I realize school went back last week, but my son only started today. And even though it has been a week for many of your kids, I am sure they are still struggling with some aspects of heading to school each day. Mostly the departure of their parents. These books have...
Say Good Night Like This by Mary MurphyWe’ve enjoyed Murphy’s previous books like I Kissed the Baby and Say Hello Like This! which are repetitive without being annoying (bonus because I have to read them over and over to Alice). In this book, we say good night...
Click, Clack, Quack to School! by Doreen Cronin with pictures by Betsy LewinThe farm animals are baaaaack! This time they are headed to school. Farmer Brown gets a letter from the local elementary school inviting him to come visit (as well as the animals –...
The Mixed-Up Truck by Stephen SavageI love anything Stephen Savage writes/illustrates and this book is no exception. Each truck has its job. The crane is for lifting, the dump truck is for dumping and the digger is for digging. The cement truck wants to help but...
Dinosaur Farm by Frank Preston-GannonIt’s very hard being a farmer. It’s especially hard when you are feeding a farm of giant brontosauruses. Urm, brontosauri? Or cleaning the poop of the triceratops. This is a fun book if you have a dinosaur lover in your house....
Old MacDino Had a Farm by Becky Davies with pictures by Ben WhitehouseThis is an insanely fun take on the classic song “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”. In this one, Old MacDino has a farm full of regular farm animals that have to share their space and food with dinosaurs....
Warthog - A Counting Adventure by Birdie Black and pictures by Rosalind BeardshawThis is an absolutely fantastic lift-the-flap counting book starring a mischievous little warthog. Our warthog heads out on an adventure and counts as he goes. With each adventure we see...
88 INSTRUMENTS by Chris Barton with pictures by Louis ThomasIn this story, a little boy is faced with the daunting task of choosing which instrument he would like to learn. There are squeezy ones (an accordion) or wheezy ones (a bagpipe) or simple and easy ones (a...
This week I am concentrating on months and seasons. I think seasons are much easier to grasp that what a month is but hopefully these books will help with that!The Magic in a Year by Frank Boylan (with thanks to Sara Coleridge for inspiration) and pictures by Sally...
I can’t put into words just what makes British kids books different – they just are. If you read enough books, you can eventually tell a Canadian book from an American book from a British book from an Australian book (you get my point). Kids books from the UK have a...
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