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9 Picture Books About Combining Colors
Combine art and science together with these 9 picture books about combining colors. From three primary colors, you can create three more secondary colors, plus if you add white or black you’ll get a wide range of shades and hues, exploring colors for days! Mix these books with great activities…
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Storytime Theme: Colors
A classic storytime that could go in so many directions! There are probably hundreds of books about colors for kids out there. Today, I wanted to focus on color mixing, you know, combining primary colors to create secondary colors. And I wanted to share just a few color books that…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Colorful Book Covers
I love beautiful book covers! And I’ll be honest, I definitely judge a book by its cover. These colorful book covers are absolutely gorgeous and are truly works of art! I wanted you to be able to see the whole book cover, so I was able to share nine in…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Titles That Sound Like They Could Be Crayola Crayon Colors
I started writing up this post and searching for book titles with colors in the actual title before realizing that wasn’t the way I needed to look at this. Instead, I searched for interesting titles with just a single word or short phrase. I found that often the colors of…
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24 Must-Have Books for Toddlers
Last year I created two lists of must-have titles for babies – 0-6 months old and 7-12 months old. Now, as a huge proponent of early literacy and lifelong reading, I’ll let you in on a little secret, these books can be read to kids (and adults) of all ages!…
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#blogbookaday: My Family Four Floors Up
Summary: “This friendly, rhyming story follows a child and her father–as well as their cute pets, a puppy and a cat–through the day. From morning ritual to bedtime story (and all the fun in between!), life in the fourth floor walk up and on the city streets and parks below is…
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#blogbookaday: Wash On!
Summary: “Strange things happen around Petronilla Gillis. International crises, for example. One day when Mrs. Gillis is giving her daughter a bath, Petronilla cries, “Wash on!” “Wash off, dear,” Mrs. Gillis corrects her. But Petronilla’s words seem to have power. The blue of the washcloth has stained the girl’s cheek. And…
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24 Must-Have Books for Babies (7-12 Months)
After talking briefly with a new momma/blogging friend, we brainstormed creating a list like this for new parents who may not have any idea where to start when creating a library for their little one. If you’re looking for Goodnight Moon and The Very Hungry Caterpillar, you won’t find them on this…
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#blogbookaday: Festival of Colors
Summary: “Learn all about Holi, the Indian Festival of Colors, in this lush picture book from bestselling mother/son duo Surishtha Sehgal and Kabir Sehgal. Spring is here, and it’s almost time for Holi, the Indian Festival of Colors. Siblings Mintoo and Chintoo are busy gathering flowers to make into colorful powders…
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Picture Book Month: Shapes
This is an adorable story of a perfectly happy, perfect square until it goes on an adventure! Each day of the week the square finds itself changing in color and shape as it is cut, crumpled, ripped and put back together into beautiful illustrations. And in the end, the perfect…
