Book Selections for my 1st Grader

Here we are at Tuesday already, so here is a little book post.

River of Dreams The story of the Hudson River.

Princess has a thing for rivers, of course so do we.When I saw this book on

our libraries shelf, I had to bring it home with us.This lushly illustrated book

gives the history of the Hudson River, and the people and creatures who live there.

It also gives the history of the fight to save the river from those who have lost sight

of the fact that the river can only take care of us, if we take care of it.

We will be making our way through the suggested reading list and web sites in the back of the book as well.Chele, if you haven't read this yet, you would enjoy it!

Yankee Doodle

We have been enjoying this picture book about the Revolutionary War.

The author uses the song Yankee Doodle and explains what the song meant

at the time in sidebars.Princess really enjoyed the detail of the uniforms

of the animal soldiers.A great way to bring a bit of history to life for young children.

WE the Kids

A long time ago some smart guys had some smart ideas...

unfortunately, most kids get lost in the language of the document.

OK, a lot of adults do as well.;-)

The author gives it to the kids (and their folks) in plain talk

(with his humorous illustrations helping to make the point)

they can all understand. This was a fun compliment to Yankee Doodle.

I'll try to come back later with some photos from this weekend, and keep

checking in, because we will be having a give away this week...I have some

really cool prizes to send out. Thank you all for your kind words about

Princess. She is healing well, one tooth out, the other soon to follow (we think),

less pain every day, my blood pressure is almost back to normal from seeing all that blood...

((hugs))KateinNJ