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Turkey’s Birthday Bash

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This Blog is designed for the parents, grandparents and caregivers of young children.  Each pot will highlight a great book that all children should hear, with tips to enrich beginning reading skills.  You will also find fun recipes that go along with each story.  Enjoy reading and cooking with the children in your life.

*Read to the children in your life every day.  You are giving them a gift that will last a lifetime!

Turkey’s Birthday Bash            By:  Wendi Silvano            Illustrated by:  Lee Harper

Ages:  Pre-school through Second Grade

 

 

Well, Turkey is back and still coming up with some great disguises.  It is Turkey’s birthday and he wants to know if there will be a party with pizza.  All of his friends help him with disguises to find out if there will be a party with his most favorite food.  Of course, it has a happy ending!  Lots of good word play in this fun book.  Kids never get tired of hearing about Turkey’s adventures.

 

 

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Buffalo Fluffalo

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This Blog is designed for the parents, grandparents and caregivers of young children.  Each post will highlight a great book that all children should hear, with tips to enrich beginning reading skills.  You will also find fun recipes that go along with each story.  Enjoy reading and cooking with the children in your life.

*Read to the children in your life every day.  You are giving them a gift that will last a lifetime!

Buffalo Fluffalo            By:  Bess Kalb            Illustrated by:  Erin Kraan

Ages:  Pre-school through Second Grade

 

Readers beware!  Lots of wonderful word play in this fun story about a buffalo who is very “fluffalo”.  Children will love seeing and hearing about how this little buffalo reacted to his friends when he was very fluffy and how everything changed when it rained.  Beyond being just a great story, it also provides a lesson in excepting others as they are.  A must read!

 

 

 

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The Crayons Go Back To School

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This Blog is designed for the parents, grandparents and caregivers of young children.  Each post will highlight a great book that all children should hear, with tips to enrich beginning reading skills.  You will also find fun recipes that go along with each story.  Enjoy reading and cooking with the children in your life.

*Read to the children in your life every day.  You are giving them a gift that will last a lifetime!

The Crayons Go Back To School            By:  Drew Daywalt            Illustrated by:  Oliver Jeffers

Ages:  Pre-school through First Grade

 

 

Summer is over and the Crayons are ready to go back to school.  They aren’t just “ready”, they can’t wait to see old friends and get back to work.  Children will enjoy seeing their “Crayon” friends again as they begin a new school year.

 

 

 

 

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Watch Out for the Lion!

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This Blog is designed for the parents, grandparents and caregivers of young children.  Each post will highlight a great book that all children should hear, with tips to enrich beginning reading skills.  You will also find fun recipes that go along with each story.  Enjoy reading and cooking with the children in your life.

*Read to the children in your life every day.  You are giving them a gift that will last a lifetime!

Watch Out for the Lion!           By:  Brooke Hartman            Illustrated by:  Anna SuBbauer

Ages:  Pre-school through First Grade

 

 

This creative and funny book is perfect for young children.  In our story, the reader is in search of the ferocious lion, but finds many surprises along the way.  There is a lot of word play and interesting vocabulary through out this fun story.  Don’t miss this lion hunt journey!

 

 

 

 

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Is This the Bus for Us?

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This Blog is designed for the parents, grandparents and caregivers of young children.  Each post will highlight a great book that all children should hear, with tips to enrich beginning reading skills.  You will also find fun recipes that go along with each story.  Enjoy reading and cooking with the children in your life.

*Read to the children in your life every day.  You are giving them a gift that will last a lifetime!

Is This the Bus for Us?           By:  Harriet Ziefert            Illustrated by:  Richard Brown

Ages:  Toddler through Kindergarten

 

 

This is a very cute story for younger children.  A family is waiting for the bus to go to the park, but many buses go by before their bus arrives.  Children will love seeing the different colored buses and occupants as the busses arrive at the bus stop.  The last page of the book actually has activities for children after they have heard the story.

