzzle” wanders all over the page, “I Was Walking in a Circle” is just that - a circle poem that never ends.
James Stevenson’s black-and-white drawings are an integral part of the poetry, the illustrations enhancing and embracing the poems. |
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Prelutsky also entices children with rich and varied vocabulary, as in the first stanza of |
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