These days, children’s lives are busier than ever! I love
that this book helps all kids slow down and use their imaginations as they
pretend their way through the pages.
The author’s joyful message is front and
center: “You can be anything!” Are you
the wind, “touching flowers with fingertips?” Are you the rain, “born of
clouds, sister to thunder and lightning?” Or maybe today you are a river, slowly drifting to the sea.
Each page brought
me closer to calmness with the peace of poetry and nature. Anna Emilia
Laitinen’s soft watercolor illustrations are gorgeous! I first checked this
book out of the library but had to buy a copy for our home library so we could
turn to it again and again.
Today I am sunlight! Heart happy, Bright as a yellow bird flying to the top of the sky.
Bright, lyrical poems and lovely illustrations celebrate the natural world and invite children to imagine themselves immersed in it. As they pretend they are a skunk or a snake, a cloud or a star, they will move their bodies and enjoy imaginative play.
From the creative team who brought you Breathe and Be: A Book of Mindfulness Poems, Today I Am a River is perfect for quiet time or bedtime, as well to spark activities at storytime or in the classroom. It…
I am a new grandma, and this was the first book I bought
for baby’s new library.
Every card of the major arcana (22 cards) is explained positively in simple language (one card per page). From The Empress card, “You are cared for,” to the Chariot card, “If you push yourself toward what is good and true, nothing can stop you,” to the Star card, “If you do feel sad, trust in how beautiful the universe is.”
The book shows a little girl
acting out each adventure through the day. This little board book is magical!
Discover a world of insight and mindfulness in this playful board book introduction to Tarot!
Help the littlest Tarot readers discover their inner world! As one baby journeys through the day, facing down the many challenges of being a tot, readers will get to know the Tarot deck and the insight and strength that can be drawn from each card. Tarot can be used as a form of meditation--filled with mindful moments and self-reflection, each of the 22 cards in the Major Arcane provide a chance to ground your little one in the moment.
Not only is this book
hilarious, Banana can’t wait to be in the spotlight and keeps interrupting the
narrator—when will it be Banana’s turn?, but I love it when a book can ap“peel”
(pun intended 😊) to all the kids in the family.
It’s a counting book, so there
is math, of course, but it includes
“skip counting” too (counts 1-10 then by 10’s and 20’s but to 100), so it
stretches to fit older kids who have gone past counting from 1-10. It’s also a
book about animals (and fruit), and it’s written in spot-on rhyme. I read it
aloud, and we giggled so hard when we got to the unexpected ending!
A hilarious, mostly-rhyming picture book about a banana and narrator who can't quite agree on what their book is about. Perfect for fans of Mo Willems' We Are in a Book and Adam Rex's Nothing Rhymes With Orange!
"Mo Willems fans will give this book one, two, three, four, five stars!" --Parents
"Tillotson's rib-tickling debut is not to be missed!"--Kirkus
When a narrator starts filling this story with fruit, Banana can't wait to step into the spotlight. The book is called Counting to Bananas, after all. But as more and more fruits (and non-fruits) are added to the story, Banana…
One Blue Gnu is a fun and colorful romp at the zoo, where we count from one to ten and down again in one huge party!
When a box of cell phones is accidentally delivered to the zoo, one blue
gnu quickly calls two white sheep, who plan a party - beep beep beep! This
illustrated picture book will keep young readers giggling and guessing to the
end. News of the party spreads to three orange apes, four red pandas, and five
green ducks... up until ten purple birds learn it's party time! But oh no - who
invited tiger, and who will he call on his new phone?
