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Age: 1-3 years
Toy: Blankey
"Small Bunny does everything with Blue Blanket. Blue Blanket helps him paint the best pictures, go the highest on the swings, and read the hardest words. They need each other.
But one day, Small Bunny's mother insists Blue Blanket needs to be washed.
She says Blue Blanket will be as good as new after. But Bunny isn't sure he likes new. Will his friend ever be the same?" (Goodreads feature review).
Toy: Blankey
"Small Bunny does everything with Blue Blanket. Blue Blanket helps him paint the best pictures, go the highest on the swings, and read the hardest words. They need each other.
But one day, Small Bunny's mother insists Blue Blanket needs to be washed.
She says Blue Blanket will be as good as new after. But Bunny isn't sure he likes new. Will his friend ever be the same?" (Goodreads feature review).
Age: Toddler-Kindergarten
Various representations of women within one family as they carry on their professions, education, and hobbies while wearing their hijabs, as they do. When the women are home, the hijabs come off and the narrator comments on their hairstyles. There were some clunky sentences but overall a delightful, rhyming read that serves as a mirror and a window.
Various representations of women within one family as they carry on their professions, education, and hobbies while wearing their hijabs, as they do. When the women are home, the hijabs come off and the narrator comments on their hairstyles. There were some clunky sentences but overall a delightful, rhyming read that serves as a mirror and a window.
Age: Preschool-2nd grade
Emotion: Love
Our heart, and our love, can take on a variety of sizes, shapes, and emotions. It can be whisper soft, open, or closed. Luyken takes symbolism for a ride in this poetic interpretation of love and ends the story with a solid affirmation that "closed or open//I get to decide."
With only three colors (yellow, black, and white), Luyken pairs the abstract text with a heart on every spread, giving life to these more intangible concepts.
Emotion: Love
Our heart, and our love, can take on a variety of sizes, shapes, and emotions. It can be whisper soft, open, or closed. Luyken takes symbolism for a ride in this poetic interpretation of love and ends the story with a solid affirmation that "closed or open//I get to decide."
With only three colors (yellow, black, and white), Luyken pairs the abstract text with a heart on every spread, giving life to these more intangible concepts.
Age: Toddler-Preschool
Counting: 1-10
Monsters multiply one by one, sometimes in gross ways (much to the delight of the children listeners). Illustrations are reminiscent of Rebecca Emberly's "There Was an Old Monster" with a stark black background layered with monsters made mainly of circles and triangles.
Counting: 1-10
Monsters multiply one by one, sometimes in gross ways (much to the delight of the children listeners). Illustrations are reminiscent of Rebecca Emberly's "There Was an Old Monster" with a stark black background layered with monsters made mainly of circles and triangles.
Age: Toddler-Kindergarten
Nature: Flowers
Nonfiction: 581
A large format paired with simple, repeating text make this a glorious addition to classrooms and storytimes. Back matter includes 1-3 paragraph descriptions of biomes and regions within the US during springtime, followed with 1-3 sentence descriptions about the photographed flowers.
Nature: Flowers
Nonfiction: 581
A large format paired with simple, repeating text make this a glorious addition to classrooms and storytimes. Back matter includes 1-3 paragraph descriptions of biomes and regions within the US during springtime, followed with 1-3 sentence descriptions about the photographed flowers.
Age: Preschool-2nd grade
Emotion: Embarrassment
Family: Granddaughter and grandmother
Identity of character: Indian-American girl, Indian grandmother
Identity of author: Indian-Canadian
Identity of illustrator: Chinese-Canadian
A long-awaited visit from her grandmother is not what Maya was expecting. The sweets she brings don't taste right, she wears "fancy" clothes, and Grandma embarrasses Maya in front of her friends by calling her by her full name. Grandma makes a sweet gesture to accommodate her granddaughter's Americanized identity by wearing pants and buying an "all-American hat." When Maya gets lost at the fair, Grandma is there to find her.
Balasubramaniam provides an organic growth of love and appreciation that is nurtured by time and shared memories. A story that many first generation Americans will find affinity towards and can open up conversations between reader and listener.
Emotion: Embarrassment
Family: Granddaughter and grandmother
Identity of character: Indian-American girl, Indian grandmother
Identity of author: Indian-Canadian
Identity of illustrator: Chinese-Canadian
A long-awaited visit from her grandmother is not what Maya was expecting. The sweets she brings don't taste right, she wears "fancy" clothes, and Grandma embarrasses Maya in front of her friends by calling her by her full name. Grandma makes a sweet gesture to accommodate her granddaughter's Americanized identity by wearing pants and buying an "all-American hat." When Maya gets lost at the fair, Grandma is there to find her.
Balasubramaniam provides an organic growth of love and appreciation that is nurtured by time and shared memories. A story that many first generation Americans will find affinity towards and can open up conversations between reader and listener.
Age: Toddler-Kindergarten
Nature: Sky
Another captivating collection of clay art, this time identifying the various forms that the sky takes. This book will make a great imagination-starter for art or writing time.
I wish she would add to this series with more regularity (Picture a Tree was published 4 years before) but I can't imagine the time that it takes to create them.
Nature: Sky
Another captivating collection of clay art, this time identifying the various forms that the sky takes. This book will make a great imagination-starter for art or writing time.
I wish she would add to this series with more regularity (Picture a Tree was published 4 years before) but I can't imagine the time that it takes to create them.
Age: Preschool
Nature: Wind
A windy night mixes up all the farm animals sounds, causing the pig to cluck, the hens to neigh, and the horse to cock-a-doodle-do. With the help of the quiet turtle, the animals are able to switch back their sounds. Preschoolers will enjoy the repetition (and the copious amount of animal noises) as each animal participates in the exchange of sounds.
Nature: Wind
A windy night mixes up all the farm animals sounds, causing the pig to cluck, the hens to neigh, and the horse to cock-a-doodle-do. With the help of the quiet turtle, the animals are able to switch back their sounds. Preschoolers will enjoy the repetition (and the copious amount of animal noises) as each animal participates in the exchange of sounds.
Age: Toddler-Preschool
Familiar Experience: Over-scheduled or being rushed
Family: Mom and daughter
In the morning, Bella Bear appears to be the queen of stalling until the story line flips and Mama Bear wants to have more time playing at the park with her daughter. A gentle reminder to parents that our anxious, stressed feelings influence our children and that, for the benefit of everyone's mental health, it might be refreshing to put daily errands on hold for a playdate at the park.
Familiar Experience: Over-scheduled or being rushed
Family: Mom and daughter
In the morning, Bella Bear appears to be the queen of stalling until the story line flips and Mama Bear wants to have more time playing at the park with her daughter. A gentle reminder to parents that our anxious, stressed feelings influence our children and that, for the benefit of everyone's mental health, it might be refreshing to put daily errands on hold for a playdate at the park.