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The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Board Book with CD)

Title: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
(Board Book with CD)
Author: Eric Carle
Price: $15.99
Pages: 24
Publisher: Philomel
Publishing Date: April 19, 2007
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0399247459
Genre: Nursery
Annotation: A very hungry little caterpillar goes out in search of fullness. He eats and eats, every day, more and more, until one day as fat as he could get, he cocoons himself and ends up a beautiful surprise!
Evaluation: The Very Hungry Caterpillar is one of my favorite read-alouds. Period. The reason? It's a combination of bright, happy artwork that is simply exquisite, and the multitude of education experiences that are hidden in between a relatable developmentally appropriate book for babies, toddlers and up. This particular edition has a CD/multimedia component in it and makes for a deeper, early literacy learning experience that allows children to listen to the book anytime, on their own and mimic the story teller's reading. It's an awesome combo.

Author Website: http://www.eric-carle.com/home.html

Haiku Baby

Title:Haiku Baby
Author: Betsy Hodge
Publish Date: May 27, 2008
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 14
ISBN: 0375843957

Price: $6.99
Classification: Board Book
Notable Features: Bilingual

Annotation: Travel through the natural world with whimsical haikus, Japanese parallels, and bright artwork in this light-hearted, exploratory board book.

Evaluation: Enjoy this book in play time and read-aloud with baby. As your child's developmental milestone progress, introduce poetry and a second language to your child's early literacy literacy adventure. The Board Book style allows Pre-Literacy babies and toddlers to explore holding and using a book without ripping pages.

Author Website:

http://betsysnyder.blogspot.com/

Peek-a-Who?

Title: Peek-A Who?
Author: Nina Laden
Publish Date: February 1, 2000
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Pages: 10
ISBN: 0811826023

Price: $6.95

Age Range: 0-4
Classification: Board Book

Annotation: This interactive book is filled with simple, bright illustrations and a baby guesses and turns the easy to hold chunky pages to fine out the question, Peek-a-WHO? A moo, a zoo, a YOU!

Evaluation: This book is super cute and encourages exploration, surprise, and play. It's takes the "Peek-a-Boo" game to the next level. It supports parent-baby & toddler bonding. The little die-cut opening that keeps you guessing what's on the other side is a perfect baby-hand sized hole that supports both predictive literacy skills and fine motor skills.

Autor Website: http://www.ninaladen.com/

Planting A Rainbow (Lap Sized Board Book)

Title: Planting a Rainbow
Author: Lois Elhert
Publish Date: March 1, 2008
Publisher: HMH Books
Pages: 32
ISBN: 0152063048

Price: $11.99
Classification: Board Book
Genre: Nursery/Picture Book

Annotation: Enter a rainbow of color as you learn to plant a garden and watch how it grows.

Evaluation: This book is a wonderful (dare I say instant classic...), introduction to non-fiction and concepts stylized in a way that is bright and vivid and developmentally appropriate. It encourages both a relationship and awareness of nature, as well as, a family bond. This is also a wonderful book to tie in with exploratory art and color play!

The Runaway Bunny Book and CD (Share a Story) [Abridged, Audiobook] [Audio CD]

Title: The Runaway Bunny Book and CD (Share a Story) [Abridged, Audiobook] [Audio CD]
Author: Margaret Wise Brown
Publish Date: December 26, 2006
Publisher: HarperFestival; Pap/Com edition
Pages: 34
ISBN: 0061142719

Price: $9.99
Classification: Book/Audiobook (KIT)
Genre: Picture Book
Age Range: Nursery

Annotation: A little bunny plays hide and seek and mother bunny finds him every time.

Evaluation: A book that mommies can read to their babies to reassure them of there love and steadfastness. Feeling secure is a huge part of being a child, and here the illustrations and plot are profoundly well-executed much like Wise Brown's Goodnight Moon. Furthermore, literacy is encouraged in a new form with an audio component. This is a great tool for families whose parents are learning English or to read. However, almost anyone can benefit from listening to audiobooks as a shared experience. A WONDERFUL family activity that is an alternative to television!

