 Welcome to Picture This. I'm Chenda at Falk Library. And I'm Denea from the Billie Jean King Name My Raid. Picture This is our monthly conversation sharing great books from our Picture Book collections airing the first Wednesday of every month. Denea, I'm so excited today. What do you have to share this month? So for my first book, I have Someone Builds a Dream by Lisa Wheeler. And it's illustrated by Lauren Long. The little backstory on this book is Lisa Wheeler grew up in a family of steelworkers and welders. And she hopes that readers will share the deep respect for the nature of labor and back excerpt. And you'll see it back here. If you ever want to read more about it, it's in back here. And so last month, I talked about dreams with astronauts and astronauts. So in this book, we have someone who dreams of an idea. And let's see. What a dream of an idea. So this is a person who's dreaming of an idea. And this is an engineer. So the engineer brings up an idea and then who makes it? The builders. So it's really cool. Someone works to mine the ore, smell the iron, and pour the bean. So there's always, it takes a lot of people to make a dream come true. And without these, of course, we need our architects, and we need an artist. But we also need the people behind the scenes creating the dream. But someone has to build a dream. So in this book, we see construction workers that know how to build weld and do the plumbing and electricians and more. So there's all these people that you kind of forget that these are the people that create somebody's dream. So this book right here is a really great book to give support and also to acknowledge the people that make dreams happen. So this is a shout out to everybody that is in construction and also all the other types that make all of the other people's dreams come true. And for my next book, I have what silly hair day with no hair. And this is written by Maureen Paulson and illustrated by Camilla Kersey. So in the story, we have a young girl right here. And her name is Bea. And she has alopecia. So alopecia is an auto immune skin disorder that causes hair loss. So yeah, Bea, she's really used to, you know, being bald. And she's okay with it. And sometimes she doesn't even really remember having hair. She was okay with it until, let's see until at school, they had like a special day where it says on Friday, silly hair day. She was okay with it. But on some days you know, like, it would be on her mind. So like somebody like this, and she wish she could wear hair clips on her inner hair, or if somebody called her a mean name, she'll remember it. So at school, it's silly spirit week. And she's tried everything to like try on a wig, or something to make her hair like for silly hair day, but she just didn't feel comfortable with it. So she wasn't sure. So she came up with an idea. And she pitched it to her principal and her best friend. So she said instead of silly hair day, they made a silly hair and head day. So she can be included into this silly hair day. So I really like this book because it actually points out like, you know, if there's somebody like if they want to talk to your child about alopecia, and also like there's also for certain days out of the week in school, you want to be inclusive. This is a great way to also want to include everybody in part of spirit week. And also in the back, it's really great information about hair loss with children. And also if you want to, and she also talks about temporary tattoos, if you ever want to go ahead and do that. So I really like this book and is very informative and it's very easy for young children to understand. And it also looks like it's good just to have something for us to like remember, like, you want to make everything inclusive. So you got to check this book out. What about you, Chanda? There's a huge book. I like the Someone Built a Dream kind of reminds me of the WPA program of people who built bridges and all the stuff that are designed, but somebody has to build it. So mine, I'm going to start out with two books about the kids who are a little different, Rissy No Kisses by Katie Hells and illustrated by Jesse Engel. This is a book about body autonomy and some kisses. These are love birds. So love birds are expected. All love birds are supposed to like kisses, but Rissy is confused. She doesn't like it. And she is surprised that people and her parents are concerned too about her not letting other people kiss her. But it's just because Rissy doesn't like it. And she likes other kinds of affections like holding hands and snuggling and tickling and stuff like that. She just does not like to be kissed. And she goes to school and experience the same thing when they want to share kisses. She said, no, every day they go closer but Rissy doesn't want kisses. No kisses. And so they're having a hard time until she says, if I can't show love with kisses, then I'll never quite belong. But mommy says, oh my Rissy, there is nothing wrong with you. Why it's true you don't like kisses. You are a love bird through and through. So