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: 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: Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane, The Underland Chronicles Book 2, Suzanne Collins Shared Reading/Fantasy: Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane, The Underland Chronicles Book 2, Suzanne Collins New York teenager Gregor has successfully returned from the Underland with his toddler sister Boots after rescuing their father from his captivity at the paws […]
Book Review: Gregor the Overlander, The Underland Chronicles Book 1, Suzanne Collins Shared Reading/Fantasy: Gregor the Overlander, The Underland Chronicles Book 1, Suzanne Collins Gregor is eleven years old, living in a New York City apartment with his mother, grandmother, and two younger sisters. Forced to grow up quickly after the disappearance of […]
Book Review: Victories Greater than Death, Unstoppable Book 1, Charlie Jane Anders Young Adult/Science Fiction: Victories Greater than Death, Unstoppable Book 1, Charlie Jane Anders Publication Date April 21, 2021 Science fiction writers are known for their vivid imaginations. Fiction alone is one thing, but imagining things that just aren’t is something entirely different. […]
Book Review: Space Academy, Hannah Hopkins YA Science Fiction: Space Academy, Hannah Hopkins Being an American, my familiarity with British education systems is quite limited. I assume that Hogwarts has some basis in fact. I’ve no idea what basis beyond the presence of young British students. Something, though. I’m pretty sure the sorting […]
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 […]
Recipe and Review: Birthday Shortbread for Bilbo & Frodo Baggins from The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien Fantasy: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien September 22 is the shared birthday of Bilbo Baggins and Frodo Baggings, two of the most beloved book characters of all […]
Book Review: The Lost Words, Robert MacFarlane (author) and Jackie Morris (illustrator) Poetry: The Lost Words, Robert MacFarlane & Jackie Morris A hank of rope in the late hot sun; a curl of bark; a six, an eight: For adder is as adder basks. When a recent edition of the Oxford Junior Dictionary was released, […]
