Congratulations to Gail Hurlburt who won the Skype visit with Sophia Gholz.
As I mentioned last week, I’m donating the books I recently received from Sleeping Bear Press to an impoverished Eastern European classroom. As I handle each book, I picture it in the hands of happy children delighted to receive these additions to their classroom.
OINK-OINK! MOO! Cock-a-Doodle-Doo!
Board books are usually found in the hands of toddlers, but English language learners will enjoy this silly, simple story. Each animal in Jennifer Sattler‘s book, OINK-OINK! MOO is shown “saying” it’s sound –even when doing something entirely un-dog, un-pig, or un-cat like. I can only imagine the delight a child will have in pointing out how silly these animals are acting!
Chip and Curly: The Great Potato Race
We go from talking animals to…talking potatoes. Chip and Curly by Cathy Briesacher, with cute illustrations by Joshua Heinsz, is full of every potato pun you can imagine. Are you a secret coach potato watching from the sidelines? Or, are you more like a waffle fry who can’t decide who to cheer for? Check out this fun story that also demonstrates the power of friendship because, as Curly tells Chip at the end, “No matter how you slice it, we’d make a great team.” What a fun book to share with a young reader –and also to demonstrate some of the idiosyncrasies of the English language!
Ollie on Stage!
Little Yellow Truck
Here’s another personification story to add to your “To-Be-Read” pile, Little Yellow Truck by prolific author Eve Bunting. Adults as well as children have had experiences in which they’ve felt unimportant or left out. In this sweet story, Little Yellow Truck (personified nicely by illustrator Kevin Zimmer) is worried that the other trucks have important jobs to do when constructing a children’s park–but he doesn’t. He’s thrilled when he discovers a special job that is perfect for a little truck like him. Young children will identify with Little Yellow’s joy when he’s picked to help complete the park.
Those books look really cute. Thanks for telling me about them. I will pass on the giveaway.
Thanks for these reviews, and also donating the books to the school in Eastern Europe that has no library. These books will help those children have fun learning English as a second language.
The books are so cute and the children will love them. Will have to check them out for my young grandchildren. Jo Lynn
Those books look really cute. Thanks for telling me about them. I will pass on the giveaway.
Thanks for these reviews, and also donating the books to the school in Eastern Europe that has no library. These books will help those children have fun learning English as a second language.
The books are so cute and the children will love them. Will have to check them out for my young grandchildren. Jo Lynn