Childrens Days Books

My daughter loves to point to the cows in this book! She giggles when I read it sometimes. It's cute how they use "moo" in the book. "Moosic, movement, moonlight." I love finding different ways to show my daughter how much I care. Reading books is one of them! She wants me to read this to her over and over again.

This is a perfect mommy loves baby book. An absolute favorite of mine! Sweet, sweet story and the plush cow is perfect for baby.

I have been reading this book to our grandchildren since our first grandchild was born - he is now 19 years of age(he was four or five when I bought the book). Our youngest is now two and a half years old. It's a fun book to read with the children and my way of letting them all know how thankful I am for each and every one. I highly recommend it to any Grandma out there.

Charming illustrations of grandchildren interacting with their grandmother in common activities such as baking cookies, a zoo trip, talking on the phone, playing a game etc. Grandmothers and children of different ethic backgrounds are portrayed which broadens the scope of the book even further. Hugs and hand holding are pictured to enhance the overall feelings of love and caring. Every child would feel extra special receiving this little gem from a loving grandmother.

Jackson Finds a Home is an adorable book! It is a fun story about a lovable dog finding a home and his new owners. My niece loves to read it and takes it wherever she goes. It's an excellent book for young children learning to read with charming pictures and a delightful story. I strongly recommend this book!

"Jackson Finds A Home" is a delight. Ms. Neveloff captures the thoughts and emotions of Jackson a charming dog who loves table scraps, secret treats and belly rubs. Most of all he wants a home. But will he find someone who is a good match? The answer is yes. He finds the perfect match and the book "Jackson Finds A Home" is a perfect match for young beginning readers. This book is enjoyable to read and reread. It rings true to life and is appealing to children and adults. My granddaughter loves Jackson. You will to. Hopefully "Jackson Finds A Home" will find a home in many homes and the author will continue to write books about this adorable, lovable dog. I strongly recommend "Jackson Finds a Home" to all dog lovers.

The book I read was The In Between Days.It has about 110 pages and 10 chapters the author is Eve Bunting.It's 4.1.And 4.0 points.The reason I like this book is because it just inspired me by telling the places they have been. I also like the details.The charecters are a little 12 year old boy named George,his brother named James,their dad and their dad's girlfriend, Coroline.The problem is that George didn't like Coroline because he thought she was trying to take his mom's place since she died.Now you have to find out what happens.

I thought this was a really good book, because it was funny and touching. I liked the characters and their feelings, and I liked James, the 5-yr old boy.

It's a bad day when a dog eats a boy's paintings, due tomorrow - and when the tree eats your best paper airplane. In fact, some days are bad days all around. But a good message still resides in having a bad day, and that's the pleasure of IT'S A BAD DAY, illustrated by Glin Dibley with oversized, different drawings.

I run a homeschooler bookgroup containing roughly six to ten kids, all between the ages of eight and twelve. Child bookgroups are funny things too. Through my own I discovered that nine times out of ten, the reason my kids choose one book over another is due in large part to the cover artist. Heck, sometimes when we've run out of things to say about the book the kids will start discussing intently the cover illustrations and whether they correctly described the book inside. And what cover artist has gained more attention to his covers due to his work on books like Deb Gliori's, "Pure Dead Magic" or Wendy Orr's, "Nim's Island"? None other than good old Glin Dibley of Huntington Beach, California. You can imagine my delight then when I discovered that Mr. Dibley had recently illustrated a picture book written by one Mary Ellen Friday entitled, "It's a Bad Day". Taking its cues from that old classic standby, "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day", this is another encapsulation of what can make a day go drab. Credit Dibley then with livening it up in his own particular way.

Open the book and there, staring at you with the resigned expression of a boy who knows his days are numbered, sits a fork-holding kid in front of a plate reading, "It's a Bad Day", the word "bad" made entirely out of squishy green brussels sprouts. The book is, in turn, filled with those moments in a child's life that mean that things are just not going well. For the image accompanying, "It's a bad day ... when you get chicken pox and can't go to the party", a kid with vibrant red dots stares hopelessly at a couple party-hat wearing goofballs yukking it up just next door. "It's a bad day ... when the tattoo you got as a prize comes off in the bath water", shows a kid staring in sudden horror at the rapidly dissolving green imprint on his arm. Twelve bad situations of varying significance pepper the book until at last we are reassured, "It was a bad day ... But hey, I'm okay. And tomorrow is another day." I'm partial to the simplicity of that statement.

There's nothing particularly surprising about the story itself. As mentioned before, it bears some similarities to the Judith Viorst picture book of so many years ago. And I was a little perplexed to see, "It's a bad day ... when you have to eat Brussels sprouts before you can have dessert", since it doesn't really fit in with the rest of the book. I mean, is there ever a situation where a kid gets to eat their sprouts after dessert? Unlike the other situations, this one's less an aberration in a child's day and more the norm. I will say this, though. Not since "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs", have brussels sprouts been reproduced in such disgusting slimy-green wonder. That's what's so great about Mr. Dibley. He goes the extra mile. When we come to the phrase, "It's a bad day ... when the tree eats your airplane", we not only see a kid staring up at a paper airplane in a tree, but one of his shoes (thrown to upend it, I assume) sits perched at the opposite end of the branch. The boy is looking up in his stocking feet as his second shoe is in his hand, mere moments from also thrown and, presumably, lost. Dibley has an eye for details that most illustrators would eschew. When we see the accompanying picture to, "It's a bad day ... when the skateboard gets away", Dibley has effused the underside of the escaping object with this rather beautiful mix of greens, purples, and blues in a kind of almost iridescent pattern. Wallpaper is consistently realistic and suburban-awful, and the artist cleverly distinguishes between his minutely detailed characters and the sometimes merely outlined objects around them.

