Families are weird. My family loves to sit around the living room and speak to each other in funny voices. My brother’s room is messy and my dad has a collection of bizarre antique pens in an old cedar box. But the thing is, even though my family is a little strange, it’s MY kind of strange, and I love them all the same!
This week we read about a similarly strange family in Yuck! That’s Not a Monster! by Angela McAllister and Alison Edgson.
Have you ever looked at the people around you and thought to yourself: “Wow! I am the best!” It’s okay if you have; we’re all the best at something. You can be the best artist at school, the best at math, or even the best pizza eater! But chances are you have some friends who are better at somethings than you are.
This week’s story is about a little dog who thinks he’s the best at EVERYTHING.
I’m the Best by Lucy Cousins
This week’s book is one of my (Elizabeth) personal favorites. As a former English teacher I always enjoy reading stories that get creative with commas (in an artistic way of course)!
Orange Bear Apple Pear
by Emily Gravett
You may have noticed here, but we love books that feature great illustration and the power of suggestion to tell the story, and Momo and Snap was one of the very first ones we found here at Kids Nook.
This week it’s Momo and Snap are Not Friends by Airline Anderson!
When this book first arrived at our store, I found myself drawn to it’s unique art and colorful cover. However this little book is much more than that. It’s an interesting look at creative spirits and the lasting impression they can have on their community, as well as a touching tale of grieving.
Rabbityness
by Jo Empson
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
If you’ve ever read Robert Munch’s The Paper-bag Princess, then you’re probably already familiar with the idea of a paper-bag dress. We took our girls this week and had them decorate their own paper-bag dresses with pictures from their favorite fairy tales (kind of killing two birds with one stone!)
The girls used markers and different colored papers to tell the story of their favorite fairy tale.
Büşra’s favorite story was Little Red Riding Hood.
The finished products were amazing!
It was such a simple project, but the girls had so much fun!
What story would you put on your paper bag dress? Let us know in the comments below!
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
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!
