Has anyone read any of the "Dinofours" series? If so, what do you think?

Thanks,

Brigette

MHO = fair

Good for your DS.

Wouldn't recommend for your DD.


Need book title/author recommendations for your Christmas plan??

I was only thinking of them for ds... go ahead, hit me with some.

Brigette

any book by Robert Munsch -- esp recommend The Paperbag Princess for your DD

DS would probably love the FROGGY books by Jonathan London (Froggy Goes to School; Froggy Bakes a Cake; there are a ton of titles); he would also like I'm Taking a Trip on my Train by Shirley Neitzel -- she has many titles that follow that same sort of repetitious style and are very cute: The Bag I'm Taking to Grandma's; Our Class Took A Trip to the Zoo

DD would probably like Amelia Bedelia books by Peggy Parish

other titles:

The Three Little Wolves & the Big Bag Pig
Click Clack Moo by Cronin
WOLF! by Bloom & Biet

I know more... let me think....

Ditto on Paper Bag Princess for anyone's DD - just a wonderful book for girls (and boys too if you want them to keep the right attitude...LOL)

Click Clack Moo is one of our favorites around here (I have 2 DS 3 & 5 if you need that info).

Some of the less popular Dr. Suessy books are great, DS#2 is currently obsessed with Hand Hand Fingers Thumb (sorry, no author avail, not searching their room for it while they're asleep, don't know if it's an actual Dr. S or a "sort of" that gets shelved with them.

Hand Hand Finger Thumb is not DrSeuss. It is by PD Eastman if my memory serves me right.

This is a list I created for the incoming K students for the charter school where I work. In the middle of the summer, they/we send home a "welcome to our school" letter along with a list of "things your child should know/be aware of" as well as this book list. I tried to make the list have a mix of different things: races, academic targets, topics, genres, levels.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN END-ALL/BE-ALL LIST.

1. Any books by Dr. Seuss; Eric Carle; Ezra Jack Keats; Leo Lionni; Bill Martin; Shirley Neitzel; Laura Numeroff; Byron Barton; Gail Gibbons; Helen Oxenbury
2. Any Little Critter books by Mercer Mayer
3. Curious George books by H.A. Rey
4. Little Bill books by Bill Cosby
5. Corduroy by Don Freeman
6. The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
7. Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman
8. Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate
9. Timothy Goes to School by Rosemary Wells
10. The Napping House by Audrey & Donald Wells
11. Doctor DeSoto by William Steig
12. I Like Me! by Nancy Carlson
13. Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin
14. Clean Your Room Harvey Moon by Pat Cummings
15. Perfect the Pig by Susan Jescheke
16. My Teacher Can Teach Anyone by w. Nikola-Lisa
17. Lost! By David McPhail
18. Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw
19. There’s An Alligator Under My Bed by Mercer Mayer
20. Toad on the Road by Susan Schade
21. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
22. The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
23. The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Big Hungry Bear by Don & Audrey Wood
24. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
25. Chicken Soup with Rice by Maurice Sendak
26. The Five Chinese Brothers by Claire Huchet Bishop
27. Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young
28. Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews
29. Feast for 10 by Cathryn Falwell
30. One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor J. Pinczes
31. Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert
32. The Art Lesson by Tomi DePaola
33. Go Away Big Green Monster by Ed Emberley
34. Big Machines by Karen Wallace
35. My Five Senses by Aliki
36. Sleep is for Everyone by Paul Showers
37. POP! A Book about Bubbles by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
38. Firefighters A to Z by Chris L. Demarest
39. Who Uses This? by Margaret Miller
40. Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert
41. In a Small Small Pond by Denise Fleming
42. The Three Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas
43. Danny the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff
44. Bread & Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban (there are many in this series)
45. Frog & Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel (there are many in this series)
46. Arthur’s New Puppy by Marc Brown (there are many in this series)
47. Nate the Great by Marjorie Sharmat (there are many in this series)
48. Minnie & Moo Go to the Moon by Denys Cazet (there are many in this series)
49. Henry & Mudge: The First Book by Cynthia Rylant (there are many in this series)
50. Need more ideas? Ask your local librarian.

Thanks! I already have an Amelia Bedelia book for her... thanks for the suggestions... I should have know you'd recommend Paperbag Princess!

Brigette

I didn't think it was actually the good dr., but like I said, I didn't want to wake the kids up...it's with the Dr. Suess books at the store though.

Thanks for this list - I have one starting K- in August.

for Trish