Chicken, Pig, Cow

Title: Chicken, Pig, Cow
Author: Ruth Ohi
Publish Date: August 15, 2008
Publisher: Annick Press
Pages: 32
ISBN: 1554511569
Classification: Fiction
Genre: Picture Book

Annotation: A new spin on a toy story! Chicken, cow, and pig meet the dog when their little girl is out!

Evaulation: Chicken, Pig, and Cow are toys who live is a popsicle stick barn which sadly doesn't haven't a door or a roof! The animal toys don't mind this at all-MOST OF THE TIME! But, one day when the little girl who owns them doesn't come home, instead they get a dog! without a roof his this presents a precarious situation indeed! All's well that ends well when the animals make a new friend (yup, the dog!) and even get a door on their popsicle home barn! Kids will ABSOLUTELY love the imagination, the whimsy of ideas, and the watercolor pictures in this book! I wish I had it as a kid! Instead, I will have to bring it to my class! Not to mention it's a wonderful story about unpredictable friends and happy endings!

Website: http://www.ruthohi.com/

Olivia Counts

Title: Olivia Counts

Author: Ian Falconer
Pages: 12
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's; Board Book edition
Publisher Date: 2002
ISBN: 0689836732
Genre: Counting/Concept Books
Classification: Board Book

Annotation: Join your favorite picture book pig as she counts her way through all her familiar antics!

Evaluation: I would follow Olivia into almost any concept. Falconer's illustrations and memories of the original picture book make this little board book (great for little hands) both a wonderful size for young readers and a wonderful addition to concept books in general. It's hard not to feel the fun with Olivia, even when learning concepts!

Author Website: http://www.oliviathepiglet.com/

Goodnight Moon + Toy

Title: Goodnight Moon
Author: Margaret Wise Brown
Pages: 12
Publisher: HarperFestival
Publisher Date: 2005
ISBN: 0689836732
Genre: Board Book Combo Toy
Classification: Board Book

Annotation: Favorite Bedtime read aloud, Goodnight Moon, is packaged here with a plush toy.

Evaluation: Not only is Goodnight moon a favorite early literacy read that encourages memorizing and bedtime ritual (great for sleeping issues) but it also has a toy here that can be used as in dramatic play and literacy tie ins! I love Goodnight Moon, and it was one of my favorite stories as a child. This is really a great way to add more depth and bring the story to life.

Author Website: http://www.margaretwisebrown.com/

Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose

Hardcover: 128 pages

Price: $25.99
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile; First Printing edition
Publishing Date: October 2, 1985
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0399212582

Genre: Mother Goose/Nursery Rhymes

Annotation: Beloved children's writer Tomie dePaola's take on 200 classic Mother Goose Rhymes.

Evaluation: From the first year on, children delight in the rhythm and wonder of nursery rhymes. Here, Tomie dePaola gives a fresh, whimsical take on classic Mother Goose as well as a bunch of not as well known rhymes. The pictures are classic dePaola and will not only bring Nursery Rhymes into the Nursery but will likely have you heading to the library and looking for more dePaola titles. Mother Goose is wonderful for devloping early literacy skills with rhyme and play!

Author Website: http://www.tomie.com/

My First Spanish Animal Board Book

Title: My First Spanish Animal Board Book

Author: DK Publishing

Pages: 36

Price: $6.99

Publisher: DK Preschool; 1st edition

Publisher Date: July 1, 2002

ISBN: 0789485907

Classification: Word Book/Bilingual/Board Book

Annotation: A word book that shows animals with there English and Spanish names.

Evaluation: You can't go wrong with this word book. For English speaking children this may be a fun way to enrich a second language (especially for fans of Dora the Explorer). For Spanish children this gives the little ones a chance to cross over to English before school begins. (Especially in families where parents only speak English.) This book is part of a series and has three more titles in the same vain.

DK Children's Website: http://us.dk.com/static/cs/us/11/childrens/intro.html

Touch and Feel Animals Box Set

Title: Touch and Feel Animals Box Set

Author: DK

Publisher: DK Preschool

Publishing Date: 2003

Features: Box Set

ISBN: 0789488779

Pages: 36

Price: $19.99

Classification: Board Book

Genre: Preschool Touch & Feel

Annotation: Touch and feel your favorite Animal friends! Complete with photos of real life animals, this box set includes three titles of books about farm, wild animals, and baby animals board books.

