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#blogbookaday: Lexie the Word Wrangler
Summary: “Lexie is the best wrangler west of the Mississippi, word wrangler, that is. She watches over baby letters while they grow into words and ties shorter words together into longer ones; she herds words into sentences, hitches sentences together, and pens them all in to tell a story. But lately,…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Book Quotes
I jumped the gun last week and did Books That Surprised Me, but I missed Favorite Book Quotes, so I’m backtracking to make up for it! Enjoy! Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl.
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#blogbookaday: 7 Ate 9: The Untold Story
Summary: “6 has a problem. Everyone knows that 7 is always after him. Word on the street is that 7 ate 9. If that’s true, 6’s days are numbered. Lucky for him, Private I is on the case. But the facts just don’t add up. It’s odd. Will Private I put…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/12/18
It’s been a rough week – we finally got power back on Monday night after 75 hours without electricity and heat – it was a welcome relief. Tuesday I was back at work after taking Monday off and then we had a snow day on Wednesday where I think I…
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#blogbookaday: Pig the Pug
Summary: “Pig is the greediest Pug in the world. He is ill-tempered, rude and unreasonable. When Pig the Pug is asked to share his toys, something unexpected happens. Hopefully Pig has learned a lesson!” (Taken from Goodreads) Review: In this brief picture book you’ll meet Pig the Pug and Trevor the wiener…
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#blogbookaday: This Is Not a Valentine
Summary: “This book is not a valentine. It doesn’t have lacey edges or sugary hearts. But it is full of lucky rocks, secret hiding spots, and gumball machine treasures. This is a book about waiting in line and wishing for cinnamon buns. About recognizing that if you care so much about…
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#blogbookaday: Nothing Can Frighten a Bear
Summary: “Daddy Bear insists he’s the scariest creature in the forest — didn’t you know that nothing can frighten a bear? When a noise in the night awakens Baby Bear, he starts to believe maybe there is something scarier out there than Daddy Bear. The bears set out to investigate. But as the…
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Learn Well, You Will with Star Wars Workbooks
My most recent review box from Workman Publishing came to me with an awesome surprise – Star Wars workbooks! I was given 3rd Grade Reading and Writing and 3rd Grade Math as well as 4th Grade Reading and Writing and 4th Grade Math, but as you can see from the…
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#blogbookaday: I Am the Boss of This Chair
Summary: ““I, Oswald Minklehoff Honey Bunny III, am the boss of this chair. You may look at it, and you may walk by it, but you may not sit in it. Because I am the boss of this chair, and that’s that.” Oswald Minklehoff Honey Bunny III has always been top…
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14 Picture Books to Introduce Math Concepts
We are often asked at our library for science and math books for young children and while we keep a few workbook style options that families can copy pages from for practice, I much prefer being able to use a great story to introduce math concepts to young children and…
