Good morning everyone!

 

Hope everyone is warm this morning and enjoying this winter day.  It is a little warmer here today but going to get colder again tomorrow and maybe snow.  Oh where is spring??? Well, according to the calendar it will be here in 49 days.  As for me I can't wait for it to get here,

Today, I am going to share the first Magic Treehouse Book by Mary Pope Osborne.  I hope you will check it out.

 

Dinosaurs Before Dark

by

Mary Pope Osborne

 

This is the first book that author Mary Pope Osborne wrote in the Magic Treehouse series.  The book begins by introducing us to Jack and Annie and the Magic Treehouse.  Jack and Annie are outside playing and Annie says she sees a monster but Jack doesn't believe her.  Annie runs into the woods and Jack runs to get her because it is starting to get dark.  Annie finds a treehouse in the woods in a large tree.  She climbs the rope ladder to the top and goes in the treehouse and then shouts to Jack.  She tells him there are all kinds of books in the treehouse so Jack decides he will go up and see since Jack really loves books.  When he gets to the top he is amazed at all the old books in the treehouse.  Just then Annie screams .  She says there is a monster.  Jack looks out the window of the treehouse and wow, there is a a big bird flying around.  Just then the treehouse starts to spin around and around and then it stops and everything is still.  Jack looks out the window and realizes they are not in the woods by their house anymore.  Jack and Annie are in the Prehistoric past and there are dinosaurs.  What an experience they have but the question is will they get back home before dark or will they become dinner for some dinosaurs? 

 

This is a great book and the kids love it.  The boys especially.  Check it out at your nearest library and your child or grandchild will sit spellbound while you read it to them.  There is also a Dinosaur fact book you could share with your child or grandchild.

Hope you will check them out.  See you soon with another Magic Treehouse book.

 

 

Check out the Magic Treehouse site. 

 

http://www.magictreehouse.com/#home?intro=0

 

 



 

 

Good morning everyone!

 

 

I hope everyone had a great weekend and you are keeping warm today.  It is 4 degrees here this morning.  Anytime it is below 32 degrees I am cold.  I am starting a new series of books this week. I want to share the Magic Treehouse Books with you.  They are written by Mary Pope Osborne.  I have links to her Official Web Site and the Magic Treehouse Site for you to check out.  I loved reading her books to my students when I was teaching and my students loved them.  We read them all through the year.  I would choose the ones that I thought went with the season or holidays we were studying.  The kids love Jack, and Annie.  When we would start a book the kids couldn't wait for Jack and Annie to go to the Magic Treehouse and see where they would go.  Mary Pope Osborne recently wrote one where Jack and Annie go back in time and visit with Abraham Lincoln.  I haven't read that one yet but I look forward to reading it. 

Mary's books are for children mostly in grades 2-5 and children love to read them too but they love having them read to them too.  So check out your nearest library and start your journey to so many wonderful places and times in this world with Mary Pope Osborne's Magic Treehouse books.  You and the children will love them.

 

 

http://www.magictreehouse.com/#

 

http://marypopeosborne.com/

 

 

Buffalo Before Breakfast

by

Mary Pope Osborne

 

The Magic Treehouse takes Jack and Annie back 200 years to the Great Plains of America where they meet a Lakota boy who teaches them how to hunt buffalo.  But something goes wrong! ( the children love the action in the Magic Treehouse books and there is always plenty of action in the books.)  Jack and Annie must stop 1,000 buffalo from stampeding! 

 

Jack and Annie always have great adventures and this story is a really good one but then again all of the books are great.  There are so many possibilities for learning in these books.  Boys and girls alike love them.  So I hope you will take your child or grandchild to the library and let them help pick out several for you to read together.  I will see you again with another book this week.  Happy reading!!!

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It's Friday Everyone!

 

I hope everyone is having a great Friday.  It is a little warmer here today so I did venture out to do some shopping.  Now, I am relaxing and enjoying the sun shining through my arcadia door and Hotshot the cat was here earlier enjoying the sun too. :)  Today I want to share some of the books that I didn't review by author Jan Brett.  Please check them out and again I would recommend her site for activities to go with her books and many other fun things for children.  I am working on a couple of authors to share books with you in the next few weeks.  I want to share author Mary Pope Osborne's great books.  I love the Magic Treehouse Books.  I can't wait to share them with you.

 

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Jan Brett's site

 

http://janbrett.com/activities_pages.htm

 

 

Hope you will check out all the Jan Brett books.  See you Monday.

 

 

 

Good morning everyone!

