Kathleen Finn
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Kenta and the Big Wave
PreS-Gr 1—Inspired by an actual news story after Japan's record-breaking 2011 tsunami, this simple story recounts a boy's loss when a wave strikes his small coastal village...
Fraidyzoo
PreS-Gr 2—The cut-and-paste, handmade look and feel of this picture book underscores its thematic ode to creative problem solving...
Cheese Belongs to You!
PreS-Gr 2—This cumulative tale about a pack of rats vying, in Darwinian fashion, for some cheese is a zany riff on the familiar "mouse takes the cheese" refrain...
Winter Is for Snow
PreS-Gr 2—Twosiblings hold decidedly different opinions on winter and snow in this simple, rhythmic paean to a city snowfall...
If It's Snowy and You Know It, Clap Your Paws!
PreS-Gr 2—The Arctic menagerie from Ten on the Sled (Sterling, 2010) is bundled up and back for another rhythmic romp in the snow...
Year of the Jungle
K-Gr 3—This moving picture book recounts, through the author's eyes as a child, the year of her father's military tour of duty in Viet Nam...
Oliver
PreS-Gr 1—A rhythmic narrative introduces bespectacled Oliver, a child who "felt a bit different" and prefers the company of his stuffed animals, puppets, and a mouse to that of other children...
Stuck with the Blooz
PreS-Gr 1—A little girl wakes up one weekend morning feeling out of sorts and knows the "Blooz"-big, drippy, lumpy, oozy, and violet blue-has come to visit her...
Sick Day
PreS-Gr 1—This sequel to Boy, Bird, and Dog (Holiday House, 2011) continues the eponymous trio's gentle adventures...
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