Toddlers love to copy the big people in their lives, especially when they get to use “grown-up” tools. So now is a good time to find or buy writing tools that are just their size. Â Easy-to-hold pencils. Washable markers in bright colors. (These make good gifts for special occasions. Spread the word to your […]
Read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. (Author), John Archambault (Author), Lois Ehlert (Illustrator). In this bright and lively rhyme, the letters of the alphabet race each other to the top of the coconut tree. When X, Y, and Z finally scramble up the trunk, however, the weight is too much, and down […]
The Night Before Christmas Pop-up by Clement Clarke Moore and Robert Sabuda Twas The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg Seven Candles For Kwanzaa by Andrea Davis Pinkney Inside-Out Grandma by Joan Rothenberg A Snowman Named Just Bob by Mark Kimball Moulton […]
There’s a Hippo in my Tub  There’s a hippo in my tub singing in the shower. She’s having such a jolly time she’ll be in there at least an hour. The bathrooms filled with bubbles so that I can barely see but I’m sure there’s a hippo in my and there’s no room left […]
The Reason for the Pelican  The reason for the pelican Is difficult to see: His beak is clearly larger Than there’s any need to be. It’s not to bail a boat with— He doesn’t own a boat. Yet everywhere he takes himself He has that beak to tote. It’s not to keep his wife […]
Oh, Where do the Fairies Hide  Oh, where do fairies hide their heads When snow lies on the hills, When frost has spoiled their mossy beds, And crystallized their rills? Beneath the moon they can not trip In circles o’er the plain; And draughts of dew they cannot sip, Till green leaves come again. […]
My Week I cleaned my room on Monday And colored pictures too. On Tuesday I went skating And then went to the zoo. On Wednesday I played jump rope, On Thursday I played tag. On Friday I made face masks Out of a paper bag. On Saturday I rode my bike. On Sunday I played […]
 The thing that really puzzles me Is how much Mothers know. Mine seems to know ahead of time When it will rain or blow. She knows just what will fix a bump On elbow, shin, or knee, And scratches that I get sometimes When falling from a tree. But this is one time she’ll […]
