OUR CARICATURES

SO... can you tell which one is which? Yes, Louie is the "bigger" guy. I, Carmine, am the sweet natured and more intellectual one. Our friend, Gina Minichino, a painter, illustrator and caricature artist from Westfield NJ. Did this drwaing of us this past weekend.

Want to visit her website??
www.ginaminichino.com

L+C BOOK PICKS
My brother Louie and I have been busy reading, and we’ve picked out a couple of winners.
Hope you will write us with your favorite books, recipes, movies, video games or just to say HELLO! We love to hear from you.

LOUIE SPORTS BOOK PICK
Baseball Crazy a lively collection of ten fictional short stories. The stories have usual perspective and cover the game from all aspects-including the baseball fanatic, to the kid who would rather play chess than first base.

HISTORICAL FICTION
A Difficult Boy by M.P. Parker. Like historical fiction?? Try this one. This story is set in Massachusetts, 1839. It’s about Ethan, an indentured servant, and Daniel, who is described as a difficult boy. This is a story about friendship which grows between the two boys who labor under a brutal shopkeeper.

good-bye yankee stadium...

Yep, it's getting cooler but a good baseball story is always in season. I like Lupica. Luppy tells a great story. Try it-you'll like it.
Love, Louie

Carrots are one of our favorite vegetables.

We eat a lot of vegetables. We love just about everything, but there are somethings we cannot eat because they aren't good for us. One thing we just love are carrots (with the tops on-thank you) YUM. My brother, Louie and I are big eaters and big readers. Here are some of our favorites:

For Picture Book readers:
Brave Irene by William Steig. Although there is a fierce snowstorm outside, Irene, the dressmaker's daughter, forges ahead to deliver a ball gown to the duchess. This is a story of perseverance and compassion.

For Chapter Book readers:
House of a Million Pets by Ann Hodgman. Love pets? Us too! Ann's basements is home to three guinea pigs, birds, a rabbit, a prairie dog, a bulbul (that's a bird), two little rabbits, a hamster, and twenty-six pygmy mice. Not only a true story but so much fun to read!

hello from Carmine

Well, my brother took the words right out of my mouth! This has such an exciting week for us.
We are really getting settled in-and I can hardly wait to start sharing posts with you. Although we are brothers, Louie and I have very different tastes. Louie loves baseball but I love soccer.
And as for books, Louie likes historical fiction and graphic novels. I like mysteries and and sports biographies. I also love to cook-Louie, of course, loves to eat. Anyway, we will soon be sharing our favorite books with you, and receipes, jokes and anything else we can think of.
Hope you share things with us too.

Best wishes,
Carmine

greetings from Louie

This is the first week we have been in the Children's Room and we have met so many kids.
It's really been fun! We love vegetables-especially romaine lettuce. Now, my brother and I love to read but we really like to hear from you about what you like to read. SO, PLEASE WRITE US.