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Looking for great books for your kid? You've come to the right place.

 

This is the archive collection of every single one of our book lists, plus a few extra discussions about how books and literacy play an important role in our family life. You will find lists for everyone, from babies and toddlers to middle grade and even a few YA books.

 

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Rock Collecting and Books for Kids who Love Rocks

August 10, 2010

Kids who love rocks will love these books.

I love how rocks fascinate my kids. Explore and collecting rocks is such a simple way to connect with nature, and yet children never seem to tire of it. Every kid is a natural geologist! When we walk home through the park Kiddo and New Kid always have to stop at what they have named…
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by: Erica posted in: Books, Nature 10 Comments

Mom’s Bookshelf: Find Out What I’m Reading

May 19, 2010

As SAHMs of small children know, we must find something to do to keep our brains sane. For me, it’s reading. Honestly, I don’t know how I find the time to read. It is sometimes a page at a time. Literally. Here are some of the books I’ve read recently with (very) brief (and opinionated)…
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by: Erica posted in: Books 7 Comments

State of the Trains Book

November 24, 2009

Obsessed with trains? Can’t get enough of the states? Wondering if there is a book about trains and states? Allow me to introduce The Train of States (affiliate link). Complete with trains! states! facts! dates! and birds (looks like we’ll be doing some bird-themed activities soon).  

by: Erica posted in: Books 2 Comments

Going Dotty: Books and Art Project for Kids

November 4, 2009

Books about dots and dot art projects for kids

There’s something rather fascinating about lots of dots. Kids love connect the dots, stamping dots, counting them, connecting them, etc. My kids even love doing giant dot to dots on the floor! Dots are lots of fun to incorporate into children’s art projects, and why not read a few dot books, while you’re at it?…
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by: Erica posted in: Art and Crafts, Books 2 Comments

Little Blue & Little Yellow Activity

April 19, 2008

Book activity that teaches color mixing

This is a really easy kid activity to go with  Leo Leonni’s Little Blue and Little Yellow, (affiliate link) a delightful book about color mixing. It’s so easy you don’t really need much in the way of instructions. All I did was cut a few cellophane shapes out of blue and yellow cellophane which Kiddo played around…
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by: Erica posted in: Art and Crafts, Books 8 Comments

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