Biblioburro: a true story from Colombia by Jeanette Winter,
Beach Lane Books, 2010.This is a true story about the power of stories. Luis Soriana loves books and wanted to share
them with others in their remote Colombia town. Since he lacked any form of transportation he used the only transportation he had available, his trusty burros Alpha and Beto. He built some crates and started bringing books to kids in other towns. He became a storyteller and reader advisory guru
all in one. I love the acrylic
illustrations depicting Luis storytelling tales like “The Three Little Pigs”,
Winters uses bright details to create
images of the native landscape and the challenges Luis encountered like no road or bandits. The
story reminded me of other traveling librarians like “The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from
Iraq” which I found out was written by the same
author.
I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen, Candlewick Press, 2011.I read this book a while back to a class of preschoolers and loved the settle humor on it, and was surprised at
how young children seem to got it too.
Bear has lost his hat and he almost gives up until he remembers a key
detail that will get him his hat back.
Klassen’s illustrations are captivating and a bit spooky as I realized the
character’s eyes were following us throughout the story when I re-read it to my
son.