 

 

 

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Penelope Rex and the Problem with Pets

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This Blog is designed for the parents, grandparents and caregivers of young children.  Each post will highlight a great book that all children should hear, with tips to enrich beginning reading skills.  You will also find fun recipes that go along with each story.  Enjoy reading and cooking with the children in your life.

*Read to the children in your life every day.  You are giving them a gift that will last a lifetime!

Penelope Rex and the Problem with Pets            By:  Ryan T. Higgins

Ages:  Pre-school through Second Grade

 

Everyone knows that getting a new pet can be difficult, especially if the new pet is a saber-toothed cat named Mittens.  Penelope Rex had a hard time adjusting to the many issues that a new pet can present, especially a pet like Mittens.  Penelope did learn that with patience and a little training, having a Mittens is worth the trouble.  Great book for children getting a new pet.

 

 

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Sleepy Sheepy

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This Blog is designed for the parents, grandparents and caregivers of young children.  Each post will highlight a great book that all children should hear, with tips to enrich beginning reading skills.  You will also find fun recipes that go along with each story.  Enjoy reading and cooking with the children in your life.

*Read to the children in your life every day. You are giving them a gift that will last a lifetime!

Sleepy Sheepy            By:  Lucy Ruth Cummins            Illustrated by:  Pete Oswald

Ages:  Toddler through First Grade

 

 

It’s time for Sleepy Sheepy to go to bed, but he just isn’t ready.  There were many things that he wanted to do before he went to sleep.  No worries, Sleepy Sheepy finally began to yawn and off to bed he went.  This sweet book has lots of word play that kids will love.  The perfect bedtime story for little ones.

 

 

 

 

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Mama in the Moon

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This Blog is designed for the parents, grandparents and caregivers of young children.  Each post will highlight a great book that all children should hear, with tips to enrich beginning reading skills.  You will also find fun recipes that go along with each story.  Enjoy reading and cooking with the children in your life.

*Read to the children in your life every day.  You are giving them a gift that will last a lifetime!

Mama in the Moon            By:  Doreen Cronin and Brian Cronin

Ages:  Toddler through First Grade

 

 

This beautiful and heartwarming book is perfect for a bedtime story.  It is the story of Mama and Baby Sloth preparing to sleep high up in a tree by the light of the moon.  Poor Baby falls to the ground, and very slowly, Mama makes her way down the tree to retrieve her sweet baby.  She uses words of comfort and beauty the entire way down.  Please put this book on your read-aloud list.

 

 

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Go, Dog. Go!

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This Blog is designed for the parents, grandparents and caregiver of young children.  Each post will highlight a great book that all children should hear, with tips to enrich beginning reading skills.  You will also find fun recipes that go along with each story.  Enjoy reading and cooking with the children in your life.

*Read to the children in your life every day.  You are giving them a gift that will last a lifetime!

Go, Dog.  Go!            By:  P. D. Eastman

Ages:  Toddlers through First Grade

 

 

Back to an “oldie” but a “goodie”.  “Go, Dog.  Go!” is over 60 years old, but should not be forgotten as a great read aloud for young children.  This book covers so many early literacy skills and is just fun to read.  It highlights color recognition, directionality and counting.  Children will soon be reading this book on their own.  A must for your home library.

 

 

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Hope is a Rainbow

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This Blog is designed for the parents, grandparents and caregivers of young children.  Each post will highlight a great book that all children should hear, with tips to enrich beginning reading skills.  You will also find fun recipes that go along with each story.  Enjoy reading and cooking with the children in your life.

*Read to the children in your life every day.  You are giving them a gift that will last a lifetime!

Hope is a Rainbow            By:  Hoda Kotb            Illustrated by:  Chloe Dominique

Ages:  Toddler through First Grade

 

 

Hoda Kotb has done it again!  She brought us a beautiful and positive book about “hope”.  She describes hope in many ways and the need for hope in many circumstances that occur in the lives of children.  The book is done in rhyming verse and is a perfect  bedtime story.

 

 

 

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