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# Bookworm Bear

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- [Our Tree Named Steve](https://bookwormbear.com/our-tree-named-steve/) - A father writes a letter to his children, who are away visiting grandparents. The letter tells the story of a tree, and also of the family through the years.
- [The Bear Ate Your Sandwich](https://bookwormbear.com/the-bear-ate-your-sandwich/) - By now I think you know what happened to your sandwich. But you may not know how it happened. So let me tell you. It all started with the bear."
- [Bear's Picture](https://bookwormbear.com/bears-picture-2/) - Bear's Picture by Daniel Pinkwater, illustrated by D.B. Johnson A bear wanted to paint a picture. He got paper and paints - and starting painting. He added colors as he felt he needed them. He happily added orange, blue, and a rainbow he saw. Two gentlemen out walking saw the bear. "Bears can't paint pictures,"
- [Row Row Row Your Boat](https://bookwormbear.com/row-row-row-your-boat/) - Songs like Row, Row, Row Your Boat, the ABC song, and The Itsy Bitsy Spider are among the first songs that young children learn. When my son was turning two, he loved all forms of music and rhythms. This was one of his favorite books - perhaps because he could sing along with it.
- [Duck in the Truck](https://bookwormbear.com/duck-in-the-truck/) - Every now and then the students in my son's class at school read to the children in the preschool program. When my son learns about this early enough to plan, he brings in a favorite book to read to the younger children: Duck in the Truck by Jez Alborough. Readers meet Duck through rhyming text
- [The Big Orange Splot](https://bookwormbear.com/the-big-orange-splot/) - What happens when a seagull carrying a can of bright orange paint flies over very neat and orderly street and drops the can of paint on someone's house? The Big Orange Splot by Daniel Manus Pinkwater can be simply a fun picture book, or it could have a few messages about expressing yourself and following
- [Winter Solstice](https://bookwormbear.com/winter-solstice/) - The Shortest Day - Celebrating the Winter Solstice by Wendy Pfeffer, illustrated by Jesse Reisch Why does it get dark earlier at night in Winter than in Summer? What is Solstice? Pfeffer addresses these questions and others in this colorful book about the Winter Solstice. In the Northern Hemisphere, near December 21, the sun reaches
- [Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening](https://bookwormbear.com/stopping-by-woods-on-a-snowy-evening/) - Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost, illustrated by Susan Jeffers In this wonderful book, Jeffers' illustrations beautifully accompany Frost's winter poem. Jeffers shows a man on a horse-drawn sleigh traveling through snowy woods. The man stops to leave food (seeds, grasses, and branches) for the forest animals. The man also makes
- [A Penguin Story](https://bookwormbear.com/a-penguin-story/) - A Penguin Story by Antoinette Portis Edna penguin lives with a group of penguins in a land of ice, snow, and water. The penguins swim, play, slide, and fish - and seem content with things as they are. Edna notices the sameness of things, and wonders if there is something else, something different in the
- [Sector 7](https://bookwormbear.com/sector-7/) - Sector 7 by David Wiesner This is a wonderful picture book celebrating creativity and friendship. It is a story told solely in illustrations, with no text (a few words appear in the illustrations). A small cloud and a boy become friends on the observatory of the Empire State Building. The cloud takes the boy flying
- [Mouse Mess](https://bookwormbear.com/mouse-mess/) - Mouse Mess by Linnea Riley What would a house, or a kitchen, look like to a mouse? What happens when the humans go upstairs at night? Riley's brightly illustrated story tells of a busy mouse's adventures in a nighttime kitchen. The story, told with a single line per page, has the curious mouse explore various
- [One Day, Daddy](https://bookwormbear.com/one-day-daddy/) - One Day, Daddy by Frances Thomas, illustrated by Ross Collins Little Monster has a problem: He might want to be an explorer when he grows up. When Father Monster asks why that is a problem, Little Monster explains: "You see, Daddy, if I'm an explorer, I'll have to leave you and Mommy behind." Father Monster
- [Snow](https://bookwormbear.com/snow/) - A snowflake falls onto a gray city. It's snowing, said boy with dog. It's only a snowflake, said grandfather with beard. The boy and his dog are excited and go out to see the snow.