Evaluation: This is children’s title that can be directly shared with children. These books are unique because they are “touch and feel” titles that have patches of textures for different animals. This is a world book that encourages little ones to feel textile differences and explore picture-language connections. This book does a lot with a little. It is also in the sturdy board book (mouth proof) format that is small enough for little hands and fun for family playtime.

Alligator Pie

Title: Alligator Pie

Author: Dennis Lee

Publish Date: Feb 28 2006

(Original Print Date: 1974)

Publisher: Kay Porter Kids

Pages: 16

IBSN: 1552636747

Classification: Picture Book/Board Book

Genre: Nursery Rhymes/Nonsense Rhymes

Annotation: Adorable and funny nonsense rhymes illustrated in a bright, whimsical, and appealing way.

ALLIGATOR PIE VIA POETRY ONLINE

Dennis Lee
From: Alligator Pie. Toronto: Macmillan, 1974.

Alligator pie, alligator pie,
If I don't get some I think I'm gonna die.
Give away the green grass, give away the sky,
But don't give away my alligator pie.

Alligator stew, alligator stew,
If I don't get some I don't know what I'll do.
Give away my furry hat, give away my shoe,
But don't give away my alligator stew.

Alligator soup, alligator soup,
If I don't get some I think I'm gonna droop.
Give away my hockey stick, give away my hoop,
But don't give away my alligator soup.

Evaluation: If I don't get some Dennis Lee, "I don't know what I'm gonna do..."!! There is absolutely nothing I don't LOVE about this book. It's become a new read aloud staple in my monthly family literacy workshop and it makes us all giggle every time!

2001 Poet Laureate Dennis Lee on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Lee_(author)

Rainbow Fish Opposites

Title: Rainbow Fish Opposites

Author: Marcus Pfister

Pages: 24

Price: $4.99

Publisher: North-South Books

Publisher Date: March 1, 2005

ISBN: 0735819823

Classification: Board Book

Annotation: Concepts like: Big and Little, In and Out, Up and Down, introduce themselves to the little ones here with favorite children's literary character Rainbow Fish.

Evaluation: The great thing about this little concept board book is that not only introduces developmentally appropriate concepts (and is a little board book perfect for little hands), but it's length is shorter then the main Rainbow Fish story. The first story, a hugely popular one that was turned into a television show, is very lengthy and though lengthier stories may be nice at times, this book brings back a favorite character, making new concepts higher interest for children who love Rainbow Fish and more appropriate in length for the much younger child. And in the tradition of Rainbow Fish who learns to share his rainbow scales in the first book, this tale of opposites ends in Give and Take!

Author Website: http://www.marcuspfister.ch/index.htm

Bear Snores On (Classic Board Books)

Title: Bear Snores On

Author: Karma Wilson

Price: $7.99

Pages: 34
Publisher: Little Simon
Publishing Date: September 6, 2005
ISBN-10: 1416902724

Classification: Nursery/Board Book

Annotation: It's a cold, wintery night and the forest animals gather in the bears caves. But...the bear snores on. But, when he wakes up, what will happen?!
Evaluation: Bear Snores On is part of the Bear series from Karma Wilson. All of her books are adorable, and I highly recommend the board book versions for the littler hands. They are much more appropriate, especially since the story is so perfect for toddlers and little ones. I love that this book only teases at the scary bear, but rather gives us a teddy bear. Also, it seems to be connected to nature which nature-momma's and poppa's will LOVE!

Author Website: http://www.karmawilson.com/

My First Hanukkah Board Book (My 1st Board Books)

Title: My First Hanukkah Board Book

(My 1st Board Books)

Author: DK

Price: $5.99

Pages: 36 pages

Publisher: DK Preschool
Publisher Date: August 29, 2005
ISBN-10: 0756611059
Classification: Board Book
Annotation: A visual walk through the eight days of Hanukkah and all the things connected to the festival of lights.
Evaluation: In the typical DK fashion, this learning book about Hannukah, is a feast of pictures that will warm your heart for longer then eight days! It's small and perfect for little hands which really does make it perfect as a "first" Hannukah book. Both an early literacy triumph in word and letter recognition as well as a fun way to introduce a religion!