Wendy Cheyette Lewison

Okay, this one was really cute. If I do a program about rain or weather, I think I could definitely use this. I loved the rhythm of it, and the counting forwards and back.

Rain Drop, Plop was an interesting book that taught the concept of counting numbers. I really enjoyed how it was told like a poem almost. As I was reading I caught myself almost singing it like a nursery rhyme. The illustrations fill every page with color and show exactly what is going on in the book at that time. I think I would use this in my classroom to help teach students about numbers and how to count them. I think this would catch their attention greatly.

A book with some of the familiar things we are encountering, written into a well-spun fairy tale of a Princess and her potty. As the wise man says, though, "the princess will use the potty when it pleases her to use the potty." Some things cannot be rushed, and this book is a fun reminder of that. Highly recommended to parents who are struggling though that difficult stage.

Going to Sleep on the Farm
Going to sleep on the farm by Wendy Cheyette Lewison is one of my all time favorite books! First, the illustrations in this book are incredible. They look like paintings and fill the page. The pictures are also very descriptive. For example, the reader sees the cow laying down, the Dad getting sleepy and as each animal goes to sleep, you see the previous animals that have gone to sleep in each picture! As the book progresses through the animals on the farm, the show more lighting in pictures grows dimmer to represent the darkness of night coming. The pictures on the right, mirror the pictures on the left. For instance, there is a painting of a cow on the left page and on the right page the little boy is playing with a toy cow while talking to his Dad. At the very end of the book the little boy finally goes to sleep and the blanket covering him has all the animals on the farm that he asked his Dad about! The pictures in this book tell the whole story even without the words. Another feature of this book is the rhyming. “A horse, of course, stands up all night, while he’s fast asleep, with his eyes shut tight”. Finally, this book incorporates animal sounds as well as repetition of phrases. The little boy asks repeated how animals go to sleep. Each time he says….How does the (animal) go to sleep, tell me how, how does the (animal) go to sleep? Young readers will enjoy the predictability as well as the opportunity to join along in helping to read. The big idea of this story is that everything goes to sleep, even tired little boys. show less