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#blogbookaday: Bird Builds a Nest
Summary: “It’s time for Bird to build her nest! Follow her as she pulls a worm out of the ground, lifts some twigs that are just the right size, and pushes the twigs into place. Uh-oh! One of the twigs falls to the ground! But after a day of hard work, Bird’s nest…
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#blogbookaday: My Busy Green Garden
Summary: “So begins this lyrical tribute to the bugs, bees, and birds that make the garden such a busy place. With each turned page, more visitors appear, and all the while the “surprise”—a chrysalis—changes unnoticed until, on the last page, a butterfly emerges and flies away across the garden’s well-tended borders.…
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Picture Book Month: Birds
I love this accessible non-fiction story about all the different types of bird nests there are! With just four, short lines of text for each type of nest this book is perfect for even the youngest readers. The book also provides a little more information about each nest that can…
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Picture Book Month Theme: Birds
You’ll be seeing a lot of picture books on my blog throughout the month of November as we celebrate Picture Book Month. You’ll definitely want to check out the website as picture book authors and illustrators will be posting an essay each day about the importance of picture books! Check…
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A Funny Little Bird
I found a Funny Little Bird to be full of fun, excitement, and even a good lesson on being a friend and a nice person (or bird!). The little bird in the story is almost invisible and soon becomes upset because he has no friends. But after an afternoon of…
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Those Darn Squirrels
If you need to think happy thoughts to get you through the holidays or just need something to chuckle about, definitely take a look at Adam Rubin’s . This book is absolutely hysterical from the text to the pictures Rubin and illustrator, Daniel Salmieri, got it right. Those Darn Squirrels…