- [ish](https://bookwormbear.com/ish/) - A single mocking comment can change the way we see things - about the world, about ourselves, or about things we love doing. Ramon is a boy who loves to draw.
- [Snowflake Bentley](https://bookwormbear.com/snowflake-bentley/) - No two snowflakes are exactly alike. We've all heard that. But, how do we know? We know this about snowflakes because of the curiosity, patience, and work of Wilson Bentley
- [The Dot](https://bookwormbear.com/the-dot/) - This is a wonderful story about a girl named Vashti and how she learns about her creative spirit.
- [The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy)](https://bookwormbear.com/the-extraordinary-mark-twain-according-to-susy/) - When Mark Twain's (Samuel Clemens) daughter, Susy, was 13 years old, she wrote a biography about her father. Susy watched her father and recorded things about him
- [What To Do About Alice?](https://bookwormbear.com/what-to-do-about-alice/) - Theodore Roosevelt had a small problem. Alice Roosevelt had her own ideas about how to live her life.
- [Akiak](https://bookwormbear.com/akiak/) - Akiak was an experienced lead dog. She was part of a team running the Iditarod Sled Dog Race
- [International Talk Like A Pirate Day](https://bookwormbear.com/international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/) - Today is International Talk Like A Pirate Day. Recent dinner conversations in our home have been peppered with silly pirate talk like, "Avast ye scurvy dogs!" and "Shiver me timbers!" and "Arrr!"
- [Tuesdays at the Castle](https://bookwormbear.com/tuesdays-at-the-castle/) - I try to avoid princess books unless the young royal in question is a very strong character who takes matters into her own hands. Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George has a main character who is strong, creative, quirky, and, oh yes - a princess. Princess Celie is the youngest child of King
- [Gooseberry Park](https://bookwormbear.com/gooseberry-park/) - I first came across Cynthia Rylant's writing through the Henry and Mudge books when my children were learning to read. When they were ready for longer books, we found several books by Cynthia Rylant that seemed safe, yet still new and interesting, to my blossoming readers. Gooseberry Park by Cynthia Rylant was a favorite for
- [The Cricket in Times Square](https://bookwormbear.com/the-cricket-in-times-square/) - The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden, illustrated by Garth Williams Chester Cricket was a country cricket. He enjoyed hopping around in his meadow, sitting on his stump, and eating liverwurst. Chester Cricket hopped onto a picnic blanket to eat part of a liverwurst sandwich - and found himself bundled up with the sandwich
- [The End of the Beginning](https://bookwormbear.com/the-end-of-the-beginning/) - The End of the Beginning by Avi Avon was a snail who lived in a tree, read a great many books, and longed for adventure. "It was absolutely necessary, he decided, to have adventures for himself. Only then would he be happy." He set out to have adventures, and was joined by a new friend,
- [The Cobble Street Cousins](https://bookwormbear.com/the-cobble-street-cousins/) - The Cobble Street Cousins series by Cynthia Rylant has a sweet, old-timey feel - with everyday things making the stories, and nothing really upsetting happening.
- [Fortunately, The Milk](https://bookwormbear.com/fortunately-the-milk/) - When he returns, he tells of being abducted by aliens, nearly being sacrificed to a volcano god, having incidents with wumpires, being rescued from pirates by Professor Steg in a floaty-ball-person-carrier, and an encounter with singing space police dinosaurs.
- [Poached - Book Review](https://bookwormbear.com/poached-book-review/) - It all started when Vance Jessup bullied Teddy Fitzroy into dropping an arm and foot (from a mannequin) into the shark tank at FunJungle.
