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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 Wishing Leaf            By:  Kallie George           Illustrated by:  Paola Zakimi

Ages:  Pre-school through First Grade

 

 

This is the perfect book as we enter the fall season.  In our story, tradition has it that the last leaf that falls from the trees is a “wishing leaf”.  All of the animals go out to watch and wait as the last leaf is getting ready to fall. Unfortunately, it hung on until they all got too tired to stay, except for Bear.  Please get this sweet book and find out what happened.

 

 

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Dear Reader,

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!

iMistaco!            By:  Eliza Kinkz

Ages:  Pre-school through First Grade

 

 

 

Izzy has had a very bad day at school and made a lot of mistakes.  It was tortilla night at her grandparents house, and the mistakes continued.  Fortunately, Izzy’s grandparents found a way to take care of the mistakes of the day.  This book is delightful!  It is written in Spanglish, which will be fun for the listener. Continue reading iMistaco!

Dear Reader,

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!

All Are Welcome            By:  Alexandra Penfold            Illustrated by:  Suzanne Kaufman

Ages:  Pre-school through Second Grade

 

 

This is a perfect book to read to children as they begin a new school year.  It would be a great read for teachers on the first day of school and for parents to read right before school starts.  The book projects the importance of inclusion and diversity and portrays school as a safe place for everyone.

 

 

 

 

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Dear Reader,

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 Red Jacket            By:  Bob Holt

Ages:  Pre-school through First Grade

 

 

Bob is a seagull and nothing is going right for him.  He thinks that his luck has changed, when a bird offers to give hum his red jacket with French fries in the pockets.  Bob thinks that the jacket is helping him make friends.  He is terrified when he loses the jacket.  He realizes that he really didn’t need the jacket after all.  This is a book about gaining self confidence.

 

 

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Dear Reader,

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 tip 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 Blue Truck and Racer Red            By:  Alice Schertle            Illustrated by:  Jill McElmurry

Ages:  Toddler through Kindergarten

 

Little Blue Truck is back with a new friend.  Racer Red loves to go really fast and Little Blue Truck enjoys going slower and spending time with friends.  In this rhyming story, they both learn to appreciate the fun in going fast and going slow.  “Little Blue Truck” books never disappoint.  Children will love this fun story.

 

 

 

 

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Dear Reader,

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 vs. Strawberry             By:  Nelly Buchet            Illustrated by:  Andrea Zuill

 

This adorable book is about Dog’s attempt to beat Strawberry in a race.  Of course, Strawberry never moves, but Dog is everywhere.  Strawberry almost wins, until something very unexpected occurs.  Children will love the antics of Dog and the surprising ending.

 

 

 

 

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