Go To Sleep Gecko
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. My husband recently checked Go To Sleep Gecko out of the library to appease my “get the kids some new books now!” demands. He did well. Go…
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In a People House
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. It’s an oldie but goodie book today! I remember this book from my childhood and was thrilled to re-find it in my home a year ago. I can’t…
Owl Babies
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. This is an adorable young children’s book about 3 baby owls. They wake up one night to find their mother missing. Each page you overhear the owls’ thoughts…
How Do Dinosaurs Go To School
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. I adore the entire Dinosaurs series of book for young children. Teaching manners and behavior in compare and contrasting ways, while incorporating humor and high interest characters!…
Fiona’s Luck
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. This story is a folk-tale of a clever girl, leprechauns, and luck. The girl outwits the leprechaun king and brings luck back to Ireland to help her people….
A growling place
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. This book is extremely reminiscent of Where the Wild Things Are. So much so, in fact, that I wonder if there will be a copyright infringement lawsuit. That…
Stone Soup
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. I decided a few days ago that this week’s Children’s Book Monday, would be on Stone Soup. What I did not realize, however, if that there are a…
Sheep in a Jeep
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. One of my all-time favorite board books, Sheep in a Jeep perfectly blends short rhymes ( pre -literacy skill) with short sentences and fabulous rhythm. The adorable pictures…
Olivia
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. This precocious pig is endearing and reminds us all of a child we know and love. In this book we are introduced to Olivia, the big sister and…
Too-Tall Paul, Too-Small Paul
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. I love the Real Kids Readers because of their large font, fabulous rhymes, and beat-like rhythm. Additionally, these readers use photographs of real children and are exceptionally done…
The Quilt Maker’s Gift
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. I first heard this story during my Speech Pathology “student teaching”. It was performed in a play by elementary school students. It was eight year olds forgetting their…
The Big Road Race
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. I admit, we originally bought this book because my son is obsessed with race cars. That and the Berenstain Bears rock. But it turned out to be a…
Smile A Lot
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. What an adorable book about being positive in the midst of the day to day! The first two pages read as follows: Life has all sorts of ups…
One Grain of Rice
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. This is a tale set in India of a clever girl and a greedy raja. The girl tricks the raja into giving her one grain of rice as…