Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Small Fry Pick of the Week: Maybe Something Beautiful: how art transformed a neighborhood & The Most Important Thing: stories about sons, fathers, grandfathers



Cover image for Maybe something beautiful

Maybe Something Beautiful: how art transformed a neighborhood by F. Isabel Campoy & Theresa 
Howell

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Picture book Ages 3+

What good can a splash of color do in a community of gray?  As Mira and her neighbors discover, more than you might ever imagine!
Based on a true story, Maybe Something Beautiful reveals how art can inspire transformation--and how even the smallest artists can accomplish something big.  Pick up a paintbrush and join the celebration!

Cover image for The Most Important Thing

The Most Important Thing: stories about sons, fathers, and grandfathers by Avi

Juvenile Fiction-Grade School, ages 8+
In seven stories, one of our most treasured writers, Avi, introduces seven boys-boys who have fathers at homeand boys whose fathers have left, boys who spend most of their time with their grandfathers and boys who would rather spend time with anyone but the men in their lives.  By turns heartbreaking, hopeful, and funny, these stories reveal boys seeking acceptance, guidance, or just someone to look up to.  That search may happen when dealing with a father's ghost, during a camping trip with a mysterious grandfather, while interviewing a potential dad, at a public reckoning, or in other situations that raise the question " What is the most important thing a father can do for his son?"

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