Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss! Celebrating Read Across America Day is a great excuse to be silly and act like a kid. Sometimes, I feel that these days even kids need an excuse to act like a kid. I love the zaniness of a Dr. Seuss book! I love that Read Across America Day is about reading for fun and being entertained by what you have read. There is so much required reading in school that kids have forgotten (or have never been taught) that reading is fun. So, go ahead and wear a silly hat, sing a silly song or
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The Day the Crayons Came Home – Hardcover – August 18, 2015 by Drew Daywalt (Author), Oliver Jeffers (Illustrator) I don’t know about my son but I can’t wait for this book to come out! I hope this group of crayons is as much fun as the crayon gang from The
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Ball by Mary Sullivan I was drawn to this book based on the cover illustration. Don’t judge a book by its cover, right? Or wrong? This book was not at all what I expected – In a good way. I think… but I don’t know. This book is a great mystery to
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Monday April 22 is Earth Day! If anything has the power to unite all of the people of the world, it should be our very own planet. No matter our differences, we have at least one thing in common; we share the same home. We all live on planet Earth.
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When I heard that today is National Grilled Cheese Day, I had to check it out. A day for grilled cheese seemed too good to be true. But when you think about it, grilled cheese is one of the most popular comfort foods and certainly that makes it worthy of
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Did you know that April is National Poetry Month? National Poetry Month was created in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets. By creating a month of poetry recognition, the Academy hopes to increase the attention that poetry receives in the media as well as increase the usage of poetry
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Today is a day to celebrate books! Today is International Children’s Book Day. International Children’s Book Day began in 1967 and is usually celebrated on April 2nd, which is the birthday of Hans Christian Andersen. International Children’s Book Day was created to bring attention to children’s books and to encourage
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You don’t have to be Irish to take part in some St. Patrick’s Day fun this weekend. Kids love to mix things up and to have surprises. On Sunday, surprise your kids by adding green food coloring to their breakfast milk. A quick way to give your house a festive
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Happy Birthday to You is the obvious choice to read on the birthday of Dr. Seuss. This book represents all of the great things that we love about him. His classic rhyming, brilliant illustrations and zany characters all come together in this beautifully woven story. Although not many of us
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The Cat in the Hat is perhaps the most recognizable character that Dr. Seuss created; making the book the perfect choice for Read Across America Day. The book begins with two children stuck inside on a rainy day. Then the Cat in the Hat shows up and the children are
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