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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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Can I Be Your Dog?

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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!

Can I Be Your Dog            By:  Troy Cummings

Ages:  Preschool through Second Grade

 

Anyone who has ever rescued a dog or just loves dogs will love this book!  Arfy is homeless so he decides to write letters to the folks on his block to find a home.  Mitzy, the letter carrier, delivers all of Arfy’s letters and the rejection letters that he received.  Don’t worry, our story has a very happy ending and will show children how to write letters, which is becoming a lost art.  It also provides insight on the importance of pet rescue.   You will fall in love with Arfy!

 

 

 

 

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If You Plant a 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 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!

If You Plant a Seed            By:  Kadir Nelson

Ages:  Toddlers through First Grade

 

This is one of the most beautiful books that we have ever found and has an amazing message. The illustrations are beyond magnificent and tell the story all by themselves.  Kadir Nelson is an award winning illustrator.  This is not only a book about planting a garden in the spring, it is about planting the seed of kindness and sharing.  Please take a close look at this one and add it to your read-aloud list.  Children will want to hear it over and over and you will love reading it to them.

 

 

 

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Finders Keepers

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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!

Finders Keepers            By:  Keiko Kasza

Ages:  Preschool through Second Grade

 

The squirrel in our story left his red hat to mark the place where he had buried an acorn.  The hat had quite a journey as many of the forest creatures found good uses for it.  Ultimately, the hat made its way back to the very place where our story began.  This is such a fun tale with many twists and turns that children will love.  It also gives  the opportunity to discuss what you should do if you find something that belongs to someone else.  The author and illustrator, Keiko Kasza is one of our favorites.

 

 

 

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Goodnight, Veggies

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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!

Goodnight, Veggies            By:  Diana Murray and Zachariah OHora

Ages:  Toddlers through First Grade

 

 

This is a great bedtime story that also introduces young children to many different vegetables and how they grow.  Children will love seeing all of the veggies as they prepare to rest for the night.  Hopefully, they will be encouraged to try vegetables that they have never had before.  This fun book is also done in rhyming verse.

 

 

 

 

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Five Fuzzy Chicks

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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!

Five Fuzzy Chicks            By:  Diana Murray            Illustrated by:  Sydney Hanson

Ages:  Toddlers through First Grade

 

These adorable little chicks, one by one, fall asleep as they travel through the farmyard.   Mama Hen gathers them all up and returns them to the coop.  This sweet story helps children recognize farm animals, their sounds and reinforces counting.

 

 

 

 

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Harry the Dirty Dog

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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!

Harry the Dirty Dog            By:  Gene Zion            Illustrated by:  Margaret Bloy Graham

 

We have been posting a number of new books and decided to go back to an oldie, but a goodie!  Harry the Dirty Dog is over 50 years old, but is still a classic.  Harry was a white dog with black spots until he got so dirty that he became a black dog with white spots.  His problem was that his family didn’t recognize him.  This is just a cute story that children will enjoy.

 

 

 

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Pig the Pug

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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 our life.

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

Pig the Pug            By:  Aaron Blabey

Ages:  Toddlers through First Grade

 

This is a cute story about Pig the pug and Trevor the wiener dog.  Pig does not want to share his toys with Trevor, but his selfishness leads to a disaster.  In the end, Pig learns how to share and he and Trevor become friends.  This great book is done in rhyming text and provides a good lesson for children.

 

 

 

 

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