Category: Shared Reading

Books to Nurture & Share
Shares Reading: In this category, Books for Nurturing & Sharing, you will find books to engage with your family or children in your care with book recommendations for infants & toddlers through young adults. This section is for cross generational interactive reading with suggestions for before, during, and after the shared reading; this section is great for parents, grandparents, and educators. These are books to be savored by multiple generations or across age groups.

You know your child best; the age recommendations are just suggestions. Many children (including my own) enjoy books regardless of the levels suggested by the publisher. With an adult to support them, many younger children can tackle books typically leveled for older children, especially if read aloud. For example, My 2 year old granddaughter likes Mother Bruce which is listed for ages 4- 8. Also, older children often enjoy rereading favorite books from earlier years; a good book is always a good book.

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Book Review: Egg, Kevin Henkes

Book Review: Egg, Kevin Henkes Board Book: Egg, Kevin Henkes Kevin Henkes, award winning Caldecott artist, created a book with a perfect story structure. The Egg has 15 words used in repetition to enhance story tension and warm watercolor panels in a graphic novel layout for toddlers and preschoolers. This book has it all: a […]

April 22, 2019By scintilla.admin Shared Reading #BoardBooks, #ChildrensBooks, #egg, #KevinHenkes, #SharedReadingLeave a Comment

Book Review: Gmorning, Gnight: Little Pep Talks for Me & You, Lin-Manuel Miranda

Book Review: Gmorning, Gnight: Little Pep Talks for Me & You, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Illustrations by Jonny Sun Poetry: Gmorning, Gnight: Little Pep Talks for Me & You, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Illustrations by Jonny Sun If you are on Twitter and not following Lin-Manuel Miranda, you are missing out. He regularly tweets short poems/phrases/words of encouragement to start the […]

November 16, 2018By scintilla.admin Poetry, Shared Reading #GmorningGnight, #LinManuelMiranda, #poetryLeave a Comment

Booklist: Beach Reads for Kids, Shared Reading with Children

Booklist: Beach Reads for Kids, Shared Reading with Children Booklist: Beach Reads for Kids, Shared Reading with Children Planning a trip to the beach with your family? Be sure to pack a few of these beach read books for the day. Beach reads are typically those books from your to be read pile that you […]

July 18, 2018By scintilla.admin Shared Reading #beach, #BeachReads, #children, #ChildrensBooks, #elementary, #infants, #ocean, #preschool, #SharedReading, #toddlersLeave a Comment

Book List: Astronaut Books for Shared Reading with Children

Book List: Astronaut Books for Shared Reading with Children Growing-up to be an actual astronaut is a daunting and competitive career path considering how many astronauts there really are in the world. So why is it that so many children have dreams of working or living in space? Perhaps it is the adventure that challenges […]

May 30, 2018By scintilla.admin Shared Reading #BookExtentions, #Booklists, #ChapterBooks, #elementary, #fiction, #InteractiveReading, #Nonfiction, #PictureBooks, #preschool, #SharedReadingLeave a Comment

Booklist: Books with Poems & Rhymes for Shared Reading with Children

Booklist: Books with Poems & Rhymes for Shared Reading with Children Use poetry and song lyrics to introduce your child to the interesting sounds in language. Explore poetry pieces and nursery rhymes with alliteration, rhyming couplets, and onomatopoeia. For older children who enjoy structure, patterns, and math try sonnets with iambic pentameter and haikus. […]

May 15, 2018By scintilla.admin Poetry, Shared Reading #BookExtentions, #Booklists, #elementary, #InteractiveReading, #PictureBooks, #poems, #poetry, #preschool, #rhymes, #SharedReadingLeave a Comment

Booklist: Books about Books for Shared Reading with Children

Books about Books for Shared Reading with Children Books were an everyday part of my boys’ life from the time that they were very little. Instead of wanting to sleep with a plush toy, they all opted to sleep with their current favorite book at night. And of course, they all tried the flashlight […]

April 9, 2018By scintilla.admin Shared Reading #BookExtentions, #booklist, #books, #ChapterBooks, #elementary, #InteractiveReading, #NationalLibraryWeek, #Nonfiction, #PictureBooks, #preschool, #SharedReading, #YoungAdultLeave a Comment

Booklist: Books about Libraries for Shared Reading with Children

Booklist: Books about Libraries for Shared Reading with Children Our boys grew up loving libraries. On son #2’s 10th birthday, by his choice, we did the two things he loved most in the world – eat at the local Chinese restaurant and then visit the library. He had a special seat by the window […]

April 9, 2018By scintilla.admin Shared Reading #BookExtentions, #Booklists, #ChapterBooks, #elementary, #fiction, #InteractiveReading, #libraries, #library, #NationalLibraryWeek, #Nonfiction, #PictureBooks, #preschool, #SharedReadingLeave a Comment

Booklist: If You Like Peter Rabbit… Bunny Books for Shared Reading with Children

If You Like Peter Rabbit… Booklist: Bunny Books for Shared Reading with Children When I first heard of the 2018 live action movie of Peter Rabbit, I must admit to being worried, because I adore Beatrix Potter’s detailed and delightful watercolor illustrations. Peter Rabbit, himself is also an irrepressible trickster with that balance of naughty and […]

April 5, 2018By scintilla.admin Shared Reading #BookExtentions, #booklist, #Booklists, #BunnyBooks, #ChapterBooks, #elementary, #fiction, #InteractiveReading, #Nonfiction, #PictureBooks, #preschool, #SharedReadingLeave a Comment

Author Spotlight: Sandra Boynton!

Author Spotlight: Sandra Boynton April 3, Happy Birthday, Sandra Boynton! Sandra Boynton’s board books were some of the first books my boys looked at, teethed on, played with, and listened to during shared reading times as babies and toddlers; and my granddaughters are carrying on the tradition. Her books are engaging, whimsical, and clever […]

April 2, 2018By scintilla.admin Resources, Shared Reading #april3, #authorbirthday, #BoardBooks, #HappyBirthday, #SandraBoynton, #SharedReadingLeave a Comment

Booklist: Worms on the Sidewalk, Books for Shared Reading

Booklist: Worms on the Sidewalk, Books for Shared Reading Ground Hog Day’s Punxsutawney Phil may get the notoriety for heralding the onset of spring, but to me the surest sign of spring is worms on the sidewalk. My mother is a gardener, so I grew up respecting worms and using gardening gloves to move them […]

April 2, 2018By scintilla.admin Shared Reading #BookExtentions, #Booklists, #ChapterBooks, #children, #elementary, #fiction, #InteractiveReading, #Nonfiction, #PictureBooks, #preschool, #SharedReading, #wormsLeave a Comment