Three siblings pack a bag with sweaters, socks, mittens, and earmuffs and decide to live in different locations-a tree, a raft, a cave ,and by the sea, until an event occurs to convince them to move to the next place.
Would be a fun book to share with toddlers & preschoolers!
-Borrowed from the library.
Susan, the duck, is not having a good day. After each incident, she exclaims how she is unlucky. Then a wolf rings a doorbell and tells her she has won a soup pot. Throughout the day, he continues to drop in with more items that she has "won". The reader will be cringing at the duck's naivety! Just when the reader thinks he has predicted Susan's fate, the day really does transform into her lucky day!
Pair with My Lucky Day by Keiko Kasza (I like My Lucky Day better.)
*Highly recommend.
Perfect for beginning/transitional readers.
-Borrowed from the library.
I love this author/illustrator team's book, We're Going on a Bear Hunt! Although I enjoyed their newest effort, I like We're Going on a Bear Hunt! better.
Throughout one day a young boy is sent to pick up specific items at various shops. Each tim, he returns with a drastically wrong item! The repeated phrases and rhyme will appeal to young listeners (& will also help beginning readers to build fluency). Prediction skills can be utilized if the reader observes the package shape & parts sticking out and also if the reader thinks of rhyming words. The ending is festive, sweet, and fun!
*Highly recommend.
-Borrowed from the library.
Award winner-Caldecott Honor-2020
I loved the illustrations in Mama Seeton's Whistle so much that I looked for other books LeUyen Pham illustrated. Ms. Pham is an amazing illustrator. I loved how she created perspective throughout her illustrations. One page I felt like I was in the water, eye level with the on-coming log. On another page, I felt like I was going to fall off the waterfall. Her use of black/white and then color as the story progress was fun to observe. The end pages foretell the story if one looks closely.
Bear leaves his cave. His curiosity causes him to snap off a log and float down the river. Other animals join him on the journey. Friendships form because "bear came along" and "the river".
After the story the author and illustrator each summarize how this story is a metaphor for life.
*Highly recommend.
-Borrowed from the library.
When my boys were toddlers and preschoolers, I read all of Mr. Hillenbrand's books I could find because I loved the adorable illustrations and sweet plots. This wordless book depicts a snowman's beginnings, a secretive rabbit, and an exciting pursuit. Parents and children who love books and reading will smile and sigh contently at the story's conclusion.
Strategies: narrating, inferring, asking questions, predicting
-Borrowed from the library.
Cozy, an Alaskan musk ox, is separated from his family during a storm. Various creatures arrive to huddle under his comforting fur. Can the different animals (which are sometimes enemies) be kind to each other in the close quarters all winter?
This book reminded me of Ms. Brett's The Mitten book. To teach the concept of compare/contrast, compare this book to The Mitten.
Once again her borders extend the story and also allow for the reader to predict the events on the next page. I especially liked the end pages which I think were depicting various types of lichen.
Strategies: compare/contrast-venn diagram, predicting
-Borrowed from the library.
