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Baby Bits - Growing Brains
by ryanikoglu
I'm scouting DVDs for parents with infants. I found a WINNER in Ten Things Every Child Needs For The Best Start In Life. It supports top research without sounding "academic". You see/hear "big names" in childhood development plainly speak to parents about needs of infants. You get to see other cute, cute, CUTE infants, just like your own! The book 125 Brain Games For Babies provides great ideas on how to play with baby. Have FUN!
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Kid Bit 740s - Discover Dewey addresses
by ryanikoglu
Think of the Dewey Decimal system as addresses in a neighborhood.
Have you ever had a rainy day with nothing to do? Do you like to make stuff? When you browse "The 740s" in the non-fiction collection, you find art and craft books. You can find Cartooning Basics; Crafts For Kids Who Are Wild About Dinosaurs; The Rainy Day Book. If you keep on going you may pass "knitting and "stitchery" and discover books about "Famous Artists" like Leonardo da Vinci For Kids: His Life And Ideas including 21 activities that help learn about him.
AND one more thing! Craft DVDs (and Craft books for Teens and Adults), have the same addresses. They are in "The 740s" too !! You can find a video on Origami with Leonor featuring "1 and 2 minute learning vignettes for children"!
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Kid Bit 500s - Discover Dewey
by ryanikoglu
Think of the Dewey Decimal system as addresses in a neighborhood.
Do you like science? You browse science books in "The 500s" block of the non-fiction collection. You'll cruise past titles like First Encyclopedia of Science; DK Eye Wonder Space; Big Book Of Dinosaurs; Life In The Woodlands; any kind of creature like Backyard Detectives: Critters Up Close.....
AND one more thing! Science DVDs, and science books for Teens and Adults, have the same addresses. They are in "The 500s" too, such as Eyewitness Volcano; or Bill Nye the Science Guy Presents Animal Locomotion !!
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Momma, Where Are You From? by Marie Bradby
by Tahira
A mother recalls her childhood when a daughter asks “Momma where are you from?” Told in rhythmic prose with golden watercolor illustrations, Marie Bradby takes the reader on a journey to a time when family, friends, hard work and the simple pleasure of a eating a piece of ice on a hot summer day were the most important things in the world.
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Kid Bits - Tricky Chicks
by ryanikoglu
We celebrate "Michigan Reads! One State, One Children's Book" this week with a LIVE author program and readings of Big Chickens. Since we're doing chickens in an extra big way, try stories about two of my favorite girls. They each have something to do with chickens and tricks! Pick up a copy of The Chicken Chasing Queen Of Lamar County and Flossie And The Fox.
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Parent Bits - Arrival of Baby #2
by ryanikoglu
So Baby #1 is around the home and Baby #2 is on the way.
Welcoming Your Second Baby by Vicki Lansky is a perfect little parent helper. It is a delightful "skinny book" with very useful and simple suggestions to pave a path for Child #1 to accept the new family member. The library owns the 1990 edition of Welcoming Your Second Baby and it is just as useful. Keep in mind the suggested books to share with children are not likely to be found now. Ask a Librarian for current books to share with "expecting" children. Lasky offers suggestions for various ages of older siblings, and her suggestions are mercifully practical and flexible. Congratulations on your new addition !
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The Buffalo Soldier by Sherry Garland
by Tahira
Known for their bravery, dedication and the lowest desertion rate. The Buffalo Soldiers were a force to be met with. Sherry Garland recounts the story of one of these American heroes in The Buffalo Soldier.
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To Junie B. or Not to Junie B.?
by ryanikoglu
Some say Junie B. Jones is "not a good character", and some say the “grammar is wrong”. Others say “She is a spunky six year old, and we learn from her troubles.”
Gaining perspective on a mighty popular series might help calm some nerves.
Try this article in The New York Times “Is Junie B. Jones Talking Trash? to support parent information. Kids can read two NEW titles in the series Dumb Bunny and Aloha-ha-ha! and enjoy the Official Junie B. Jones website with information about the author and more activities for kids.
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Baby Bits - NEW !
by ryanikoglu
NEW Books that are perfect for baby lap-reads are The Busy Little Squirrel by Nancy Tafuri; So Sleepy Story by Uri Shulevitz; and A Good Day by Kevin Henkes. They show pictures that baby sees in her world. They have words that sound lovely to say and use and repeat from the driver's seat.
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Toddler Bits - Kittens
by ryanikoglu
Nothing cuter than Toddlers and Kittens ... well a few things just as cute. Anyway, if you like kittens and have a toddler at home, try these NEW books out. Kittens! Kittens! Kittens! by Susan Meyers and illustrated by David Walker; and Nini Here And There by Anita Lobel. Meow!