Rock 'N' Roll Mole - Carolyn Crimi

Illustrated by Lynn Munsinger
Dial Books for Young Readers (Penguin) 2011
HC $16.99
32 pages
Rating:  4
Endpapers:  Violet-blue
Title Page:  Mole being followed by the three chicks that adore him"
Illustrations:  Big, bold, colorful, fun

1st sentence/s:

Mole had a rock-and-roll soul,
He woke up each morning yelling,
"Let's rock the house!"

Mole is ultra-cool -- his strut, his leather jacket, and his shades all prove it.  And hi music is great.  But...he can't perform in front of an audience.  He gets stage fright. 

Then his best friend, Raccoon, puts on a talent show and Mole has to come to his aid....

Cloud Dance - Thomas Locker

Voyager Books, Harcourt, 2000
Paper $7.00
32 pages
Rating: 5
Oils on canvas

On one page a gorgeous oil painting of sky and foreground. On the facing page, one beautifully-written sentence of explanation

"Nighttime clouds/with silver edges/shimmer in the moonlight."
"High, wispy clouds/race/in the autumn wind."
Mmmmmmmm, mmmmm. Love it all.

The paintings and the writing are equally gorgeous. The book ends with an information page about clouds.

Check out Mountain Dance and Water Dance, too!