 

 

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!  It is cold here this morning.  It is 3 degrees with a wind chill of -11 degrees.  I sure hope it is warmer wherever you are today.  Where is spring is my question?  So today for me and you to if it is cold where you are here is where I would like to be today.  I am going to get some hot green tea , a good book, and a blanket and enjoy thinking of someplace warm today.  I hope each of you stay warm and I will see you tomorrow with a few of the books you should check out that I didn't share from author Jan Brett.  See you then.  Stay warm!!!

 

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57 days till spring :)



 

 

 

 

Happy Hump Day !

 

Hi everyone!  Hope everyone is keeping warm out there in the second polar blast of the year.  It is going to be really cold here this afternoon and evening  with wind chills below zero.  So to me that means stay inside with a good book and some tea or hot cocoa.  I have my last Jan Brett to share with you today although there are many more to check out so on Friday I will put a list of some of the books she has I didn't share.  I hope you will share the books with your children or grandchildren.

 

Today's book is Comet's Nine Lives.  I especially loved this book because it is about a cat.  I have a cat that lives with me and he is quite the character.  So I really enjoyed this book by Jan Brett.  I know the children will too.

 

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Comet's Nine Lives

by

Jan Brett

 

Comet was born on Nantucket Island which is off the coast of Massachusetts.  This is a lovely story about a cute cat who travels around the island getting into all kinds of trouble.  First he eats some foxglove and falls asleep and realizes he has lost the first of nine lives every cat has when he is born.  So he decided maybe he should find a home.  So he goes to a bookstore and settles down on some bestsellers to take a nap.  Life was good in the bookstore until one day it rained and all the islanders hurried inside for something to read on a rainy day.  In the rush, all the books fell on Comet and he realized he had turned the page on life number two.  So Comet decided he needed some fresh salt air so he headed out to sea on the Jean T.  Once out to sea  a storm washes him off the boat so he loses life number three.  Comet has some adventures with a tuba, the ice cream shop, the bicycle, the theater, and the ocean.  Finally, he decides he needs a safe home since he has lost eight lives and only one remains.  Check out Comet's Nine Lives and see where he ends up for his home.  This is a really fun book about a cat and his nine lives.  Children will love it I guarantee. :)
 

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Please remember to check out Jan Brett's site for fun activities to go with all her books.

http://www.janbrett.com/index.html

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

Happy Tuesday Friends!!!

 

Just have a couple of quotes to share today and some sites for kids.  Hope everyone is having a great day.  I hope you enjoy the quotes and the sites.  I hope it is warm and sunny where you are.  Grab a book and some tea and enjoy your afternoon.  See you Wednesday.

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Happy Monday friends!

 

I hope everyone had a great weekend and enjoyed the winter weather.  I would like to share another Jan Brett book with you today.  O hope you and the children you are reading to or with are enjoying the Jan Brett books.

I always enjoyed sharing them with my students and children.

 

 

Gingerbread Baby

by

Jan Brett

 

 

Matti and his mother are going to make a gingerbread baby.  They measured and mixed and Matti rolled out the dough and made a gingerbread boy and popped it into the oven. The receipe says bake for 8 minutes but Matti can't wait and out jumps a gingerbread baby. The gingerbread baby says," I am the Gingerbread Baby, fresh from the pan, If you want me, Catch me if you can."  Matti and his mother chase the Gingerbread Baby all around the kitchen and then Matti's father comes in the door and the Gingerbread Baby runs through his legs and out the door.  The Gingerbread Baby ran past the cat and dog. The Gingerbread Baby ran to the barn and right over the top of the goats. Martha and Madeline tried to catch the GIngerbread Baby at the well but he was to fast for them and jumped away.  All through the book we see Matti doing something in the illustrations on the sides of the pages of the book. So the children have to try and figure out what Matti is doing. The Gingerbread Baby jumped in the farm cart and almost was eaten by the pig but once again he got away.  Then he got to the bridge going into town and all the townspeople were on the bridge so the GIngerbread Baby jumped on a piece of ice in the river and floated down the stream.

Then the fox almost got him and then he saw behind him that most of the town was running after him so he ran into the woods. In the woods he finds a surprise that Matti made for him.  You have to read the book to see what Matti made.  This is once again a really wonderful Jan Brett  book and the remake of the Gingerbread Boy.  CHeck it out and read it to a child.  They will love the illustrations and the story.

 

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Also check out Jan Brett's site

http://www.janbrett.com/index.html

for ideas for activities with this book.  Also check out the book Teaching with Favorite Jan Brett Books by Scholastic.

 

Of course a neat thing to do when you read this is make gingerbread boys and girls with the children and then let the children decorate them.  They will love it.  See you Wednesday with my last Jan Brett book.  Take care.