you can choose how to share your affection and show your love. And so they just talk about it and they just let other people know, even grandma and friends, and that's what happens. And Rissy is a love bird through and through. So they find other ways. And what I love about this book is just having a talk before they go out to story time or play date and stuff like that. What to tell them that it's okay when somebody, when you meet new people and they don't want to automatically accept kisses and hugs and stuff like that. But it's okay to talk about it. And I think that's the important thing for a caregiver but also to say it's okay. Not everyone wants to be kissed right away or they don't ever want to have kisses. So this is a really cute one to just have a talk about consent and respect between children and adults also. And then I have a fun one, Bedtime for Albie the Warthog by Sophie Ambrose. This one, it's a really cute one because it's bedtime and all the animals in Africa, they all know it's bedtime except for Albie. Albie wants to continue to go out and play. You see the different animals, the elephant, the meerkat, the cheetah. And then he starts running around but everyone says, no, it's their bedtime. So they're getting ready for bed. They're having their bath and their story time but Albie keeps wanting to go out and play until it's night time and he needs nocturnal animals and there's a little bit maybe scaring him. They ask him, shouldn't you be in bed? And then he gets lonely because everyone is in bed. He wants his mommy and the hippos were nice enough to take him back to his mommy. But you know what? Warthogs, before they go to bed, they have to have a mud bath. Can you imagine if your mommy and daddy give you a mud bath before you go to bed instead? It was the best game he had played all day. It was so much fun that all the other animals jumped right in until, oh, it's bedtime for Albie. It's a really cute one to just share before your bedtime and what do you do before you go to bed? Do you take a bath, mud bath? Or do you wash off the mud? So bedtime for Albie. What do you have to name that? All right. Those are really, I really like the bedtime for Albie. It's really cute. So I have a tumor that I want to talk about. I have cookie in the city. So before I start, we're going to talk, I want to show you what cookie is. So cookie is this cookie is this little frog. So over here are frogs that go ribbit, ribbit. But this special frog is from Puerto Rico and they named it after the sound that it makes. So instead of going ribbit, ribbit goes cookie, cookie. So this is cookie in the city. So this is Miguel and this is his pet cookie and which is, he loves to bring his pet cookie around everywhere that he goes in Puerto Rico. And unfortunately, which is he loves his city and he loves taking him around in the sights and it's beautiful. But then he finds out that he is going to be ending up coming to United States. He's going to be moving with his parents. And he has, he's very tough for him because he loves his friends. He loves the city and he loves to spend time with his family. So it's going to be really big change for him. So he would miss everything there and he knows that when he goes to United States, everything will be different. So on this page, you can see those cookie, cookie. So those are the frogs. So he loves, and look at his pet frog, he's sleeping with him. I don't know if I would want his frog to sleep with me, but so he's nervous and he's good, but his parents, you know, they reassured him that everything's going to be okay. And even his grandpa gave him a baseball, like a legend, a baseball legend, Roberto Clemente. So that, you know, he'll always remember his grandpa and, you know, how they love to play sports together. So they end up in New York and the sights and everything's different for him. So he's a little tough, like his mom takes him out one day and it's so different from Puerto Rico, but he starts to see something and he sees something familiar in the park. So it gives him like a little reassurance and he also hears a sound. He hears her sound of Rubik Rubik and he thinks it's cookie because he goes, grope, grope. So that's also another sound that a frog makes here, like those big frogs. Like, you know, his mom, they play baseball, they see the frogs. So, you know, things are starting to get a little bit comfortable for him. Just reminded him of this happy place because even though he moved to another place, he's still in this home, but he's happy to be here too. So just having a little bit of familiarity in a new place made Miguel feel better moving. So this is a really good book about who you have to move and then you want to, you know, kind of have something to relate to your child. It's like, yeah, you know, it's scary, but you'll find some similarities in your new place without bringing comfort. And, you know, you can, you can always have the great memories of what you had at home. And, you know, you never know, you can go back and visit too. So this is a great book. I