Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Word-Ful Wednesday

"Even doggies like to listen to books!"

My Word-ful today is about a series of children's books that I love by Emma Chichester Clark. Emma was the co-author and illustrator of "James and the Giant Peach." These books are about a preschool girl named Lily and her baby brother. Lily has a special stuffed pet "Blue Kangaroo". Lily's pet is both a friend and a scapegoat to her behaviors and she learns some lessons along the way. The story lines are wonderful with many opportunites to enrich vocabulary and language. In addition, the illustrations are full of pictures to address Wh-questions, prepositions, and pronouns. They also help to ellicit higher level thinking and problem solving. These stories are a keeper. There is even a small stuffed blue kangaroo available with a board book . There are several other in the series besides those listed here. Happy Reading!!! I know you will love them!











"Abundance is...a shelf packed with your favorite books."
(Candy Paull, The Art of Abundance)
Posted by Wendy at 6:00 AM

17 comments:

  1. TamiSeptember 10, 2008 at 6:11 AM

    I Love you Blue Kangaroo!!!

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  2. Live.Love.EatSeptember 10, 2008 at 8:28 AM

    I love these books! What a cute pic of your doggie. I love its color!!!

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  3. ElizabethSeptember 10, 2008 at 8:34 AM

    I've never heard of these books, but my niece's birthday is coming up and they sound like a great gift idea for her.

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  4. Danyele EasterhausSeptember 10, 2008 at 9:06 AM

    these are so cute! i need to go and check them out at the B&N. love that the baby is reading to the dog...

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  5. SusanSeptember 10, 2008 at 10:22 AM

    I will definitely have to check those out. I can't believe I haven't heard of them before.

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  6. Carrie and Troy KeiserSeptember 10, 2008 at 12:19 PM

    Thanks for the book recommend.

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  7. tiarastantrumsSeptember 10, 2008 at 12:23 PM

    adorabel picture - love the dog just waiting - for scraps maybe! I will have to llok up those books!

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  8. Carrie and JimSeptember 10, 2008 at 3:07 PM

    I have never heard of these so I will have to check them out. They might make great Christmas gifts. Thanks!

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  9. JaysiSeptember 10, 2008 at 6:49 PM

    That is a super cute picture. I've never heard of those books. We will have to check them out. We are big book readers around here.

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  10. MandySeptember 10, 2008 at 9:24 PM

    Thanks for the book recommendations! I will check them out.

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  11. carrhopSeptember 10, 2008 at 9:25 PM

    I'll have to check this out for the younger crew at my place--of course, we always love our Miss AVT Coach books!

    Glad you liked the baby buns--and how many times have you had to experience my crunchy van?!? It's amazing you still act like you know me!!!

    Blessings!

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  12. Erin Michelle DesignsSeptember 10, 2008 at 10:30 PM

    Thor always was a good baby sitter for me =)

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  13. CeciliaSeptember 10, 2008 at 11:42 PM

    Wow, you're a speech pathologist??? I just found out that my daughter has a speech and language impairment and she is going to start seeing a speech therapist weekly. Any advice???
    PS-Thanks for visiting me!

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  14. StephanieSeptember 11, 2008 at 8:48 AM

    Thanks for your visit to my WW. I had to come visit! This is adorable, and I can't wait to find the books!

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  15. BelindaSeptember 11, 2008 at 9:06 AM

    Great! I've never heard of Emma Chichester Clark, I'll have to check her out, I love a good author recommendation for my little one:)

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  16. Honey MommySeptember 11, 2008 at 10:28 AM

    Wahoo!

    I am going to the library today, and we'll have to see if they have any blue kangaroo books!

    Thanks for the tip and the cute picture!

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  17. MandySeptember 11, 2008 at 2:25 PM

    I have a surprise for you over at my blog!

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