I was today years old when I found out that there is more books to go along with The Kissing Hand! After Scoring this beauty for 25 cents at a thrift store today, I researched and found more books with the adorable Chester Raccoon!
I was today years old when I found out that there is more books to go along with The Kissing Hand! After Scoring this beauty for 25 cents at a thrift store today, I researched and found more books with the adorable Chester Raccoon!
20 years after reading the first book, I have just finished the second and I am starting the third tonight. I really enjoyed this book but I was a little disappointed with the end of this book much like I was when I read The Giver in the 7th grade.
A great follow up from the first book. A little disappointed in the ending. I was hoping for more of a happy ending. It wasn't a bad ending, but it wasn't great. It is based on a true story so maybe that's just how it is. I did like how Tuesday began writing her first book at the end of this book after she read "A Child Called It".
Where the Sidewalk Ends is a P picture book that is a collection of poems and drawings by Shel Silverstein. These short poems would be great as a SR for pointing out strategies and rhymes in specific poems. This book has won an award as an ALA Notable Book and an Outstanding Book Award. #UCFLAE3414SU20
The Tiny Seed is a RF picture book written and illustrated by Eric Carle and would be great book used as a S before a science lesson on plants. It is the story of the long and torturous journey of a small seed. #UCFLAE3414SU20
Waiting is a MF picture book written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes. It is the story of patiently waiting for things to happen, there is a great emphasis on imaginative play. Such a cute story that would be great for S with cute puppets or even felt cutouts. This book is winner of the Caldecott Honor and is a Geisel Honor Book. #UCFLAE3414SU20
Have you Filled a Bucket Today? is a great RF picture book by Carol McCloud. It is winner of a Mom's Choice Award and would be great for a beginning of the year RA to help students to learn about kindness and what it looks like in the classroom and at home. #UCFLAE3414SU20
Planting Stories is a B picture book that would be great as an AS or SR. It is written by Anika Aldamuy Denise and illustrated by Paola Escobar. It about the very first Puerto Rican Librarian. Awards include the 2020 Pura Belpré Author Honor Book, 2020 Orbis Pictus Honor Book for Outstanding Nonfiction, Smithsonian Ten Best Children‘s Books of 2019 and it is a 2020 ALA Notable Book. A great book for promoting diversity! #UCFLAE3414SU20
By the Shores of Silver Lake is a HF novel that would be great for LC. The book is part of a series of books written by Laura Ingalls Wilder and illustrated by Garth William. This particular book recounts the life that she lived and the challenges that she and her family faced as they moved to unsettled Dakota Territory where her father, Pa, worked on the railroads. #UCFLAE3414SU20
The Giver by Lois Lowry is a SF novel for young adults that will really get the reader engaged. As someone who is not really a SF fan, I loved reading this novel and it makes its way into my all time top 5 favorite books. It is a riveting tale of a boys journey to make things right in a utopian world later revealed to be dystopian. I would use this story in the classroom in LC or as a class RA. #UCFLAE3414SU20
Found this book at Goodwill for 59 cents! It goes for $20 online! This is a really amazingly sweet MF picture book by Mary Beth and Steven Curtis Chapman and illustrated by Jim Chapman. This is a great addition to any classroom. It tells a sweet tale of a ladybug who befriends a little bundle of joy in China and follows her little friend to America to be with her forever family. #UCFLAE3414SU20
I am only on chap 5 and I am compelled to write about how this poor girl, Tuesday, can be stuck in this cycle of abuse. She was abused as a child and then I can see this “relationship“ turning into an abusive relationship as she does not recognize the red flags. Its sad that this is real life and this is how it happens. She is seeking love and the kind of love she finds is the obsessive and possessive kind, but she does not know the difference.
Such a sad true story. The writer gave me goose bumps with her trials and tribulations and the horror of her middle childhood. I read this in one day as I could not put it down. Starting the second book now.
Wow! A tear-Jerking RF novel, Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper, revolves around an 11 year old girl by the name of Melody. Melody is not your average girl in grade 5. She has a disability. Her disability is called Cerebral Palsy, and this causes Melody to have muscle spasms, lack of control of her body and the inability to walk. #UCFLAE3414SU20
Another tear induced read. The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart is a RF novel about a girl who is trying to find her herself after loss. Coyote and her father live in a world of “once-upon-a-times“ and adventure, but it is not all that it seems. They are escaping a tragedy and loss like no other. They make friends along their journey that bring out the best traits in each character. #UCFLAE3414SU20
Hurricanes! is a great informational book by Gail Gibbons. It is a NF picture book that would be great for PR. The book talks about hurricanes from a scientific approach and a historical approach as it discusses the past hurricanes and the things that we have learned from them. #ucflae3414su20
The Cat in the Hat is a classic children's MF picture book that was written by published in 1957 and continues to be a favorite among the young and old to this day. It is about a mischievous cat who brings along a couple other mischief makers and causes havoc in the home of Sally and her brother a wet day. #ucflae3414su20
Draw Me a Star is a RF picture book written and illustrated by the very talented Eric Carle. Eric Carle won the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for this piece in 2003. It is a timeless tale of a young artist artist who creates something great that all started with a simple sketch of a star. It brings together the possibilities and wonder of the world if we just put it all together. #ucflae3414su20
I Am George Washington was written by Brad Meltzer and illustrated by Chris Eliopoulos. It is a B picture book that I think would be great in the classroom as a RT activity. The story is written in first person and “George Washington“ shares information about his life and accomplishments. #ucflae3414su20
There Was A Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow is a TL picture book written by Lucille Colandro and illustrated by Jared Lee. This is a funny story that follows the old lady series with her silly antics of swallowing things she should not. As the title suggests, she swallows some snow in this edition. This is a great story for CR as it sounds quite silly and song like in unison. #ucflae3414su20
The Night Before Kindergarten by Natasha Wing with art by Julie Durrell is a RF picture book that would be a great RA in the classroom on the first day on school or maybe at the end of the first week of school. The story is about all of the real life expectations and fears and excitements of the first day of Kindergarten. #ucflae3414su20
The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a MF picture book by Eric Carle. In 1970 it won the American Institute of Graphic Arts award and was among The New York Times ten best picture books of the year in 1969. This would be a great RA or S text. It can be told with props or cutouts to make it interactive. This story is all about the life cycle of a butterfly and all the challenges it must face before becoming a butterfly. #ucflae3414su20
The Little Red Hen is a TL picture book that is retold by Carol Ottolenghi and illustrated by Reggie Holladay. The tale of a responsible hen who works hard to get the job done but her lazy friends think they are going to reap the benefits of her hard work. This would be a great story for DR where students could take on the persona of each of the characters and maybe throw in some extra characters so everyone gets a role. #ucflae3414su20
Where the Wild Things Are is a MF picture book written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. The story shares with children that it really is okay to have imagination and do a little daydreaming every now and then. #ucflae3414su20
The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds is a RF picture book that can open the minds of all educators. This story shows the true impact that educators have on children in their classroom. The Dot focus on the daily life of a little girl who “can‘t” but by the end she truly finds her passion and discovers that she can all because of the actions of one teacher. One teacher truly can make a difference. #ucflae3414su20
Written by Jamie Lee Curtis and Illustrated by Laura Cornell. This RF selection teaches young children in a story-telling and rhyming fashion. The story illuminates big words that children may hear but not quite understand in everyday conversations. Each page consists of its own story with one or two “big“ words. #ucflae3414su20