- [Hurricanes and Children's Books](https://bookwormbear.com/hurricanes-and-childrens-books/) - Where I live, people still are recovering from a hurricane (well, a tropical storm). A little over a year ago, Tropical Storm Irene blew through Vermont leaving behind a mess of flooded rivers, power outages, and flooded towns and farms. Last week another hurricane came up the East Coast. While Vermont escaped the worst of
- [Meet Mr. and Mrs. Green](https://bookwormbear.com/meet-mr-and-mrs-green/) - Meet Mr. and Mrs. Green by Keith Baker I stumbled upon Mr. and Mrs. Green when my children were learning to read. These alligators are fun, quirky characters presented through mini stories (3 per book) and colorful illustrations. Mrs. Green suggests that they go camping. They plan what to bring - Mrs. Green says they
- [Click, Clack, Moo](https://bookwormbear.com/click-clack-moo/) - November is Picture Book Month (http://picturebookmonth.com/calendar/). What a great idea to celebrate the first connection to books most children have - and don't we all remember a few favorites even as adults? Tuesday was a farm theme day in the Picture Book Month calendar. One of my favorite farm-themed picture books is Click Clack Moo
- [Henry and Mudge and the Long Weekend](https://bookwormbear.com/henry-and-mudge-and-the-long-weekend/) - Henry and Mudge and the Long Weekend by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Sucie Stevenson One morning in February, Henry woke up and looked out of his window and found wet yuck. It was one of those gray days that isn't Winter (with snow and exciting outdoor fun), but really isn't anything else either. What to
- [Ella Sets the Stage](https://bookwormbear.com/ella-sets-the-stage/) - Picture book heroes come in all shapes, colors, sizes, and species. Some are headstrong and rush ahead despite warnings. Some are frightened, but face their fears. Some are cats, or dogs, or purple aliens. My family found a shy, yet strong hero in a young elephant. In Ella Sets the Stage by Carmela and Steven
- [Keeker and the Sneaky Pony](https://bookwormbear.com/keeker-and-the-sneaky-pony/) - Keeker and the Sneaky Pony by Hadley Higginson, illustrated by Maja Andersen This is a good book for readers who are ready to move beyond the beginning reader books, but who feel a little intimidated by longer chapter books. Keeker is an eight-year-old girl who desperately wants a pony. She has taken riding lessons, been
- [Miss Rumphius](https://bookwormbear.com/miss-rumphius/) - Miss Rumphius, story and pictures by Barbara Cooney When Alice was a little girl, she lived in a city by the sea where she helped her grandfather with his paintings. Her grandfather told her stories of faraway places he had seen in his travels. Alice told her grandfather that she, too, wanted to travel and
- [Library Lion](https://bookwormbear.com/library-lion/) - Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes This was a huge favorite in my house for many years. A lion, a library, friendship, and some rules - a wonderful story. One day a lion walked into the library. One of the librarians, Mr. McBee, saw the lion and ran to a different part
- [Bramble and Maggie](https://bookwormbear.com/bramble-and-maggie/) - Bramble and Maggie by Jessie Haas, illustrated by Alison Friend Bramble is a horse who gives riding lessons in a riding ring. But, Bramble is getting bored of riding around and around the ring while Mrs. Blenkinsop tells the riders what to do (and they tell Bramble what to do). Bramble expresses her boredom by
- [Iris and Walter](https://bookwormbear.com/iris-and-walter/) - Iris and Walter by Elissa Haden Guest, illustrated by Christine Davenier Iris's family moved from the big city to the country. Iris was sad because she missed things from her old life - like roller skating in the long hallway, tango music at night from a neighbor's apartment, playing baseball after dinner with the neighborhood
- [The Blue Hill Meadows](https://bookwormbear.com/the-blue-hill-meadows/) - The Blue Hill Meadows by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Ellen Beier Willie Meadow lives with his family (mother, father, and big brother) in Blue Hill, Virginia - a green valley with mountains and lakes nearby. Things in Blue Hill seem to belong to a simpler, slower time. This is a book about Willie and his
- [Upstairs Mouse, Downstairs Mole](https://bookwormbear.com/upstairs-mouse-downstairs-mole/) - Upstairs Mouse, Downstairs Mole by Wong Herbert Yee Mouse and Mole are neighbors, sharing the same tree. They are friends, and they have their differences. But, as friends, they try to work out any conflicts with some creative problem solving. Mole sweeps his hole every morning to keep it tidy. Mouse sweeps her house every
- [Houndsley and Catina and the Quiet Time](https://bookwormbear.com/houndsley-and-catina-and-the-quiet-time/) - Houndsley and his friend, Catina, find themselves snowed-in for a day (with the first snow of winter). Catina worries at first
- [Orange Pear Apple Bear](https://bookwormbear.com/orange-pear-apple-bear/) - This is a sweet, simple picture book for the youngest audience, or for beginning readers. The story is presented through just five words: apple, pear, orange, bear, and there.
