Posts Tagged ‘Picture Book’
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. Read the book, gather your art supplies and young artists, and let’s get started. SUPPLIES:…
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Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox, illustrated by Judy Horacek This is a fun picture book for the toddler and preschooler set. My daughter loved this book – I think we read several times a day for months. The text and illustrations are simple, but engaging. The text has a rhythm that moves…
Read MoreA Kitten Tale
A Kitten Tale, by Eric Rohmann 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? Would they be OK if cold, wet snow comes and covers everything? The fourth kitten is excited,…
Read MoreMagic Box
Magic Box, by Katie Cleminson This is a fun picture book celebrating imagination and magic. 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. Eva wishes…
Read MoreKid 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…
Read MoreAn Undone Fairy Tale
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…
Read MoreBear Snores On
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…
Read MoreHenry Climbs a Mountain
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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