Posts Tagged ‘Children’s Book’
Kid Lit Giveaway Blog Hop
Kid Lit Giveaway Blog Hop in Honor of Children’s Book Week I’m trying something new here with Bookworm Bear: the Kid Lit Giveaway Blog Hop in Honor of Children’s Book Week. Bookworm Bear will be giving one lucky reader a $20 gift certificate to Amazon.com. All you need to do to enter (one entry per…
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The 94th Annual Children’s Book Week is May 13 – May 19. Celebrate children’s books, young readers, and encourage a love of reading. Look for events in your local school, library, and bookshops. The Children’s Book Week website explains: Children’s Book Week is the annual celebration of books for young people and the joy of…
Read MoreThe Hundred Dresses
The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes, illustrated by Louis Slobodkin This is a story about Wanda. But, it is also a story about Maddie, and about Peggy. 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. Wanda was a…
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An Undone Fairy Tale, by Ian Lendler, illustrated by Whitney Martin First, let me say that my daughter loves this book. There is something about the illustrations, and the book not being ready yet, and the resourcefulness of those trying to get the book ready for the reader. Well….this one is bound to leave readers…
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Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson, illustrated by Jane Chapman This was one of my children’s favorite books when they were toddlers. It has a little of everything they loved: animals, suspense, friendship, and text that flows along with rhymes. “In a cave in the woods, in his deep, dark lair, through the long, cold…
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Henry Climbs a Mountain, by D.B. Johnson This is a story of Henry David Thoreau and of slavery. It is a story of hope and freedom. In this picture book, D.B. Johnson portrays Henry David Thoreau (and other characters) as a bear. On a trip to town to get a shoe that was being repaired,…
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Unspoken, A Story from the Underground Railroad, by Henry Cole In this powerful, wordless picture book, Cole tells the story of a young farm girl in the South around the time of the Civil War. The girl goes about her daily chores around the farm. While collecting vegetables from a storage area, the girl hears…
Read MoreKing Arthur’s Very Great Grandson
King Arthur’s Very Great Grandson by Kenneth Kraegel “On the day Henry turned six years old, he woke up early, ate a large breakfast, mounted his trusty donkey, Knuckles, and went out in search of adventure.” Henry is the great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson of King Arthur. He receives gifts of a helmet and a sword (just his size)…
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Jacob’s Tree by Holly Keller Jacob is the smallest in his family. He is too little to reach the table and see into the bathroom mirror. Jacob’s mother tells him he’ll be bigger soon. Jacob’s father measures Jacob on a big elm tree outside their house, painting a mark so Jacob can see how much…
Read MoreBecause of Winn-Dixie
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo “My name is India Opal Buloni, and last summer my daddy, the preacher, sent me to the store for a box of macaroni-and-cheese, some white rice, and two tomatoes and I came back with a dog.” So begins this compelling middle grade novel by Kate DiCamillo. Opal, the main…
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