- [Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss and Read Across America](https://bookwormbear.com/happy-birthday-dr-seuss-and-read-across-america/) - Today, March 2, is the anniversary of the birth of Theodor Seuss Geisel - Dr. Seuss. Today also is Read Across America (http://www.seussville.com/Educators/educatorReadAcrossAmerica.php).
- [Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa](https://bookwormbear.com/cowgirl-kate-and-cocoa/) - Cowgirl Kate and her horse, Cocoa, are good friends who spend time riding, and counting and herding cows.
- [Me...Jane](https://bookwormbear.com/me-jane/) - How did Jane Goodall grow up to live in Africa and study chimpanzees at the Gombe Stream Game Reserve (now Gombe Stream National Park)? This is a wonderful picture book about Jane Goodall as a child -- told simply, with fun, colorful illustrations.
- [The Secrets of Stonehenge](https://bookwormbear.com/the-secrets-of-stonehenge/) - In this non-fiction picture book, Manning and Granstrom take a close look at Stonehenge. This is an informational picture book for slightly older children, or for preschoolers and up with a strong interest and longer attention span.
- [Gravity](https://bookwormbear.com/gravity/) - "Gravity makes things fall to Earth. Without gravity, everything would float away." Chin's non-fiction picture book explains gravity in a way that everyone, even the youngest listeners, can understand. The simple text is accompanied by colorful, engaging illustrations.
- [Velma Gratch & The Way Cool Butterfly](https://bookwormbear.com/velma-gratch-the-way-cool-butterfly/) - Today I felt as if Monarch butterflies were fluttering everywhere in my little part of Vermont. I think this group will migrate south to overwinter, then return in the spring. So, this picture book review is timely. Velma Gratch & The Way Cool Butterfly by Alan Madison and Kevin Hawkes Velma was the youngest of
- [The Magic Rabbit](https://bookwormbear.com/the-magic-rabbit/) - Ray and Bunny lived together in a tiny apartment in the city. They were business partners. Ray was a magician, and Bunny was his loyal assistant. They were also best friends. They did everything together." So begins a fun story about two friends and a little magic.
- [First Day of School ](https://bookwormbear.com/first-day-of-school/) - It is the first day of school. Sarah Jane Hartwell hides under her covers and says she isn't going to school. It's a new school, and she doesn't know anyone there - and she doesn't want to go.
- [Up and Down](https://bookwormbear.com/up-and-down/) - Up and Down by Oliver Jeffers | Once there were two friends... who always did everything together. Until the day the penguin decided there was something important he wanted to do by himself..."
- [Seal Island School](https://bookwormbear.com/seal-island-school/) - Seal Island School by Susan Bartlett, illustrated by Tricia Tusa Seal Island, Maine had one school and one teacher. Forty-nine people lived on the island. Each year a new teacher came to the school, and each year he or she left in June. The teachers all said it was too lonely there.
- [Muddigush](https://bookwormbear.com/muddigush/) - Muddigush by Kimberley Knutson | Knutson captures a child's joy in playing in mud and muddy water in her picture book, Muddigush. Knutson brings the muddy experience to life with her silly descriptive words.
- [The Tree Lady](https://bookwormbear.com/the-tree-lady/) - This is wonderful picture book about a woman who changed a desert town into a city filled with plants and trees - with the act of planting trees. She was called "The Mother of Balboa Park." Kate Sessions used her courage, her love of trees, and her scientific knowledge to do this. The author included a page with more detailed information about Kate Sessions. A good book to share!
- [Groundhog Day 2014](https://bookwormbear.com/groundhog-day-2014/) - Groundhog Weather School by Joan Holub picture book How does Phil know what to do? How does he gain his weather-predicting skills? Perhaps he attended Groundhog Weather School as presented by Joan Holub and illustrated by Kristin Sorra.
- [No](https://bookwormbear.com/no/) - No is a fun picture book that celebrates a child's independent spirit. Of course, in this case, the child is a brown bear cub.
- [December 21 - The Winter Solstice](https://bookwormbear.com/december-21-the-winter-solstice/) - In the Northern Hemisphere, near December 21, the sun reaches its lowest point on the horizon - making that day the shortest day of the year, or the day with the least amount of daylight. This day is called the Winter Solstice.
