Hello, all! Welcome to our Fall Festivities Week! From today through Thursday, we will be reading books that celebrate the change of seasons: fall colors, autumn holidays and, of course, Thanksgiving. To start us off, our book today is Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn by Kenard Pak, an exploration of the different elements of nature that … Continue reading Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn (Kenard Pak)
Happy Friday, friends! Our book today was Tree by Britta Teckentrup, a fantastic peek-through journey through a year's worth of changing seasons, centering around a tree and its inhabitants. Told in rhyme, the story introduces a tall tree and the wise owl who lives there, and follows both as they watch the winter melt into … Continue reading Tree (Britta Teckentrup)
Hello everyone! Today, we read Fletcher And The Springtime Blossoms, written by Julia Rawlinson and illustrated by Tiphanie Beeke. This is a wonderfully sweet story about a little fox and his world as it changes from winter to spring. Fletcher is on his way to the orchard when he sees a flurry of white in … Continue reading Fletcher And The Springtime Blossoms (Julia Rawlinson)
Summer Reading Day 71: Hello! Today, we read And Then It's Spring by Julie Fogliano, with illustrations by Erin E. Stead. Based on the cover, one might assume that the book is about Spring, and to some extent it is, but it's actually more about growing plants. In it, a little boy plants seeds in … Continue reading And Then It’s Spring (Julie Fogliano)
Summer Reading Day 60: Our book today was When Spring Comes, written by Kevin Henkes and illustrated by Lauren Dronzek. As you might guess from the title, this is a book about the beginnings of spring: flowers, rain, new kittens, etc. It's a fairly thorough examination of the spring season, told through a simple, lovely … Continue reading When Spring Comes (Kevin Henkes)
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