Review By JANE COWLES Seashells by the Seashore by Marianne Berkes is an interactive guide to seashells which tells a delightful story about children combing the sandy shore for shells to give to Sue’s grandmother as a birthday present. The story is close to my heart for it is reminiscent of childhood summers with my […]
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Seashells by the Seashore
August 12th, 2012 · No Comments · Books
Tags: Beach·Biology·Counting·E-Books·Early Elementary·Grandparents·Illustration·Jane Cowles·Marianne Berkes·Nature·Nature Books·Robert Noreika·Sea Life·Seashells
Over in the Forest
February 22nd, 2012 · 9 Comments · Books
Review By HOMA WOODRUM Much like Jo MacDonald Had a Garden and generously provided in review form from the same publisher, Over in the Forest: Come and Take a Peek is patterned after a well known childhood song, “Over in the Meadow.” Counting, nature, animal families, and animal tracks all come into play as the song […]
Tags: Animal Families·Animal Tracks·Beavers·Counting·Deer·Foxes·Homa Woodrum·Jill Dubin·Marianne Berkes·Mothers·Opossums·Raccoons·Skunks·Squirrels·Turkeys·Turtles·Wildlife·Woodpeckers
One Nighttime Sea
April 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By ROBYN MOORE What a wonderful book, packed with so much! One Nighttime Sea is a book about discovering the many creatures who lurk in the sea at night—while we sleep (which makes it a perfect bedtime story). As we count up from one to 10 and back down again, we learn that there […]
Tags: Animals·Bedtime·Counting·Deborah Lee Rose·Good for Toddlers·Marine Animals·Marine Mammals·Nighttime·Ocean·Preschoolers·Rhyming Books·Robyn Moore·Steve Jenkins·Turtles·Whales