by Julie | Sep 14, 2009
All in Just One Cookie by Susan E. Goodman, illustrated by Timothy Bush This is the book I’ve been looking for! At the beginning of the summer, when I was assembling the Summer Jar, I had the idea of doing things like baking cookies, but learning while we did...
by Julie | Aug 17, 2009
Henry Hikes to Fitchburg Henry Builds a Cabin Henry Works Henry Climbs a Mountain written and illustrated by D.B. Johnson Oh oh oh how we love these books. I got them initially with a vague notion of teaching Henry about Henry David Thoreau, and also because, well,...
by Julie | Aug 10, 2009
Weslandia by Paul Fleischman, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes It’s probably a mistake to read this book in mid-August, because it will make your kid feel like they’ve been squandering their summer. No matter. Read it anyway, it’s worth it. Weslandia is...
by Julie | Aug 3, 2009
Twenty Tellable Tales: Audience Participation Folktales for the Beginning Storyteller by Margaret Read MacDonald, Illustrated by Roxane Murphy Henry went to farm camp last week. Every day, on the car ride home, he would retell a different fascinating and compelling...
by Julie | Jul 27, 2009
Wool Gathering: A Sheep Family Reunion by Lisa Wheeler, pictures by Frank Ansley Good grief, I’ve been completely neglectful of poetry books here, haven’t I? I think maybe it’s because — and this is a little hard for me to admit —...
by Julie | Jul 20, 2009
If I Built a Car by Chris Van Dusen This is one of those books that I’m hesitant to recommend, because it’s such a staple in our lives that I worry you’ll all roll your eyes and say, “Tell me something I don’t know” or whatever hip...
