This book is adorable and wonderful! I'm a huge fan of Mo Willems, having watched Kids Next Door (which he was heavily involved in) when I was a child, and getting to read one of his books for children was a pleasure!
The art is fantastic and great to look at. Willems took great black and white pictures of his hometown in Brooklyn and then used bright colors to draw the characters on top of them. I imagine that children would love flipping through this one.
Plot:: Trixie and her favorite toy Knuffle Bunny accompany her father on an errand to the Laundromat. As they leave, Trixie realizes that her Knuffle Bunny has disappeared, but she's so young that she can't talk to her father and explain what happened. She makes all kinds of noises, and even tries throwing a tantrum to alert him to the problem. He doesn't understand, and ends up getting angry and frustrated himself. They arrive home and Trixie's mom immediately realizes what the problem is and all three of them rush back to the laundromat to try and locate the missing toy.
I think this is a great book to open up discussions about communication with children, as well as a great reminder to parents to be extra vigilant in situations such as this. You could also ask kids what their favorite possession is and what they do to make sure that they keep track of it.
The art is fantastic and great to look at. Willems took great black and white pictures of his hometown in Brooklyn and then used bright colors to draw the characters on top of them. I imagine that children would love flipping through this one.
Plot:: Trixie and her favorite toy Knuffle Bunny accompany her father on an errand to the Laundromat. As they leave, Trixie realizes that her Knuffle Bunny has disappeared, but she's so young that she can't talk to her father and explain what happened. She makes all kinds of noises, and even tries throwing a tantrum to alert him to the problem. He doesn't understand, and ends up getting angry and frustrated himself. They arrive home and Trixie's mom immediately realizes what the problem is and all three of them rush back to the laundromat to try and locate the missing toy.
I think this is a great book to open up discussions about communication with children, as well as a great reminder to parents to be extra vigilant in situations such as this. You could also ask kids what their favorite possession is and what they do to make sure that they keep track of it.
This book made me smile! This is Kasza's first published book in America and it's pretty great! The art is pleasant and entertaining to look at, and even kids who are having a hard time reading on their own will like flipping through it just for the fun pictures.
Plot: The main character is a wolf who absolutely loves to eat! He decides he wants to have chicken stew, and finds a chicken that he plans on devouring. At the last minute, he decides she isn't plump enough and before he eats her he wants to fatten her up. He begins to anonymously drop off delicious pastries in large quantities at her coupe, and on the day he decides to come back to see if she's grown plump enough he finds out instead that he has been feeding the delicacies to her many, many children. Mama Chicken feeds him dinner, and he bashfully leaves thinking to himself that maybe he'll keep baking them food.
I feel like this would be a good book to start a discussion with children about doing the right thing, their favorite foods, and how it can feel good to make things for other people.
Plot: The main character is a wolf who absolutely loves to eat! He decides he wants to have chicken stew, and finds a chicken that he plans on devouring. At the last minute, he decides she isn't plump enough and before he eats her he wants to fatten her up. He begins to anonymously drop off delicious pastries in large quantities at her coupe, and on the day he decides to come back to see if she's grown plump enough he finds out instead that he has been feeding the delicacies to her many, many children. Mama Chicken feeds him dinner, and he bashfully leaves thinking to himself that maybe he'll keep baking them food.
I feel like this would be a good book to start a discussion with children about doing the right thing, their favorite foods, and how it can feel good to make things for other people.
Farm animals who know how to type? How crazy is that?
This is a pretty adorable book with entertaining art, and of course kids will love all of the fun looking animals.
Plot: In this book, the cows have learned how to type - and they have some requests for the farmer. The poor cows are cold and they go on strike, leaving the farmer a note requesting electric blankets or else there will be no more milk. The farmer doesn't give in, and before long the chickens have the cows leave a note saying that they too need electric blankets or they will no longer be giving the farmer eggs. The farmer tries to tell them that they are just animals and don't need blankets, but eventually cuts a deal.
This could be a great book to use to start conversations with children about animal rights, people's rights, or possibly discuss how to write letters and ask for things.
This is a pretty adorable book with entertaining art, and of course kids will love all of the fun looking animals.
Plot: In this book, the cows have learned how to type - and they have some requests for the farmer. The poor cows are cold and they go on strike, leaving the farmer a note requesting electric blankets or else there will be no more milk. The farmer doesn't give in, and before long the chickens have the cows leave a note saying that they too need electric blankets or they will no longer be giving the farmer eggs. The farmer tries to tell them that they are just animals and don't need blankets, but eventually cuts a deal.
This could be a great book to use to start conversations with children about animal rights, people's rights, or possibly discuss how to write letters and ask for things.