What's on my Farm?

TITLE:  What's on my Farm?
AUTHOR:  Michael Worek
ILLUSTRATOR:
PUBLISHER:  Firefly Books
COPYRIGHT:  2013

Find out what you can find on a farm in this adorable children's book.

What I like about this book is that there are a lot of pages of pictures with one word/phrase per page about the picture.  Sometimes you find these picture books that only have a few pictures, and every farm book has the same 5 animals in it.  This one is different in that it has the regular animals and farm words but a lot of others as well.  It includes pictures of animals as well as foods grown on farms like grains, berries, and watermelon.

This would be a wonderful book for your young toddler to increase vocabulary.  The cover is puffy and thick; this is not a board book.

Circles, Stars, and Squares

TITLE: Circles, Stars, and Squares  Looking for Shapes
AUTHOR:  Jane Brocket
ILLUSTRATOR:  Jane Brocket
PUBLISHER:  Millbrook Press
COPYRIGHT: 2013

Shapes are everywhere.  Learn the names of both flat shapes and solid shapes.  The text is easy to understand with vivid picture examples given. 

This book caught my eye because of the cover. It has wonderful photographs and would be great for the primary school classroom for a lesson on shapes.

Series: Community Helper Mysteries

TITLE:  Community Helper Mysteries
AUTHOR:  Amanda Doering Tourville
ILLUSTRATOR:
PUBLISHER:  Capstone Press
COPYRIGHT:  2012

While volunteering at the school library I came across one of the books in the Community Helper Series.  I asked the librarian if she had others and found and read the other three in the series.  This books are well done, and I wanted to share them with you.

The layout of the book is one page with minimal text and the opposite page is a close up photo to fit with the text.  Each page is a clue to help the reader figure out a community helper who is revealed at the end of the book.

These would be great for a classroom or school library.  It would be enjoyable for PreK--1st graders and could be read by beginning readers with help.

Here are the other books in the series and a link to the site:

 
 

Construction Zone

TITLE:  Construction Zone
AUTHOR: Cheryl Willis Hudson
PHOTOGRAPHER:  Richard Sobol
PUBLISHER:  Candlewick Press
COPYRIGHT:  2006

Visit a construction site through the pages of this book.  You will see the entire process involved in construction from the drawings done by an architect to the frame going up to the completed building.

The photos in this book are truly amazing.  Another thing I like is the vocabulary words in bold in the text with a definition in smaller print at the bottom of the page.

I recommend this book for elementary aged children.  It would be appropriate to use in a classroom setting during a lesson on community workers or even as an example of a  well-done "how to."

Ultimate Sports

TITLE: Ultimate Sports
AUTHOR: Teresa Domnauer
ILLUSTRATOR:
PUBLISHER: School Specialty Publishing
COPYRIGHT: 2007

This book has a variety of extreme sports including luge, snowboarding, surfing, whitewater kayaking, and rock climbing. A description of one page length is given for each sport as well as "weird facts" and a photograph. This book is in the "Extreme Readers" series and would be good for a "confident reader."

My son enjoyed the photos and information presented in this book.

God Is with Me through the Night

TITLE: God Is with Me through the Night
AUTHOR: Julie Cantrell
PUBLISHER: Zonderkidz
COPYRIGHT: 2009

This book is a wonderful reminder to a young child that God is with you even in the darkness. The photos are beautiful in this book. It would make a nice companion to God is with me through the Day.

My son and I enjoyed the book and the photographs.

God Is with Me through the Day

TITLE: God Is with Me through the Day

AUTHOR: Julie Cantrell

PUBLISHER: ZonderKidz

COPYRIGHT: 2009

This book is a reminder that God is with us where ever we go and He will never leave us alone. Through simple wording and minimal text per page along with stunning animal photographs, the author reminds the reader God is there all day. This book would be excellent for any home library with young children. The children will enjoy the photographs as they listen to a Bible truth.

My son and I loved this book, and the beautiful photographs made us smile as we looked at each one.