Wee Reads: The Golden Acorn by Katy Hudson

Ever since Finn was born, and even before then, we would read to him. We wanted to show him reading from an early age. Now he loves us to read the same books, over, and over, and over. But it is the sweetest thing, when he likes to pick out a book and climb into our laps. 

The Golden Acorn by Katy Hudson

  

Description: Whoosh! Squirrel takes off at full speed through the autumn leaves. But pump the breaks, because this year The Golden Nut Hunt race it is a team event. Squirrel reluctantly enlists his friends and is not impressed. Will Squirrel's competitive spirit take over or will he learn how to be a team player? Best-selling author Katy Hudson (Too Many Carrots and A Loud Winter's Nap) proves that winning isn't everything in this energetic picture book about friendship, teamwork, and forgiveness -- and that's something to go nuts about!

The Golden Acorn is about Squirrel, who is the fastest animal in the forest. She always wins the golden acorn! This year she had to be on a team, and she wasn't happy about it because she always had to help her friends. Her friends were really slow and they always got stuck. So she ran ahead of all her friends and couldn't get the golden acorn by herself!

The Golden Acorn made me laugh and I thought the animals were really cute. 

Do you like this book?
Yeah! I liked it a lot. 

What's your favorite part of the book?
When she found the golden acorn but it was too big for her! It was bigger than she was. 

What do you think of the cover?
I like it because of the squirrel and the acorn. 

Too Many Carrots has been a favorite of ours for quite a while now. When we saw that Katy had written a new book we knew we needed to read it. And it definitely did not disappoint. 
I love the artwork in her books, it's always so adorable.
This was definitely a fast read, which is good. We've been reading a lot of chapter books with Finn lately and he needed that break.
The Golden Acorn has a really great message about being there for your friends, and how they should come above winning. Squirrel was so concerned about winning the golden acorn that she left her friends behind. But when she saw that she was alone, she decided that her friends were much more important. 

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Katy Hudson won the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Best Book Award Gold in 2014 for her illustrations in the book Animal Teachers. Her debut picture book, Bear and Duck, received strong reviews, including a starred review from Kirkus. Katy is the author of the best-selling picture books Too Many Carrots and A Loud Winter's Nap, which both received numerous positive reviews. Katy lives in London.

Wee Reads: A Big Help by Daniel Fehr

Ever since Finn was born, and even before then, we would read to him. We wanted to show him reading from an early age. Now he loves us to read the same books, over, and over, and over. But it is the sweetest thing, when he likes to pick out a book and climb into our laps. 

A Big Help by Daniel Fehr

  

It’s a disaster! Badger has lost his teddy! Fortunately, Bear is there to help him find it. Follow the two friends as they search for the lost teddy, and meet a lot of animals along the way!
The search is on! 

Do you like this book?
Yeah because he's really nice helping his friend find his lost bear!

What's your favorite part of the book?
When he says "what are we looking for?"

What do you think of the cover?
I like it. The bear is cute!

Oh my goodness this book cracked me up. The artwork is so cute, the characters are funny. And that ending! I laughed so hard. 
I think it's really sweet that the Bear was helping find his friends lost teddy bear and even though he gets frustrated he doesn't stop helping.

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Daniel Fehr studied German and media studies at Princeton University (USA). Previously he studied at the Zurich University of the Arts and the School of Visual Arts in New York. Today, Daniel Fehr lives and works in Winterthur, Switzerland. He writes picture books and designs board games for children and families.

Wee Reads: Humperdink Our Elephant Friend by Sean Taylor

Ever since Finn was born, and even before then, we would read to him. We wanted to show him reading from an early age. Now he loves us to read the same books, over, and over, and over. But it is the sweetest thing, when he likes to pick out a book and climb into our laps. 

Humperdink Our Elephant Friend by Sean Taylor 

  

When Humperdink the baby elephant joins the children’s playgroup, he seems friendly enough, but it soon becomes clear that he’s not very good at the usual games the children play, like dressing up or hide-and-seek. When he breaks the children’s favorite slide, everyone feels sad. But with a little patience and understanding the children soon discover that Humperdink is good at some things–especially if they use their imaginations–leading to a riotously fun conclusion. A delightful picture book with endearing artwork and a humorous story to engage young readers and help them gain an understanding about those different from themselves. This title helps children learn the key skill of playing with and accepting new friends, whatever their size, shape... or species! Exploring themes of empathy and imaginative play, this title is a must-have for young readers seeking to understand the world around them.

Do you like this book?
Yeah because I love elephants. I want to ride an elephant! OOH!

What's your favorite part of the book?
When they rode on his back and then they were in the jungle like with snakes and tigers!

What do you think of the cover?
It's soooo cute!

This book is absolutely adorable! Humperdink is an elephant friend who joins human kids at preschool. He's too big to join into any of their fun, and so they tell him that they will play what he wants to.

He takes them outside and they play and play like they're in the jungle. He even put the kids on his back.

After that they loved playing with Humperdink, their elephant friend. 

The artwork is so cute and I think it's a great story about accepting friends and doing what they want too, because it makes them happy. 

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Sean Taylor is an award-winning writer of stories. He grew up telling lies, and he got pretty good at it, so now he writes them into full-blown adventures for comic books, graphic novels, magazines, book anthol ogies and novels. He makes stuff up for money, and he writes it down for fun. He’s a lucky fellow that way.

He’s best known for his work on the best-selling Gene Simmons Dominatrix comic book series from IDW Publishing and Simmons Comics Group. He has also written comics for TV properties such as the top-rated Oxygen Network series The Bad Girls Club. His other forays into fiction include such realms as steampunk, pulp, young adult, fantasy, super heroes, sci-fi, and even samurai frogs on horseback (seriously, don’t laugh). However, his favorite contribution to the world will be as the writer/editor who invented the genre and coined the term "Hookerpunk."

For more information (and mug shots) visit www.taylorverse.com.