Puddles by Jonathan London is one of our recent picture books find. I immediately fell in love with the poetic language. Here is a sample from the beginning:
All Night the slash
of rain and the flash
of lightning, and the
Ka-BOOM
of thunder rattling
the house and all
the windows. We cuddle
between fright
and glee and want it
to stop
and never stop.
Puddles [...]
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Poetry Friday: Puddles by Jonathan London
Posted in Poetry Friday, picture books on September 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Picture Books About Chickens
Posted in picture books on September 9, 2008 | No Comments »
C adores chickens. “Cluck, cluck” was one of the first animal sounds she made so we’ve checked out all the short pictures books we can find that feature chickens and these are our favorites:
Chicken to the Rescue by John Himmelman
The Little Red Hen by Byron Barton
Minerva Louise by Janet Stoeke (and others in the [...]
Picture Books for Fall
Posted in homeschool, picture books on September 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We went apple picking on Labor Day. While it wasn’t actually crisp and cool yet, it was foggy and cooler, and it definitely got me in the mood for fall. I am eagerly awaiting the first morning where I really need to wear a sweater when I leave the house. We’ve been re-reading lots of [...]
August Carnival of Children’s Literature
Posted in chapter books, picture books, reading on August 17, 2008 | No Comments »
The August Carnival of Children’s Literature is up at Chicken Spaghetti. I can’t wait to make my way through all the great offerings. Click on over and check it out!
Picture Books About the Beach
Posted in non-fiction, picture books on August 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We’re heading to the beach this weekend so we’ve been doing lots of picture book reading about the beach, the ocean, and sea creatures. I wanted to list some of the titles we’ve enjoyed. I’ve divided them into fiction and non-fiction but many of them walk the boundary between the two. In other words, they [...]
Gossie and Friends
Posted in picture books on August 1, 2008 | No Comments »
M was two when we discovered Olivier Dunrea’s wonderful gosling books. We rapidly read through the six titles, Gossie, Gossie and Gertie, Boo Boo, Ollie, Ollie the Stomper, and Peedie, buying our own complete set when we hit our library renewal limit. I am amazed by how well Dunrea shows emotion and expression with [...]
The Minpins by Roald Dahl
Posted in picture books, reading on June 28, 2008 | No Comments »
I was looking through a shelf of paperback picture books at the library last week, always a difficult task while watching a speed-crawling baby since it’s hard to read their thin spines. Just as I was about to go scoop up said crawler and go, I spotted The Minpins by Roald Dahl. I [...]
Recent Picture Book Reads
Posted in picture books, reading, tagged read-alouds, picture books on April 14, 2008 | No Comments »
In March we checked out over 40 picture books from the library for M (not counting the 20 or so we got for C). Here are some of our favorites.
Wild About Books by Judy Sierra and Marc Brown - A bookmobile drives into the zoo by mistake and the animals learn to read. [...]
The Dot and ish by Peter Reynolds
Posted in picture books on April 12, 2008 | No Comments »
I’d read The Dot by Peter Reynolds to M a year or so ago and when I saw it again at the library I remembered how much we’d liked it and grabbed it. I looked for other books by the same author and ended up bringing home ish as well. Both books are about children [...]
Non-Fiction Monday: Grandma Elephant’s in Charge
Posted in Non-Fiction Monday, picture books on April 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
On one of our library visits a few weeks ago, we discovered Grandma Elephant’s in Charge by Martin Jenkins. We checked it out and ended up reading it over and over. The text is written like a story with additional factual notes about elephants. M and I both learned lots of new things [...]
