Comments on: Best Children’s Books We Read in 2013

By: Jennifer Fischer

Jennifer Fischer — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 21:00:26 +0000

Z is for Moose was one of our favorites from 2013 as well. I loved this post and it inspired me to share the best multicultural books we read in 2013, so thank you!

By: Allison McDonald

Allison McDonald — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 00:18:55 +0000

In reply to ~ linda. That is SO cool. She is a hero through and through!

By: ~ linda

~ linda — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 01:43:31 +0000

“The Librarian on the Roof”…I am a retired children’s librarian and school teacher so was drawn to this book. BUT…the librarian is NOW the director of my town’s library (Portland, Texas) and our little library won a wonderful award that not only got the library some money but named one of the 3 best small town libraries in America. RoseAleta Laurell…I was blown away to see her name here. She is a fine person and most willing to do all she can for children here too. I tutor and she told me to be sure and ask if someone is in the tutoring room when I need it and they will make sure the people in there are in there for the right “library rule reasons”. Thanks for cluing me into what my own librarian has done.
Reading and loving it, ~ linda

By: Cheryl Dusek

Cheryl Dusek — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 03:41:11 +0000

My favorite book is Maybe One Day What Do You Want To Be? Maybe One Day is a beautifully illustrated children’s book with uniform, repetitive and predictable text that children, parents and teachers love.

The family reading the book become the main characters as they explore numerous different adventures together and the children think maybe one day they can have a career in the adventure. The book encouragers parents to allow their children many opportunities and assorted experiences to enhance dreams of the future.

The book lends itself to increased verbal interaction, vocabulary building, family bonding and more. The book comes with a matching Activity Guide with activities that support the adventures in the book and is only available at maybe1day.com.

By: PragmaticMom

PragmaticMom — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 16:37:54 +0000

We love The Three Little Pigs by David Weisner too (and any book by him!). We also liked Journey by Aaron Becker which is a kind of Harold and the Purple Crayon- like fantasy picture book but with a girl heroine.

And I am rooting for Mr. Tiger Goes Wild! by Peter Brown for a Caldecott. I just loved it!