Eight Balloons by Shel Silverstein

June 10, 2010

Bring Eight Balloons to life!  Click on the picture below for a “A Book to Draw and Play With.”

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Musical Instruments Booklist

May 31, 2010

Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin! by Lloyd Moss

Mole Music by David McPhailmolemusic

The Jazz Fly by Matthew Gollub


Fractions Booklist

May 1, 2010

Give Me Half! by Stuart J. Murphy

Apple Fractions by Jerry Pallotta

The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchinsgivem

Fraction Action by Loreen Leedy


Parts of a Computer Booklist

May 1, 2010

The Magic School Bus Gets Programmed by Joanna Cole

Arthur’s Computer Disaster by Marc Brown

The Computer from A-Z by Bobbie Kalmanarthurs


Recycling and Earth Day Book List

April 2, 2010

earthdayMichael Recycle by Ellie Bethel

Why Should I Recycle? by Jen Green

Recycle by Gail Gibbons

Old Things New, Learning About Recycling by Yvonne Perry

Recycling Things to Make and Do by Emily Bone and Leonie Pratt

Recycle Michael, I’ll Do My Part by Ginger Criswell

We Are Extremely Very Good Recyclers by Lauren Child

Recycling Fun Peppa Pig Books

Rubbish and Recycling by Stephanie Turnbull

Dora Celebrates Earth Day!

It’s Earth Day by Mercer Mayer

Big Earth, Little Me by Thom Wiley

recycleWhy Should I Protect Nature? by Jen Green

I Am the Earth by Steve Viglione

Every Day is Earth Day by Kathy Ross

Earth Book for Kids by Linda Schwartz


Mo Willems Books

March 30, 2010

piggieCat the Cat, Who is That?

Let’s Say Hi to Friends Who Fly!

What’s Your Sound, Hound the Hound?

Time to Sleep, Sheep the Sheep

Pigs Make Me Sneeze!

Elephants Cannot Dance!

Watch Me Throw the Ball!

I Am Going!

Are You Ready To Play Outside?

I Love My New Toy!

Today I Will Fly!

I Will Surprise My Friend!

My Friend Is Sad

I Am Invited to a Party!

There Is a Bird On Your Head!

Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

The Pigeon Finds a Hotdog!

Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!

The Pigeon Wants a Puppy!

The Pigeon Loves Things That Go!

The Pigeon Has Feelings Too!

Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale

Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity

Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed

Big Frog Can’t Fit In!

Edwina the Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She Was Extinct

Leonardo The Terrible Monster


The Pigeon, Piggie and Elephant, Cat the Cat!

March 30, 2010

My favorite new author, Mo Willems, has written dozens of books, but I didn’t know that there were websites too!  Click on the characters to access their websites!!!!!!!!

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Opposites (Antonyms) Books

March 7, 2010

A High, Low, Near, Far, Loud, Quiet Story, by Nina Crews
America: A Book of Opposites/Un libro de contrarios,

      by W. Nikola-Lisa

Bathwater’s Hot,
by Shirley Hughes
Becca Backward, Becca Frontward,
by Bruce McMillan
Big Dog…Little Dog : A Bedtime Story,
by Philip D. Eastman
By the Sea,
by Michelle Koch
Chuck Murphy’s Black Cat, White Cat,
by Chuck Murphy
Circus Big and Small,
by George Karn
City Mouse, Country Mouse,
by John Wallner
Dry or Wet?
by Bruce McMillan
Earth, Sky, Wet, Dry : A Book of Nature Opposites,

      by Durga Bernhard

Exactly the Opposite,
by Tana Hoban
Fast-Slow, High-Low,
by Peter Spier
Fortunately,
by Remy Charlip
Have you Ever Seen …?
by Beau Gardner
Here a Chick, There a Chick,
by Bruce McMillan
Hot, Cold, Shy, Bold : Looking at Opposites,
by Pamela Harris
I’m Too Small, You’re Too Big,
by Judi Barrett
Is It Dark?  Is It Light?
by Mary Lankford
Let’s Go!  Piggety Pig,
by Harriet Ziefert
Let’s Look for Opposites,
by Bill Gillham and Susan Hulme
Little Fish, Big Fish, by Frank Asch
Nice or Nasty,
by Nick Butterworth and Mick Inkpen
Olivia Owl’s Opposites,
by R. Maurice Pledger
On the Go,
by Betsy Maestro
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish,
by Dr. Seuss
Opposites,
by Sandra Boynton
Opposites,
by Rosalinda Kightley
Opposite Song,
by Nellie Edge
Over-Under,
by Catherine Matthias
Paddington’s Opposites,
by Michael Bond
Panda Big, Panda Small,
by Jane Cabrera
Push, Pull, Empty, Full,
by Tana Hoban
Snake In, Snake Out,
by Linda Banchek
Soft Shapes: Big and Little,
by Bob Filipowich
Sto-Go, Fast-Slow,
by Valjean McLenighan
That’s Good, That’s Bad,
by Margery Cuyler
The Most Amazing Hide-and-Seek Opposites Book,

      by Robert Crowther

The NBA Book of Opposites ,
by James Preller
The Very Small,
by Joyce Dunbar
Tops & Bottoms,
by Janet Stevens
Traffic: A Book of Opposites,
by Betsy Maestro
What the Moon Saw,
by Brian Wildsmith
What’s Opposite?
by Stephen R. Swinburne
Wouldn’t It Be Awful If,
by Remy Charlip


Penguins Book List

February 27, 2010

Plenty of Penguins by Sonia W. Black

Little Blue Penguins by Sharon Fear

The Emperor’s Egg by Martin Jenkinspenguins1

Penguin Pete by Marcus Pfister

Penguins by Gail Gibbons

Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester

Five Little Penguins Slipping On the Ice by Steve Metzger


U.S. Symbols Books

February 17, 2010

A Picnic in October by Eve Bunting

Soaring With the Wind: The Bald Eagle by Gail Gibbonsflag

White House Pets (Reading A-Z booklet)

Fireworks, Picnics, and Flags: The Story of the 4th of July Symbols by James Cross Giblin