BOOK NAME: CONSTRUCTION AUTHOR: SALLY SUTTON ILLUSTRATOR: BRAIN LOVELOCK PAGES: 32 PUBLISHER: CANDLEWICK AGE RECOMMENDED: 3+ I have a construction toy wild kid at home and this book is perfect for reading aloud. A rhyming text filled with vibrant pictures takes us on a journey of building a Library. We can find diggers digging the […]
REVIEW: Demolition by Sally Sutton
BOOK NAME: DEMOLITION AUTHOR: SALLY SUTTON ILLUSTRATOR: BRAIN LOVELOCK PAGES: 32 PUBLISHER: CANDLEWICK AGE RECOMMENDED: 3+ We all knew machines that helped in the construction of buildings. But there are giant magnificent machines that help in crushing and grinding things This story takes us to a place where a crew of workers suiting up at […]
Review: Goodnight tractor by Michelle Robinson
BOOK NAME: GOOD NIGHT TRACTOR AUTHOR: MICHELLE ROBINSON ILLUSTRATOR: NICK EAST PAGES: 32 PUBLISHER: PUFFIN BOOKS AGE RECOMMENDED: 1+ Goodnight Tractor is a bedtime story, in which a little boy says goodnight to all his farm animal friends and vehicles in a rhyming way. This story has beautiful illustrations and has a repetitive “Good night” […]
REVIEW: Go! Go! Go! Stop! By Charise Mericle Harper
BOOK NAME: GO! GO! GO! STOP! AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR: CHARISE MERICLE HARPER PAGES: 32 PUBLISHER: KNOPF BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS AGE RECOMMENDED: 2+ It’s a story of green peas and red peas. Green Peas only knew to say “GO” he loves practising the word GO. He was excited to say the new word to the […]
REVIEW: The little yellow digger saves the whale by Betty and Allan Gilderdale
BOOK NAME: THE LITTLE YELLOW DIGGER SAVES THE WHALE AUTHOR: BETTY GILDERDALE ILLUSTRATOR: ALLAN GILDERDALE PAGES: 32 PUBLISHER: SCHOLASTIC AGE RECOMMENDED: 2+ A beautiful sunny day and two whales were leaping in the sea. Suddenly a tide came and left the little whale on the shore. With a worried mother whale in the bay and […]
REVIEW: Car, car, truck, jeep by Katrina Charman and Nick sharratt.
BOOK NAME: CAR, CAR, TRUCK, JEEP AUTHOR: KATRINA CHARMAN ILLUSTRATOR: NICK SHARRATT PAGES: 26 PUBLISHER: BLOOMSBURY CHILDREN’S BOOKS AGE RECOMMENDED: 2+ Remember the classic old baa baa black sheep rhyme? This book is filled with cars, busses, planes, trucks, and diggers. A motorbike is read aloud using that tune. You will have started singing the […]
REVIEW: Big digger ABC by Margaret Mayo
BOOK NAME: BIG DIGGER ABC AUTHOR: MARGARET MAYO ILLUSTRATOR: ALEX AYLIFFE PUBLISHER: HENRY HOLT AND CO PAGES: 32 AGE RECOMMENDED: 1.5+ Have a digger-loving preschooler at home and always talks about them? Fret not! This rhyming book is filled with the ABCs of different vehicles that help us transport and many new vehicles to learn […]
REVIEW: Dig Dig Digging by Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe
BOOK NAME: DIG DIG DIGGING AUTHOR: MARGARET MAYO ILLUSTRATOR: ALEX AYLIFFE PAGES: 32 PUBLISHER: HENRY HOLT AND CO AGE RECOMMENDED: 1+ A book about different types of construction and rescue vehicles. Young kids are curious about diggers and cranes and this rhyming book is perfect for toddlers. They start with we can work all day […]
REVIEW: Bringing the rain to Kapiti plain by Verna Aardema
BOOK NAME: BRINGING THE RAIN TO KAPITI PLAIN AUTHOR: VERNA AARDEMA ILLUSTRATOR: BEATRIZ VIDAL PAGES: 32 PUBLISHER: PUFFIN BOOKS AGE RECOMMENDED: 4+ This picture book is a wonderful celebration of language and Nandi culture. Retold by Aardema, this Nandi tale celebrates sound and noise as well as the animal life and landscape of the East […]
REVIEW: The Backpack by Lindsay C. Barry
BOOK NAME: THE BACKPACK AUTHOR: LINDSAY C.BARRY ILLUSTRATOR: KLAUDIA BEZAK PAGES: 34 PUBLISHER: CITY DIFFERENT BOOKS AGE RECOMMENDED: 4+ The author was kind enough to gift me the e-book copy for an honest review. This post contains an affiliate link. My backpack fell apart and I need a new one. These are the sounds of […]