loved it. And my next book is Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit. And this is by Lorna Scovey. And here we have a rabbit who looks not really happy. And he's getting hugs by his siblings. So we have a rabbit who's who's happy at first being the only rabbit child. So he, before his parents, so he's, he was the only child in the family. And that is the way he liked it. And the fox next door would tell him, oh, I love having rabbits around. And, and rabbits, like, I don't know why you want more rabbits around. And because a rabbit here loved to be by himself, have all the carrots to himself, and had all the room to stretch, and also his own bedroom. But then one day, he's not an only child. And whoop, comes one sibling, two siblings, three siblings. Oh my goodness, all this private spaces taken by his siblings. He had so many siblings. He didn't have any more space for himself. So one day he met up with a fox and he said, yeah, I think, you know, maybe you can take my, my siblings with you. And, and then he was so happy. It's just me all by myself. And then, of course, what happens, he gets really sad and he misses his brothers and sisters and all alone. And Fox had his siblings. Oh, in the dark. Do you see their eyes? Do you think that they're safe? Or, or something happened? Fox has something? You're going to have to check this book out and see what happens at the end. It's a really good ending. But it's a really cute book. And also like, it's a great book for just a suspenseful kind of book. And also for those who are maybe might have a new sibling coming along the way. And it's like, also for change. It's another book about change. And in the end, like, we really do love these changes. So check this one out. It's a really good one. And you have to find out at the end, what happens? Oh, that's I have a really cute one. This book is also about change. But it's about grandma's who makes everything better. Saturdays are for Stella by Candy Wellum Wellens, illustrated by Charlie Eve Ryan. It's a wonderful book about grief and loss. But also the life that we share and how it goes on. Because George loves Saturdays. I love the illustration. It's so warm and inviting. Lots of space and it has a tone to it. And Saturdays were Stella because George and Stella goes out on Saturday. They do many activities together. Go everywhere. And he loves it. And he loves Stella until one Saturday when he wakes up. Stella is not there. And his parents are sad. And he doesn't understand. Maybe they don't explain things. But then dad, he did try to explain. And mom tried to explain. But George is still very upset. So he just but keep going on and try to focus on remembering Stella. But what's hard and his parents try to help. So he do the same things that he used to do with Stella. But it's hard. And they seem to drag on. But look, mom is growing something in her belly. Mom is expecting. So George has a surprise. Another little Stella arrived. She wasn't exactly like his Stella. But there was something strangely familiar about her. So he remember sharing the ice cream that he had with the other Stella with this Stella and going to the park and helping her used to be Stella. The old grandma Stella helped him. Now he's helping being the grown up for little Stella. And on Saturday he remember he makes a list of his favorite things. The way her arms wrap me in the biggest, best hugs when I need them most. He used to be hugged by his Stella, his grandma Stella. So the way she loves everything with me. And he used to love everything with his Stella. And also doing nothing at all just like before. So he grows to love. And other Saturdays are for Stella. So it's just a beautiful book and share. You know, at this time it's really wonderful to just talk about life and remembering those that we love. So it's a wonderful book about growth and change. And then I have another book. It's a very happy book. It's all of the tractors of all of the factors of why I love tractors. And it's written by the Vina Belle Illustrated by Jenny. Lovely. So it's spelled L-O-V-L-I-D. And if you're like me you see so many people because we don't live in a community that have tractors that we see every day. Unlike if you go to Iowa you see so many people with tractors. But this boy, his mom is getting tired of him when they go to the library. What does he ask the librarian for? Books on tractors. There are more than a million good books here to try. Why is yours always about tractor, Frank? Why? I hear that. Sometimes it's about dinosaurs. Sometimes it's about dogs or cats. But he loves tractor. And he says, oh thank you for asking, I say with great plea. I love to explain why they're special to me. And he starts describing the many glorious factors that go into the love that I have for all tractors. And he just doesn't love them for show. He loves them for their practical use, what their specialty for, the engine, and what they can do. So it's their usefulness that he loves, levers and buttons and pedals to press. Trucks have those too. So his mom