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Pumpkin Jack

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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!

Pumpkin Jack            By:  Will Hubbell

Ages:  Pre-school through Second Grade

 

This fun story is about what happens to a jack-o’-lantern after Halloween is over.  Tim was so sad that his pumpkin was getting all wrinkled, so he put him out in the garden.  To his surprise, the next spring he found a sprout and before he knew it, he had a pumpkin patch.  When the holiday returned, Tim had his jack-o’-lantern back.  This is the perfect book for this time of year.

 

 

 

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The Leaf Thief

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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 Leaf Thief            By:  Alice Hemming            Illustrated by:  Nicola Slater

Ages:  Pre-school through Second Grade

 

In our story, the squirrel is enjoying all of his beautiful leaves, but can’t figure out who keeps taking them.   After a lot of questioning, he finally figures out that the culprit is the “wind”.  This delightful story helps children to better understand how leaves change color in the fall.  The last two pages provides more information about this process.  This is just a fun story with wonderful illustrations.

 

 

 

 

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How to Catch a Witch

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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 a Witch            By:  Alice Walstead and Megan Joyce

Ages:  Pre-school through Second Grade

 

 

In our story, a fun Halloween night is made more exciting by a witch and all of her friends.  The trick or treaters try to catch the witch, but she escaped every trap.  After all of the fun, the witch finally left, taking her friends with her.  This book is done in poetic verse and the illustrations are very colorful.

 

 

 

 

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The Bad Seed

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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 al 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 Bad Seed            By:  Jory John            Illustrated by:  Pete Oswald

Ages:  Pre-school through Second Grade

 

The sunflower seed in our story wasn’t always bad, but when he was bad, he was really bad.  The good news is that the Bad Seed figured out that he could change his behavior.  He wasn’t always perfect, but he was no longer “The Bad Seed”.  This is a great book for children to see how behaviors can be changed and that it’s okay if we aren’t always perfect.

 

 

 

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Nigel and 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!

Nigel and the Moon           By:  Antwan Eady            Illustrated by:  Gracey Zhang

Ages:  Preschool through Second Grade

 

In this beautiful book, Nigel tells the moon about his dreams of being a dancer, an astronaut or even a super hero, but he cannot say these dreams out loud.  During career week at school, he becomes even more afraid to express his dreams and is embarrassed that his parents do not have fancy jobs.  This story has a great ending and Nigel is finally able to express his dreams to his class.  This is a special story and a must read.

 

 

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Double Puppy Trouble

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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!

Double Puppy Trouble            By:  Danica McKellar            Illustrated by:  Josee Masse

Ages:  Preschool through Third Grade

 

This fun book by Danica McKellar is another exploration in math, which she does so well.  This time the concept is the doubling of numbers.  In our story Moxie always wants more of everything.  She finds a magic stick which allows her to double all the things that she likes.  Unfortunately, the magic stick got stuck and kept doubling her dog Max.  With the help of Moxie’s little brother, the spell was broken and things returned to normal.  Not only does this book provide math practice, it is also just a wonderful story.

 

 

 

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Best Day Ever!

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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!

Best Day Ever!            By:  Marilyn Singer            Illustrated by:  Leah Nixon

Ages:  Preschool through First Grade

 

In our story, the playful pup was having the Best Day Ever until things started going wrong, really wrong.  Even though he got into a lot of trouble, bad things can be forgiven and it can become the Best Day Ever again. You will fall in love with this sweet puppy.  This fun book is done in rhyming verse.

 

 

 

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Our Class is a Family

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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!

Our Class is a Family            By:  Shannon Olsen            Illustrated by:  Sandie Sonke

Ages:  Preschool through Second Grade

 

 

Our Class is a Family is the perfect book for teachers and/or parents to read on the first day of school.  Children spend most of their time in the classroom and they need to feel like their teachers and classmates are like a family in many ways.  This special book is done in rhyming verse and the illustrations are perfect for the theme of the book.

 

 

 

 

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Buddy’s New Buddy

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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!

Buddy’s New Buddy            By:  Christina Geist            Illustrated by:  Tim Bowers

Ages:  Preschool through Second Grade

 

In our story, Buddy’s best friend moved across town and will no longer be in his class at school.  Buddy has to figure out how to find a new “buddy”.  This is a heartwarming story about finding common ground and making new friends.  This would be a wonderful book for children as they enter a new school year.

 

 

 

 

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I Promise

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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!

I Promise           By:  LeBron James           Illustrated by:  Nina Mata

Ages:  Preschool through Second Grade

 

 

In this amazing book, LeBron James asks children to make a promise to be the very best person that they can become.  The text is in rhyming form and the illustrations are extraordinary.  The author’s words are very inspirational, not just for children, but for all who read it.  Put this one on your read-aloud list.

 

 

 

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