I love surprises! It’s fun to hide behind a corner and jump out at one of your friends… but sometimes it’s not so much fun for them! That’s what today’s book is about: a little rabbit who loves to go BOO!
Boo!
by Tracey Corderoy
Illustrated by Caroline Pedler
Today on Kids Nook Reads I’ll be showing you guys a beautifully illustrated book by Petr Horacek about a little puffin who goes to extraordinary lengths to find his lost friend.
This week’s book is Emily’s Tiger, another unique book from Barefoot Books Publishing that takes a unique look at a common problem in childhood: anger.
Emily’s Tiger
by Miriam Latimer
Did you ever have those days at school when you were just counting down the seconds until you were FINALLY able to leave? Were those days ever turned around by a great teacher? In this book Once Upon an Ordinary School Day, that’s exactly what happens as our hero learns to really dive into music.
Once Upon an Ordinary School Day
(Sıradan Bir Okul Günü)
by Colin McNoughtan
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As an ESL teacher and a foreign language speaker, good books that tell a story with little to no words are a huge find. This month I discovered The Umbrella on the Kids Nook bookshelves. Even without words, it is utterly entrancing.
The Umbrella (Turkish: Şemsiye)
by Ingrid & Dieter Schubert
Are you the kind of person who’s really into fun words? The one who’s always scouring through the dictionary and the thesaurus to find exactly the right word for your purposes? Then friends, we have a treat for you today.
Thesaurus Rex
by Laya Steinberg
Illustrated by Debbie Harter
Have you ever walked around on a sunny day, only to realize that you’re being followed by someone who seems to be just like you? They move like you, run like you, sometimes they seem bigger, sometimes they seem smaller….
That’s the problem that our little rabbit has in today’s story, The Black Rabbit.
The Black Rabbit
by Phillippa Leathers
Happy Tuesday everyone! Why is it a happy Tuesday? No particular reason, it just is!
This week we’re going to give you a peek into our story Goldilocks and the Three Bears. I assume most of you know the story already: three bears leave the house, a little girl breaks in and wrecks havoc, the bears return and chase her away. It’s kind of a strange story, but it’s a fun one for learning about things like big and small, hard and soft.
We started by cleaning up the Bear’s rooms but finding all of the soft balls and the hard balls, then putting them in separate containers.
Then we made porridge for our Bears, since Goldilocks ate all of theirs up!
Our kids did such a great job! Now the Bears can go back home and relax!
Have a great day everyone!
Here at Kids Nook we’ve been stocking our shelves with some of the best English books on the market. But recently we got a very special shipment full of some of the old classics, such as Robert Munsch’s The Paper Bag Princess.
The Paper Bag Princess
by Robert Munsch
Illustrated by Michael Martchenko
Our latest story was based on another fun one from the Hello Genius series, Play Time for Puppy. In this story we meet an energetic little puppy who loves to play with his toys and his friends. In the spirit of playtime, we created our own little toys from flour and salt…. but not before we did some extra playing around first!
Our finished products….
You can find the recipie we used for our flour molds here.
Happy playing everyone!
