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Archive for the 'PreS-Gr. 2' Category
Mon, February 6th, 2012
My First NHL Books by Christopher Jordan
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Cindy: If I say, “Board Book,” I’m guessing that you might think of yellow duckies and furry puppies. The last thing that might come to mind is a set of NHL© concept books that use the players and trappings of NHL© teams to teach colors and numbers and animals. Christopher Jordan’s set, My First NHL© Books (Tundra [...]
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Wed, February 1st, 2012
E-mergency! by Tom Lichtenheld
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Cindy: I’ve been immersed in teen lit this year but being the klutz I am, I couldn’t help but notice the cover of E-mergency! (Chronicle 2011) with poor E slipping on a flight of stairs headed straight for O. Oh-no! The importance of the most frequently used letter E is made perfectly clear in this funny story [...]
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| Posted in Alphabet Books, Gr. 2-4, Picture Books, PreS-Gr. 2, Twins' Thumbs Up - Age 8
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Thu, January 26th, 2012
An Annoying ABC by Barbara Bottner
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Lynn: “It was a quiet morning at preschool until Adelaide annoyed Bailey.” An escalating alphabetic chain reaction follows right up to the drenching moment when Zelda zaps Adelaide. Miss Mabel asks Adelaide to apologize and soon calm returns to the school as everyone settles in for story time. Bottner’s delightfully droll disasters are cleverly captured [...]
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Mon, December 19th, 2011
Stuck by Oliver Jeffers
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Lynn: One of my tests for new book kid appeal is to leave a stack lying casually on the table and watch what the focus group picks up. Stuck (Penguin/Philomel 2011) passed the first test with high marks as the focus group grabbed it right away. It quickly passed all our other tests too and [...]
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Mon, December 12th, 2011
The Cube Book by Jessica Bruin
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Lynn: Here is a book that has to be one of the most innovative designs we’ve seen in quite a while. When the focus group and I opened this, I thought at first we had been sent a puzzle – and it is. The “pieces” can be fitted together into a flat thick floor puzzle. [...]
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| Posted in Animals, PreS-Gr. 2
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Fri, December 2nd, 2011
Monkey Truck by Michael Slack
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Lynn: The youngest member of our focus group is now 16 months old and clearly a straight shot down the genetic tree because he loves books. His morning routine involves dragging out one book after another to be read. He has good taste too, The Very Busy Spider and The Very Hungry Caterpillar being among [...]
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Sat, November 19th, 2011
Mo Willems Strikes Again
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Lynn: Mo Willems is a national treasure. He is a gladsome spark of brilliance for parents and grandparents of preschoolers/ beginning readers everywhere – providing that miracle of miracles: books that can be read/listened to a zillion times without driving the grown-up screaming from the room. Mr. Willems – thank you! As the grandparent of [...]
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| Posted in All Ages, Characters who read, Curriculum Connections, Fiction, Humor, Picture Books, PreS-Gr. 2
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Wed, November 16th, 2011
I’ll Be There by Ann Stott
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Lynn: Oh that I-can-do-it-myself stage! We want our little ones to become independent but it’s bitter sweet too. And every child that proudly dresses himself or pours his own cereal still wants to be reassured that mom or dad, nana or papa are there just in case. Ann Stott and Matt Phelan have wonderfully captured [...]
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Mon, November 7th, 2011
Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Lynn: It’s waaay too early to begin making lists but Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade (Houghton 2011) is already one of my favorites for this year. First there is the fascinating story of how the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade came to have its signature giant balloons. Then there [...]
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| Posted in Art teachers take notice, Gr. 2-4, Holidays, Nonfiction, PreS-Gr. 2, Twins' Thumbs Up - Age 8
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Mon, October 31st, 2011
Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature by Joyce Sidman
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Lynn: Talk about a dream team! Caldecott winning illustrator Beth Krommes teams up again with Joyce Sidman, winner of three Newbery Honor medals in the exquisite Swirl By Swirl: Spirals in Nature (Houghton 2011). The result is just what you would expect – another brilliantly crafted book. This time the subject is the ” spiral: [...]
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| Posted in Animals, Art teachers take notice, Concept books, Mathematics, Nature, Nonfiction, PreS-Gr. 2, Science
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