FaceBook Live Story Time with Kristine
It's Virtual Story Time!
Visit our FaceBook page every Friday to hear Kristine read the week's newest children's books along with Buttonwood favorites. A selection of recent titles is available for purchase below, or stop by the store and take home a new book to love!
Recently featured books:
See a duck take to the water of friendship in this gorgeously warm, funny book about the joy of making an unexpected connection.
Duck is not like other ducks. Duck doesn’t like water and is perfectly fine alone, thank you very much. But then, one dark and stormy night, an outgoing, water-loving, and very lost Frog turns up at Duck’s door.
Adventurous young mermaid needs to figure out how to get the shiny crown wedged in a deep dark hole. The illustrations are adorable.
Fantastic science picture book! Gorgeous illustrations (the mushroom page is the best!) Nice story for the youngest readers with extra information about forests and trees for the older ones.
Highly Recommended by Kristine
If you like Mo Willems’ Pigeon, you’ll love Sam Wedelich’s Chicken Little!
Chicken Little is NOT afraid of anything, not even a wolf. No matter how big or bad he is.
In fact, she's never even seen a wolf.
So when a real wolf shows up and ruffles her feathers, what's a fretful fowl to do: Join the frenzied flock and fly the coop?
I just love the B&W illustrations and the sweet story about adventure and friendship.
- Kristine
Little cub wants to be big and strong like all the other bears because there's nothing bigger or stronger than a bear... or is there?
Dr. Seuss presents three modern fables in the rhyming favorite Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories. The collection features tales about greed (“Yertle the Turtle”), vanity (“Gertrude McFuzz”), and pride (“The Big Brag”). In no other book does a small burp have such political importance! Yet again, Dr.
Perfect for story time, New York Times Book Review editor Pamela Paul's funny and charming story about books, pets, and reading together will enchant readers of all ages.
Leaving his beloved meadow behind helps Hare discover what makes it such a special place in this captivating new book from acclaimed author-illustrator Petr Horácek.