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EXPLORE THE WORLD OF MARC BROWN

CELEBRATE ALL THINGS GREEN AND NATURAL!

CELEBRATE THE MAGIC OF LEO LIONNI!

IT'S GOOD TO BE ME!

IT'S AN INTERGENERATIONAL THING

THE BEAR ESSENTIALS OF CHARACTER EDUCATION

OUR FAVORITE COLORS

PRESCHOOL PASSAGES

COUNTING UP AND COUNTING DOWN

OPPOSITE DAY


BROTHERS AND SISTERS

BLAST OFF INTO A NEW SCHOOL YEAR!

WE'RE POETS AND WE DIDN'T KNOW IT!

A GREEN STATE OF MIND!

READ FOR YOUR HEALTH!

MY FAMILY AND ME

SEASONS ARE SPECTACULAR!

NAP TIME IS NICE!

CELEBRATING SILLINESS

ENCHANTING READ-ALOUDS


Summer is the time to Read, Read, Read!

 

Welcome to the Preschool Book Nook, an informative place invoking those book-filled, cozy corners in classrooms and libraries.

Now that the school year is wrapping up it’s time to encourage parents to keep on reading with their kids over the summer. Here are some fun read-alouds to recommend.

 

                              
               BORN TO READ            

Lindsey Craig;illustrated by Marc Brown

 

 DANCING FEET

Lindsey Craig; illustrated by Marc Brown

 

 

 

DOG LOVES BOOKS

by Louise Yates


THE DONUT CHEF

by Bob Staake

 

DUCK & GOOSE

by Tad Hills

 

THE EENSY WEENSY SPIDER FREAKS OUT (BIG TIME)

by Troy Cummings

 

HOW ROCKET LEARNED TO READ

Tad Hills

 

KINDERGARTEN CAT

J. Patrick Lewis; illustrated by Ailie Busby

 

MISS BROOKS LOVES BOOKS! (AND I DON’T)

Barbara Bottner; illustrated by Michael Emberley

 

NEVER TEASE A WEASEL

by Jean Conder Soule; illustrated by George Booth

 

THE POLICE CLOUD

by Christoph Niemann

 

PRINCESS HYACINTH (THE SURPRISING TALE OF A GIRL WHO FLOATED)

Florence Parry Heide;illustrated by Lane Smith

 

PUNK FARM

Jarrett J. Krosoczka

 

THE RED LEMON

by Bob Staake

 

WILD ABOUT BOOKS

by Judy Sierra; illustrated by Marc Brown