Staff Picks for Children:
Naughty or Nice
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How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? by Yolen, Jane
Notes: Are dinosaurs naughty or nice? In this colorful picture book we learn that they mind their manners and are very, very nice
ISBN: 0439241022
Publisher: Blue Sky Press
Published: 2005
Callnumber: jE
When Sophie Gets Angry -- Really by Bang, Molly
Notes: A young girl is upset and doesn't know how to manage her anger but takes the time to cool off and regain her composure
ISBN: 0590189794
The Recess Queen by O'Neill, Alexis
Notes: Mean Jean is the biggest bully on the school playground until a new girl arrives and challenges Jean's status as the Recess Queen.
ISBN: 0439206375
Callnumber: jE
A Chair for My Mother by Williams, Vera
Notes: After a fire destroys their home and possessions, Rosa, her mother, and grandmother save and save until they can afford to buy one big, comfortable chair that all three of them can enjoy.
ISBN: 9780688009144
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Published: 1982
Pages: 32
Callnumber: jE
Noisy Nora by Wells, Rosemary
Notes: Feeling neglected, Nora makes more and more noise to attract her parents' attention.
ISBN: 0140567283
Published: 2000
Callnumber: JE
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! by Beaumont, Karen
Notes: In the rhythm of a familiar folk song, a naughty child cannot resist adding one more dab of paint in surprising places.
ISBN: 9780152024888
A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Stead, Philip C. and Erin Stead
Notes: When the zoo keeper is too sick to come to the zoo, his animal friends decide to keep him company and help him feel better
ISBN: 9781596434028
Publisher: Roaring Brook
Published: 2010
Callnumber: jE Picture Book
Interrupting Chicken by Stein, David Ezra
Notes: What is more naughty than interrupting a bedtime story?
ISBN: 9780763641689
Publisher: Candlewick
Extra Yarn by Barnett, Mac
Notes: With a supply of yarn that never runs out, Annabelle knits for everyone and everything in town. Just to be nice.
ISBN: 9780061953385
Publisher: Balzer & Bray
Pierre: A Cautionary Tale in Five Chapters and a Prologue by Sendak, Maurice
Notes: What can teach a naughty boy to care? Perhaps some time with a lion...
ISBN: 0060259655