Pam 's comments
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Pam 's comments from the Children's Books group.
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Guess I'm blessed. My little guy loves to read (once he's done bouncing off the walls :)
Kathryn wrote: "This is a subject that has been on my mind for some time and I'm hoping some of you will have good feedback for me... I realize not all will be on the same page with this and I hope I do not offen..."Great discussion idea, Kathryn. The whole gender definition thing is rather annoying at this point. Personally, I loath the fact that all the old books left girls behind, and that so many of the more recent books do the opposite. It's time we present a broad view of what's acceptable behavior. Everybody dances, everybody sings, everybody climbs mountains...
I used to read my babies the Dr. Suess boardbooks. I don't know if they come in a set, but The Foot Book and it's sisters have an addictive rhythm and cadence. Might explain why they like poetry so much.
Chandra wrote: "I've been curious about those Magic Tree House stories. I have a five year old and we are about to start trying honest too goodness chapter books after seeing that she seems to enjoy and absorb ad..."Hi Chandra! Glad to see you posting (hope I didn't miss any)
There is nothing in the Magic Tree House books that would overwhelm a 5 yo...ie not scary or too complicated. Most of the books are written at the 3rd Grade level.
A chapter-book series we liked is the Rainbow Fairies. Me hub and I took turns reading them and both my boy and girl liked them. Son was 5 at the time. (They make great bedtime reading as you can finish one in about a 1/2 hour) They are written generally at the 4th Grade level. Interest level, of course, is very wide on all of these series.
Abigail wrote: "Aimee: I'm not sure what AR books are... Is it an award? I've moved this thread to the CB Authors folder, by the way."
It's NOT an award, Abigail. But rather a system that gives adults and children an idea of hard the vocabulary is in a book. The AR people use school grades rather than age -- probably to the annoyance of homeschoolers. For example, a book that is 1.1 is supposedly for first graders in the first month of school. HOWEVER, and this is important, it is only a guideline and since kids learn to read at different times you can have a class full of new first graders, some of whom can't read more than their name while others will be reading on the third grade level.
I'm pretty tired so I've probably made a muck of this explanation. Let me know and I'll try again.
Chandra wrote: "I know a lot of children who have 'taught themselves' to read by 3 so yes, I think it's entirely possible that he could be reading independently very soon. Some great early readers that we have en..."Seuss is awesome. (We have the FootBook and many more) And my sister and I swear by LeapFrog's videos. They lay such a solid foundation for reading. Got all of our kids off to a good start.
Emily wrote: "For those of you on the East Coast in the U.S., I just found out about a children's lit festival at Salisbury University (in Salisbury, Maryland) this April that is FREE and open to anyone. I'm de..."That is cool, Emily. I am definitely thinking of going.
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We are giving away 2 Great books for the wee ones.
"Peek-a-Boo, I Love You!" and "Little Quack's Bedtime" at ... http://tinyurl.com/cp3sf9
Contest runs until March 4th.
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Winner was Debbie in Texas.
We've been really lucky lately and have run across some great books."Rabbit! Duck!" is sort of like "Not a box/stick". There's a drawing that sort of looks like a Rabbit, and sort of looks like a Duck. My son thinks it's hysterical.
We also loved Todd Parr's "The I Love You Book". It's sooo sweet.
I just found this sale of language disks by Pimsleur. I checked on Amazon and the program got pretty good reviews, so I sent off for the French CD. Figure for 10 bucks I'd be happy. A variety of languages are available.
I found these contests....* An ARC of Every Demon Has His Day by Cara Lockwood!
* Five copies of The Laws of Harmony
* Three copies of Little Pink House audiobook!
* THE YOUNG CITY by James Bow (YA)
These are late Feb, early March contests.
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I don't know why the links are not transferring. Maybe it's my cold... d'oh.
The info's at site I listed above.
A nice book that covers the 1st, 2nd, 3rd... concept is Stuart's "Henry the Fourth".And we loved "Ten, Nine, Eight" by Molly Bang. (It also serves as a goodnight book)
There's another book that's fantastic, but for the life of me I can't remember the title. Drats!!! I will return when I can think of it. Even if I can't ;]
Vicki,Do check out Starfall.com and The Bob Books. Both are great resources for children interested in reading and books. And as for phonics, I don't know of any better teacher than the Leapfrog videos. They are cheap -- at about 10bucks per-- and they REALLY help kids to get down the basics painlessly.
We're reading "Coraline" free online. Sort of feeling rushed though, as they are supposed to be taking it down before the movie comes out.
The winners of the BooksforKids-reviews contest are Pris and HaltonMom. (I've already contacted them and the books will be sent out on the morrow)
Congrats! I know you'll enjoy this great book.
The Bunnicula books may be a good choice, since they are short and a serie..."Bunnicula was so funny. It's a great choice. Thanks for reminding me of it.
Well, we've been on an absolute tear through Mo Willems... so I would heartily suggest any of his books: Pigeon, Elephant & Piggie especially
Here's a contest giving away 3 copies of "Beat the Reaper"http://www.readingwithmonie.com/2009/01/...
Tahleen wrote: "Ohh, that does sound good! How are you organizing the giveaway?"Full instructions are on the site, but essentially you just have to come to the site and leave a comment that you are interested in the book. [Well, I guess that and a way of notifying you if you win:]
The winners will be chosen by random drawing. (Hubby has found some sort of random number generator/choser on the web)
May 29th -- just in time for Summer!!!!!
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Billy and the Birdfrogs was one of my favorite books for 2008. I have two copies to give away.
Below are some links. One of which takes you to Amazon where you can read a few pages to see if it's something your children, or you, might enjoy.
It's a book for Tweeners -- age 8 to 13.
[OKay, and for moms too. I read it for myself, and then my husband read it to our 8 year old. Even hubby liked it.:]
You can find my review here.
And Read a bit of it at Amazon ... HERE.
http://www.booksforkids-reviews.com
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