- [Grandma Drove the Snowplow](https://bookwormbear.com/grandma-drove-the-snowplow/) - Grandma runs the snowplow business in their small town. She tells Billy not to worry, that the plows are out doing their work.
- [Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?](https://bookwormbear.com/who-says-women-cant-be-doctors/) - When Elizabeth Blackwell was twenty-four, she visited a friend who was very ill - and who encouraged Elizabeth Blackwell to become a doctor. Elizabeth Blackwell later opened a medical school for women in New York, helped create the London School of Medicine for Women in England, and helped start the National Health Society. She died in 1910 at the age of eighty-nine. Today over half of all medical school students in the United States are women.
- [Picture Book Month](https://bookwormbear.com/picture-book-month/) - Picture Book Month is an international literacy initiative that celebrates the print picture book during the month of November.
- [The Matchbox Diary](https://bookwormbear.com/the-matchbox-diary/) - A young girl visits her great-grandfather for the first time ever. The girl looks around the room - full of books, boxes, collections, photos, antiques. The girl brings the old man a cigar box full of matchboxes. The old man tells her the box is full of stories - that it is his diary.
- [Flora's Very Windy Day](https://bookwormbear.com/floras-very-windy-day/) - Flora protested, saying that the wind was so strong it would blow her away. Then Flora said: "Of course, I could wear my super-special heavy-duty red boots. They'll keep me from being blown away."
- [International Dot Day](https://bookwormbear.com/international-dot-day/) - Today is International Dot Day, "a global celebration of creativity, courage and collaboration." This creative celebration was inspired by the book, The Dot, by Peter H. Reynolds.
- [Roald Dahl Day September 13, 2013](https://bookwormbear.com/roald-dahl-day-september-13-2013/) - Some of our long-time family favorite books are those written by Roald Dahl. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Giraffe the Pelly and Me, James and the Giant Peach, The BFG, Danny Champion of the World. These books tend to have unlikely heroes, and involve creative solutions to problems, fantastical situations, and elements that celebrate childhood.
- [Best of Summer 2013 Kid Lit Giveaway Hop Winner](https://bookwormbear.com/best-of-summer-2013-kid-lit-giveaway-hop-winner/) - Best of Summer 2013 Giveaway Blog Hop Winner Bookworm Bear
- [Up! Tall! And High!](https://bookwormbear.com/up-tall-and-high/) - This is a silly, colorful book for emerging readers. Using only a few, easy-to-read words, Long presents 3 stories with fun bird characters. Won the Giesel Award in 2013.
- [Best of Summer 2013 Giveaway Blog Hop](https://bookwormbear.com/best-of-summer-2013-giveaway-blog-hop/) - Best of Summer 2013 Giveaway Blog Hop Bookworm Bear
- [Toys Go Out](https://bookwormbear.com/toys-go-out/) - this book is "...the adventures of a knowledgeable stingray, a toughy little buffalo, and someone called Plastic."
- [First Day Jitters](https://bookwormbear.com/first-day-jitters/) - It is the first day of school. Sarah Jane Hartwell hides under her covers and says she isn't going to school. It's a new school, and she doesn't know anyone there - and she doesn't want to go.
- [Jack Plank Tells Tales](https://bookwormbear.com/jack-plank-tells-tales/) - Jack Plank was a pirate, but he wasn't very good at it. Oh, he enjoyed sailing on the ocean, and the camaraderie of the pirates on the ship the Avarice. But, he wasn't good at plundering.
- [Blucy Book Blast](https://bookwormbear.com/blucy-book-blast/) - Blucy Book Blast Giveaway - new book Blucy by Julia Dweck
- [Anatole](https://bookwormbear.com/anatole/) - Anatole is a happy mouse, who lives, with his wife and children, in a mouse village not far from Paris. Each evening, mice from the village travel to Paris to human homes to get food.
- [More Learn to Read Treasure Hunts](https://bookwormbear.com/more-learn-to-read-treasure-hunts/) - We've just added some new learn to read treasure hunts to the series - free to download. These are ready to use, fun treasure hunts that use words and pictures in each clue.
