Reading is the foundation for all learning. If you can read, you can learn anything!
Books for the month of January:
By de Seve, Randall Long, Loren As he did with "The Little Engine That Could," artist Loren Long creates a world of toys and children that go right to the soul, in a story written by Randall de Sve of a toy boat that becomes separated from the boy he loves. Library Mouse Sam is a mouse who lives in a library and loves to make up and write his own stories. When he leaves his stories in different parts of the library, humans find the stories and want to know who the writer is. Full color An Orange in January By Aston, Dianna Hutts Maren, Julie Plump, juicy oranges are one of the great pleasures of winterand one that is usually taken for granted. Now heres an eloquent, celebratory picture of how those oranges have found their way to the grocery store shelves, and then into kids tummies! With vivid, glowing paintings, this unique picture book offers a poetic lesson about a plants growth cycle and about the produce industry. We follow an orange from blossom to ripe fruit, from tree to truck to market . . . and into the hands of a boy who shares this treat with his friends on the playground, so that everyone could taste the sweetness of an orange in January.
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Books for the month of February:
A brief description of the U.S. holiday Martin Luther King Jr. Day including how it started and ways people celebrate this cultural holiday."--Provided by publisher. |
A Kids Guide to African American History |