Simone Weil once said: Imagination and fiction make up more than three-quarters of our real life. I would have to agree with her. As children we rely on our imaginations to entertain us. We build pillow forts and wage wars against our siblings. We pretend to be the Lone Ranger or Cinderella, anything to help pass the time. As we get older our need to play “Cops and Robbers” fades into the background, but a whole new culture of imagination and fiction take its place. We are introduced to movies, books, Broadway plays, all in an effort to be a
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I haven’t done one of these in a while and figured it is long overdue… so… in honor of Tiny Tot Tuesday and the return of the school year, here is a cute one for the little people in your life. Happy Reading my fellow Kindle-ites and remember: Reading is contagious…pass it on! What’s Wrong With My Hair? Click Image for Complete Details Product Description Lionel is going to a party today, so he must do something about his bad hair. He finds a barber who has lots of crazy suggestions for hairstyles, from dandelion hair to octopus hair!
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Hello All! It’s been a few weeks since I’ve done a Tiny Tot Tuesday, but I saw this while shuffling around my watering hole the other day and thought: “How in the world can I deny small children the pleasure of a parody?” So without further ado… Goodnight Goon Click Image For Complete Details From School Library Journal Grade 1–3—Imitation can indeed be sincere flattery, as Rex proves in his slightly eerie reworking of Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd’s classic bedtime tale. The young bunny has been replaced by a little monster, but he still wears striped pajamas
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For all of the younger paranormal fans out there… here is a spell book for the little ones. Happy Tuesday and remember: Reading is contagious… pass it on! Spells For Complete Book Details Click Image From School Library Journal Starred Review. Kindergarten-Grade 4—As in Wolves (2005) and Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears (2007, both S & S), Gravett continues her playful focus on the book as physical object. Here a small green frog transforms an old book of spells into a pirate ship, its torn pages serving as sail, flag, telescope, and water. As the amphibian cavorts through ripped-up
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It’s Tiny Tot Tuesday… so grab a good book, get your kiddos and let their imaginations run wild. Here is one to get your farm animal imitations going… Happy Reading and remember: Reading is contagious…pass it on! Moo Baa La La La For complete book details click image Product Description Serious silliness for all ages. Artist Sandra Boynton is back and better than ever with completely redrawn versions of her multi-million selling board books. These whimsical and hilarious books, featuring nontraditional texts and her famous animal characters, have been printed on thick board pages, and are sure to educate and
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Happy Tiny Tot Tuesday! I should have the review for “The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms” ready to go for you tomorrow, but until then…here is a funny little ditty with a fantastic lesson for your little ones! Happy reading and remember: Reading is contagious…pass it on. The Boy Who Wouldn’t Share Click Image for Complete Details From School Library Journal PreSchool-Grade 1—Reiss and Catrow team up again for another humorous picture book. Edward, a “frightful boy,” will not share any toys with his younger sister. When she touches something, he cries, “IT’S MINE. MINE. MINE!” Overcome by greed, he gets stuck
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It’s Tiny Tot Tuesday…and you know what that means! Grab a good book and cozy up on the couch with your kiddos. Here is one sure to keep you entertained! Happy Reading and remember: reading is contagious…pass it on! Velma Gratch & The Way Cool Butterfly Click Image For Complete Details Product Description IT’S HARD TO BE VELMA entering first grade. That’s because everyone has marvelous memories of her two older sisters, who were practically perfect first graders, and no one even notices Velma. But all that changes on a class trip to the butterfly conservatory, a place neither of
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Hey everyone… sorry this post is so late in the day but technology and I had a little bit of a disagreement, needless to say – Technology won. So, better late than never here is a cutie for your little ones. Happy Reading and remember: Reading is contagious…pass it on! Green Wilma Click Image for Complete Details From Publishers Weekly There’s something decidedly odd about Wilma: at breakfast, her parents are startled by their offspring’s request to “Pass the bugs”; later, she shocks her teacher by snagging a “tasty little fly” with her long pink tongue. Most noticeably, however, Wilma’s
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Happy Tiny-Tot Tuesday… here is a cutie for the little ones in your life. Nothing screams “Kid” like worms and dirt. Oh! and just in case you feel like getting wild with your kiddo purchases there is also “Diary or a Spider” and “Diary of a Fly” Happy reading and remember: Reading is contagious…pass it on! Diary of a Worm For Complete Book Details Click Image Amazon.com Review Doreen Cronin (Click, Clack Moo: Cows That Type) and cartoonist Harry Bliss (illustrator of A Fine, Fine School) shed a whole new light on a creature that spends most of its
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Here’s an inspirational one for your bitty bots… happy reading and remember: reading is contagious…pass it on! Shaoey and Dot Click Image for Complete Details Product Description Shaoey & Dot: Bug Meets Bundle is an endearing tale told from the point of view of one little ladybug, Dot, who happens upon a mysterious bundle one sunny day. Dot stays with the little bundle as she is carried to the place where babies come to be found and promises to stay with the little one throughout her journeys toward getting a family. Written by Christian music artist Steven Curtis Chapman and
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