Happy Saturday Friends!!

 

I hope everyone's weekend is going well and it is warmer where you are.  The sun is shining here and we are enjoying such a beautiful day.  Today I want to share a really good book especially if you are  welcoming a second or third child into your family.  This book is perfect for showing how you still love the oldest child or grandchild.  Have you ever read the The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn?  It is a wonderful book and I hope each of you have read it to a child in your life.  I hope if you haven't that you will read it and A Pocket Full of Kisses too.  I hope you enjoy both books and share them with a child you love.

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A Pocket Full of Kisses

by

Audrey Penn

 

In this story Chester Raccoon has a new baby brother.  The baby brother plays with all of Chester's things and even swings in his swing.  He asks his mother, "If I am very good could we please give him back?"  His mother says ."No Chester we can't.  Mrs.  Raccoon is very smart though and opens Chester's hand and spreads his fingers out and kisses the palm of his hand and Chester is so happy but the he sees his mother do the same thing to Ronny's hand.  Chester starts to cry because he thinks his mother is giving away his Kissing Hand.  Mrs. Raccoon being very smart tells Chester about the sun and the stars and how the sun everyday gives off light to the stars so they will shine at night.  She tells Chester that the sun never stops giving off the light and the stars never stop shining.  Then she gives Chester another Kissing Hand and tells him to put it in his pocket and save it because big brothers might need an extra kissing hand.

What a wonderful story and you could do the same thing with your child or grandchild.  What a wonderful tradition and way to show them how much you love each of them.  I sure hope you will share this book and the Kissing Hand with a child this week.  Hope each of you have a wonderful weekend.  I hope to see you again on Monday.  Please let me know what you think and what you would like to see on this blog.  I welcome your thoughts and ideas.

 

 

Check out this website for more books by Audrey Penn.

 

http://www.audreypenn.com/kissinghand.html#.UzcTjCAo7IU

See everyone on Monday.  Enjoy a good book!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Wednesday Friends!!!

 

I hope everyone is enjoying their last full week of March.  It will be April before we know and I am looking forward to Easter.  I love the spring and the rebirth of the flowers and all of nature.   I guess I would say this is my favorite time of the year.   Today I am going to tell you about a cute story about a ranch dog and I believe the time of year is spring .  I hope you will share Charlie, the Ranch Dog with your children this week.  It is a really cute book that boys and girls will love.

  So enjoy it with a child.

 

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Charlie, the Ranch Dog

by

Ree Drummond

 

Charlie is a ranch dog on a big cattle ranch in Oklahoma.  Breakfast is his life especially if it consists of bacon.  Charlie has dangly ears, floppy skin, and big, fat paws.  He lives in the country with the Drummond family and his friend Suzie which is another dog on the ranch.   Charlie does all kind of things on the ranch fixing fences, gardening, and helping his family out on the ranch.

 

Come check out the adventures of Charlie and Suzie on the ranch as they help their family out.  Find out why Charlie always seems to miss things that are happening on the ranch. :) 

Find out what happens one day with Charlie and the cows in the garden.  There are great illustrations by Diane deGroat. 

So go to your local library to check out this fun book about Charlie and life on the Drummond Ranch.

 

 

Also check out Amazon to hear Ree Drummond  read some of the book.

http://www.amazon.com/Charlie-Ranch-Dog-Ree-Drummond/dp/0061996556

 

 

 

 

Happy Monday Everyone!

 

Can you believe it?  The first day of spring was on last Thursday and now today where I am it is snowing.  I can't believe it where is spring?  I can't wait till Mother Nature decides it is spring too.  I hope it is more like spring where you live today.  I am going to share a book today that has to do with a garden.  I am hoping to start an herb garden here soon.  I want to use fresh herbs in my cooking.  So this book made me think of gardens.

Hope you enjoy it with a child.

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The Talking Vegetables

by

Won-Ldy Paye and Margaret H. Lippert

 

The villagers are planting a community garden, but spider refuses to help with the garden.  Spider says he has plenty of rice to eat so why should he help with the vegetables. So each time the villagers ask for his help he says no.

 

Then one day spider gets tired of plain rice so he decides to go to the garden and pick some vegetables.  Imagine his surprise when he tries picking the vegetable and they start talking to him.  Check out this fun book and see what the vegetables say to spider and what happens when he tries to pick them.   Check it out at your nearest library or bookstore.

It is a really cute book and has a good lesson in the story to for children to understand. Hope you enjoy it.

 

I added two other books you might want to check out by the same two authors as The Talking Vegetables.  Check them out at the library too.  See you Wednesday.  In April I am going to do an April in Paris theme.  Hope you will join me then.

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

Happy Tuesday Friends!!

 

How is everyone?  Guess what only 2 days till SPRING!!!! I can't wait till it gets here.  It feels like I have been waiting forever for it to get here.  So today I have a really  cool book to share with you my friends.  I hope you will share with a child this week to celebrate the beginning of Spring.  Enjoy the week and thank goodness for spring.

