Wednesday, October 3, 2012

World Animal Day Blog Hop - Children's Books

Today I am participating in the World Animal Day Blog Hop sponsored by Terri Giuliano Long and David M. Brown. I'm excited because this gives me an excuse to do something that I've wanted to do for a while - feature children's books. I read a lot of books with my daughters yet I haven't been blogging about them. I've contemplated adding a weekly children's book feature but I haven't gotten it beyond the thinking stage yet.

Even if children's books aren't your thing, you are going to want to keep reading because there are prizes to be won! Check out the Rafflecopter for the sponsored prize and then visit other blogs listed in the linky as some of them may be offering individual prizes.

Now that the housekeeping is out of the way, here are some of our favorite children's books featuring animals:

Dog's Colorful Day by Emma Dodd is a really fun book that takes Dog on an adventure. In each place, Dog receives a colorful spot of something that stains his white coat. The book encourages the reader to count the spots and name the colors. Elizabeth and I also like the sound effects as Dog receives each messy spot.

The Little Red Hen (makes a pizza) by Philemon Sturges is one of our favorites right now. The Little Red Hen decides to make a pizza for dinner but discovers that she doesn't have everything she needs to make it. She asks the duck, the dog, and the cat for help but they are all too busy. So she sets off on her own to various stores to gather the equipment and ingredients she needs. One of the things that I really like about this book is the use of repetition so Elizabeth can help me out with reading the story. This is definitely one to read with mom or dad though because it contains unfamiliar words like eggplant, delicatessen, and anchovies.

Dewey There's A Cat in the Library by Vicki Myron and Bret Witter is the children's version of Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Changed the World, also by Vicki Myron. This is a great true story about a cat who was found at a library on the coldest night of the year. Vicki, the librarian, cares for the cat and gives him a home at the library. In this story, Dewey interacts with the children at the library and learns about them even as he teaches them about cats. One of my favorite things about this book is the gorgeous illustrations.

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15 comments:

  1. I love it! Great post for World Animal Day - I really like children's books as well, and it's always great to get new recommendations, so thanks! :)

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  2. Thanks for sharing the children's book. I will have to look into getting some for my niece's

    http://bunnysreview.com/2012/10/my-heart-and-soul-pet/

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  3. Great post Angela.

    I think you should have a children's book feature on your blog in future.

    I'm not sure which of the three books listed I would want to read the most. They all sound fantastic. I'm glad children still have a great selection of books available to them.

    Thank you for taking part in the blog hop. The support for myself and Terri has been amazing.

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  4. I love this post and I think a children's book feature would be fantastic, especially with the holidays coming up!

    Thank you so much for taking part in the hop. Have a great World Animal Day!

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  5. stopping by via the blog hop. we're always on the lookout for new titles to read to the littles...so i really appreciate your post!

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  6. I loved Dewey (the adult version) - I didn't know there was a children's book edition! Awesome!

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  7. I love Dewey, and I had no idea that there was a children's version! You've made my day Library Girl! Always glad to find a resource for children's book reviews!

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  8. Angela: I love the idea of featuring children's books. There is so much to learn from them. I used to love reading to my kids, then I had grandkids and that was even better. Thanks for sharing this.

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  9. My fave books as a kid were The Faraway Tree and Fantastic Mr Fox. Books are amazing, lighting the imagination, particularly ones with animals in :)

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  10. Children's books often have the best animal stories. My favorite was "Max the Bad Talking Parrot".

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  11. Love this post. Thanks for sharing.

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  12. What a brilliant post, thanks for sharing..

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  13. Great post; I LOVE picture books. A local author friend of mine here in Maryland wrote a great picture book, Lobsters on the Loose, about lobsters escaping from the grocery story aquariam, which I think you may enjoy. Here's a link to a story about the book and her inspiration: http://www.wtop.com/41/2565313/Md-woman-pens-childrens-book-about-lobsters- The illustrations are wonderful, and kids get very excited by the story. Of course, as a horse person myself, I love horse stories, but since this book was so unique, I thought I would share it with you. Happy trails!

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  14. Just stopping (belatedly) by on bloghop. My son loved The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Spot the Dog, when he was little.

    Zoe

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  15. Super idea for a blog post. And very useful for me too, as I embark on a little book too :-)

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