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August 2021 Round-Up
Tag: Grab Bag
July 2021 Round-Up
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May 2019 Round-Up
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February 2019 Round-Up
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March 2018 Round-Up
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Round-Up: Easter Basket 2018
Easter Basket Round-up:
Looking for something other than the sweet stuff to fill a basket for Easter? The following six new books make excellent gifts for young readers.
I recently reviewed the book Somebunny Loves Me by Parry Gripp. With the cute and cuddly baby bunny on the front cover, this book is a great, seasonally-appropriate choice.
Another recent review was Pink Is for Boys (Robb Pearlman, Eda Kaban). The cover is brightly colored and would look good nestled in the Easter grass, but more important is the empowering message of the book.
For dog lovers on your gift list, check out It’s a Puppy’s Life by Seth Casteel, offered by National Geographic Kids. It is filled with all breeds of adorable puppies. It could be just the right book for families welcoming a new puppy.
There are lots of Paw Patrol fans out there! Rescue Time is a new book with two stories: “Pups Save a Tooth” (a loose tooth comes out in a carrot which is then misplaced and must be found in order for the Tooth Fairy to make a visit) and “Pups Save the Songbirds” (the Paw Patrol helps keep eggs warm for missing mommy songbirds). This book also contains another gift: a really cool projector. Recipients can project an image on the wall. The story contains prompts for when it is time to change to a new image.
If it is a board book you are looking for, be sure to include You’re My Little Cuddle Bug by Nicola Edwards and illustrated by Natalie Marshall. It is tactile and colorful. Its message is loving and warm. After reading together, you and baby will certainly want to be cuddle bugs together.
And lastly, a hint for an upcoming review: Anna and Johanna: A Children’s Book Inspired by Jan Vermeer by Géraldine Elschner and Florence Koenig would make a wonderful gift. Look for more details on this book soon!
*Note: I received these books for free in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
June 2017 Round-Up
Paper Wishes by Lois Sepahban
First Stories illustrated by Dan Taylor
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
Whose Hands Are These by Miranda Paul and illustrated by Luciana Navarro Powell
I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont and illustrated by David Catrow
The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher by Dana Alison Levy
Slugs in Love by Susan Pearson and illustrated by Kevin O’Malley
This Book Stinks! by Sarah Wassner Flynn
Because of an Acorn by Lola M. Schaefer and Adam Schaefer and illustrated by Preston Gannon
Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
The Book that Dripped Bloog by Michael Dahl
I’m Trying to Love Spiders by Bethany Barton
Check out my reviews for the month of June! You can find links to all of these reviews in the Index!
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December Grab Bag
As we head toward the change of seasons, I thought I’d put together a grab bag with snow as the theme. There are lots of excellent choices out there, so this list is in no way complete. It’s just enough to get you started. Many of these books are classics; all of them are just waiting for us to snuggle up with our children on a cold winter day (or night) for a cozy reading session.
Katy and the Big Snow
Author: Virginia Lee Burton
Blizzard
Author: John Rocco
First Snow
Author: Peter McCarty
Snow
Author: Uri Shulevitz
The Mitten
Author: Jan Brett
Cold Snap
Author: Eileen Spinelli
Twelve Kinds of Ice
Author: Ellen Bryan Obed
Bear and Hare: Snow!
Author: Emily Gravett
First Snow in the Woods: A Photographic Fantasy
Author: Carl R. Sams and Jean Stoick
The Snowy Day
Author: Ezra Jack Keats
Too Many Mittens
Author: Florence and Louis Slobodkin
The Runaway Giant
Author: Adelaide Holl
The First Snowfall
Author: Anne and Harlow Rockwell
Snowflake Bentley
Author: Jacqueline Biggs Martin
The great thing about these winter books is that they can be followed up with so many fun activities. It could be something as simple as sharing a mug of hot chocolate together. You might want to make some paper snowflakes. Or during a snowfall, go out and catch a few snowflakes on your tongue! Better yet, be prepared with some black felt glued onto cardboard. You can catch snowflakes on the board and look at them through a magnifying glass – a very simplistic version of Snowflake Bentley.
November Grab Bag
This weekend we change the clocks – and hopefully we all remember to change the batteries in our smoke alarms, as well. Although fire safety week was actually earlier this month, I don’t feel it’s too late to review safety policies. So, my first three selections are fire safety picks.
Also, as the weather turns cooler it is the perfect time to change gears – and head outdoors. Didn’t expect that? Well, I am really happy that my school is encouraging families to go hiking together. We have begun offering “Family Hiking Backpacks” which include binoculars with a compass, magnifiers, field guides, a book on hiking with children and safety suggestions. These backpacks can be loaned from our library for a one week time period. I hope other libraries follow suit.
I’m Brave!
Author: Kate and Jim McMullan
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc., 1st printing October 2015
Fire Engine Man
Author: Andrea Zimmerman and David Clemesha
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc., first printing October 2014
City Firefighters
Author: Meish Goldish
Publisher: Bearport Publishing Company, 2014
The Dandelion Seed
Author: Joseph Anthony
Illustrator: Cris Arbo
Publisher: DAWN Publishers, 1997
Flight School
Author: Lita Judge
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, trademark of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2014
Muddy Boots: Outdoor Activities for Children
Author: Liza Gardner Walsh
Publisher: Down East Books, 2015
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October Grab Bag
For this month’s grab bag, I’m listing some of the most commonly banned books. There are plenty of lists available, and this one is by no means complete. It is not presented in any particular order, nor am I giving the reasons they are controversial. However, here are a couple of links that go further into the matter:
http://www.bannedbooksweek.org/
http://www.ala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek
And Tango Makes Three
Author: Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Author: Sherman Alexis
Persepolis
Author: Majurie Safrapi
The Kite Runner
Author: Khaled Hosseini
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Author: Stephen Chbosky
Drama
Author: Raina Telgemeier
Captain Underpants
Author: Dav Pilkey
Bone
Author: Jeff Smith
Harry Potter series
J.K. Rowling
Slaughterhouse Five
Author: Kurt Vonnegut
Of Mice and Men
Author: John Steinbeck
The Color Purple
Author: Alice Walker
The Lord of the Flies
Author: William Golding
Bridge to Terebithia
Author: Katherine Paterson
To Kill a Mockingbird
Author: Harper Lee
The Catcher in the Rye
Author: J.D. Salinger
The Bluest Eye
Author: Toni Morrison
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Author: Mark Twain
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