Book Review by Haley Bono October is a time for fun and imagination. If you are looking for some spooky fun with your kids, then “At the Old Haunted House” is the book for you. Written by Helen Ketteman, and illustrated by Nate Wragg, this book takes the reader on an eerie, but fun look […]
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Book Review by Kathy Porter This beautiful illustrated book by Don and Audrey Wood is called Heckedy Peg. Even though it isn’t a Halloween story, the witch-like character of Heckedy Peg makes it fit for the upcoming holiday. A mother has seven children named after the days of the week. She told them she was
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Book Review by Ashley Beecher In Llama Llama Mess, Mess, Mess, authors Anna Dewdney and Reed Duncan deal with a concept that every family with kids has faced: cleaning up the toys. Llama Llama doesn’t want to clean up his toys when Mama Llama asks and together they imagine what it would be like if
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Book Review by Kathy Porter This book by Margery Cuyler with illustrations by David Catrow, is the funnest read aloud. I love prompting the kids to say That’s good, That’s bad with me. “Oh, that’s good!” I would say it with enthusiasm and then say, “No,that’s bad,” and make it sound very dramatic. . The
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Book Review by Ashley Beecher I received We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, by Michael Rosen, at my baby shower before my oldest child was born. It’s based on a folk song and tells the story of a family that goes on an adventure through various terrains and weathers to find a bear. Then they
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Book Review by Haley Bono You can never have too many alphabet books, and I’m determined to prove this statement true. Well, okay, maybe I have a few too many, but I just had to add another one. Alphabet Trucks by Samantha R. Vamos has been an excellent addition, considering I have a two-year-old obsessed
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Book Review by Ashley Beecher When I think back to my childhood and the books my mom read to me, one that comes to mind is Ten Terrible Dinosaurs, by Paul Stickland. The book begins with ten young dinosaurs and follows their antics as they play, but with each activity one of the dinosaurs goes
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Book Review by Kathy Porter “The Big Hungry Bear” by Don and Audrey Wood. This classic book tells the story of a mouse who becomes persuaded by an invisible narrator to pick a luscious ripe strawberry and find ways to hide it from the Big Hungry Bear, whom we never see. After a few hilarious
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Book Review by Haley Bono Here is another favorite children’s book, “The Lady with the Alligator Purse” by Mary Ann Hoberman and Nadine Bernard Westcott. This is a nonsensical book full of smiles and laughs. There is a fun tune you can “sing” this book to, if you don’t already know the song, you can
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Book Review by Kathy Porter Every state celebrates it’s history one way or another. In Utah, our state holiday is Pioneer Day on July 24th. This nonfiction book showcases various American pioneer quilt styles in alphabetical order. Even though the vocabulary is suitable for older children or adults, younger children may be intrigued as they
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