Tyler Timothy Bradford and the Birthday Surprise, by Mary Lou Carney

Tyler Timothy Bradford and the Birthday Surprise, by Mary Lou Carney, was a simple, yet short story about a young boy who always seems to forget something. One morning when he woke he knew that he had to do something special for his teacher’s birthday but he just couldn’t figure it out. It was Mrs. Berry’s 30th birthday and everyone was instructed to bring in something in the amount of 30 to celebrate Mrs. Berry’s. Some students bought jellybeans, paper clips, and pennies but Tyler bought the best gift of all. He bought 30 ants! On his way to school he found a crumbled cupcake in his book bag and used the crumbs to make a trail for the ants to follow him to school. One by one they marched in a straight line into the classroom and Mrs. Berry loved it. “What a perfect gift! They’re going to love their new home!” She used the ants for the ant farm and “Tyler would never forget it”.

Song and Dance Man

Title: Song and Dance Man
Author: Karen Ackerman
Illustrator: Stephen Gammel

In this affectionate story, three children follow their grandfather up to the attic, where he pulls out his old bowler hat, gold-tipped cane, and his tap shoes. Grandpa demonstrates for his visiting grandchildren some of the songs, dances, and jokes he performed when he was a vaudeville entertainer as he glides across the floor, the children can see what it was like to be a song and dance man. This book teaches children Performing Arts, Creativity, & Imaginative play skills.

"Bebé goes Shopping" by: Susan Middleton Elya

Bebe goes shopping is a story about a mother, Mamá, and a baby, bebé, that go out grocery shopping. It is a rhyming book that includes words in Spanish as well as English. The baby is always trying to grab things and put them in his cart and doesn't really listen to his mom. The story has very colorful illustration, descriptive language with vivid photos. Smooth flowing text. The story teaches Spanish, predicting outcomes, manners, exploring different cultures, as well as math: classification.

I just recently read The Pigeon finds a Hotdog! by Mo Willems and it is amazing. Very cute and funny book for all ages. I definitely suggest reading this book. It teaches children about sharing and being selfish as well as guilt all at the same time. I even read it to my friends daughter who is 6, and she loved it and also caught on that it was about not being selfish. I strongly suggest reading this one its awesome and a nice laugh.