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Survey Of Reading Habits And Dialogic Book Reading Practices In Parents Of Preschool-Aged Children, Kimberly Cronin
Survey Of Reading Habits And Dialogic Book Reading Practices In Parents Of Preschool-Aged Children, Kimberly Cronin
Theses and Dissertations
This study explored the reading habits and dialogic book reading practices in parents of preschool-aged children. Early literacy practices in the home influence the development of language skills and academic learning of children. These practices were explored by directly by asking parents to reflect and report on their literacy habits in the home setting. It specifically addresses current reading behaviors that parents implement when reading with their child and observations of their child's attention and involvement during book-sharing sessions. This study was part of a larger study focusing on developing and implementing dialogic reading workshops for parents. A survey with …
Who's Hiding On The Savanna?, Amanda Morgan
Who's Hiding On The Savanna?, Amanda Morgan
Children's Book and Media Review
From sunset to sunrise, the savannah is full of interesting animals. In the morning, female lions can be found in the shade with two or three cubs. In the afternoon, hippos hold their breath for up to five minutes underwater. In the evening, vervet monkeys eat leaves and flowers as they lurk in branches. At night, superb starlings gather in large groups to sleep in trees.
What I Like Most, Jennifer Pagett
What I Like Most, Jennifer Pagett
Children's Book and Media Review
A girl takes stock of all the things that bring her happiness. There’s the window through which she sees the mailman, children at play, and trees that will elongate as time passes. There’s her grandmother’s sweet apricot jam, spread across her toast and eaten with delight. There’s the river that flows gently and houses ducks and fish. There’s also the special book with a girl who looks like her on it, and the teddy bear she’s had since she a baby. All these things will change over time. They’ll get used up, or simply wear out. Some, like the river, …
The Snowiest Christmas Ever!, Taylor Bitton
The Snowiest Christmas Ever!, Taylor Bitton
Children's Book and Media Review
It's only a couple of days before Christmas, and bear cubs Button and Mungo just can't wait for the holiday. Button wishes that it would snow for Christmas, and right before the two cubs go to sleep, they see it snowing outside. It snows all night, and when the family wakes up in the morning, the snow has piled up so high that it falls down their chimney. Button and Mungo get nervous, thinking that Santa won't be able to come to their house if their chimney is full of snow. Thankfully, Papa bear and his kids work to dig …
Seek And Find Cities: A Globetrotting Adventure, Nicole Clark
Seek And Find Cities: A Globetrotting Adventure, Nicole Clark
Children's Book and Media Review
Take a trip around the globe with this seek and find travel guide. Scenes from fifteen global cities including Marrakesh, Morocco; Tokyo, Japan; Sydney, Australia; Cairo, Egypt; and Toronto, Canada provide factual information about the location and events depicted along with depictions of eight hidden items to look for. You can find the puma statue, Inca priest, and bowl of chicha hidden in the sun god festival scene of Cusco, Peru. Or you can find the gingerbread man, samovar, and hand muff in the Christmas market at Moscow, Russia. An additional section at the back of the book entitled “More …
I Love You Brighter Than The Stars, Sydnee Burr
I Love You Brighter Than The Stars, Sydnee Burr
Children's Book and Media Review
A bear and her cubs search the night for stars. As they appear one by one, the bears are overwhelmed with awe. On each step of their journey, the bear relates what they're doing or seeing to the love she feels for her cubs. At the end, they see the sky filled with stars, and the bear says to her cubs that she loves them more than all the stars that twinkle in the sky.
