Day 35: A Ball For Daisy by Chris Raschka

Daisy, the dog, loves her red ball. She plays with it, sleeps with it, and takes it where ever she goes, especially to the park. One day at the park, tragedy strikes. Another dog pops Daisy's red ball. She is devastated. She is inconsolable. The next day at the park there is a surprise for Daisy, a new blue ball. The dog that broke her toy brings her a new ball. All is right with the world again. A Ball For Daisy is a wordless picture book. Raschka does a great job of telling the story and showing Daisy’s emotions with his adorable illustrations. I think that younger children will relate to Daisy and the hurt of having a favorite toy destroyed and then the joy of a new toy. I would recommend this book for Preschool and Kindergarten. 

Day 34: Stop Snoring, Bernard! by Zachariah OHora

Bernard loves his life at the zoo, he loves mealtime, playtime and he love, love, loves nap time! But the other otters don't love nap time because Bernard snores, loudly! Bernard sets out to find somewhere else in the zoo to nap. Everywhere he goes, Bernard's snoring disrupts the other animals. Bernard feels he doesn't fit in anywhere and decides to leave the zoo. Just as he is walking towards the exit gate, the other otters rush to stop him. It turns out they miss Bernard and his snoring. This is a sweet book with really cure cartoon illustrations. I would recommend this for Preschool and Kindergarten.

Day 33: Blackout by John Rocco

The story starts with a family all in different parts of the house, watching TV, on the phone or computer and they are all too busy to play a board game. Then the lights go out, all of the lights! The family soon find themselves at a block party on the roof and then meeting more people on the street. Soon the lights are back on and everything is back to normal but the family decides they don't want normal so they turn the lights off and finally play the board game by candlelight. This is a great picture book. The illustrations are beautiful and really capture the feeling of a blackout. I recommend this book for Preschool through first grade.