Love the endpapers, by the way. They're a kind of blue-patterned fabric as you might find on your grandmother's faded couch. Mr. Dibley has taken this simple series of situations and has placed each and every one in the misleading comfort of middle-American suburbia. The result are vignettes that will strike close to home for some and will simply be amusing for others. A fun, colorful book that's an excellent introduction to Glin Dibley for those of you unlucky enough not to have seen his work thus far in your lives.

this book is a pleasure to share with my grandson, jack. not only is it colorful and well illustrated, but the message is important - how to keep healthy in the sun.

this is a wonderful book for youngsters of all ages teaching sun safety as well as telliing an entertaining story with pop=ups and tabs. it spells out sun protection aids for children that perhaps even some parents don't know - sun screen, shirt, sun glasses,etc. all told in an entertaining manner for young children.

This is a great book to read to infants. The pull-tab system is much less vulnerable to rips than lift-the-flap, and the very simple story remains clever. A spin in the washing machine for Teddy is my favorite part.

My daughter absolutely loved this book when she was younger. Her little brother also loved it, but unfortunately he also loved pulling things apart, and even this durable pulltab book did not survive. I bought another just to put away as a keepsake for her - it's that good.

Beautifully illustrated with gloriously vivid colors, this book and ALL the others in this series/collection are wonderful. The adaptations in text and in the illustrations are masterful and clever. I wish these books were available when I was growing up!

This book is wonderful, as well as all the others from this publisher. MY daughter goes to an African-American school and I let her take it to school. The teacher adored the book so much!

The best way to see our nation's capitol is up close and personal. Not possible? The second way is through an excellent armchair guide. "Journey Around Washington D.C. from A to Z" is such a book. Martha Day Zschock, who has created several in this series, looks at the basic facts of a city through her delightful illustrations.

First, she begins with a broad, overview map of Washington, D.C.--no frills, then "A" page is devoted to "America's anthem awakens awe." The illustration is the flag that actually flew over Fort McHenry, when Francis Scott Key was inspired to write "The Star-Spangled Banner." The inset material for "A" includes the mascot for the football team of Washington.

"B" says "Boats paddle by Basin blossoms." In 1912 Japan gave hundreds of cherry trees which were planted in the basin along Thomas Jefferson's memorial building. "C" says "Congress convenes in Capitol chambers" and depicts the front of the Capitol and an inset of the ceiling of the Rotunda. Another note mentions the Library of Congress.

"Ornaments of nature occupy D.C." for "O" and shows a close up of iris blooms and an inset shows one slice of the children's garden in the U.S. Botanic Garden and the National Arboretum.

V is for "Veterans' memorials" and shows the long ribbon of glossy wall that is the Vietnam Veterans Memorial designed by Maya Ying Lin. Over 58,000 names are inscribed on the wall to signify their deaths.

"Z" is for zip codes and the U.S. Postal Service, begun in 1753, by Benjamin Franklin, who finalized the service. His statue greets visitors to the National Postal Museum.

That's a sampling of the broad range of topics included in this journey. Other topics include the Kennedy Center, Abraham Lincoln's statue, the National Air and Space Museum, the Metro system, Pierre Charles L'Enfant, fresh food markets, the White House, and Rock Creek Park, first of our national parks.

There you are--if you would like your child familiar with our nation's capitol, this fine book is a great introduction. Just "Journey Around Washington D.C. from A to Z." For ages 4-8, but I think 6-12 is a better interest level.

Other titles in the series include:
Journey Around Cape Cod and the Islands from A to Z (Journey Series)
Journey Around Chicago From A To Z (Journey Series)
Journey Around San Francisco from A to Z (Journey Series)

This book is 1 of 5 in a series on different U.S. cities. I was really impressed with the author/illustrator's artwork and love all the neat little details that she manages to fit on each page (so much that I met her at a book signing near DC so she could autograph it!). It is also set up in a way that even my 2 year old can enjoy the shorter, brief insets on each page, my 7 year old can enjoy and learn from the more detailed descriptions at the bottom, and even I really enjoy the beautiful artwork and have learned new things from it myself. She captures some truly interesting highlights from each of the cities in this series (others are Cape Cod, Boston, New York, San Francisco). It is a great book that I would recommend for ANY age!

This is one of the funniest loveable books on the market. We have 4 chidren ages 2 1/2 to 8 and they enjoy this book over and over. I recommend this to all. BRILLIANT. Thank you

Very enjoyable story with a nice twist at the end. My two children enjoyed it on the first reading and it is still one of their favorites ! I recommend it to anyone - either with or without children !