Picture books that tell us a little bit more about our wonderful world are my favorites. This is just that! A little girl can hear the quack, quack, quacking of ducks from her bedroom window. She sees them in the park, too. Smaller text information boxes of one or two sentences allow the reader to learn just a bit more.
Great for kids who like ducks, ages 2-8. Good beginning science.
Family stories ... I love reading family stories. I also think that family stories are a great way to 'meet' people of different cultures, people we might not have met in our neighborhoods.
This is the story of Chinese American cousins, their homes in Indiana and Illinois, and the delight of their parents when it was discovered that soybeans grow in America, too.
For all ages, this picture book will probably be best for school age children.
The title gives it away - this is a somewhat true story, and the astronaut author tells us in the 'Afterword' just what part of the story IS true.
Children interested in space will enjoy this story.
These three picture books help children (and their adults) to see more of the world, learn more of the world than can be done in a classroom. Picture books immerse the reader, with words and art, into experiences both real and imaginary. A really great picture book may even change the way we think about the world around us. And really good ones, like these three, allow us to easily learn about our world in a way that might make us more curious, more willing to ask questions, and for some of us that might include looking for more information.
Happy reading!
Melody
