Category: Early Readers
Sara Woster: Talented Painter, Writer, Illustrator, and Animator
It’s a great pleasure to share Sara Woster’s captivating new Book Set 3 (just published by Home Grown Books) with our TCBR readers.
Gearing Up for Kindergarten
September is just a few short weeks away and children going into kindergarten will enter a whole new realm that is really quite different from Pre-K or daycare settings. The following books will help explain the school setting and hopefully clear up any doubts or lingering fears in preparation for the first day of school.
Review: Gus Makes a Friend by Frank Remkiewicz
Recognizable to many as the illustrator of Jack London’s Froggy series, Frank Remkiewicz has developed a new early reader series starring a sweet natured rhinoceros named Gus.
(Theodor Seuss) Geisel Award, 2012
The Geisel Award is given annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers published in English in the United States during the preceding year.
Kids’ Halloween Books: Cats, Bats, & Skeletons
Our Halloween book list spotlights everything from growing pumpkins to plain-old, creepy stories that beg to be read on a dark night with a flashlight.
Review: Sleeping Bootsie by Maribeth Boelts
Sleeping Bootsie by Maribeth Boelts with illustrations by Patricia Cantor is a delightful spin-off of the Sleeping Beauty fairytale.
Summer Reading List: Best Beach Reads
Whether you’re heading to the beach, park, or lake, we have some great summer-themed books picked out for kids of all ages—even a couple of Young Adult titles.
Earth Day Books: Gardens, Compost & Bees
Gardening, recycling, composting, and being at one with nature—including our vanishing honeybees—and all it has to offer; these are great ways to connect young children with our environment and encourage them to nurture our special one-of-a-kind Earth.
Spring Books, Easter Books, & Farm Animals
From bunnies to eggs to butterflies to chicks and even a spring shower, these books that have been selected all harness some kind of special spring power and celebrate Easter in its secular form.
Special Pick for the 100th Day of School
Depending on how many vacation days, holidays, snow days … your child’s school has had, 100th day should be coming up pretty soon.
