K-3 Book Reviews, Puppets, Colouring, Clip Art
I recently attended a series of mindfulness classes and at one of those classes I was introduced to this amazing little children’s book: Last year’s class was very high energy so we’d been doing some breathing exercises off and on throughout the year. I never called it meditation, but it was pretty funny to see some of the kids sitting … Read more
Inside: A review of The Misadventures of Sweetie Pie and my grand conversation lesson plan. Yesterday I read my class The Misadventures of Sweetie Pie by Chris Van Allsburg. When I decided to write this book review and started to do a little research, I was very surprised to see how many readers didn’t like it. And I mean REALLY didn’t like … Read more
Author Judy Schachner is probably most well known for her Skippyjon Jones books. But she’s actually written many others, with her latest one being Dewey Bob. My copy of Dewey Bob was actually a gift from a teacher/friend/blogger. I met Lyn (from Pennsylvania) a couple of summers ago when she came out to Vancouver Island to visit one of her … Read more
Inside: Book review of Miss Hazeltine’s Home for Shy and Fearful Cats I just purchased the loveliest of lovely books for my class. It’s called Miss Hazeltine’s Home for Shy and Fearful Cats and is written by Alicia Potter and illustrated by the talented Birgitta Siff. I’m not even a cat lover (dogs are my best buddies!) but this book … Read more
My choice for this week’s Perfect Picture Book Friday is CHALK by Bill Thomson. Publishing: Two Lions, March 2010 Genre/Topic: Juvenile Fiction; Imagination Intended Audience: 4 to 8 Opening Lines: There are none! This is a wordless picture book 🙂 Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Brief Synopsis (from Amazon.ca): A rainy day. Three kids in a park. A dinosaur spring rider. A bag of … Read more
I know I review a LOT of dog books. You’ll have to forgive this weakness of mine. But I could not resist this sweet story from an author who lives in my hometown of Victoria, B.C. Title: This is the Dog Author: Sheryl McFarlane Illustrator: Chrissie Wysotski Publishing: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2003 Intended Audience: Ages 3 to 9 Genre/Topic: Fiction, … Read more
Hi Everyone! We’ve just started our bears unit , one of my all-time favourite science units to teach! I found this book a couple of months ago and I’m in love with it! I thought it was a Goldilocks knock-off, but it’s not! It’s much better. And it’s definitely Perfect Picture Book WORTHY. Title: Three Bears of the Pacific Northwest … Read more
My favourite book this week is a rollicking fun poem by children’s author, David Elliott, called And Here’s to You! Title: And Here’s to You Author: David Elliott Illustrator: Randy Cecil Publisher: Candlewick Press, 2004 Intended Audience: Ages 4 – 8 Theme: Animals, Stories in Rhyme, Environment Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Synopsis: A rhyming, celebratory book of creatures from birds to fish … Read more
One of my students came bounding into the classroom the other day BEGGING me to read his new book. I took one look and thought, “Oh no, it’s one of those goofy, over-commercialized books, with nothing substantial.” It was probably the big bites in the book that made me think that. But I didn’t want to hurt his feelings so … Read more