Connecting the Dots
My thoughts on art, books & life.
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Amelia to Zora Twenty Six Women Who Changed the World by Cynthia Chin-Lee Illustrated by Megan Halsey and Sean Addy
This alphabet book was on a recommended biography list in a book about literature. The author Cynthia Chin-Lee also has written several other alphabet books including A is for Asia and A is for the Americas. Amelia to Zora is a picture book for older children 3rd...
Dr. Seuss’s ABC
"Big A little a what begins with A? Aunt Annie's Alligator A A A" I couldn't resist and I just had to start the alphabet review books with Dr. Seuss's ABC. I love the rhymes, and zaniness of Dr. Seuss. This one comes with lots of alliteration and fun pictures I think...
La Mariposa by Francisco Jimenez Illustrated by Simon Silva
I first heard of this book when our local library advertised a presentation by Book-It Repertory Theatre. We love library activities, so we made sure to note the date and make plans to attend. The day of the presentation we arrived to find that the library wasn’t big...
Franklin’s Halloween by Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark
Franklin and his friends prepare for a Halloween costume party as most typical children do- trying on different outfits and changing their minds until they are ‘just right’. Franklin makes the perfect little Franklinstein and has fun scaring his family members. At...
What is Halloween? By Harriet Ziefert illustrated by Claire Schumacher
Everyone loves the lift-the-flap story format (until the flaps get torn off). My children and I delved into this one tonight for bedtime stories and enjoyed hearing a simplified version of what Halloween is all about. I know there are some parents who don’t ascribe to...
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
The House on Mango Street is like a breath of fresh air. Part funny, part tragic and part hope. It's a lovely coming of age story for a Chicana girl growing up in Chicago surrounded by messages telling her not to succeed. Somewhat biographical it details what life is...
Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet by Diane deGroat
This story cracked me up! A little boy plans to be a Martian Space Pilot for Halloween confident that he is the only one in his whole school who will think of that idea. When sent to change for the costume parade in the boy’s bathroom he discovers that nearly...
Gallop! A Scanimation Picture Book by Rufus Butler Seder
What a fun way to bring life to pictures through patented scanimation technology. The animals literally move across the page encouraging parent-child interaction and adding to any child’s wonder of the world.  Ours was a gift from generous ‘Uncle Charles’ who...
The Candy Witch by Steven Kroll
I think I was in the second grade when I first read this book. I was excited to see it at my local library and so of course I had to read it. I loved the story of the little witch who is feeling neglected (something I could relate to as a child and what child...
Hope is an Open Heart by Lauren Thompson
A book filled with beautiful, serenity inducing photographs written by Lauren Thompson. This book was inspired by the tragedy that unfolded on September 11th and else where. Thompson reminds me that hope is always there. After reading this book I felt very calm and...
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