Category: Ages 0-3
Books to Read-Aloud: This week’s Favorite is Daddy Hug
Story Time is every Tuesday at Tree Top Kids, Foxhall Square , with yours truly. This week’s Fathers Day themed selections follow: Daddy Hug by Tim Warnes (Author), Jane Chapman (Illustrator) Reading level: Ages 2-6 Hardcover: 32 pages Publisher: HarperCollins (April 29, 2008) Synopsis: … “Daddies come in all shapes and sizes—slimy and scruffy, long [...]
Elephant and Piggie Series: Mo Willems
Random, unusual, and off beat are just a few of the words often used to describe Mo Willems’ books. The latest additions to his award-winning Elephant and Piggie series, which revolve around an elephant named Gerald and a pig named Piggie, are no exception. Both books – I Love My New Toy, and I Will [...]
Books to Read-Aloud: This week’s Favorite is Walk on! A guide for Babies of All Ages
Story Time is every Tuesday at Tree Top Kids, Foxhall Square , with yours truly. This week’s Graduation themed selections follow: Walk on!: A Guide for Babies of ALL Ages by Marla Frazee Reading level: Baby-Preschool Hardcover: 40 pages Publisher: Harcourt Children’s Books (March 1, 2006) Synopsis: “Is sitting there on your bottom getting boring? [...]
Sergio Makes a Splash
Sergio Makes a Splash by Edel Rodriguez Reading level: Ages 2-8 Hardcover: 40 pages Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers (May 1, 2008) … “Sergio is a penguin. He loves fish, soccer, and water. He loves drinking water, bathing in water, spraying water, just about anything with water! But he has one big problem; he can’t [...]
Books to Read-Aloud: This week’s Favorite is The Boy Who Wouldn’t Share
Story Time is every Tuesday at Tree Top Kids, Foxhall Square , with yours truly. This week’s selections follow: The Boy Who Wouldn’t Share by Mike Reiss (Author), David Catrow (Illustrator) Reading level: Ages 6-8 Hardcover: 32 pages Publisher: HarperCollins (May 27, 2008) Synopsis: Edward has oodles of toys but doesn’t share any of them [...]
The Tiniest Mermaid
The Tiniest Mermaid by Laura Garnham (Author), Patricia MacCarthy (Illustrator) Reading level: Ages 2-8 Hardcover: 28 pages Publisher: Good Books (May 2006) The Tiniest Mermaid, by Laura Garnham, is a tale of rescue, recovery, friendship and the creation of lasting memories. Lily, a young girl who lives by the ‘wide blue’ sea, discovers a tiny [...]
Mother’s Day
By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review Published: May 10, 2008 Someday by Alison McGhee (Author), Peter H. Reynolds (Illustrator) Reading level: Ages 2 – 6 Hardcover: 40 pages Publisher: Atheneum (February 27, 2007) This is a book that will bring tears to any mom’s eyes! What could be more moving than a full cycle [...]
Wave
Wave by Suzy Lee Reading level: Ages 2-6 Hardcover: 40 pages Publisher: Chronicle Books (April 16, 2008) What to expect: Beach, Ocean, Girl, Humor For a book with out words, Wave really makes you believe and feel. It tells the story of a little girl’s day at the beach. She is looking at shells, wading [...]
Elmer
Elmer by David Mckee Reading level: Ages 2-6 Hardcover: 32 pages Publisher: HarperCollins; 1 edition (September 18, 1989) Elmer is the story of a multi-colored patchwork elephant. He lives with a herd of elephants, and he longs to be exactly the same as all of the others. … “If an elephant was laughing, the cause [...]
Books Toddlers Love
Here is a list of books that toddlers love, by Parents Magazine, April, 2008: Knuffle Bunny, by Mo Willems Best Word Book Ever! by Richard Scarry Tails, by Matthew Van Fleet Tickle the Duck! by Ethan Long Hug, by Jez Alborough Barnyard Dance! by Sandra Boynton Peek-A-Baby, by Karen Katz The Very Hungry Caterpilar, by [...]