Madame Badobedah, Jazmin Gomez
Madame Badobedah, Jazmin Gomez
Children's Book and Media Review
Mabel lives by the ocean at the Mermaid Hotel, which is the perfect place for an adventurer like her. Life becomes much more interesting when a new hotel guest arrives. Mabel decides that the new guest, who is aloof and a bit rude and whom she has named Madame Badobedah, is a villain on the run from the police. Donning her spy outfit, Mabel is intent on catching her until one morning, when Madame Badobedah unexpectedly invites Mabel in for tea. Reluctantly, she accepts, and so begins a beautiful relationship. Together, spy and supervillain play cards, sail in a pirate …
Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring, Nicole Clark
Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring, Nicole Clark
Children's Book and Media Review
In that wonderful in-between time as winter turns to spring, a young boy and his dog take a walk through the snow, by a frozen pond, and under sycamore branches. As they walk, they engage in conversation with various aspects of the winter world around them. As morning dawns, spring comes, and they excitedly say hello to new leaves, waking animals, green grass, and a running pond.
Goodnight Veggies, Nicole Clark
Goodnight Veggies, Nicole Clark
Children's Book and Media Review
As the sun sets on a rooftop garden, all the vegetables begin to prepare for sleep. A little worm passes potatoes closing eyes, cabbages with nodding heads, and corncobs covering their ears. The cauliflowers are cuddly, and the radishes are dozing since it is exhausting growing day and night.
Ducks!, Amanda Morgan
Ducks!, Amanda Morgan
Children's Book and Media Review
A family of ducks is swimming together in a pond when one little duck gets distracted by a butterfly. Happily following it, the duckling wanders off, only to return to find the other ducks are gone. Searching for signs of its family, it hears some squawking, but it is just a brass band. Then there are some footprints, but they lead to person in flippers. There are some feathers, but they only lead to a pillow fight. The duck follows every clue until it finally finds a creative way to find its family.
Finding Kindness, Amanda Morgan
Finding Kindness, Amanda Morgan
Children's Book and Media Review
When a little girl lets a ladybug out her window, the bug flies by a man saving a cat from a tree. The girl and her rescued cat walk past a boy raking an elderly lady’s lawn. The lady gives him a cookie, which he eats as he watches a man return someone’s keys. A train passes the man returning the keys with a lady on it giving her seat to a woman and her baby. From one place to the next, returning to the little girl who started it all, kindness is being spread, making the world a brighter …
Brian Wildsmith's Animal Gallery, Nicole Clark
Brian Wildsmith's Animal Gallery, Nicole Clark
Children's Book and Media Review
Get to know a host of animal groups. While you may know that a group of lions is called a pride or that a group of reindeer as a herd, you may not know about a hover of trout, a prickle of hedgehogs, or a pandemonium of parrots.
Abc For Gingerbread Boy And Me!, Erica Sonzogni
Abc For Gingerbread Boy And Me!, Erica Sonzogni
Children's Book and Media Review
Learning the ABCs is a foundational skill, and while alphabet books are not always the most exciting, this one is more mundane. Each page dedicated to one letter focuses on putting that letter at the beginning of the word, with the exception of x, which is in the final letter in its word so readers can understand the sound that letter makes. The photographs and the examples for each letter are basic. D shows a door, dog, doctor, dime, duck, and dinosaur. Familiar words do allow children to learn, but a unique word or item would add interest. Despite the …
What If Pig?, Amanda Morgan
What If Pig?, Amanda Morgan
Children's Book and Media Review
Pig is a great friend. Everyone thinks so, but sometimes Pig worries that nobody does. When Pig plans to throw a huge party, he starts worrying about everything. What if nobody comes? Or what if nobody has a good time? Fortunately, Pig has really good friends, and with their help, he learns that everyone has worries and that usually things don't turn bad; they turn out much better.
Ruby Finds A Worry, Amanda Morgan
Ruby Finds A Worry, Amanda Morgan
Children's Book and Media Review
Ruby was perfectly happy until she found a worry. At first, the worry wasn’t big, but it would follow her everywhere. Then the worry got bigger, stopping her from doing things she loved to do. Ruby begins to wonder if things would ever be normal again, and her worrying about the worry has made it huge. Then one day, she notices someone else with a worry. Learning that everyone has worries and talking with her new friend, Ruby realizes that making a worry go away isn’t as hard as she thought.
