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Too Many Pumpkins
Linda White
Holiday House, 1997
Pumpkin Lover
We originally checked this book out of the library 2 years ago. We immediately loved it and bought our own copy. This is a favorite with my daughters, ages 3 and 5. They will request it all year long. This is probably the best children's book I have ever read. The ...
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Nouns and Verbs Have a Field Day
Robin Pulver
Holiday House, 2007
Wonderful!
I think this book is wonderful as it encourages children to think about words - nouns and verbs - and how both are needed to get things done and to express ideas clearly. The text and illustrations work well together, conveying important topics in a lively and zany ...
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One Is a Feast for Mouse: A Thanksgiving Tale
Judy Cox
Holiday House, 2008
A Feast For Your Eyes
This story is a lovely celebration of Thanksgiving leftovers. The landscape of the table will be familiar to anyone who has ever attended a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. The story is cute and repetition makes it a fun read for the reader and the listener.
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Bats
Gail Gibbons
Holiday House, 2000
A great introduction for young naturalists.
Bats examines different kinds of bats, their abilities, and how bats fit into the world, providing whimsical yet accurate drawings of bats to accompany the basic facts of their world-wide distribution and natural history. No photos, but the coverage is wider-ranging ...
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Punctuation Takes a Vacation
Robin Pulver
Holiday House, 2004
Cute book!!!
My class of 3rd graders thoroughly enjoyed this book. It fit right in with the teaching of the writing trait "conventions."
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A Picture Book of Christopher Columbus (Picture Book Biography)
David A. Adler, John C. Wallner
Holiday House, 1992
A good beginning but Adler leaves out important details.
With great illustrations, Adler gives us the bare facts of Columbus' life, however, he leaves out the passion of the man that children can really appreciate. Furthermore, Adler "forgets" that 1 reason Columbus sailed was to find new lands but another reason was to ...
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The Pumpkin Book
Gail Gibbons
Holiday House, 2000
The Pumpkin Book
The Pumpkin Book will be a sure hit with teachers doing theme planning around October events. Ms. Gibbon blends factual information with enough interesting tidbits to keep the attention of even squirmy 2nd graders. Excellent color illustrations, and recommended for ...
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The Popcorn Book
Tomie dePaola
Holiday House, 1984
Children love this story...
I am student teaching and used this book in the classroom for a lesson pertaining to the overall theme of Thanksgiving and the Indians. The children were on the edge of their seats through the entire story. I used an activity after the book where students had a piece ...
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Apples
Holiday House, 2000
My Favorite Apple Pick for Children
I purchased this book last fall for our kindergarten "apple and pumpkin" theme of learning. The short text and big, colorful pictures make this an excellent choice for 4 to 8 year olds. Yet, I was surprised by how much I learned from this book! This non-fiction text ...
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The Sloppy Copy Slipup
Dyanne Disalvo
Holiday House, 2008
An "outstanding" book
Characters in The Sloppy Copy Slipup remind me of the kids from my own fifth grade class. Watching Big Hig's multi-stepped logic as he explains about the homework assignment is entertaining becuase it's so familiar. Even the teacher's sentences and mannerisms ...
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Little Red Riding Hood
Trina Schart (RTL) Hyman
Holiday House, 1987
Little Red Riding Hood
I love Trina Schart Hyman's illustration style. I appreciate her line quality and the depth she gets from her paints and the faces of her characters are so expressive. She gets so much detail into each page. It is fun to study each page and to see all that is happening ...
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The Vegetables We Eat
Holiday House, 2008
The story of everyday vegetables and their importance in diet.
Leaf, root and stem are three of the eight groups of vegetables and here are details about these groups, from how they're planted and harvested to the basics of tending a home vegetable garden and making use of produce. Drawings accompany facts and add lively ...
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The Reasons for Seasons
Gail Gibbons
Holiday House, 1996
Great Details
This is a great book because it offers detailed, factual information about seasons, and doesn't leave any of the important concepts out. It also has great illustrations that are labeled. Gibbons gives children credit for being intelligent enough to understand the ...
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Owls
Gail Gibbons
Holiday House, 2006
Plenty of facts makes for good, solid owl information
There are well over a hundred different kinds of owls living on every continent except Antarctica, and details on twenty of them living in North America are the focus of Gail Gibbons' introductory Owls, with drawings depicting owls as Gibbons surveys owl natural ...
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The Moon Book
Gail Gibbons
Holiday House, 1998
The Moon Book
Very factual information written on the level of a 1st-4th grade child. Good to use in the classroom in conjunction with a unit on space.
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