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This is a page created just for you. On this page you will find a list of my favorite books and websites. If you have any questions remember you can always e-mail me!
My Favorite Books
Love
You Forever by Sheila McGraw (Illustrator), Robert N. Munsch (Paperback
- April 1988)
The mother sings to her sleeping baby: "I'll love you forever / I'll love you for always / As long as I'm living / My baby you'll be." She still sings the same song when her baby has turned into a fractious 2-year-old, a slovenly 9-year-old, and then a raucous teen. So far so ordinary--but this is one persistent lady. When her son grows up and leaves home, she takes to driving across town with a ladder on the car roof, climbing through her grown son's window, and rocking the sleeping man in the same way. Then, inevitably, the day comes when she's too old and sick to hold him, and the roles are at last reversed. Each stage is illustrated by one of Sheila McGraw's comic and yet poignant pastels
Guess
How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney, Anita Jeram (Illustrator), San McBratney
All children want reassurance that their parents' love runs wide and deep. In Guess How Much I Love You, a young rabbit named Little Nutbrown Hare thinks he's found a way to measure the boundaries of love. In a heartwarming twist on the "I-can-do-anything-you-can-do-better" theme, Little Nutbrown Hare goes through a series of declarations regarding the breadth of his love for Big Nutbrown Hare. But even when his feelings stretch as long as his arms, or as high as his hops, Little Nutbrown Hare is fondly one-upped by the elder rabbit's more expansive love.
The
Berenstain Bears and the Truth by Jan Berenstain (Author), Stan Berenstain
(Author)
When Brother and Sister Bear accidentally break Mama's favorite lamp, their little lie grows bigger and bigger, until Papa Bear helps them find the words that set everything right again.
Miss
Nelson Is Missing! by Harry G. Allard (Author), James Marshall (Illustrator)
The kids in Room 207 take advantage of their teacher's good nature until she disappears and they are faced with a vile substitute.
Down
By the Bay (Raffi Songs to Read) by Raffi (Illustrator), Nadine Bernard
Westcott (Illustrator)
A classic silly song that toddlers know and love, Down by the Bay has been a favorite and best-selling Raffi Songs to Read/reg/ since it was first published in 1988. In this friendly board book edition, irresistible art by Nadine Bernard Westcott depicts wonderfully amusing creatures such as a bear combing his hair, a goose kissing a moose, and a whale with a polka-dot tail. Very young children will find this book both entertaining and instructive in early language skills such as rhyme, rhythm, and repetition, and will delight in hearing it read or sung aloud to them.
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
The year is 1963, and self-important Byron Watson is the bane of his younger brother Kenny's existence. Constantly in trouble for one thing or another, from straightening his hair into a "conk" to lighting fires to freezing his lips to the mirror of the new family car, Byron finally pushes his family too far. Before this "official juvenile delinquent" can cut school or steal change one more time, Momma and Dad finally make good on their threat to send him to the deep south to spend the summer with his tiny, strict grandmother. Soon the whole family is packed up, ready to make the drive from Flint, Michigan, straight into one of the most chilling moments in America's history: the burning of the Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church with four little girls inside.
Dear
Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary (Author), Paul O. Zelinsky (Illustrator)
When, in second grade, Leigh writes to an author to tell him how much he "licked" his book, he never suspects that he'll still be writing to him four years later. And he never imagines the kinds of things he'll be writing about: Dear Mr. Henshaw, I am sorry I was rude in my last letter... Maybe I was mad about other things, like Dad forgetting to send this month's support payment. Mom tried to phone him at the trailer park where, as Mom says, he hangs his hat. It's not easy being the new kid in town, with recently divorced parents, no dog anymore, and a lunch that gets stolen every day (all the "good stuff," anyway). Writing letters, first to the real Mr. Henshaw, and then in a diary to a pretend Mr. Henshaw, may be just what he needs.
Holes
by Louis Sachar
If you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in the hot sun, it will turn him into a good boy." Such is the reigning philosophy at Camp Green Lake, a juvenile detention facility where there is no lake, and there are no happy campers. In place of what used to be "the largest lake in Texas" is now a dry, flat, sunburned wasteland, pocked with countless identical holes dug by boys improving their character. Stanley Yelnats, of palindromic name and ill-fated pedigree, has landed at Camp Green Lake because it seemed a better option than jail. No matter that his conviction was all a case of mistaken identity, the Yelnats family has become accustomed to a long history of bad luck, thanks to their "no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather!" Despite his innocence, Stanley is quickly enmeshed in the Camp Green Lake routine: rising before dawn to dig a hole five feet deep and five feet in diameter; learning how to get along with the Lord of the Flies-styled pack of boys in Group D; and fearing the warden, who paints her fingernails with rattlesnake venom. But when Stanley realizes that the boys may not just be digging to build character--that in fact the warden is seeking something specific--the plot gets as thick as the irony.
Bud,
Not Buddy (Newbery Medal Winner, 2000) by Christopher Paul Curtis
A 10-year-old boy in Depression-era Michigan sets out to find the man he believes to be his father. "While the harshness of Bud's circumstances are authentically depicted, Curtis imbues them with an aura of hope, and he makes readers laugh even when he sets up the most daunting scenarios," said PW in our Best Books citation. Ages 9-12.
The
World Almanac For Kids 2004 by World Almanac (Author), World Almanac
When kids need information--or when they just want to have fun--they turn to The World AlmanacFor Kids. Oacked with the stats, facts, and data kids crave, The World Almanac for Kids is a perennial bestseller, with close to three million copies in print. It is filled with fascinating facts on hundreds of topics in a colorful and easily accessible format that is certain to pique the interest of every kid.
My Favorite Websites!
This site has games, arts and crafts, activities and a Crayola store. A site where you could have fun for hours.
This site contains web cams live at the zoo, games, job profiles of the zoo workers and all the information you would ever want to know about zoo animals. A great site to check out!
This site has links to all your favorite books, including Arthur, The Berenstain Bears, Calliou, and others. It also includes games, stories music and coloring.
At this site you can look up all of your favorite books, play games and learn fun facts. If you find a good book you can ask your mom or dad to buy it right off the site. Cool!
At MSN Kidz you can check out music, movies, games and cool art stuff.
A Plus Math can help you with homework, test your skills with flashcards and give you practice problems. A good place to go when you're stuck!
Aunt Bee tells children a different story each month. Join in whenever you want and read along with Aunt Bee at your own pace.
4 Kids.com is a great site that offers you a little bit of everything. Look up anything from book lists, to science to our national government. A great site when you are looking for a lot of information.
National Geographic offers experiments, games, kids news and thier kids magazine available for you to browse through.
This site contains a ton of cool stuff, including jokes, optical illusions, outdoor games, riddles and much, much more! Make sure to check it out!
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Last Updated 02/03/04
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