My Very Favorite Book In The Whole World, Amanda Morgan
My Very Favorite Book In The Whole World, Amanda Morgan
Children's Book and Media Review
No matter how many he tries to read, Henly just isn’t interested in books. Some are too big, others are too boring, and they are just not related to what he wants to be doing or who he is. Then one day, he gets the hardest assignment: to present his favorite book to the class. Henly tries asking for help, but there is still nothing interesting in the library or the bookstore. Finally, his mom’s advice gives him a wonderful idea, and with a little thinking outside the box, Henly creates his favorite book in the whole wide world.
Monkeys Love To Eat, Kimberly Reynolds
Monkeys Love To Eat, Kimberly Reynolds
Children's Book and Media Review
Milo, Mimi, and Max are siblings who all like different foods. Milo only likes food that has a crunch to it. Mimi prefers to eat anything that is sweet. Max wants to eat bananas. Together they struggle to find a meal that they all can enjoy. Milo eats granola every morning, but Mimi goes for the stack of pancakes, and Max throws bananas on both. For lunch they try to make a sandwich, but when Mimi adds ice cream and Max adds a banana, everyone is upset. They finally find a solution by making pizza, each adding their own ingredients …
How To Apologize, Raechel Hornfischer
How To Apologize, Raechel Hornfischer
Children's Book and Media Review
Whether it's a beaver accidentally chopping down an owl’s tree, a giraffe borrowing a worm’s socks without permission, or a cat dropping their kite in a dog’s yard, everyone needs to know how to apologize. Apologizing can be hard. Sometimes what we did was an accident. Sometimes the person we hurt is scary or mean. Sometimes they owe us an apology too. Even so, any time we hurt someone, we need to say we're sorry. Apologies can be simple or long, in person or on a note. Then you can try to fix the mistake or at least do your …
Twas The Night Before Christmas, Rachel Wadham
Twas The Night Before Christmas, Rachel Wadham
Children's Book and Media Review
The night before Christmas, everyone is asleep—that is, until the master of the house hears a clatter outside the window. Finding that St. Nick has made his yearly visit, the master watches as gifts are left. With his task complete, St. Nick goes up the chimney wishing the quiet world a very happy Christmas.
Tickled Pink, Taran Burnett
Tickled Pink, Taran Burnett
Children's Book and Media Review
Filippo is a pink flamingo that does not want to be pink. When Zac the zebra and Poncho the panda do not accept the color of Filippo’s feathers, Filippo just wants to gain acceptance. He tries to reason with them and even resorts to painting his feathers black and white. After an entire day of failure, Filippo is approached by a lemur who encourages him to accept himself the way he is. Together, they embrace pink and even get the other animals to join in on the fun.
The Elephant's Umbrella, Taran Burnett
The Elephant's Umbrella, Taran Burnett
Children's Book and Media Review
The elephant is known to invite all to gather and enjoy the protection the umbrella provides. When the wind sweeps the umbrella into the possession of other animals, it is quickly discovered that generosity is not a virtue that everyone shares. The umbrella has no interest in providing shelter to those that want to hunt or use her protection to take honey from bees. The dazzling umbrella makes a dash into the wind and enjoys a sweet reunion with the generous elephant and his friends.
Poultrygeist, Rachel Wadham
Poultrygeist, Rachel Wadham
Children's Book and Media Review
When the chicken crosses the road, he might just get to the other side—the otherworldly side, that is, if he happens to be hit by a truck. Finding that he is now a ghost, Chicken consults with the other animals who have met his same fate. They want him to be scary and to haunt unsuspecting readers. Chicken, on the other hand, prefers to be a friendly ghost. That is, until his anger gets the best of him, and chicken’s scary side begins to show itself.
