Must-Reads For Children

(an ever-growing list)

What a cute book! I read this to my kindergartner this week. I used it as a fun reader alongside our fish lapbook  that we have been working on. This was an easy read,with fun illustrations, and a great twist at the end! It's sure to make you and your little one giggle!!

My daughter, Daelynn, asked me to recommend this book to young girl readers. The following is her review of the book, in her own words:

"I would recommend you to read this book. It is very easy to  read ,and very interesting as you go through this 12 yr old slave girls life. As you meet her friends in the kitchen you realize how interesting her life is. This book opened my eyes to slavery and that it is horrible. As you go through her life you will go through some laughs. You will maybe cry a little. But as you read what she writes, you can kinda feel how she feels. She has a very strong character. Her mom died. She explains how it is to sleep in very horrible places, like the attic where the roof leaks. She can feel the wind blowing. She knows how to read and write. The secrets of the house go around, but only her and her friends know about it (like who in the "Big House" is secretly against slavery)."

My review of this series (How to encourage a love for reading). click for a link to the entire series (here).

The Giving Tree is absolutely my favorite childhood story. I can still remember the first time I was read this book. I was sitting on a red rug on the floor of Mrs.Woods Kindergarten class when I was just five years old. I remember Mrs. Woods reading each word in such a loving voice as she showed us the pictures. Most of all, I remember feeling so sad for the tree. I would recommend this book to all readers, young and old alike. What a treasure!!

An awesome book for girls. It is beautifully illustrated and has intriguing information about the different types of dancing there is around the world. The book is inspiring to say the least! Daelynn has added it to a prized place in her "favorites" collection! Please see my post about how we came upon this book and the story surrounding it at Dancers and Monsters