Book Review by Kathy Porter The first day of school is exciting and hard for most kids but changing schools can be excruciating. This was the case for first grader, Molly Lou Melon. However, Molly Lou bravely took it in stride, remembering her grandmother’s advice. Molly exhibited her unusual talents of balancing pennies on her […]
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Book Review by Kathy Porter Laura Numeroff created classics with her trio of “If You Give A..” books. Felicia Bond sealed the deal with her adorable mouse, pig, and moose illustrations. Even though I chose “If You Give a Pig a Pancake”, I highly recommend the other books as well. As a teacher, I quickly
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Book Review by Kathy Porter David Shannon wrote and illustrated an autobiographical picture book about his childhood. It’s hilarious and at the same time, rather poignant because he was frequently told no and scolded for his childish antics. Yet, the book was written in good humor with a touching ending. I was a school librarian
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Book Review by Haley Bono With longer days and melting snow, spring is officially here. It’s time to pull out Wake Up, It’s Spring, by Lisa Campbell Ernst. This book walks the reader through a beautiful journey, as bugs, animals, and people all wake up, excited and ready for spring. The pictures are big and
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Book Review by Kathy Porter February is a month about red, with the celebrations of Valentine’s Day and Lunar New Year. So, it is only fitting to review a book called The Red Book, illustrated by Barbara Lehman. The activity sheet has four rectangles. In the first rectangle the child draws someone holding a red
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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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History of the written language It is interesting to think someone decided to record what they thought was important. The first known form of a “language” came from cave paintings found to be as old as 3000BC. Why? Well, I’m no historian, but I guess that a record can last a lot longer than simply committing everything to memory. It’s also
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