Reading Abounds

Title:  Big Snowman, Little Snowman Author:  Tish Rabe Perma-Bound Catalogue #: 71485 Description:  When a prophecy traps a kingdom in eternal winter, Princess Anna teams up with Kristoff and his reindeer to embark on a journey to find Anna's sister, Elsa, to put an end to her icy spell. Curriculum Links:  Art: Movie Illustration and Design Language: Antonyms Reading: Poetry and Transforming Character Education: Integrity Social Studies: Friendship and Families Writing: Word Choice Notes:  Design:  This is a cute little book based on Disney's movie Frozen.   The images and characters are easily recognizable from the film.   Content:  As an early reader, this book works well in it's use of antonyms to tell the story of Frozen.  The antonyms are used in context and in conjunction with one another - Happy/Sad, On/Off, In/Out, First/Last - and are capitalized within the text which draws the readers atte...

Title:  Guppy Up! Author:  Jonathan Fenske Perma-Bound Catalogue #: 67788 Description:  Illustrations and simple rhyming text introduce a guppy with some unusual interests, such as shopping, mopping, and playing the guitar. Curriculum Links:  Kindergarten: Early Reading Reading: Word Play and Spoonerisms (eg. Guppy sips on a drink, Guppy drips on a sink.) Reading: Word Recognition Science: Animals Social Studies: Feelings Art: Lines Notes:  Design:  This is a typically designed early reader.  It was the bright orange on the cover that made me pick up the book and the title - Guppy Up! sounded a little like giddy up and I wondered what this fish would get up to.  This book is designed for an emergent reader so there is very little writing on each page and almost each sentence is limited to two words.   Content and Illustrations:   This is one interesting guppy! For a book with few words this fish has a ...

Title: Stick and Stone Authors: Beth Ferry and Tom Lichtenheld Perma-Bound Catalogue #: 109290 Description: Stick and stone are both lonely until Pinecone's teasing causes one to stick up for the other, and a solid friendship is formed. Curriculum Links:  Anti-Bullying Equity and Diversity Character Education: Empathy Reading: Transforming Reading: Visualization Social Studies: Feelings Writing: Word Choice Notes:  Design: This is a lovely designed square format picture book.  The end pages are white with the first inner page showing a stick laying at the base of a tree.  The smiles of stick and stone on the cover are reflective of children and the text on the back exemplifies the theme of the book -- "Meet stick and Stone.  They stick up for each other, because friends rock!"  And these friends certainly do. Contents: Stick and stone, lonely and alone, until stone is teased by a little pinecone.  That's when stick, stic...