Many Umbrellas will Chase those Clouds Away!

 The Umbrella by, Beth Ferry and Tom Lichtenheld

Uplifting and Bright... moving away from those grey doldrums.

    A cute little story that helps us thru the doldrums that rain can bring. It's about a young girl and her puppy who are determined to go out and do all the things they would do on a regular sunny day. Hurrying to town, rain pouring down, she looks in the window of a junk shop, stops and goes in...yes, of course with her puppy! They both find a straggled umbrella that is bright yellow, unusable, and frankly aghast! What was the shop keeper thinking?  But no hesitation, the young girl says 'wrap it up!' Thank goodness it was free, with the free tag showing. 

    As the rain pours down and the young girl hurries back home the umbrella sheds what little pieces of material is left on its metal frame. The image of yellow bits scattered all over the wet ground and grass is sad. But... the next day a miracle happens. No I can't tell you...... that would spoil the story. Just know it's a good ending. Hee hee. Great for 1st Grade, K, Pre-K.

    The extra story that's included in the video on Youtube is called, Mission Addition, by Loreen Leedy....that would be a great teachers name. Anyway, it is a minimally animated story about a school teacher a, "Ms. Hippo," who helps the children/animal-critters, learn math the fun way, as Gumshoes! Great for 1st Graders! 

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Little Bear Goes Camping!

 Plus, McD's Goat's Got to Eat Better!

The author knows kids at this particular age want to do things on their own and/or with close friends, and having ones own private tent space, alone or with pals, does the trick. It's a special place.

  1) The Little Bear story creates a desire for kids to want to go camping in their own backyard! The book is for Beginning Reader's and uses simple sentence structure. This would be a fun book for kids to read aloud, while camping themselves like the animals in the story.

    2) The Goat story has a silly nature, and a message that speaks loud and clear in getting kids, (pun intended) to eat better. I noticed it took 4 adults to pull it together, probably because McDonalds has enough money making for larger collaborations. The illustrations are terrifically wonky, which kids enjoy. Love the corner bite out of the book effect for book design, it says "Goat's been here! 

Please comment; as just looking at this bear yawning, is affecting me right now!  Zzzzz

Valentines Book Reading in June, Because Love is Important Every Month!

  I Know I Can't Get Enough!

@I need it all year long, not just in the month of February! but June, July, August,... Also!

Gail Gibbons Valentine's Expression

     Gail does a nice job of explaining Valentine's Day in a sensible, child-intentional way. Her title, "Valentine's Day Is..." leads you into the numerous elements that make up the celebrated day of February 14th, congruent with today and in yesteryears. 

     As a child, I always enjoyed this day at school because of the recognition from other classmates, the participation in making cards for others, and the yummy goodies and treats we all got to eat. To be recognized by your classmate is just one of the many benefits social calendar events have, not to mention the uplifting, ego boosting, "you like me?!" factor. Most of us young girls knew which boy we wanted to marry in our class, well at least I did anyway. There was nothing to be ashamed of. I had eyes for Mark P. Wow was I in love, until the following year anyway, then I was in love with Andy B.  Looking back it's amazing just how early we recognized our sweethearts and just how adaptable are little hearts were, leaping with joy encountering our small crushes.

Happy Valentine's Day in June