Old and New Storybooks

today’s children storybook summary is Dog Breath: The Horrible Trouble with Hally Tosis By Dav Pilkey Theme: This is a story of redemption, acceptance, and finding the bright side in a difficult situation Plot: The Tosis family wants to get rid of their dog, Hally because it has bad breath. Talking points  Acceptance. Are we judging others based on who we are? Are we accepting others as who they are?

today’s children storybook summary is Patrick Gets Hearing Aids By Maureen Cassidy Riski and Nikolas Klakow Illustrations by Kim Klakow Theme: Helping children understand hearing loss. Plot: A school-age rabbit does not hear well, which causes him many problems. He must get checked. Talking points: Often time children with hearing loss are isolated by their peers. This book is not only for kids with hearing impairment, but for their classmates as well. Some questions to ask are: What happens when you cannot hear? What can we do about it? How do you get your ears checked? How can we help our friends with hearing loss?

today’s children storybook summary is Maya and the Town That Loved a Tree By Kiki and Kathryn Shaw Illustrated by Kiki   Theme: Nature, Environment, Clean Air Before everybody was speaking about climate change, this book warned young readers that we can impact our environment in a way that destroys beautiful things in nature and changes our lives for the worse. But we can always try to repair our mistakes if it is not too late.

                                                           today’s children storybook summary is Meg and Mog By Helen Nicoll Illustration by Jan Pienkowski

today’s children storybook summary is Hug Me, Please! By Przemyslaw Wechterowicz Illustrated by Emilia Dziubak Theme: Shared love, kindness towards others; Plot: Father and son bear go on hugging the animals in the forest. Moral: Love and kindness brings people together.

today’s children storybook summary is Yes, I Can! A Girl and Her Wheelchair By Kendra J. Barrett, Jacqueline B. Toner, and Claire A.B. Freeland Illustrated by Violet Lemay Theme: Overcoming disability; school inclusion; Plot: How a happy first grader in a wheelchair can make friends, enjoy her days at school, and participate in ordinary school activities; Moral: This story teaches us to be positive toward people with special needs. Instead of excluding them from daily activities, we should find activities suited to their condition. Instead of turning a blind eye and pretending they aren’t there, we should see them for who they are and help them with their goals.

today’s children storybook summary is The Tiger’s Egg By Nele Bronner Theme : Acceptance, kindness, love. Plot: A cranky zoo tiger is forced to take care of a chick hatched from an egg he’d found. Symbolism: The author uses the egg as a symbol for novelty, new beginnings, and new ideas that come to shake a dull and rigid world.

today’s children storybook summary is Who Wants To Be A Princess? By Jesse Harwood Illustrated by Tim Patton Theme: Being judgmental, making assumptions. Plot: Father tries to convince daughter that a princess is just an ordinary person with privileges and duties as well. Moral: There is more to a story than just your perspective.

today’s children storybook summary is Pablo Finds a Treasure By Andre Poulin Illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant The takeaway: All over the world, children work from an early age to support themselves and their families. Most of them work without pay, miss school, and live in poverty.  The characters in this book are fictional, but the situation is real.

today’s children storybook summary is Something Smells By Blake Liliane Hellman Illustrated by Steven Henry The takeaway: When something doesn’t feel right, we are often quick to blame others. Instead, we should take a hard look at ourselves because often, we are the ones causing the problem. And sometimes, just by changing a little detail, we can make it right again.