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Age: 1 - 3 years
Season: Summer
A simple solution to a hot day. Easy, short story with large pictures.
Season: Summer
A simple solution to a hot day. Easy, short story with large pictures.
Age: Infant-Toddler
Things That Go: Helicopter
Super simple story about a very helpful helicopter--and his driver. Big, bold, simple images make it perfect for reading to a group.
Things That Go: Helicopter
Super simple story about a very helpful helicopter--and his driver. Big, bold, simple images make it perfect for reading to a group.
Age: Toddler - Preschool
Experience the power of imagination and a father's ability to shape that imagination simply by engaging with his child and answering his observational questions. Small amount of text encourages active reading.
Experience the power of imagination and a father's ability to shape that imagination simply by engaging with his child and answering his observational questions. Small amount of text encourages active reading.
Age: Toddler-Preschool
Animals: Zebra
Family: Daughter/Dad
Katie desperately wants a pet but not just any pet--a zebra! You won't get much character development from this book but there are plenty of laughs.
Animals: Zebra
Family: Daughter/Dad
Katie desperately wants a pet but not just any pet--a zebra! You won't get much character development from this book but there are plenty of laughs.
Age: Infant-Kindergarten
Family: All inclusive
Simple, rhyming text uses our skin to describe how people grow, how we share similar experiences, and celebrates our differences. I felt hesitant about the overarching generalization "we get a tan when it's sunny." But the illustrations are full of fun detail and will have kids engrossed in the children and families.
Family: All inclusive
Simple, rhyming text uses our skin to describe how people grow, how we share similar experiences, and celebrates our differences. I felt hesitant about the overarching generalization "we get a tan when it's sunny." But the illustrations are full of fun detail and will have kids engrossed in the children and families.
Age: Toddler-Preschool
Things That Go: Car
Troto the traveling car finds himself in a town called Cactusville where the trucks are big and mean. Troto challnges them to a race and wins because the other trucks have unfortunate accidents--which is kind of a weird way to overcome bullies. However, these illustrations sure will catch the eye of a toddler.
Things That Go: Car
Troto the traveling car finds himself in a town called Cactusville where the trucks are big and mean. Troto challnges them to a race and wins because the other trucks have unfortunate accidents--which is kind of a weird way to overcome bullies. However, these illustrations sure will catch the eye of a toddler.
Age: Toddler-Preschool
Familiar Experience: Going to the park
Kids may enjoy this friendship, but the writing felt dumbed down with a lot of boring repetition and emotionless dialogue. Not too much here.
Familiar Experience: Going to the park
Kids may enjoy this friendship, but the writing felt dumbed down with a lot of boring repetition and emotionless dialogue. Not too much here.
Age: Toddler
Charles goes on an adventure through the forest in search of a special wish tree and makes several friends along the way by offering them a helping hand. Adults will find several opportunities to ask questions throughout the book such as "What do you think his wish is?" and "Why is he helping the animals?" Lovely winter tale with calming illustrations.
Charles goes on an adventure through the forest in search of a special wish tree and makes several friends along the way by offering them a helping hand. Adults will find several opportunities to ask questions throughout the book such as "What do you think his wish is?" and "Why is he helping the animals?" Lovely winter tale with calming illustrations.
Age: 1-3 years
Bird's tummy starts to growl on a hike and so Bird asks his friends if they packed him something. They certainly have packed snacks but they are snacks that Bird finds disgusting, as Bird is so blunt to point out. Seeing his friends enjoying their snacks, Bird finally gives in and tries a bite of each, finding them all quite tasty.
Bird's honesty, neediness, and dramatic flair accurately represents some toddlers and preschoolers so its nice to see his acceptance in the end--with a silly twist at the end for a good giggle.
Bird's tummy starts to growl on a hike and so Bird asks his friends if they packed him something. They certainly have packed snacks but they are snacks that Bird finds disgusting, as Bird is so blunt to point out. Seeing his friends enjoying their snacks, Bird finally gives in and tries a bite of each, finding them all quite tasty.
Bird's honesty, neediness, and dramatic flair accurately represents some toddlers and preschoolers so its nice to see his acceptance in the end--with a silly twist at the end for a good giggle.
Age: Toddler-Kindergarten
Emotion: Shy
Freedman's beautiful, conversational, and gentle writing present Shy, a mysterious character hiding inside the book. When a bird trills by, Shy's curiosity wins over and Shy decides to venture out of its nook in order to find the bird. Along the way, Shy encounters a variety of real life things--things Shy only read about in books--and, boy, are they marvelous. Throughout, Freedman's colors pair so well with the emotions they conjure, another point of discussion for reader/listener.
I appreciate that in the end, the reader/listener finally gets to see what Shy looks like--that Freedman didn't keep that an ambiguous mystery to make you think. There's already plenty to think about with this glorious book!
Emotion: Shy
Freedman's beautiful, conversational, and gentle writing present Shy, a mysterious character hiding inside the book. When a bird trills by, Shy's curiosity wins over and Shy decides to venture out of its nook in order to find the bird. Along the way, Shy encounters a variety of real life things--things Shy only read about in books--and, boy, are they marvelous. Throughout, Freedman's colors pair so well with the emotions they conjure, another point of discussion for reader/listener.
I appreciate that in the end, the reader/listener finally gets to see what Shy looks like--that Freedman didn't keep that an ambiguous mystery to make you think. There's already plenty to think about with this glorious book!