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Age: Preschool-Kindergarten
Bold illustrations accompany a variety of traits and attributes that we should all strive for or learn from: Adventurous, Brave, Caring, and Daring--all the way to one in a Zillion. The rhyming, shorter text make for an excellent read-aloud for preschool and kindgarten classrooms.
Bold illustrations accompany a variety of traits and attributes that we should all strive for or learn from: Adventurous, Brave, Caring, and Daring--all the way to one in a Zillion. The rhyming, shorter text make for an excellent read-aloud for preschool and kindgarten classrooms.
Age: Preschool-1st grade
Religion: Jewish
An entire picture book dedicated to the uplifting Jewish phrase "kol hakavod." Kiffel-Alcheh begins with a breakdown of the two words "kol" and "kavod" and then describes several positive, kind, and empowering instances where a person deserves praise for their good deed. A really great primer for younger Jewish children and diverse presentations of kindness.
Religion: Jewish
An entire picture book dedicated to the uplifting Jewish phrase "kol hakavod." Kiffel-Alcheh begins with a breakdown of the two words "kol" and "kavod" and then describes several positive, kind, and empowering instances where a person deserves praise for their good deed. A really great primer for younger Jewish children and diverse presentations of kindness.
Age: Preschool-1st grade
Emotions: self-doubt, self-confidence
A twisted and tangled monster grows bigger and bolder as it feeds off of the insecurity of the main character. Soon the girl is pointing and ridiculing another child, as she begins to sound like the monster. Yelling at the monster, and thus mirroring its negative attitude, has no effect. But occupying herself with something else and inviting curious friends over starts to deflate the monster until he is but a poof.
A simple story showing one way to chase away a bad attitude.
Emotions: self-doubt, self-confidence
A twisted and tangled monster grows bigger and bolder as it feeds off of the insecurity of the main character. Soon the girl is pointing and ridiculing another child, as she begins to sound like the monster. Yelling at the monster, and thus mirroring its negative attitude, has no effect. But occupying herself with something else and inviting curious friends over starts to deflate the monster until he is but a poof.
A simple story showing one way to chase away a bad attitude.
Age: Preschool-1st grade
Clothes hang on a line and listeners are invited to guess who they belong to. I love this series of guessing game books, including Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do and Clothesline Clue to Sports People Play. While it is an excellent read-aloud, I wish this one was a bit longer for the early elementary crowd.
Clothes hang on a line and listeners are invited to guess who they belong to. I love this series of guessing game books, including Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do and Clothesline Clue to Sports People Play. While it is an excellent read-aloud, I wish this one was a bit longer for the early elementary crowd.
Age: Toddler-Preschool
Annalise Devin McFleece is a stubborn little nap-avoider. Her dad desperately takes her for a calming stroll in the park where they see every other sentient being fall asleep before she does. Not being one to back down, she becomes enraged that all the naps have already been taken until a kind cat offers her one of his.
Silly, undeniably relatable, and soothing for the nap-averse. Perfect to the T.
Annalise Devin McFleece is a stubborn little nap-avoider. Her dad desperately takes her for a calming stroll in the park where they see every other sentient being fall asleep before she does. Not being one to back down, she becomes enraged that all the naps have already been taken until a kind cat offers her one of his.
Silly, undeniably relatable, and soothing for the nap-averse. Perfect to the T.
Emotions: nervousness, fear, uncertainty, anger
A comforting book for children which acknowledges negative experiences and emotions while offering reassurance through the everlasting love of an adult. Bell illustrates umbrellas throughout the book, providing a nice cohesion for an otherwise book of lists. While The Big Umbrella by Amy June Bates provides a symbol of togetherness, community, and gathering together, Bell uses the umbrella to demonstrate protection and comfort between one individual to another.
A comforting book for children which acknowledges negative experiences and emotions while offering reassurance through the everlasting love of an adult. Bell illustrates umbrellas throughout the book, providing a nice cohesion for an otherwise book of lists. While The Big Umbrella by Amy June Bates provides a symbol of togetherness, community, and gathering together, Bell uses the umbrella to demonstrate protection and comfort between one individual to another.
Age: K-3rd grade
Activism: Politics
Donkey and Elephant demonstrate the mudslinging and name-calling that happens during an election. A funny, entertaining introduction for school children to the realities of an election that they will be exposed to, whether adults want it that way or not. With proper follow up and activities, teachers and adults can have excellent discussions about the more negative side of elections and how we can work through it.
Activism: Politics
Donkey and Elephant demonstrate the mudslinging and name-calling that happens during an election. A funny, entertaining introduction for school children to the realities of an election that they will be exposed to, whether adults want it that way or not. With proper follow up and activities, teachers and adults can have excellent discussions about the more negative side of elections and how we can work through it.
Age: Toddler-Preschool
Emotions: Frustration, anger, tantrums
Animals: Tiger
Ravi was the youngest and the smallest in his family. While that was nice sometimes, most of the times Ravi finds himself missing out on a lot of things that his older siblings do. When a cheer-me-up ice cream is sold out, Ravi gets so frustrated that he turns into a tiger. In full-on rage mode, Ravi selfishly bullies people, finally getting what he wants--at the expense of being lonely. This realization calms Ravi down and he is determined to never be a tiger again.
The build up was excellent but the solution was too underdeveloped, unrewarding, and unrealistic. Younger children will like it but not a good emotions book for more "sophisticated" listeners.
Emotions: Frustration, anger, tantrums
Animals: Tiger
Ravi was the youngest and the smallest in his family. While that was nice sometimes, most of the times Ravi finds himself missing out on a lot of things that his older siblings do. When a cheer-me-up ice cream is sold out, Ravi gets so frustrated that he turns into a tiger. In full-on rage mode, Ravi selfishly bullies people, finally getting what he wants--at the expense of being lonely. This realization calms Ravi down and he is determined to never be a tiger again.
The build up was excellent but the solution was too underdeveloped, unrewarding, and unrealistic. Younger children will like it but not a good emotions book for more "sophisticated" listeners.
Age: 4th-6th grade
Identity: Chinese American
Tough Issue:
"Moon is everything Christine isn’t. She’s confident, impulsive, artistic . . . and though they both grew up in the same Chinese-American suburb, Moon is somehow unlike anyone Christine has ever known."
An emerging friendship leads to jealousy and, ultimately, growth. Great illustrations and a friendship story will be perfect for fans of El Deafo, Real Friends, Cardboard Kingdom, and Babysitter's Club.
Identity: Chinese American
Tough Issue:
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Homelessness, brain tumor"Moon is everything Christine isn’t. She’s confident, impulsive, artistic . . . and though they both grew up in the same Chinese-American suburb, Moon is somehow unlike anyone Christine has ever known."
An emerging friendship leads to jealousy and, ultimately, growth. Great illustrations and a friendship story will be perfect for fans of El Deafo, Real Friends, Cardboard Kingdom, and Babysitter's Club.
Age: Toddler-Preschool
Animals: bunnies, lambs, chicks, kittens, ducks
I absolutely adore the Sleeping Bunnies nursery rhyme and Mumford provides the song for bunnies and other various farm animals. Other than the interactive lift-the-flaps as you wake up the animals, there was nothing that made it stand out and the illustrations were fine.
Animals: bunnies, lambs, chicks, kittens, ducks
I absolutely adore the Sleeping Bunnies nursery rhyme and Mumford provides the song for bunnies and other various farm animals. Other than the interactive lift-the-flaps as you wake up the animals, there was nothing that made it stand out and the illustrations were fine.