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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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Pete the Cat: The First Thanksgiving

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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 tis 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!

Pete the Cat:  The First Thanksgiving            By:  Kimberly and James Dean

Ages:  Toddler through First Grade

 

 

“Pete the Cat” books are very popular with young children and this one is perfect to read before Thanksgiving.  This is a flip book and Pete does an excellent job of presenting the history of the first Thanksgiving in a very understandable way.  Children will love the story and enjoy the flip cards on each page.

 

 

 

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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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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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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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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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I Love My Fangs!

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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!

I Love My Fangs!           By:  Kelly Leigh Miller

Ages:  Toddlers through First Grade

 

When a child loses his/her first tooth, it can be very traumatic.   Imagine what it would be like if you were Little Dracula and you lost your first fang.  Little Dracula does everything that he can to get the fang to stay in his mouth, but nothing works.  He even gets angry at the Tooth Fairy!  Of course, it all works out in the end.  This is such a fun book and the  illustrations are adorable.

 

 

 

 

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My Friend!

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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!

My Friend!            By:  Taye Diggs            Illustrated by:  Shane W. Evans

Ages:  Preschool through Third Grade

 

This amazing book was just published in 2021 and is a “must” read.  The author, actor Taye Diggs and the illustrator, Shane Evans are actually friends in real life and they have created a beautiful story showing what real friendship is all about.   A good friend is always there, even when they need to point out a mistake and still continue to support.  The rhyming text is truly refreshing and the illustrations represent the story perfectly.

 

 

 

 

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