Hogwash ~ Arthur Geisert

When picking out books for children, you never know when they are going to really love a book. You may have a hunch as I did with Hogwash. My son loves machines and tools. He got an old home improvement book for his birthday and he loves to just sit and look at the schematics [...]

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Black & White Picture Books

Have you noticed a trend in black & white picture books. The first that I can remember (in recent years) is Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes. My son loved this when he was little. This book doesn’t need color. The bold lines and wonderful expressions on the kitten are enough to capture the [...]

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Thinking about work

It’s hard not to think about work these days. Everyday you hear about this factory or that business laying people off. And not just a few people, but many. There have even been layoffs in our local library community and a library that looks like it will close. Everyday in the library, people are coming [...]

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A few picks from the book nook

We’ve rearranged things in our house and as a result, my son now has a “book nook.” He loves to sit in there and pull out all of the books and “read” them. Sometimes I think we could read to him all day long and he wouldn’t mind. It’s a little hard to say no [...]

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To Rhyme or Not to Rhyme?

We’ve just stumbled across this book my son loves called, When Marcus Moore Moved In. I’m not exactly sure why he likes it so much, but it’s about a little boy who moves into a new neighborhood and becomes friends with a girl there. They do a lot of pretend play, which my son also [...]

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Albert the Fix-It Man ~ Janet Lord

We just got this one out of the library, and my son loves it. Like a lot of boys, my son is obsessed with tools and trucks etc. I am not. I try to balance his exposure to all things tools/trucks. Not just because I don’t particularly care for them, but there is something a [...]

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The Gardener ~ Sarah Stewart

My son loves his role as garden helper, so I picked this up at the library when I saw it on the “to-be-shelved” cart. I didn’t read it before-hand which is a mistake I make over and over. But, I was lucky this time. (Not so lucky when starting Babar, which I don’t think I’m [...]

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Patricia Polacco

I’m not sure if I mentioned this before, but my son seems to love Patricia Polacco. I personally think these books are a little old for him, but he actually requests them. It is true that he often falls asleep in the middle of the story, but he eventually makes it all the way to [...]

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Snowy Day

It’s a lousy, snowy day. It’s a perfect day to read two of my sons favorite books – The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats and It’s Snowing by Olivier Dunrea. He loves anything by Ezra Jack Keats even though I think some of the stories are a little old for him.
As for me, [...]

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Nice Tractors

My son has learned a new word. It seems like he learns 5-10 a day. His new word is “gain” as in please read this book to me a “gain.” He has certain books that he loves to read over and over.
His most recent favorite is called Tractor Day by Candice Ransom. I call it [...]

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