Genre: Picture Books

Blog # 4 Picture Books








Somewhere In The World Right Now

This book has amazing pictures of different countries located around the world. It is a good picture book to bring culture or geography into the classroom. Each page gives students an insight to what is going on in a different country, while here the United States we are going to bed.


By: Stacey Schuett
Publisher: Alfred A Knopf, INC
ISBN #: 0-679-86537-3
Evaluation: 4 out of 5







       Corduroy
 This book is about a little teddy bear named Corduroy. He goes on adventures through a department store because he has to find his missing button. He is scared that if does not find his button no one will want to buy him! Read and find out what happens to Corduroy.

By: Don Freeman
Publisher: Puffin Books (September 30, 1976)
ISBN #: 978-0140501735
Evaluation: 5 out of 5






The Giving Tree

This is a good book to introduce children to when teaching about why being thankful is important. This book is a good choice for around the Thanksgiving holiday because it is not directly related to the holiday, but demonstrates the importance of being thankful.

By: Shel Silverstein
Publisher: Harper & Row; 1st edition (February 18, 2014)
ISBN #: 978-0060256654
Evaluation: 5 out of 5

Trageted Genre: Decodable Books

Blog # 3 Decodable Books










Dan the Tan Man

This book focus on the word family "an". The story plot is a little crazy, but it is good for phonics concepts. The story is about Dan the Tan Man who is a ginger bread man that runs away from his mom.

By: Reading A to Z

Publisher: Reading A to Z

Evaluation:  5 out of 5

Word Family Stories (31 mini books)

This is a bundle of books that will engage your child with humor, while teaching them phonics skills. Some of the series are called Big Pig, Lee the Bee and Save Me From Camp. They also provide sample stories online for parents who want to look at a few of the books before ordering the set.
By: Kathryn Wheeler
Illustrated by: Vanessa Countryman
Publisher: Key Education Publishing Company LLC Minneapolis, Minnesota
Evaluation: 5 out of 5





Van in a Jam


This book will focus in the an and am word families. The story is about a girl named Jan who get into a jam in her van. This book is part of a series from story town.

By: Sarah Curran
Illustrated by: David Hitch
Publisher: Harcourt School Publishers
ISBN: 13: 9780153641701
Evaluation: 5 out of 5

Target Genre: Wordless Picture Books

Blog #2 Wordless Picture Books                              

Wave

This is a book about a little girl's adventures on the beach throughout the day. The pictures are fantastic considering that Suzy Lee only uses two waters to illustrate the entire book. Children can use their imagination to pretend that they are on the beach with the little girl.

By: Suzy Lee
Publisher: Chronicle Books (April 16, 2008)
ISBN # 978-0811859240
Evaluation: I would recommend this book because it will catch the interest of your child. Children love going to the beach and image all the fun things to do at the beach.


Chalk

This story enables children to use their imagination as the children in the book find a bag of magical chalk to on a rainy day. The three children start to draw with the magical chalk when the pictures start to come to life in this magical book of drawings.


By: Bill Thomson
Publisher: Two Lions; 1st edition (March 1, 2010)
ISBN # 978-0761455264
Evaluation: The illustrates in this book will have children making up crazy stories to go along with the pictures. I would recommend this book to families to read to their children! The story is fun and adventuresome and will have children engaged throughout the book.





Tuesday

Frogs careen through suburbia on flying lily pads, startling witnesses and spooking a dog on this fun filled adventure that David takes the reader on. The book is ordinary mixed with the unimaginable. Children will be able to make up the text as they go along looking at the marvelous pictures.  


By: David Wiesner
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition (September 27, 2011)
ISBN #  978-0395870822
Evaluation: I would recommend this book because of the quality that it holds. Tuesday has won three Caldecott medals for the illustrations. It went on to sell over half a million copies in the United States. This author is known for the wordless pictures that he creates and will give your family an adventure to go on.

Targeted Genre: Board Books

Board Book Blog #1

The Snowy Day

This is a story about an African American boy who wakes up and notices that it is snowing outside. So he decides that he wants to go outside to play with the snow. He ventures out into the cold air and goes on adventures through his snow covered town.


By: Ezra Jack Keats

Publisher: The Viking Press 1962 by the Penguin Group

ISBN # 0-670-86733-0

Evaluation: I would recommend this book for children. It was the first children's book with an African American child in it. Therefore, it has historical value as well.

 My Very First Book of Numbers

This is a good board book for teaching children their numbers. Eric Carle has some of the best drawling! Children can count the number of pieces of fruit at the bottom of the page that matches the written number at the top of the page.

By: Eric Carle
Publisher: Philomel Books
ISBN # 978-0399245091
Evaluation: I would recommend this book because of the illustrations. The pictures are done in bright colors and they go with the number theme of the book.


















 Slide and Find Trucks: What Truck is that?

This is a great interactive book for children that allows them to slide a box to uncover the a truck. It has all different construction vehicles and big rig trucks for children to discover.

By: Roger Piriddy
Publisher: Priddy Books (January 23, 2007)
ISBN # 9780312499099
Evaluation: I would recommend the book because it is fun and interactive for children. The boxes to uncover the hidden trucks can be a little hard to move, but it can help with fine motor skills.