Posts Tagged ‘parent/teacher resources’
I Lay My Stitches Down — Perfect Picture Book Friday
Title: I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery Author: Cynthia Grady Illustrator: Michele Wood Publisher: Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2012 Genre: Picture book, poetry/non-fiction Audience Age: 9 or 10 years old and up
Read MoreTo the Cider Mill — Perfect Picture Book Friday
I probably should have waited until fall to review this fall-themed book, but I just received it, and couldn’t wait! A chilly February day is a good time for some hot spiced apple cider, though, so let’s have some as we look at today’s book. It’s such a delight to add a book by a…
Read MoreMusic from the Sky — Perfect Picture Book Friday
Title: Music from the Sky Author: Denise Gillard Illustrator: Stephen Taylor Publisher: Toronto: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi, 2001, 2011 Genre: Picture book, fiction
Read MoreThe Very Fairy Princess Follows Her Heart — Perfect Picture Book Friday
Title: The Very Fairy Princess Follows Her Heart Authors: Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton Illustrator: Christine Davenier Publisher: New York: Little, Brown, 2013 Genre: Picture book, fiction Audience Age: 3 to 8 years
Read MoreBallerina Dreams — Perfect Picture Book Friday
Title: Ballerina Dreams Author: Lauren Thompson Photographer: James Estrin Publisher: New York, Feiwel and Friends, 2007. Genre: Picture book, nonfiction
Read MoreThe Art Room — Perfect Picture Book Friday
Title: The Art Room Author: Susan Vande Griek Illustrator: Pascal Milelli Publisher: Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 2002 Genre: Picture book, historical fiction
Read MoreHope is an Open Heart — Perfect Picture Book Friday
This is a special Perfect Picture Book Friday. Quoting from Susanna Leonard Hill’s PPBF post last week, since “Friday, December 14 is the anniversary of the date in 1954 that the UN General Assembly recommended there should be a Universal Children’s Day, we are going to be doing our part to raise awareness of the…
Read MoreHappy Birthday to You! — Perfect Picture Book Friday
Title: Happy Birthday to You! Author/Illustrator: Dr. Seuss Publisher: New York: Random House, 1959, 1987. Genre: Picture book, fiction/fantasy Audience Age: 3 to 8 years
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