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We’re Going on a Leaf Hunt

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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!

We’re Going on a Leaf Hunt            By:  Steve Metzger            Illustrated by:  Miki Sakamoto

Ages:  Preschool through First Grade

 

 

This fun book is perfect for the season.  The children in our story go through a number of barriers to find colorful leaves and even learn the names of the trees.  Their journey comes to a halt quickly when they encounter a skunk along the way.  Children will love chiming in on the verse as you read the book to them.

 

 

 

 

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Turkey Goes 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!

Turkey Goes to School            By:  Wendi Silvano            Illustrated by:  Lee Harper

Ages:  Preschool through Second Grade

 

This is our third book about Turkey and our fun friend does not disappoint.  School is starting and since the theme is “Farm Days”, Turkey is sure he can attend.  Unfortunately, he was turned away, so he had to try to disguise himself to get in.  As you can imagine, his disguises were not the best.  As always, it all works out at the end of our story.  This book is perfect as children begin returning to school.

 

 

 

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Strictly No Elephants

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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!

Strictly No Elephants            By:  Lisa Mantchev            Illustrated by:  Taeeun Yoo

Ages:  Preschool through Second Grade

 

 

We have fallen in love with this amazing book and you will, too!  It is a story about inclusion, friendship and kindness.  Having a pet elephant isn’t easy, but the little boy in our story shows us how to handle being rejected and how to open our hearts to those that are different than us.  Please add this lovely book to your reading list.

 

 

 

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Dog Breath, The Horrible Trouble with Hally Tosis

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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!

Dog Breath, The Horrible Trouble with Hally Tosis            By:  Dav Pilkey

Ages:  Preschool through Second Grade

 

This fun book has been around for awhile, but remains a favorite.  In our story, the dog Hally is a wonderful pet, but has very bad breath.  His breath is so bad that the Tosis family decide that he has to go.  No worries, a miracle happens and Hally is saved and becomes a hero.  This story is so funny and and the illustrations really help tell the story.

 

 

 

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A Bear is a Bear (except when he’s not)

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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!

A Bear is a Bear (except when he’s not)            By:  Karl Newson            Illustrated by:  Anuska Allepuz

Ages:  Preschool through First Grade

 

Poor bear woke up in the middle of hibernation and forgot that he was a bear.  He tries to be many other forest creatures, but none of them seemed to fit.  Fortunately, he figures it out after a restful sleep.  Children will love following the bear as he tries to discover his true identity.  The story is done in rhyming verse and the pictures are adorable.

 

 

 

 

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The Brave Little Crab

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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 Brave Little Crab            By:  Beth Costanzo             Illustrated by:  Ekaterina Illina

Ages:  Preschool through Second Grade

 

This is a lovely story about respecting each other and accepting our differences.   Little Crab is very small and only has one claw.  In our story, Little Crab saves the day by helping a larger crab who gets stuck in the kelp.  This delightful story is done in rhyming verse and fosters vocabulary development.

 

 

 

 

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Are You My Mother?

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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!

Are You My Mother?            By:  P.D. Eastman

Ages:  Toddlers through First Grade

 

 

Are You My Mother? is an oldie, but a goodie!   A few of our friends have requested this one and even though it is over 60 years old, it is timeless.  In our story, the little bird hatches while his mother is away, so he goes in search to find her.  He encountered many animals and objects, and with a little help from a friend, makes his way back to the nest and his real mother.  Children will love going along with the little bird and his adventure.

 

 

 

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Little Sunflower

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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 Sunflower            By:  Suzanne Fossey            Illustrated by:  Gina Maldonado

Ages:  Toddler through First Grade

 

This adorable book chronicles the life cycle of a sunflower seed from the point of planting, to being a beautiful flower, the pollination process and its return back to seeds.  This book is not only educational for young children, but its rhyming verse is beautifully done.  If possible, be sure to plant sunflower seeds to let children watch this amazing process.

 

 

 

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Sugar Cookies: Sweet Little Lessons on Love

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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!

Sugar Cookies: Sweet Little Lessons on Love            By:  Amy Krouse Rosenthal           Illustrated by:  Jane Dyer and Brooke Dyer

 

Like its prequel,  Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons, this beautiful book helps young children understand vocabulary expressing “love” through the task of making cookies.  Children will explore words such as compassionate, adore, admire, etc. through the process of making delicious sugar cookies.  The recipe is included in the back of the book.  Enjoy reading this lovely expression of love to the children in your life.

 

 

 

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What the Road Said

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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!

What the Road Said            By:  Cleo Wade            Illustrated by:  Lucie de Moyencourt

Ages:  Third Grade through Adult

 

Sometimes a special book will come into our lives that is thought provoking and motivating at the same time.  What the Road Said is one of those books and would be a perfect gift for a new graduate or someone going through a difficult time.  The author leads us through many situations and lets us know that the “road” will lead us in the right direction.  Remember, picture books can be for grown-ups, too.

 

 

 

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