First Book

First Book is a worthwhile charity that promotes literacy in children and families.

Mission: First Book provides new books to children in need addressing one of the most important factors affecting literacy – access to books.

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Story Time Kindergarten-?

As your child grows older read as long as you can to him/her. You can always read for story time harder books that he/she can read themselves. Children can understand maybe at least one to two grade reading level above their own reading levels. As I have written before reading to your children is so important. This a special bonding that you will not forget. I know because I read to both of my sons. The rewards and memories are so wonderful. Both of my sons were in Honor English classes. Both of them had 6 college credits in English before they ever got to college. Both are readers though, my youngest sons is definitely a reader. I have not mentioned my husband is a reader also.

Wonderful books to read aloud to children

The Day Jimmy’s Boa ate the Wash by Trinka Hakes Noble- A seemingly ordinary school field trip to the farms turns out to be a hilarious adventure when Jimmy brings his pet boa along.
There are also three more hilarious Jimmy and his Boa books.
Jimmy’s Boa Bounces Back
Jimmy’s Boa and the Big Splash Birthday Bash
Jimmy’s Boa and the Bungee Jump Slam Dunk　

Henry and Mudge series by Cynthia Rylant- Henry and his huge dog Mudge have adventures in this easy to read series.

Arthur series by Marc Brown
There are several Arthur books by Marc Brown that are wonderful. Arthur is an adorable aardvark.
I choose two books in this series. If you get started reading these books, you may want to continue reading a few more. But save some Arthur books for your child to read on her/his own.
Arthur’s First Sleepover-In this rite of passage book Arthur has his first sleepover with his friends Buster and the Brain. Arthur’s little sister suggests there are aliens in their town. This really scares the boys.
Arthur Babysits-Arthur baby sits the terrible Tibble twins with many funny results.

Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White In this wonderful classic Charlotte the spider shows her friendship to Wilbur who is supposedly doomed to be the farmer’s Christmas dinner.

Beverly Cleary is an excellent author that you want to introduce your children to. Read a few of these books to your children. In the future they can also read them on their own.
Ramona the Pest- Ramona Quimby’s first day at kindergarten is quite eventful.Ribsy- Henry finds Ribsy, a homeless skinny dog. He calls him Ribsy because he can see his ribs.Henry and Ribsy- In this book Henry Huggins must keep his dog Ribsy out of trouble for a month, so that Henry can go salmon fishing.
The Mouse and the Motorcycle -Ralph S. Mouse is a reckless mouse who lives in the Mountain View Inn with his family. Ralph finds a boy’s motorcycle in one of the guest rooms at the inn. Away he goes.This is only a few of the wonderful books to read aloud to your child/children. Ask your school and public librarian to help you select books to read aloud.There is also an excellent book to help you find great books to read aloud.
The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease
Does any one have any great read aloud books to share with us?

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Mysteries

My favorite type of story to read is mysteries. It all started when I was in fourth grade. I read so many Nancy Drew books. I have continued to read mysteries. I like to read one with an amateur detective figuring out the mystery. So, in that way it is like Nancy Drew solving a mystery. When I read that our newest Associate Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor liked Nancy Drew mysteries, too. I have also learned that Sandra Day O’Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush also read Nancy Drew. It is great that women of many generations liked and read Nancy Drew mysteries. From reading these books and many others I became a librarian.

I have my favorite mystery and series. They are as followed:
Susan Wittig Albert
China Bayles Series
Set in the Texas Hill country China Bayle owns an herb shop and becomes involved in different mysteries. This well written series is superb.
Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter
Set in England this delightful with a fictional Beatrix Potter solving village
mysteries.

Earlene Fowler
A Benni Harper mystery series
Benni Harper lives in Central California. She is a folk art curator and quilt lover. Her quilt themed mysteries are wonderful reads.

Laura Childs
Tea Shoppe series
In Charleston, South Carolina Theodesia Browning is the owner of a
Tea shop. In between managing and serving tea, she is quite a sleuth.
Does anyone else have mysteries to recommend?

Be a Reader

Be a reader to raise a reader. You can read books, magazines, manuals, etc. Remember you are a role model for your child. She/He sees you read they will see that it has worth and it is important. My mother was a reader. We would go to our town’s public library. While she would select her books, I would choose mine. Those visits to the public library started my life long love of books. Mentioning the public library, please go to our public libraries. Also sign yourself and your child up for a library card. They are free!!! In our state you should be five years old to sign up for a library card. In one family they have made signing up for a library card at the child’s fifth birthday as a rite of passage. Pretty cool!!! Also many public libraries have special
pre-school story times and summer reading clubs for preschool and school age children. Public libraries are a wonderful place to go. Besides books they may have DVDs and CDs to borrow. Remember to be a reader.

Story Time

Please read to your children from the time they are infants. Story time is a special bonding time. You are sharing your time with your child, introducing her/him to the wide wonderful world of children’s literature. In addition you are creating memories. As time goes by your child will learn to value reading and books. For infants start with board book that can be touch and feel books. I love to buy those for baby presents. Also ABC books are great for little ones. These books also help with language development. As infants grow into toddlers choose books that have a simple story. Then, preschoolers are usually ready for more of story. Also base your selections
on what your child likes. If she/he likes trucks, then read truck stories or books to her/him. As I was cleaning the library that I had been at before my retirement. I came upon an acrostic poem that my oldest son wrote twenty years ago. It was a creative writing assignment for Mother’s Day. What a treasure to find!!!
Marvelous
Outstanding
Terrific
Help me
Excellent
Reads to me.
My mom is the greatest because she helps me with my homework and reads to me.

Make time for story time!!!