- [Igraine the Brave](https://bookwormbear.com/igraine-the-brave/) - Igraine is part of a family of great magicians who live in Pimpernel Castle. But Igraine isn’t interested in magic. She wants to be a knight.
- [Who Stole Mona Lisa?](https://bookwormbear.com/who-stole-mona-lisa/) - The Mona Lisa, the famous painting by Leonardo daVinci, narrates this picture book (which is based on historical information). The Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris in 1911.
- [The Big Balloon Race](https://bookwormbear.com/the-big-balloon-race/) - This story is based on the lives of the Myers family of Balloon Farm in Mohawk Valley, New York. Carlotta was an expert balloonist in America in the 1880's. Their daughter, Ariel, became a balloonist, too.
- [Blueberry Shoe](https://bookwormbear.com/blueberry-shoe/) - A family loved to pick blueberries. Each year at the end of the summer, they went berry picking on the side of the same mountain in Alaska.
- [Reading Treasure Hunts](https://bookwormbear.com/reading-treasure-hunts-on-bookworm-bear/) - My young readers loved doing treasure hunts. It was a fun way to practice new reading skills. And, they enjoyed running from one clue to the next, deciphering the words and finding the next clue...and eventually the end.
- [How Does Sleep Come?](https://bookwormbear.com/how-does-sleep-come/) - A mother tucks her son into bed one night, and he asks her a question: "How does sleep come?" This is the beginning of a beautifully written book
- [The Old Woman Who Named Things](https://bookwormbear.com/the-old-woman-who-named-things/) - An old woman lived by herself in a house she named Franklin. She named her car Betsy. She even named her favorite chair, and her bed (Fred and Roxanne).
- [Leaves](https://bookwormbear.com/leaves/) - A young bear enjoys summer flowers and late summer blueberries. Life is good. When colorful leaves begin falling all over, the bear tries to catch them and put them back on the trees.
- [A Kitten Tale](https://bookwormbear.com/a-kitten-tale/) - Once upon a time there were four kittens. They heard that winter would come, and that snow would come too. Three of the kittens were worried – what was this snow like?
- [Kiss Good Night](https://bookwormbear.com/kiss-good-night/) - Kiss Good Night by Amy Hest (illustrated by Anita Jeram) was a bedtime favorite. Hest's fun text pairs beautifully with Jeram's illustrations, giving readers a playful, cozy feel for the story and characters.
- [Don't You Feel Well, Sam?](https://bookwormbear.com/dont-you-feel-well-sam/) - In Don't You Feel Well, Sam?, we return to the sweet, comforting world of Sam and his mother, Mrs. Bear, from Kiss Good Night. Mrs. Bear is tucking Sam into bed, and discovers he has a cough.
- [There Are Cats In This Book](https://bookwormbear.com/there-are-cats-in-this-book/) - This is a wonderfully engaging, fun, lift-different-parts-of-the-page kind of book. Yes, there are cats in the book. Three cats talk to the reader, saying hello, asking for help turning a page, and getting excited when they see balls of yarn.
- [When No One Is Watching](https://bookwormbear.com/when-no-one-is-watching/) - The main character in When No One Is Watching is creative and spunky on her own. She dances, and spins, swings high into the sky on a tire swing, and plays basketball - shooting baskets and cheering - when she is alone. But, in a group, or when lots of people are around, she changes. She feels shy, and wants to hide, or lean against a wall.
- [Everything But The Horse](https://bookwormbear.com/everything-but-the-horse/) - Everything but the Horse by Holly Hobbie - She thought her family's farm had everything needed for a horse - pasture, barn with stalls, hay, even bridles and harnesses. She thought about horses all of the time, scattered horse droppings in one of the stalls (so it would smell like a horse), and drew detailed pictures of horses.
