Hello My Friends!

I am sorry I haven't posted in awhile but have had some health issues and so has my daughter.  I do want to get back to doing this though because I enjoy it and I hope you do too.  How is your spring going?  I know school will be out here next week.  So summer break is just around the corner for the children.  I would like to encourage you as parents and grandparents to have your child start a reading program for the summer.  It is so important for young readers especially to keep reading in the summer so they will continue with their reading skills for when school starts again.  They have great programs at the library with exciting incentives for children who read during the summer. As a retired teacher I know how important it is to keep up those reading skills during the summer.  So go to your local library and see what the reading program is and sign up your child.  It will be a rewarding experience for the child.  Reading is so important for children to succeed in school and life.  So please check out the reading programs at the library and also sign up your child for some tutoring if they are having trouble with reading.

It will be worthwhile.  I hope you and your children have a great last week or few weeks of school.
Happy End of School for Summer Break.
Recently, when I was at the library I picked up four books to read and check out.  I did enjoy them and I think young children who like teddy bears will enjoy them too.  The author is Greg Foley and his first book Thank You Bear win the Charlotte Zolotow Award.
I enjoyed his books about Bear.

Thank You Bear
 by
Greg Foley

Thank You Bear is a story about true friendship.   A little Bear  gets a little box one morning and  he shows the box to all his friends but only one friend thought the box was great.  The children will enjoy this story and giving them a box to play with and share might be fun too.  SO check out this book and I will review another book about the little Bear this week. So I would suggest that you get all four and read them with your child.