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Big Chickens

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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!

Big Chickens            By:  Leslie Helakoski           Illustrated by:  Henry Cole

Ages:  Preschool through Second Grade

 

 

Big Chickens is a funny book about four chickens who thought they were actually “chicken”.  They were afraid of everything that they encountered, but in the end, realized that they were actually quite brave.  This hilarious book has amazing descriptive language and word play.  The illustrations are fun and help tell the story.

 

 

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Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse

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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!

Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse            By:  Kevin Henkes

Ages:  Kindergarten through Second Grade

 

It is important that we take time to celebrate teachers and how important they are to all of us.   Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse, highlights the actions of a great teacher.  In our story, Lilly loves her teacher, Mr. Slinger, and she wants to be just like him.  Things change for Lilly when she cannot wait to share her purple plastic purse and other items with her class.  Through the support of Mr. Slinger, Lilly learns important lessons such as how to be considerate and the effects of our actions on others.  Please remember to celebrate the teachers in your life!

 

 

 

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How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?

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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!

How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?            By:  Jane Yolen            Illustrated by:  Mark Teague

Ages:  Preschool through Kindergarten

 

The Dinosaur series are wonderful books that cover a number of important issues that parents might have with their child’s behavior.  How Dinosaurs Say Good Night? describes incorrect bedtime behavior and correct behavior.  The lesson is an easy one when you watch a huge dinosaur acting it out.  The story is done in rhyming verse and the illustrations are extraordinary.  If you enjoy this dinosaur story, make sure to check out the other titles.

 

 

 

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The Gruffalo

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The 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 Gruffalo              By:  Julia Donaldson            Illustrated by:  Axel Scheffler

Ages:  Preschool through Second Grade

 

 

This is a story about a very clever little mouse who tricks a fox, an owl, a snake and eventually the Gruffalo.  The author of this wonderful book also wrote one of our favorite Halloween stories, Room on the Broom.  This delightful book is done in rhyming verse and promotes vocabulary development.  You will enjoy this journey with mouse and The Gruffalo.

 

 

 

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Little Raindrop (Nature Stories)

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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!

Little Raindrop  (Nature Stories)            By:  Melanie Joyce           Illustrated by:  Gina Maldonado

Ages:  Preschool through First Grade

 

 

This delightful book helps children understand the cycle of how rain drops float to the earth, help plants to grow and then float back into the clouds to begin the cycle over again.  Little Raindrop also teaches us how a rainbow is formed.  It is done in rhyming verse and is very understandable, even for very young children.  It is also beautifully illustrated.  This is a must read for Springtime.

 

 

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The Doorbell Rang

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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 hem a gift that will last a lifetime!

The Doorbell Rang             By:  Pat Hutchins

Ages:  Preschool through Second Grade

 

During this very difficult time, it is important to know that someday we will get back to normal.  The day will come again when we hear the doorbell ring and can invite family and friends to come in and enjoy the life we used to know.  This wonderful book will help all of us remember and give us hope for the future.  The day will come when we can share our homemade cookies with everyone.

 

 

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How to Catch the Easter Bunny

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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!

How to Catch the Easter Bunny            By:  Adam Wallace            Illustrated by:  Andy Elkerton

Ages:  Toddlers through First Grade

 

In this fun story, the Easter Bunny, or E.B. for short, tells the reader why it is so hard to catch him.  He takes us on a journey through his life and how it always ends with treats delivered to boys and girls everywhere.  The story is in rhyming form and the illustrations are very detailed and colorful.

 

 

 

 

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Turkey’s Eggcellent Easter

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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!

Turkey’s Eggcellent Easter              By:  Wendi Silvano            Illustrated by:  Lee Harper

Ages:  Preschool through Second Grade

 

 

Our favorite turkey from Turkey Trouble is back.  This time Turkey wants to participate in the Easter egg hunt, but animals aren’t allowed.  With the help of the other farm animals, Turkey decides to disguise himself in order to go unnoticed and find one of the special eggs.  In the end, it turned out to be an “eggcellent” Easter for everyone.  This delightful book has great vocabulary and is just fun!

 

 

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Everybunny Count!

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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!

Everybunny Count!            By:  Ellie Sandall

Ages:  Toddlers through Kindergarten

 

We now have a new favorite counting book called Everybunny Count!.  These delightful bunnies are playing hide and seek with fox, and children will get to practice counting on each page.  Besides counting, children can also practice locating rhyming words.  The end is wonderful, with fox having a nice surprise for the bunnies.  This is a great Springtime read.

 

 

 

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Bear Needs Help

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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!

Bear Needs Help            By:  Sarah S. Brannen

Ages:  Toddlers through Kindergarten

 

This delightful story doesn’t have a lot of words, but the pictures do a wonderful job of telling the story.  Bear has a problem, but has difficulty finding someone willing to help him out.  This story is perfect for predicting and using the pictures to understand why Bear needs help.  This would be a great book to read to children who are beginning to learn how to tie their shoes.

 

 

 

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