Gossamer by Lois Lowry

Gossamer, Lois Lowry's newest book, is a reflection of the title - a fine intricate weaving of wonderfully delicate material. It's almost the telling of storymaking. Littlest and Thin Elderly weave dreams from tiny snippets of memories left lying about the house and then bestow the dreams on those deeply asleep. The lonely lady and the angry young boy who live in the large house with so many stair steps and so many things with memories are very lucky to find each other. They are also very lucky to have Littlest and Thin Elderly watching over them at night, helping to protect them from the horde of Sinisteed.

Read and rejoice in this tale of the littlest dream weaver and those that she touches!

Wet Dog! by Elise Broach with illustrations by David Catrow

This is one of my favorite new books. Perhaps, it's because we live in Phoenix and it is summer. "Well that too-hot dog in the too-hot sun just had to cool off somehow." Then he found a place to cool down ... "The old dog stepped in to the soft, cool stream till the wet soaked through to his skin. Then he shook, and he shook with a happy-dog smile, wagging his happy-dog tail ... shaky-shake, shaky-shake, shake!"



It's a fun adventure as the too-hot dog finds one place after another to cool off. It will have your kids shaky-shake, shaky-shake, shaking and pat-a-pat, pat-a-pat, patting down the road to refreshing fun.