loudly protests, but mom, I say trucks just cannot do the things that a tractor can. Let me tell you. And it goes on and on. And I love how he not only love something, but he knows so much about it. And he loves to talk about it. And so this is a wonderful book. I sure most parents that come to the library that picks up the same books on ponies, especially all the pony books are the mermaid. You can relate, but it's really nice to encourage, you know, the knowledge or the information about tractors. That's a really cool book to share. And what, what's your next two? Okay, so for my last two, I have Nisha Makes Friends written by Tom Percival. So here we have Nisha, who loved making anything without it hard for her to make friends. She can make anything she wants. But it's just really hard for her to make friends when she did try. She didn't know what to do or what to say or went to say. She just didn't feel comfortable doing it. So she did what she did best and crafted her own friends. So she made her own friends out of anything that she had. And she made a whole group of friends. Even if they weren't good at sports, she was comfortable with them. And then one day her parents said, we're going to a party. And, and Nisha just couldn't fit in in the party. She's just really nervous. And she didn't know everybody was running around. And here she is right here by herself. And so what happened was it was just too much for her. And she just ended up hiding underneath the stairs. But then there's a boy over here that's watching what she's doing. So the boy said, she was curious and he was watching her and he wanted to join in. And so she was nervous at first. But it turned out great because he created some cool stuff too. And then the next thing you know, like she ended up making friends at the party because she just had one. And everybody got in his tool and they all joined in to start and making things. So this is a really great book. And I love illustrations how the color changes. Do you notice like, so everything in her life is kind of like, and then she's the, you know, she really stands out. And how much the color starts to come in, like where it's great. And then she meets friends and then slowly, slowly, slowly you can see how it's colorful. Her life becomes colorful. It's really good. And I love how the font is really big. And it's a truly really great book. And it really just brought out the character. So if you ever have somebody that is a little shy and isn't comfortable and if you say like, hey, it's okay, because you'll always find somebody that will have something in common. And then it'll bring everybody around together. And you know, you never know, it's just, it's always hard at the beginning, but in the end, it's always a pays off. Okay, so for my last book, I have once upon a dragon's fire. And this is my Beatrice blue. I love this one is such the illustrations are beautiful. And like the pages are filled with color. It was like water color. And there's dragon. So of course, so here we have Freya and Silas. And they go in search of a dragon who is feared by everyone in the village village from stories that were told, but nobody has ever seen a dragon before. They were just only scared of the stories that they've heard about like, so they heard that the dragon is mean and scary and evil. So Silas and Freya go off on search, they end up looking for the dragon. And when they do find the dragon, they realize that the dragon isn't what they were told the story. So so in this story, it's a wonderful book about friendship, and kindness, and not make judgments before seeing or learning about something or someone. Because honestly, it's like, everybody ends up loving this dragon because they found they actually got to see a dragon, see what it's like before they make that judgment from the stories that they heard. So it was a wonderful book and look at the illustrations, you just have to really check this one out. So I really love this book. Please check it out. And I'm done with my books. What about you, Chanda? I know you got some good books for us. I do. I have a couple of series. One of my favorite series is by Anne. Anne McQuinn, illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw. This is an old series. And if you are a fan of Lola, you would have been introduced to her with her first book, Lola at the Library. This is when Lola was still a little preschooler and her mom brought her to the library and she get her own books and they go one day together. And it's really cute. But throughout the year, you see Lola growing up later on. Lola has a little brother named Leo. Then Lola also got a cat and also Lola gets a cat and then she plants a garden now. The great thing about Lola, as you see her growing up throughout the books, you also have an opportunity to read her. In Spanish book also, Lola quiera un gato. So you can read them side by side if you're just learning Spanish or your Spanish reader to your child. But it's wonderful to see Lola grow up throughout the years. And this one in 2019, Lola goes