Did you love Valentines Day as a kid? I remember how exciting it was to pick out Valentines and then carefully selecting who would get which card. Oh it was such fun! Here are some free printable valentines for your little loves. Download robot valentines here. Download cupcake valentines here.
Yesterday the ALA announced the 2011 Youth Media Award Winners. I was especially excited to hear the winner for the Caldecott Medal: "A Sick Day for Amos McGee." Unfortunately, I haven't yet read it though it's been on my Amazon wishlist for a couple months. The illustrations are completely charming.
Barnes and Noble has a great monthly feature called Online Storytime. Each month they showcase a book. This month it's Strega Nona, read by Tomie dePaola with pictures! Some past stories include: The Mitten, Olivia, and Where The Wild Things Are. Check it out with your little readers.
Check out this awesome Alphabet treasury on Etsy right now featuring our Alphabet Games Set 1! We found some new favorites.
Well, we sort of fell of the "December Book-a-Day" bandwagon, didn't we? We had such good intentions but underestimated the amount of items on our holiday to do lists! But we hope you enjoyed the books and activities we did get a chance to share. And good news, we're offering
Book David's at it again in It's Christmas, David! This time he's trying to peek at presents and steal cookies. And of course we'll find nakey David running down the street again, this time in boots and mittens! Be warned if you intend to read this to a school class
For the first time since I was a student, I'm enjoying a snow day. Although today would be my last pick for a snow day. I have Christmas presents to give the kids and we didn't get to wrap up any of our Christmas activities. No Christmas tree crafts, no
I absolutely adore little Mortimer but I love him even more after reading Karma Wilson's quote about how she was inspired to write this book. "I was having a bad night. Very bad. I felt alone and small and scared. It occurred me that I wanted to contribute a story
I was infatuated by the cover of this book, but by the time I'd finished reading it was true love. Book If you ever spent any amount of time in the company of camels, they're quick to let you know how cantankerous they are. Humphrey is no different. He's lost
Buried in a winter wonderland, yet? It hasn't been too bad in Utah, but there is definitely enough snow for a snow man.Book Snowmen at Christmas tackles the deep question: how do snowmen celebrate the holiday? Like the original Snowmen at Night, Carlayn and Mark Buehner (from Utah!) give us
Olive, the Other Reindeer is one of my favorite Christmas books for the sweet story and darling illustrations. My students always got such a kick out of the pun in the title. Did you know there's a pop up edition and an Olive the Other Reindeer pop-up advent calendar? So
My students (and perhaps their teacher) have reached the point of December where they're tired of all the hustle and bustle of preparing and are ready to do some celebrating. I think we could all use a little Christmas break. Little Llama can sympathize… Book Llama Lllama Holiday Drama is
