Saturday, October 28, 2017

Booklist: Preschool


PRESCHOOL (Ages 2 to 5)

INTERACTIVE
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Dora the Explorer: Dora's Perfect Pumpkin
ISBN 1416934387
This early reader has pictures for a child to help "read" as they follow along to pick out a pumpkin for abuela pumpkin pie.  We've worn the binding off this one.
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Look! A Book by Bob Staake
(ISBN 9780316116820)
A unique look and find book.  My biggest complaint is that one two page spread is a "spooky house" theme with some characters like a mummy, vampire, witch, and devil.  If I could only rip that page out...  At the end of the book there are additional items to go back and find making it challenging for a variety of ages.
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I Spy: A Funny Frog by Scholastic
Easy enough for a small child to enjoy on their own as they search and match only a couple images per page.
Additional Titles: I Spy: A School Bus early reader
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EDUCATIONAL
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V is for Vittles: A Wild West Alphabet by Greg Paprocki
(ISBN 9781423642510)
The illustrations in this book are just darling and monochromatic.  Comes in a board book version for little hands.  I love unique alphabet books. 
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OTHER
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Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle
Beautifully illustrated, and a great tale in the lesson of friendship.
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Otis by Loren Long
We have several Otis the tractor books.  My son took to him particularly one December in the Christmas themed book.
Other titles include: Otis and the Kittens, An Otis Christmas, and many more.
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Mike Mulligan and His Steamshovel by Virginia Lee Burton
 A classic from my childhood, it was one of my favorites.
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Are You My Mother by P.D. Eastman
My daughter had this book memorized at age 3 and would sit on the couch and "read" it by herself.
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Red Wagon by Rental Liwska
I LOVE the illustrations in this book.  The tell a sweet substory of Lucy's playful adventure on the way to and from the market.
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A Good Night Walk by Elisha Cooper
Take a stroll down the block and back to see the neighborhood change as night approaches.

SPANISH/BILINGUAL

Sergio Makes a Splash by Edel Rodriguez 
Other titles in this series include Sergio Saves the Game/ Sergio Salva el Partido

In My Neighborhood/En Mi Vecindario by Anna Bardaus
Each page illustrates a different place in the neighborhood.  The grocery, the library, the fire station, the park....  Identifying objects in both English and Spanish.

This House is Made of Mud/Esta Casa Esta Hecho de Lodo by Ken Buchanan
For this I copied the Amazon description because it explains so well.  I really enjoyed the ability to talk to the kids about how people live differently in other places.  Not necessarily in houses like ours.
"Chosen by Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano as a gift to every first grader in the state, this story describes the beauty of the Sonoran Desert and a family whose lives are intertwined with the environment and the home they make from adobe."

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