Happy Earth Day! (April 22)

I had the pleasure of sharing this beautiful book at story time this morning. This was my choice for celebration of Earth Day. I love the picture books of Todd Parr!!

The refrain, in large letters, is "Love Yourself. Love the World."

A fantastic book about the sun for an eclipse day or anytime!

In this book, the sun has a healthy ego, and why not? The sun is pretty great!

Very fun book with great facts. Here are the spreads I enjoyed while sharing this book at story time on April 8, 2024, prior to the eclipse!! The eclipse was SO COOL despite us not being on the path of totality!

 

Classic song about the value of friendship

 

I had a fun time this week using this beautiful book for story time. I played the youtube video of Bill Withers singing his fantastic song.  This book is in a series called LyricPop. They have a wonderful catalog of cool pop songs that are illustrated.

 

Lovely lessons and a spin on Goldilocks!

 

This is a lovely version of Goldilocks and the three bears. I love that we learn a little bit about China in the book. For example, instead of porridge they are talking about congee. I like that Goldy makes amends by sharing her porridge, repairing the broken chair and making the bed. I also like how the pandas invite her to help with making the turnip cakes which were ruined. It shows that people are glad when others are willing to make up for their mistakes, so true. Very good leassons in this book. The illustrations are fantastic. 

GOLDY LUCK AND THE THREE PANDAS Natasha Yim; ill by Grace Zong

Moving to a whole new country!

 I loved how this book showed that change is hard but super hard if you are moving to a foreign country. The country is not foreign to the mom because she is from Taiwan. But for Lily, this is a big change. There is a page where the calendar flies by and we see the months of January through September have passed. Now Lily is adjusting and falling in love with her new home. So sweet!

This is Not my Home

Eugenia Yoh and Vivienne Chang

A compassionate book about memory loss

 Poignant story about a grandpa who is losing his balloons/his memories and how his grandson inherits them and is able to return them to him by explaining the memories. Beautiful multigenerational story about how it is challenging to age for all involved! Yet there are ways to make the very best of the situation!

The Remember Balloons 

written by Jessie Oliveros;

illustrated by Dana Wulfekotte

A gentle lovely book about conversation

 I love how this book (by the marvelous Mem Fox) shows how a child processes his day by talking to his stuffies: Greedy Goose, Blue Horse and Fat Rabbit. And then Greedy Goose asks the child about his day. Each remembers the same day (and incidents) only from their perspective. Lovely! The refrain is great: ______looked back on the who, the what, the why, and the way...the whole wild thing...turned out okay!

A beautiful book of animals and kids in motion

 This book is strong because the photography and the vocabulary are both outstanding. The reader learns the words for the babies of different species. There are so many things to converse about when sharing this delightful book.