When you've set a goal to blog every day that you work, you are constantly looking for inspiration.  Sometimes you find it in the most unlikely places.  This blog post was inspired by my After Lunch Bunch storytime yesterday.  We did stories about animals that are black and white -- pandas, penguins, puffins, dalmatians, skunks, zebras, and cows.  Whenever possible, I try to pull thematic informational books for the kids to check out after storytime.  There are SO MANY great books about black and white animals.  Why should my After Lunch Bunchers be the only people to know about them?  Here's the list.  Enjoy!

Bold and Bright, Black-and-White Animals by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
E  591.472  PAT
Dalmatians by Sara Green
E  636.7  GRE  BEGINNING READER
Dalmatians by Lynne M. Stone
J  636.7  STO
The Emperor's Egg by Martin Jenkins
E  598.4  JEN
Face to Face with Penguins by Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott
J  598.47  MOM
From Grass to Milk by Stacy Taus-Bolstad
E  636.2  TAU
How Many Baby Pandas? by Sandra Markle
E  599.789  MAR
The Life Cycle of a Cow by Colleen Sexton
E  636.2  SEX  BEGINNING READER
Pandas by Anne Schreiber
E  599.789  SCH  BEGINNING READER
Pandas in Danger by Michael Portman
J  599.789  POR
Penguins by Penelope Arlon & Tory Gordon-Harris
J  598.4  ARL
Penguins Are Cool! by Connie & Peter Roop
E  598.4  ROO  BEGINNING READER
Puffins by Ann O. Squire
J  598.3  SQU
Puffins Climb, Penguins Rhyme by Bruce McMillan
E  598.33  MCM
Skunks by Emily K. Green
E  599.76  GRE  BEGINNING READER
Skunks by Patricia Whitehouse
E  599.76  WHI
Zebras by Catherine Ipcizade
J  599.665  IPC
Zebras: Striped Grass-Grazers by Lola M. Schaefer
J  599.665  SCH
A Zebra's World by Caroline Arnold
E  599.6657  ARN