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 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 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 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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Book Review by Kathy Porter Moms! School is out and it’s up to you to prepare your darling’s brains for the coming school year. Reading activities on this website will help your child stay on track (pun intended). Woot! Woot! This charming story was written in 1930 and is still relevant today. A train ran
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Book Review by Kathy Porter This classic book became one of my favorites as a child. Now I’m a Nana Extraordinaire and it’s still a favorite read aloud. If you aren’t already familiar with the story, let me catch you up. A mama bird goes to find food to feed her baby while he is
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Book Review by Kathy Porter Piggy Pie is a humorous children’s book about a group of pigs who are determined to outsmart a hungry witch who is planning to eat them for dinner. The pigs come up with a plan to disguise themselves as other farm animals since Gritch the Witch is only interested in
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Book Review by Kathy Porter As my first book review on Yarn Spinning Mama, I’m thrilled to recommend a book written and illustrated by my very own cousin, Ginny Tilby! It’s called, You Should, You Should. This timely book is about a lovable hippo. His peers want him to try things they can do well,
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