Starcrossed, Amanda Morgan
Starcrossed, Amanda Morgan
Children's Book and Media Review
Eridani is made of blood and bones, but her best friend, Acamar, is made of space and stars. Eridani waits every night for Acamar to appear in the stars, and the two good friends walk home together. While they can't touch each other, they can talk and laugh. One night, Acamar asks what a sunset is like. Then Eridani asks what it’s like to fly. Both soon know that the other will never get to experience these things. Realizing this somber truth and finding themselves even sadder that they must live apart, the friends comes up with a hopeful idea, …
Peanut Goes For The Gold, Amanda Morgan
Peanut Goes For The Gold, Amanda Morgan
Children's Book and Media Review
Peanut the hamster is very unique, doing silly things that some people don't understand. Even though they are sometimes called weird, they don't mind, especially because most people just think it’s fun. One day, Peanut decides they want to be a rhythmic gymnast. Dad makes a costume, Mom practices choreography, and their sibling arranges the music. Practicing hard everywhere when the day comes, Peanut forgets to tie their shoes, but they don't let that stop them from doing the best routine they can.
Not An Alphabet Book: The Case Of The Missing Cake, Amanda Morgan
Not An Alphabet Book: The Case Of The Missing Cake, Amanda Morgan
Children's Book and Media Review
This alphabet book is going normally until the cake on letter C page is stolen. Bear, representing letter B, is determined to find the culprit, but he needs a little help from the readers. Bear leads the reader from page to page looking for clues. Bear thinks Fox might be the culprit, but Gingerbread Man testifies that Fox has changed since he took a bite out of him. Bear then wanders if it might be Octopus since, after all, his tentacles are all over the pages. As Bear questions more characters, the evidence piles up, and soon the perpetrator is …
Good Guys 5-Minute Stories, Deborah Le Starge
Good Guys 5-Minute Stories, Deborah Le Starge
Children's Book and Media Review
From summer camp, to space, to a boy at his grandpa’s Chinese restaurant and a mustached baby that has to decide if he has a “good guy” or a “bad guy” mustache, along with odes to brothers and cowboys, some boys are adventurous, some are quiet, and others may even be superheroes in disguise. But either way, one thing you can count on is that each boy is a good guy.
Helga Makes A Name For Herself, Amanda Morgan
Helga Makes A Name For Herself, Amanda Morgan
Children's Book and Media Review
Helga the Viking has always wanted to be a warrior. Every chance she gets, she asks for stories about her favorite warrior, Ingrid the Axe. She wants to be just like her, but Helga’s parents say that Vikings from small farming towns like theirs don't become warriors. Then one day, a fleet of ships arrives with Ingrid and her crew, and they're looking for warriors to join them. Helga’s time to shine has finally come, but as she competes for her spot, not everyone thinks she is worthy of joining the crew. So, Helga works her hardest to prove that …
Dear Treefrog, Rachel Wadham
Dear Treefrog, Rachel Wadham
Children's Book and Media Review
Exploring her new home after a move, a young girl encounters the wanders of the treefrogs that hide all around her property. Engaging with the small creatures helps her to feel a little less sad as she works to fit in. But it is not until she finds a true friend who shares her wonder of the treefrogs that the girl finds herself fully embracing all the joys around her.
Curious George And The Summer Games, Taran Burnett
Curious George And The Summer Games, Taran Burnett
Children's Book and Media Review
A commotion on the field outside of George’s house makes George very curious. Wandering over to the excitement, George and the man with the yellow hat learn that the recreation center is hosting their annual summer field day. George experiments with many new sports but feels a little overwhelmed with the rules and technicalities of most of them. Then, when the participants encourage him to try gymnastics, they find a good fit for George, who then helps his newfound friend, Stella, overcome stage fright in the final competition as they do the first ever doubles routine.
Astro Girl, Erica Sonzogni
Astro Girl, Erica Sonzogni
Children's Book and Media Review
Astrid is a little girl who wants to be an astronaut so she can explore the magic and mysteries of space. Astrid tells her father and all her friends about her passion for the universe, but her father tells her that there will be challenges. But Astrid insists that this is her dream, because even if there are difficulties, she knows she can be just like her mama, who is an astronaut and Astrid’s hero.