Book Review: Ellie-May & her Toy Dragon, Ben, Genna Rowbotham Picture Book: Ellie-May & her Toy Dragon, Ben, Genna Rowbotham Tuck your reluctant sleepers into bed with this book. They will empathize with Ellie-May who is too excited to go to sleep. The straight forward story of a toy dragon taking his friend […]
Book Review: Erma Does the Math, Ann Strawn Nonfiction/Biography: Erma Does the Math, Ann Strawn This book is an obvious labor of for author Ann Strawn about her great aunt Erma Tynes Walker. Erma worked alongside Katherine Johnson and Mary Jackson as part of the team of African American women who calculated the flight […]
Book Review: The Dance of the Snow Tractors, Siena and Illustrated by Shannon Wilvers Picture Book Preschool: The Dance of the Snow Tractors, Siena and Illustrated by Shannon Wilvers Siena, who lives in Canada, shares her story of how she spends a day after a large snowfall. The highlight of her day is […]
Book Review: Because, Mo Willems Picture Book: Because, Mo Willems A girl’s spontaneous invitation to a concert inspires her lifelong love of music and her dream to be a composer. This lovely book is also a tribute to the all the people who contribute to a concert performance including the workers behind the scenes […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
