Today is Read Aloud Thursday hosted at Hope Is the Word Blog. I’d like to share one of our favorite books:
Categories: Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books, Two year old loved • Tags: Book Review, David Small, Elise Broach, Highly Recommended Picture Books, kidlit, Picture Books, Read Aloud Thursday, Read this book again and again, When Dinosaurs Came With Everything
The Short: My son pulled this book off the shelf this morning and asked me to read it to him. I then reread it to him three times. We both really enjoyed it. So far, we’ve loved everything by David Wiesner and this is no exception. We highly, highly recommend it. The Long: This story is about a girl who performs a science experiment. She plants vegetable seeds and attaches them to balloons with a very intricate and complicated […]
Categories: Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books, Two year old loved • Tags: Book Review, Children's Picture Books, David Wiesner, Highly Recommended Books, kidlit, Picture Books, Read this book again and again, Recommended Books, Recommended Picture Books
Demolition by Sally Sutton and Illustrated by Brian Lovelock. At a Glance: “Grab your gear. Grab your gear. Buckle, tie, and strap. Safety jackets, boots, and hats. Zip! Stamp! Snap!” This is a fun book about a crew demolishing an old building and building a playground. My son loves all things dealing with machines and construction. He’s really enjoyed this book. We happily recommend this book. It is one that we’ve read and read and read again. The Longer Review: […]
Categories: Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books, Two year old loved • Tags: Book Review, Brian Lovelock, Children's Picture Books, Demolition, kidlit, Picture Books, Read this book again and again, Recommended Picture Books, Sally Sutton
See Inside How Things Work by Conrad Mason and Illustrated by Colin King. Ages 4 – 8. 16 pgs. Usborne. September 2009. Nonfiction. The Short: I was so happy when I found this book. It enabled me to sit down with my son and look inside various things to see how they work. It is well illustrated and well labeled so I could deftly answer his, “What’s that?” questions as they came in rapid fire. I purchased this book from […]
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Top Ten Tuesday is a meme that is hosted over at The Broke and The Bookish. I love reading their blog. Eventually I will get around to writing about all of these books in more detail because all of these books are in our all time favorites category. My husband and I have read and reread these books to our son so many times that we all have them memorized. These books are fun and have been a great way […]
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Dog by Matthew Van Fleet and Photographed by Brain Stanton. Ages 2+. Simon & Schuster. Feb 2007. Fiction. 20 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1416941378. $17.99 (On Amazon for $4.00) The Short: This book was my son’s favorite book for over a year. From the time he was 6 months old until he was 18 months old — this was the book he looked at every single morning. We absolutely love this book and HIGHLY, HIGHLY recommend it. (Okay, so technically, I’m the one recommending […]
Categories: Kidlit, Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books, Two year old loved • Tags: Beautiful Books, Book Review, Brian Stanton, Children's Picture Books, Dog, Dog books, Highly Recommended Books, kidlit, Matthew Van Fleet, Picture Books, Read this book again and again, Recommended Picture Books
The Short: This is a bilingual picture dictionary in English and Hindi. The pictures are very clear and so are the words in both languages. The pictures are of very common items and there is also a section of useful phrases as well as numbers. So far, we really like it. It is fun sitting down with my son and looking through the book with him. This book is one in a set of 14 other languages. I think it […]
Categories: Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Book Review, Children's Picture Books, Hindi, Katy R. Kudela, kidlit, My First Book of Hindi Words, Nonfiction Monday, Picture Books, Picture Dictionary, Recommended Picture Books
At a Glance: We love this book and highly, highly recommend it. It is currently nominated for a Cybils and the short film version of this story won an Academy Award. It is a beautiful, beautiful book. It’s a book for adults that have gone through a very rough time cleverly disguised as a children’s book. The Longer Review: This book is about a lot of things. What do I think it is about? I think it is about someone […]
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At a Glance: Great book. We recommend it. There’s nothing needed to edit for a two year old. It has a nice ending and I really like the illustrations. I think people of all ages will enjoy this book. The Longer Review: This story is about a dog named Peanut. Peanut is an odd dog because he doesn’t really like bones. He loves apples. Which is convenient because he has a wonderful apple tree in his backyard. The biggest drawback […]
Categories: Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books, Two year old loved • Tags: Book Review, Children's Picture Books, Claudia Boldt, kidlit, Odd Dog, Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books
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