Hello, friends! Today's book is The Blue Songbird by Vern Kousky, a wonderfully touching story about learning how to find yourself. A little songbird wakes up every morning to the beautiful songs of her sisters. She wishes her song could be as sweet, but she can't seem to find the right notes. Her mother encourages … Continue reading The Blue Songbird (Vern Kousky)
Hello, friends! Our book today is Egg by Kevin Henkes, an adorable story of four little eggs and the surprises they hold inside. Laid out in graphic-novel style, four colorful eggs sit, waiting to hatch. Soon, three of the eggs crack and open, revealing colorful baby birds. But the birds eventually notice that their fourth … Continue reading Egg (Kevin Henkes)
Hello, everybody! Today's book is the wonderful Nerdy Birdy, written by Aaron Reynolds and illustrated by Matt Davies, an adorable and unexpected story about the nature of true friendship. Nerdy Birdy is not like the cool birds: he wears glasses, has a birdseed allergy, and loves reading and video games. The popular birds like Eagle … Continue reading Nerdy Birdy (Aaron Reynolds)
Hello, everybody! Today, we read Every Day Birds, written by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater and illustrated by Dylan Metrano, a beginners guide to common birds for young children. The book, told in rhyme, features cut paper illustrations of many species of common birds (such as robins, cardinals. woodpeckers, etc) on each page, with short, one-sentence descriptions … Continue reading Every Day Birds (Amy Ludwig VanDerwater)
Hello friends! Our book today is Cockatoo, Too by Bethanie Deeney Murguia. This is a very fun and silly wordplay story: cockatoos, two cockatoos, cockatoos in tutus, toucans in tutus doing a can-can, and so on! This was a cute book. The wordplay fun was great, and even managed to teach the proper use of … Continue reading Cockatoo, Too (Bethanie Deeney Murguia)
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