Stories for Snuggling

Weslandia by Paul Fleischman

Wesley decides to spend his summer project creating his own civilization. He begins by turning over a plot of land and lets new and unknown seeds blow into it. An unknown plant does develop, and Wesley uses that plant for the basis of everything–including food, clothing, and shelter. He develops his own alphabet and writes with ink from the plant. He tells time and develops his own number system using the flower with eight petals as his base. He also creates his own games and sports. Pretty amazing, huh?! When he returns to school in the fall, his old tormentors have now turned into good friends.

This is a fun and very creative book with amazing pictures! Younger children may not get the whole storyline, but they seem to enjoy the creativity and bright pictures anyway; it’s always been a favorite in my preschool and 1st grade classrooms. I think this would be a great book for older children though; how fun to see what type of civilization they could create using this book as a base! Check it out and see what your children think!

Here’s my latest post at Blissfully Domestic about a fun summertime book and activity: http://blissfullydomestic.com/blissful-kids/fun-with-books-bartholomew-and-the-oobleck/

Round Trip by Ann Jonas

This is one of the coolest picture books ever written! It was one of my favorites as a child. The pictures are all black-and-white. You read it all the way through, enjoying the simple storyline about a family going on a trip. When you reach the end, it’s “time to turn around,” and you literally flip the book upside-down and read it again! This time the pictures create something completely different. This is one your children will want to read over and over! And it’s entertaining to adults, as well.

I began another blog! It’s all about activities to do with kids. I’ll be posting daily. Go check it out and let me know what you think!!

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No, David! by David Shannon

Love this book!! It is written from a child’s perspective–even the pictures are drawn like a child’s. David always feels like his mom is telling him no, but in the end, he realizes that she truly does love him. Simple, simple story-line. Kids really relate to this story and love it!

“There are many little ways to enlarge your child’s world. Love of books is the best of all.” — Jacqueline Kennedy