I received this huge box on Monday, and I could not be more excited. What you all don't know about me or maybe you do by now is that I love books and I especially love children's books. When I was a little, my family read to me all the time. My cousin, who I looked up to very much as a reader, read to me all the time and I loved that. My dad often took me to the book store and would let me pick out one new book each time. About twice a month, we would go to Holly Cook Book Store in Louisville and that was a special time. As I got older, he would take me to Borders and now we try to go to a book store every month and just talk. Books are something that keep us close. All of my friends know that books mean the world to me and boys whom I date know that they have to deal with that part of me. Just this week I was with a boy at the book store and I will confess that I like him very much. I found out that he has never read "Where the Wild Things Are". This of course would not work for me. He let me read it to him there and didn't even laugh when I got chills when I read "and it was still hot." That boy is getting some brownie points. :)
Any way, so I received this huge box of books and I could not be more excited about that. It was filled to the top with amazing books. There was 47 in total. The wild thing is that this box is just the beginning of the books that I have bought this September.
I have decided to break these books into categories of young readers and older readers. Today we will just focus on younger. All of these book, aside from the first three, can be bought on scholastic for very little money. Scholastic is a great way to start your family or classroom library for a small price. All of these books can for sure be found on Amazon, which is a place where I buy a lot of books.
These first three books are all written by the woman that wrote Goodnight Moon. I am not sure if you know this, but all kids love that book. I was able to get these books in a bundle for only $12. All of the books are hard back and I love the illustrations. While I will most likely not use these in my classroom, I do love them for my personal library. I am going to keep these in my babysitting bag so that the kids I am with can enjoy them. I already know that they will be coming in handy this Friday.
I read this book for the first time last year when it first came out and I love it. It is so funny and a great read aloud in a classroom. The whole thing is in speech bubble and I think that it would be so fun to read this book in a second grade classroom and allow the kids to all have different parts and preform it. The book will have everyone chuckling and the illustrations will get all young artists doodling.
When I was reading this book, all I could think is that this book would be wonderful for cultivating a classroom community. In all of my classes right now we are learning that this is an important aspect of developing a classroom. I loved that this book has so many different races in it and shows that all people can be friends.
This book is so easily relate able. So many children go through the experience of family coming to visit and this book truly captures that. The pictures are fun and bring the story to life. This is a wonderful story for read aloud, and also a great example of a text to self connection that the children could make.
This is such a classic. I can remember having this read to me when I was a little girl. I would love to read this book out loud at school sometime soon.
In the world we live in where so many kids are living in a family that lives in poverty. This book shows how a little girl works hard to earn money so that she can buy something special for her mom. This is a great example of text to world and text to self connections.
The illustrations in this book are amazing and I loved every one of them. This is a book that I will be reading in the preschool tomorrow. We are going to learn the song and all the different ways that it can be sang.
I will be honest I got this book for free and it didn't exactly rock my world. It is a counting book and I can see why a teacher my want to use it in the fall, but there are better options out there. I may use this if I ever go on a field trip to a pumpkin patch.
The illustrations in this are cute and the preschoolers will truly enjoy making all of the sounds. I am going to have to read it a few times before I feel very connected to this book.
This book is also one that I got for free. It is about a little owl that doesn't want to start preschool. It is an okay book but I would rather read "Llama Llama Misses Mama". I think it is written better and that it basically tells the same story.
Oh man! Mo is taking on bullying in one of my favorite Piggie and Elephant books. I am actually going to read this out loud tomorrow and I can't wait. The book is surprising and well written. I have read this book several times and I still love it every time I read it.
Great for starting school and it is a fun companion to "If You Take a Mouse to School." I love this series and I am glad to add this to my collection.
This is a great book for the beginning of fall. It made me want to cuddle with the bear or my old stuffed bear. I am getting the audio version next month and I think that that will be fun to listen to.
My mother used to read this to me all of the time, and I still love it. Kevin is part of the reason that I love first grade so much and want to teach it. I can't wait to uses this in a classroom.
This is just a sweet alphabet book and a great way to introduce new animals to the children.
I LOVE FOXES. I saw this book and I knew that I had to buy it. The illustrations are precious and I am working on a great art project to go with it. Watch out, you will be seeing this again.
I haven't ever bought these books before, but I think that that is about to change. I got these and loved them so much. They are made by National Geographic, and seem like the perfect thing to have in the classroom for all the curious kids out there looking for answers.
I will say that I haven't had a chance to read these two books. I would say that they are for a child in 2nd grade. I know that in the school that I work for, I see a lot of Flat Stanley and I am looking forward to seeing what they love so much.
I hope to liked this set of books. Be on the look out for part two. Have a wonderful night. Read a Good Night Book.
Happy Reading,
Ms. Cara
PS Please feel free to comment and let me know what books you got this month. Maybe they will make next months list. :)
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