to school. And this is a preschooler kindergarten. And then you see Lola getting ready. She thought she was going to wear her party dress, but she decides she's going to wear her jumping pants instead. And then she gets all ready. She's really excited. And it prepares preschooler so that they can know what to expect. And if you bring them to story time, they already know that it's going to probably be like story time where you sit in reading circle, you listen, you play, you do craft, and then except mommy and daddy, they have to leave you for a little while until they come and pick you up. So it's a really great book to share before your preschoolers start school. And it's a really wonderful book. I love this one. So just Lola and then Lola knows all the song because she's been to story time at the library. So it's a wonderful book to see Lola growing up. And then my other one is this one is for older school kids. This one is about bullies. And the author started out with zero, which is a book about self-esteem or self-image and accepting yourself the shape of zero wanting to be like other numbers. And having other colors is that everyone counts the numbers out. Zero jumped in, then she left high and said there's something new we can try. If we help each other, so we can count even more. Let's count again starting with 10. So zero actually has value to all the different numbers. And then this one is number one. And this book is about bullying, being bullied. So one was very sad. This is actually in color. So it's a book about blue who enjoy being blue and being an original until red comes in. And red was a hot head. He liked to pick on blue. Red is a great color. He says red is hot. Blue is not. Then blue would feel bad about being blue. And you can see the emotion. The author does a terrific book. It's just white space with all the colors of the emotion. And the important thing is how the other color just watch red who gets stronger and bigger by being a bully. And they notice what's happening, but they're too afraid to stand up. And until they do, everyone felt a little blue. And so until one came in and once had a different shape and one stood up and will not take it. So that's what happened to bullies. When somebody stands up to them or a group of people stand up to them, they blow a fuse and try to roll over blue. But nope, everybody stood up and the red actually rolled away. But blue was kind and show compassion and told to stop on his track and then just brought it back into the fold of numbers. So they it's a really wonderful book about that. And number two is about friendship and jealousy. You know, if you sometimes go to school, you don't have you feel like you could somebody has to be your best friend. And that's what one and two felt like until number three came along. But then they have to all learn to get along and be inclusive. You can have more than one best friend or one good friend. You just make room and then they go. Awesome even. Being even is first rate. And then that's pretty much this is number two. I'm hoping the author will come up with more, but I haven't seen it yet. So it's a really book about being inclusive and having more than just one friend. Everyone could be good friends. You have to allow them to be. And then for our last last share this time, I'm going to celebrate Pirate Month. I think August is Pirate Month or Talk Like a Pirate Day. This is by Cornelia Funk. She writes many, many great stories. It's illustrated by Kirsten Meyer, Pirate Girl. Look, I love this independent little pirate girl. She even has her name sketch on her boat canoe. This is Molly and she's just she has a little basket reminds me about another spirited girl who's on her way to visit grandma. And she's met up with Captain Firebeard with the terror of the high seas. His ship, the horrible had a felt faster than the wind over the waves. And he decided, look at him, all pillaging other boats and taking all their wares. And then this time when he met the litter girl named Molly, who was off to see her grandma, he tied her up, took her aboard and was gonna hold her for ransom. And he says, All right, tell me your parents names and address or else, growl, Captain Firebeard. And Molly, do you believe it? She growl back, will not. If I told you my mother's name, you'll be so scared, you'll cry like a baby. They didn't believe her and they kept her and they put her at the work, scrubbing the floor, mending their clothes, shining their shoes and everything. But she had a plan and she sent a message in the bottle. And guess who's gonna come and rescue her? A tired little book is called Pirate Girl. You'll never guess, you'll have to check out the book to see who's gonna come to Pirate Girl's rescue. So I hope you read Pirate Girl for August and talk like a pirate. Alrighty. All right. Thank you for joining us for Picture This. Remember, if you want to find the titles we talked about today in our catalog, just search in one word, Picture This, 0821. All right. Farewell, Denea. Take care and have fun reading. Bye. Bye.