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The Giving Snowman

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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 Giving Snowman            By:  Julia Zheng            Illustrated by:  Graziella Miligi

Ages:  Pre-school through Second Grade

 

In this delightful story, the Snowman gives most everything he has to those in need.  For example, when the bird’s nest fell from the tree, Snowman gave her his hat to keep the baby birds warm.  This generous snowman finally began to melt as the sun came out.  All of those that he had helped came by and decided to pay him back for his generosity.  They rebuilt Snowman and made him whole again.  This lovely book is about unselfishly giving to others.

 

 

 

 

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A Little Thanksgiving SPOT

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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 Little Thanksgiving SPOT            By:  Diane Alber

Ages:  Pre-school through First Grade

 

 

In our story, Little SPOT explains to others the importance of being thankful, not just on Thanksgiving, but every single day.  This fun book shows how even a turkey can appreciate being thankful.  Diana Alber has written many great stories highlighting Little SPOT, and they all have great lessons for children.

 

 

 

 

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Taylor the Thankful Turkey

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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!

Taylor the Thankful Turkey            By:  Sonica Ellis            Illustrated by:  Nejla Shojaie

Ages:  Pre-school through First Grade

 

This is the perfect book to express the meaning of Thanksgiving.  In our story, Taylor, the turkey, delivered thoughtful gifts to his friends to let them know how thankful he was for having them in his life.  That sweet idea spread, and others began doing the same.   What a wonderful message to give to our children.  Please put this wonderful book on your Thanksgiving reading list.

 

 

 

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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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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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Piranhas Don’t Eat Bananas

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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!

Piranhas Don’t Eat Bananas            By:  Aaron Blabey

Ages:  Toddlers through Kindergarten

 

 

Brian the piranha just happens to love fruit and vegetables.  Since piranhas are meat eaters, his friends could not understand Brian’s diet until he encouraged them to give it a try.  This book is done in rhyming verse and children will love this fun story.  They will also learn about piranhas.

 

 

 

 

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Runaway Bunny

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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 Runaway Bunny          By:  Margaret Wise Brown          Illustrated by:  Clement Hurd

Ages:  Preschool through First Grade

 

The Runaway Bunny is another classic that children will love to hear.  It is a beautiful story about a mother’s unconditional love.  In our story, little bunny tells mother bunny that he will run away.  Mother bunny explains how far she will go to find him.  This is the security that all children need to feel.  Please put this one on your nighttime reading list.

 

 

 

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Corduroy

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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!

Corduroy            By:  Don Freeman

Ages:  Preschool through Second Grade

 

We have been presenting a number of new books in our Blog and decided to go back to a classic.  Corduroy has been around for over 50 years and is as appealing to children today as it was when first printed.  In this original story, Corduroy is in the department store waiting to be purchased, but has somehow lost a button to his overalls.  As we know, a special little girl finds him and takes him home.  Children will also enjoy the many additional books highlighting this sweet little bear.

 

 

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Just Help!

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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!

Just Help!            By:  Sonia Sotomayor            Illustrated by:  Angela Dominguez

Ages:  Preschool through Third Grade

 

U. S. Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor has written a classic book that all children and adults should hear and read.  She discusses the importance of helping and giving to others in any way that we can.  You don’t have to be a doctor, teacher or judge to devote your life to helping the people around you who are in need.  We can all help in many ways.  This is a must read and would be perfect in every home and classroom.

 

 

 

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Arthur’s Valentine

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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!

Arthur’s Valentine           By:  Marc Brown

Ages:  Preschool through Second Grade

 

The “Arthur” books have been around for a very long time and the television series is entering its 25th and last year.  Arthur has taken children through many adventures and we felt it was time to highlight him in our Blog.  In this story, Arthur gets valentines from a secret admirer and he can’t figure out who it is.  Through a lot of ups and downs, our story has a happy ending.  Make sure to visit all of the the wonderful “Arthur” books.

 

 

 

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