The Christmas Quiet Book by Deborah Underwood

Companion to The Quiet Book and The Loud Book, Underwood's newest book The Christmas Quiet Book focuses on those quiet moments of the holiday season.

"Snow angel quiet.  Knocking with mittens quiet"

I love the choices she author has made and the illustrations always blows me a way!  Challenge students to create their own pages for The Quiet Book!

Text:  5 Buckeye leaves
Illustrations:  5 Buckeye leaves

The Thankful Book by Todd Parr

Just in time for Thanksgiving, Todd Parr's new book, The Thankful Book celebrates all those things we forget to be thankful for.  A great book for any age and a great starting point for classroom discussion and/or projects related to thankfulness.

If I Built a House by Chris Van Dusen

As soon as I saw this online I KNEW it would be a big hit at our house.  Adam is a huge fan of If I Built A Car by Van Dusen so the minute I pulled it out of the library pick up bag his face lit up!  (side note:  yes, I love that my son...and now daughter....get as excited about new books as I do!)  Told in the same style Jack, seemingly a little older, is designing a house.  This house is no ordinary house.  This house will include all-in-one Kitchen-o-Mat (we could use that here), giant ball pit, and a Scrub-a-Dub-Dub in place of a bath or shower.  Kids will love this book....and most likely go on to design their own "prefect" house!  Mine, would not include a 200 feet high glass bedroom....but rather an "Alice"...yes as in the Brady Bunch!

Text:  5 Buckeye leaves
Illustrations:  4 Buckeye leaves