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Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson
Puffin, 2003
Cute!!!
Bright artwork and a very, very cute story! My toddler loved it (and we liked it, too!)
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The Night Before Halloween
Natasha Wing
Grosset & Dunlap, 1999
another halloween favorite
My 4 year old is OBSESSED with halloween, so trust me - we've read just about every halloween picture book and early chapter book that we can get our hands on.
"The Night Before Halloween", is told in the same rhyming verse as "The Night Before Christmas" story; ...
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Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth
Richard J. Foster
HarperSanFrancisco, 1998
Beginning of a more in-depth spiritual journey
This book is divided into 3 parts. Part 1 dwells on the inward disciplines, covering meditation, prayer, fasting and study. Inward disciplines are about practices by and on one-self leading to inward transformation. Part 2 is about the outward disciplines, covering ...
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In the Haunted House
Eve Bunting
Clarion Books, 1994
Great Book
I started reading this book to my kids when they were both around the age of four. Now they are about six and eight and they still love it. Funny book.
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Bats at the Library
Brian Lies
Houghton Mifflin, 2008
Bat's at the Library & Bat's at the beach
Brian Lies is an amazing children's author and illustrator!!!! The details in his pantings are incredible. If you are able to go and listen to one of his readings and book signings it is more than worth your while. He is wonderful with children and really takes his ...
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Big Pumpkin
Erica Silverman
Aladdin, 1995
The Best Halloween book for preschoolers out there!
Big Pumpkin is so Big in our house, it's read all the time...Oh and our son loves it too!
Once my son (4 years old) discovered and fell in love with Big Pumpkin it didn't matter if it was Halloween or not. The story is nothing short of hilarious, the illustrations ...
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Fancy Nancy Loves! Loves!! Loves!!! (Fancy Nancy)
Jane O'connor
HarperFestival, 2007
It's your chance to help Nancy throw a Fancy Party!
Young readers can help Fancy Nancy throw the fanciest party ever by decorating the invitations, table, food and even the guests with the most divine collection of reusable stickers I've ever seen! And, unlike many sticker books, there seems to have been as much care ...
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The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything
Linda Williams
HarperTrophy, 1988
Scary fun
This book is amazing. I found it a couple of years ago and we read it ALL the time. My kids love it. We even have hand/body motions to go with each article of clothing that the Little Old Lady comes upon. Your kids will love this story. I have kid from 1 to 9 and ...
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Gingerbread Friends
Putnam Juvenile, 2008
Jan Brett's new "Gingerbread Friends" - great as usual
Jan Brett's story and illustrations are never a disappointment! A sequel to "The Gingerbread Baby", the Gingerbread Baby explores outside of home in search of a friend and finds that there is "no place like home"! The wonderful illustrations allow you and your little ...
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Thanksgiving Is for Giving Thanks
Margaret Sutherland, Sonja Lamut
Grosset & Dunlap, 2000
What is your child thankful for? Read & find out!
This is one of those special books that involve your children and actually makes them think about what are they thankful. For me Thanksgiving is a holiday where family and friends gather around a table full of wonderful food and this is where this book starts. I like ...
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How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?
Margaret Mcnamara
Schwartz & Wade, 2007
A fun story involves counting and estimating skills
"How many seeds in a pumpkin?" Mr. Tiffin asks his class... and so begins an inquiry involving bets between three kids. A fun story involves counting and estimating skills in Margaret McNamara and G. Brian Karas' HOW MANY SEEDS IN A PUMPKIN?, which involves an entire ...
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Scary, Scary Halloween
Eve Bunting
Clarion Books, 1988
Frightening Fun
This delightful little book has all the charm and spookiness of the holiday it represents. As a twenty-two year-old adult, I think this book has equal appeal for adults and children.
Jan Brett's luscious, beautiful pictures perfectly depict the gorgeous darkness of ...
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10 Fat Turkeys
Tony Johnston
Cartwheel, 2004
Thanksgiving book
My 3 year old granddaughter loved this book. She quickly caught onto the rhyming of the book and could finish the lines by looking at the illustrations. The book is predictable but, in using the Thanksgiving theme, makes for an interesting book.
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The Night Before Thanksgiving (Reading Railroad Books)
Natasha Wing
Grosset & Dunlap, 2001
A must read with kids before those Thanksgiving gatherings
The author of this book Natasha Wing does a fantastic job describing what a traditional Thanksgiving time is like before and after!!! It's is reminiscent of what Thanksgiving is like at my in-laws house! Both me and my children thoroughly enjoyed reading this book ...
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Haunted Castle on Hallow's Eve (Magic Tree House, 30)
Mary Pope Osborne
Random House Books for Young Readers, 2003
Magic Treehouse Haunted Castle
We really enjoy this series- we read to our 5 & 3 year old boys
each night...just two or three chapters. They love the MT stories.
Easy reading.
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