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The Snowy Day

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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 Snowy Day             By:  Ezra Jack Keats

Ages:  Toddlers through Kindergarten

 

This is a classic story about a child’s adventures on a snowy day.  Peter does all of the things that children love to do on snowy days.  He makes tracks in the snow, makes snow angels and builds a snowman, but he learns that you can’t save the snow in your pocket for the next day.  This lovely book was a Caldecott winner for its illustrations.  Children will enjoy sharing this snowy day with Peter.

 

 

 

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The Mitten

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

The Mitten            Adapted and illustrated by:  Jan Brett

Ages:  Preschool through Second Grade

Jan Brett is an amazing story teller and illustrator, as can be seen in this amazing tale of the white mitten that got lost in the snow.  The lost mitten becomes a refuse for a number of animals trying to stay warm, but it eventually makes its way back to its owner.  Ms. Brett always provides side pictures in her books to help the readers predict what is coming next.  The Mitten provides opportunities for vocabulary development and sequencing.  It is just a beautiful winter experience that children will love.

 

 

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Judy’s Top Ten Posted Read Alouds

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

Hello Readers,

I decided to reflect on the 40 Blog entries from this past year and do my personal top 10 list of great children’s books that we have highlighted.  My choices aren’t based on anything other than my pure love for the stories and illustrations.  As I talk to adults about children’s books, many of them remember specific books from their childhood.  For example, a young man was at my home working on my furnace, and as we talked in my office, he looked at a copy of The Very Hungry Caterpillar sitting on my desk and immediately began to smile as he remembered the book.  Wow!  Reading to children makes an impact that we cannot underestimate.  So here we go!   Thanks for indulging this enormous love I have for great books for children.

Book #10

 

 

 

Cookies, Bite-Size Life Lessons teaches children true life lessons such as honesty, respect and sharing through the process of making cookies.

 

 

 

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Click, Clack, Ho! Ho! Ho!

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!

Click, Clack, Ho! Ho! Ho!              By:  Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin

Ages:  Toddlers through First Grade

 

 

You may remember the wonderful book, Click, Clack, Moo!  Cows That Type.  Well, the farm animals are at it again!  Duck tries to deliver a present just like Santa and it doesn’t go well.  Children will need to follow the pictures carefully to see what happens in the story.  This is a funny Christmas tale that everyone will enjoy.

 

 

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Merry Christmas, Big Hungry Bear!

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!

Merry Christmas, Big Hungry Bear!             By:  Don and Audrey Wood

Ages:  Toddlers through First Grade

 

The little Mouse and the big hungry Bear are back in this delightful Christmas story.  You may remember them from a previous book that we posted called The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear.  In this Christmas tale, the little Mouse has a lot of presents and he seems to have forgotten about the big hungry Bear, who loves presents.  This is an amazing story about the importance of giving and sharing with others.  The illustrations add so much to this delightful Christmas book.

 

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My Truck Is Stuck!

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My Truck Is Stuck!           By:  Kevin Lewis and Daniel Kirk

Ages:  Toddlers through Kindergarten

This is the perfect book for toddlers and preschool children because of its vibrant illustrations and repetitive rhyming text.  The dogs in our story have a heavy load of bones to deliver, but unfortunately, the truck gets stuck.  Many kind friends try to help, but just can’t get the job done.   Readers need to make sure to look at the pictures carefully to see what happens to the truck load of bones.  This delightful book also reinforces counting and number recognition through five.

 

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What Will Grow?

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What Will Grow?           By:  Jennifer Ward           Illustrated by:  Susie Ghahremani

Ages:  Toddlers through Kindergarten

 

I had the opportunity to meet, Jennifer Ward, the author of this lovely book.  She has written many books, but selected this one for us to highlight.  What Will Grow? is a rhyming flip book that shows what happens when you plant different seeds.  The story and beautiful illustrations take us through the growing season with the end result being a garden.  This amazing book is a walk through nature.  Children will enjoy the flip pages and the rhyming text.

 

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