 

Sixteen Miles to Spring

by

Andrew Pelletier

 

It is a cold dreary March day and Maddy knows something is about to happen.  Soon she and her dad come across Wilbur and Wiley in their truck named Janey.  They are traveling north, driving just 16 miles a day.  Maddy and her dad meet them on the side of the road. They have stopped to do something awesome.  A big wind comes up and it starts raining.  "Right on time," Wiley says to Maddy and her dad.  Then Maddy and her dad help the strangers scoop up straw, dirt,seeds, and colors of all kinds, and fling the stuff into the blustery air.  Then the sun comes out and the world changes. 

 

Check out this lovely book with great illustrations and a great story about spring.  Children will love this story and I must admit I really liked it too.    Enjoy the first day spring this week with a really cool book. 

 

enjoy the first day of spring on March 20, 2014.

 

 

 

Happy Wednesday Everyone!

 

I just finished making Shamrock cards for some friends.  They turned out really cool and it would be a great project for children.  I used cardstock but you could use construction paper.  I just drew a shamrock for a pattern and then drew it with a pencil on the folded card.  Then I took some green paint and dipped a pencil eraser in the paint and dabbed it all over the shamrock.  Then I took some green glitter and sprinkled it all over the paint.  They turned out really cute and tomorrow after they have dried I will write a nice message to my friends.  Children could make some for grandparents and teachers.  All kids like paint and glitter even me. :):)

Hope you have a great time making Shamrock cards for  St. Patrick's Day. :)

 

See you Friday!!!!!

 

 



 

Fairytales can come true, it could happen to you, if your young at heart.

 

Fairy tales can come true, it can happen to you
If you're young at heart
For it's hard, you will find, to be narrow of mind
If you're young at heart

You can go to extremes with impossible schemes
You can laugh when your dreams fall apart at the seams
And life gets more exciting with each passing day
And love is either in your heart or on it's way

Don't you know that it's worth every treasure on earth
To be young at heart

And if you should survive to 105
Look at all you'll derive out of being alive
Then here is the best part, you have a head start
If you are among the very young at heart

And if you should survive to 105
Look at all you'll derive out of being alive
Then here is the best part, you have a head start
If you are among the very young at heart

By Frank Sinatra

 

Share a fairytale with your child or grandchild today.  Who can resist a fairytale?  Children and adults of all ages love them.  My personal favorite was Cinderella and my daughters loved Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Sleeping Beauty.  There are so many great ones out there and even videos you can watch with the kids .  Why not have a fairytale week and read as many as you can and finish it off Friday night with a couple of videos.  Then come back to the blog and share what you did.  We all would love to hear from you.  What is your favorite fairytale and what did you do to share it with your child or grandchild? Fairytales can come true and it can happen to you if you are young at heart.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Friday Friends!

 

How is everyone this Friday afternoon?  I remember I loved Fridays when I was teaching.  That was the day I actually went home at 4pm.  Every other night it was always a lot later with meetings and planning.  I miss my students but not the late nights and meetings.  I hope each of you have a wonderful weekend and enjoy some warmer weather wherever you might be.

I am going to share the last book in the Canadian West series by Janette Oke today and will start with something new on Monday.

 

 

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When Hope Springs New

by

Janette Oke

 

 

Here is a website that gives you all of Janette Oke's books.  Check it out and check  out more of her books.

http://www.newreleasetuesday.com/authordetail.php?aut_id=30

 

Leaving behind their dear friends in Beaver Creek, Elizabeth and Wynn take over an even more primitive RCMP outpost in the Canadian Northwest. Elizabeth finds herself totally isolated when the local Indian women are afraid to even communicate with her. The Delaney's thought they had already faced the most crushing disappointment of their lives when they saw little Sammy disappear from view in the arms of his father. Would they be able to survive the challenges ahead?   Read the book by Janette Oke and I am sure you will enjoy it as much as any of the books of this series. 

 

You might also want to check out the Love Comes Softly series by Janette Oke too.  I hope you have a good weekend and share a book with a child and with yourself. See you Monday.

 

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Happy Tuesday Friends!

 

 

Happy Days it is going to be 38 degrees today.  I am really happy to see it out of the teens.  I will have to get out tomorrow when it is in the 40's.  Hope you are excited as I am for spring to come.  Just 16 days to go.

 

Hope everyone has been reading some good books to children and to yourselves.  It is a good pastime on cold wintry days.  We have snow on the ground here since we got snow on Sunday.  Please share with us some of the books you have been reading.  I am sure we all would love to hear what they are.  Just make a comment on the blog and we will check them out.

 

Today I am going to review the next book in the Canadian Series by Janette Oke.

  I hope you have started reading the first book by now.

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Breaks the Dawn

 

by

Janette Oke

 

Having survived the harshness of their first year in the far Northwest, Elizabeth and Wynn, her Royal Canadian Mountie, now face new challenges. Just when they've made new friends and started a new school, they are presented with a new posting. It seems Elizabeth's dreams for a family and home of her own are not to be. Will their love for each other, hope for the future, and their faith in God carry them through the crushing disappointments? 

Hope each of your are enjoying this series  by Janette Oke.  I will review the last book in this series next.  I did hear though that Janette Oke is writing another book for this series.  I sure hope so.