- [Understood Betsy](https://bookwormbear.com/understood-betsy/) - Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher - Elizabeth Ann transforms into Betsy when she goes to live at Putney Farm in Vermont The DCF Children's Book Award has honored children's literature for over 50 years
- [Thinking of Maurice Sendak](https://bookwormbear.com/thinking-of-maurice-sendak/) - Thinking of Maurice Sendak. Sendak's stories and illustrations reached children and their parents throughout the world. And, they loved Little Bear and his wonderful imagination
- [Chilly Milly Moo](https://bookwormbear.com/chilly-milly-moo/) - Chilly Milly Moo by Fiona Ross Milly Moo lives on a farm with other cows, but she is a little different. She is hot. And, she feels that it is too hot to make milk. The other cows say the warm sun helps them make milk. "Milly Moo wanted to churn out the finest, loveliest,
- [Yoko's Paper Cranes](https://bookwormbear.com/yokos-paper-cranes/) - Yoko's Paper Cranes by Rosemary Wells When Yoko was very young, she lived in Japan. Her grandmother, Obaasan, showed her cranes in the pond at the end of her garden, and explained how the cranes left during the winter, but returned each year. Yoko's grandfather, Ojiisan, could fold paper into cranes - and frogs, and
- [Where is the Green Sheep?](https://bookwormbear.com/where-is-the-green-sheep/) - Children's book review: Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox
- [Make Fun Sheep Puppets](https://bookwormbear.com/make-fun-sheep-puppets/) - Make Fun Sheep Puppets - Art Project for Where is the Green Sheep Here is a fun art project to do with preschoolers that goes along with reading Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox.
- [The Hundred Dresses](https://bookwormbear.com/the-hundred-dresses/) - The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes Childrens book It is a story about being a little different, and a story about bullying and how a group treats someone who is a little different.
- [Magic Box](https://bookwormbear.com/the-magic-box/) - Picture book, Eva is given a special box as a birthday present. It looks like a big, plain, empty cardboard box. Eva opens it up and jumps in – it is bigger than it looks – and becomes a magician.
- [For Gifted Young Readers](https://bookwormbear.com/for-very-early-young-readers/) - New page on Bookworm Bear for young gifted readers book suggestions
- [Kid Lit Blog Hop Giveaway Winner](https://bookwormbear.com/kid-lit-blog-hop-giveaway-winner/) - First, thank you to everyone who stopped by Bookworm Bear, looked around, left a comment, and entered the Rafflecopter!
- [Last Day for Kid Lit Blog Hop Giveaway](https://bookwormbear.com/last-day-for-kid-lit-blog-hop-giveaway/) - Today is the last day for the Bookworm Bear Kid Lit Giveaway Blog Hop in honor of Children's Book Week. Enter for a chance to win a $20 Amazon.com gift card before midnight tonight.
- [Wednesdays in the Tower](https://bookwormbear.com/wednesdays-in-the-tower/) - Wednesdays in the Tower by Jessica Day George
- [The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me](https://bookwormbear.com/the-giraffe-and-the-pelly-and-me/) - The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me by Roald Dahl illustrated by Quentin Blake book review
- [Children's Book Week](https://bookwormbear.com/childrens-book-week/) - Children's Book Week is the annual celebration of children's books. Established in 1919, Children's Book Week is the longest-running national literacy initiative in the country.
- [Kid Lit Giveaway Blog Hop](https://bookwormbear.com/kid-lit-giveaway-blog-hop/) - Kid Lit Giveaway Blog Hop Children's Book Week Bookworm Bear leave a comment with the title of your favorite children's book
- [An Undone Fairy Tale](https://bookwormbear.com/an-undone-fairy-tale/) - An Undone Fairy Tale by Ian Lendler, Illustrated by Whitney Martin book review
- [Bear Snores On](https://bookwormbear.com/bear-snores-on/) - Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson, illustrated by Jane Chapman Book review
- [Henry Climbs a Mountain](https://bookwormbear.com/henry-climbs-a-mountain/) - Henry Climbs a Mountain by D.B. Johnson
- [Unspoken](https://bookwormbear.com/unspoken/) - Unspoken by Henry Cole A story from the underground railroad
- [King Arthur's Very Great Grandson](https://bookwormbear.com/king-arthurs-very-great-grandson/) - King Arthur's Very Great Grandson by Kenneth Kraegel book review
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- [Make Ice Cream Cows](https://bookwormbear.com/make-ice-cream-cows/) - Make Ice Cream Cows - goes well with reading Chilly Milly Moo - fun for children.
- [Make An Origami Cat](https://bookwormbear.com/make-an-origami-cat/) - Make these cute origami cats - easy directions for folding paper cats - good for children to make
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