Oh my it has been a round and round and round summer. I loved the
time I had with the Grandbabes and the week afterwards with Romy. In
the ups and downs and around the bends of it all, books have been read,
shared and followed many of them home. So here is my Summer Roundup of
Kiddo Reading.
We are going to continue with Amazing Learning
I would tell you that the kids loved this book but it was absconded with
by my big kiddo friend. Kathy (my dear) had to run across country to
help her mom who was ill. I do not know Where Waldo IS Now, but I do
know he is safe in her hands. This book was a great way to pass the
time on the plane and in hospital waiting rooms. And Waldo will return
home as soon as Kathy's mom is up and running again.
Fuzzwippers Make Great Travelers by Marilynn Halas
We are going to continue with Amazing Learning
I love teaching new things to the
Grandbabes. Also to teach them new people too. This is slated to be a
special gift for my oldest. Wonderful way to bring history alive. Move
over, Thomas Edison! Nikola Tesla
takes the spotlight in a biography of the man who pioneered modern
electrical engineering—and changed the course of history. From using
alternating current to light up the Chicago World’s Fair to harnessing
Niagara to electrify New York City and beyond, Nikola Tesla was a
revolutionary ahead of his time.
I have always had a hard time
understanding numbers. Little on mixing them with letters. But here is
the way to make math fun to learn and share. An interactive, engaging
and exciting
exploration of math! Clear, humorous text, bright illustrations and
interactive novelties help explain topics including numbers, geometry,
probability, transformations and statistics. The focus is on
making math accessible and exciting, so each topic has an investigation
for young numbersmiths to try at home.
I love to
eat but more so I love to cook. Having the Grandbabes around I get to
do just that. Cook with them while teaching them what the meal is made
up of. This is brought home here when you learn not only what your are
eating but where it came from too. It’s easy to
forget where all our food comes from—especially once the hustle and
bustle of back-to-school begins! Luckily, Chris Butterworth is here to
provide answers to curious youngsters in this relevant, colorful
story and the American Farm Bureau’s book of the year.
Are you a Maisy fan? I am. This is a hard one to share with the kids. Why? Well because I want to doodle too. Yes, I am going to share but next time I am the one who gets to play. Creative
Maisy fans - it's time to make your mark! Take your pencil on a
doodling adventure in this irresistible Maisy activity book created by
Lucy Cousins.
There’s hours of fun—and something for everyone—in this hands-on Maisy doodle-fest!
When Romy had to go home I knew it was going to be a long 3 hour ride. Sitting in the back seat is never much fun. So I sent snacks, drinks and of course this book to keep her entertained. Princess Sapphire and Emerald the
Witch live in the mixed-up land of Mixtopia, where everything is just a
little bit odd…let’s face it, perfect princesses and scruffy witches are
not usually best
friends. Doodle, design and draw while you read and make Sapphire’s
birthday wish come true!
Here is my new go to book for fun around the house on craft days. I already had plans for this trip but you know I am bookmarking pages already. For
young artists, tricksters, and crafters, here is a hip, friendly how-to
manual for creating removable and shareable art projects from easily
found materials. The sneaky part is in the installation! Each work of
art is custom-created
for display in public places. This utterly unique guide offers a
stylish and sweet “made-you-look-twice” spirit of fun meant to put a
smile on the faces of strangers and loved ones alike.
Okay here is the book that I want to sit down with Dear Hubby on. I have always wanted to have a playground for the Grandbabes. I know we can not do what is required for an amazing one but you never know we might have one that is worthy of an afternoon of fun. What’s
your dream playground? Grab a piece of paper and let your imagination
go wild! That was the first step when two hundred kids and grown-ups got
together to build the playground in this book—one of two thousand that
KaBOOM! has helped
create. Michael J. Rosen’s lively free verse, together with colorful
photographs, capture the enthusiastic teamwork leading up to the final
build of a playground in one day—a playground that will welcome kids of
all ages well into the future.
We spent day after day out playing. Be it at the park or the lake or the back yard. I loved it as a kid and still do as a Nonnie. Better yet is teaching my Grandbabes to do the same. Yes, get up and go
outside and play! Here, at your fingertips, are how-to's for more than
seventy best-loved games, all set to spread the fun of active play to
kids of all ages. This lively, infectious guide to games runs the gamut
from classic to contemporary:
freeze tag, blindman’s bluff, red light green light, four square, duck
duck goose, and so many more. It’s all sparked by KaBOOM!, a nonprofit
with a passion for creating outdoor play spaces nationally and around
the world.
Here is the book I want to share with my friends Grace and Mindy. They have the best yard for bird watching. From feeders to beautiful plants to natural habitat. So for their annual Cousins Camp that is hosted right next door I contribute this book. This
conversational, humorous introduction to bird-watching encourages kids
to get outdoors with a sketchbook and really look around. Quirky
full-color illustrations portray dozens of birds chatting about their
distinctive characteristics,
including color, shape, plumage, and beak and foot types, while
tongue-in-cheek cartoons feature banter between birds, characters, and
the reader.
This is the 5th book in the Fuzzwippers series. We
follow Alexandra and her friend, Fuzzany, to
Hawaii. I love sharing how they jumped right into a new place.
Learning words, trying new foods and of course hitting the waves.
Fuzzwippers Make Great Travelers
ends with their signature saying: “you are loved no matter where you
go”—providing kids with the security they need to leave home and embrace
the unfamiliar.
I wish to thank 4 Sunflowers Media and Candlewick
Press for sharing so many wonderful books with us. This was a great
way to entertain the Grandbabes while they where hanging out with me for
a week. They always know that Nonnie has a stack of books to read on
each visit. I could not do it without y'all.
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