The World Needs More Purple People
Author: Kristen Bell & Benjamin Hart
Illustrator: Daniel Wiseman
Summary: The world needs more purple people...but what exactly IS a "purple person"? Read along to find out how you and your kids can all transform yourselves into kind, hard-working, do-the-right-thing, purple people!
Recommended Ages: 3 to 6 years
Themes, Skills, & Concepts: This is a fabulous book to inspire kids to be a good person and help transform the world into a nice place.
Extension Activities: Check out these fun activities to do with your kids by the publisher! Click here!
The World Needs More Purple Schools
Author: Kristen Bell & Benjamin Hart
Illustrator: Daniel Wiseman
Summary: This is a fantastic follow up to "The World Needs More Purple People". Now that you have the purple mindset in yourself, you can help inspire your classmates to join in! Together, your school can become a place full of curiosity, empathy, and enthusiasm to make the world a better place!
Recommended Ages: 3 to 7 years
Themes, Skills, & Concepts: This is a fabulous book to inspire everyone at your school to be good people and help transform the world into a nicer place.
Extension Activities: Check out these cool classroom activities from the publisher. Click here!
Courage Hats
Author: Kate Hoefler
Illustrator: Jessixa Bagley
Summary: Mae is afraid of bears and Bear is afraid of people. They each make a hat to disguise themselves as what they are afraid of. On their train ride, they learn that the things they have in common are greater than their differences and sometimes you have to be brave to move to new places.
Recommended Ages: 5 to 8 years
Themes, Skills, & Concepts: This is the perfect book to help readers learn to look beyond differences and embrace them. Courage Hats would be a great beginning of the year book to share.
Extension Activities: Have kids make their own courage hat out of supplies you have at home or in the classroom.
The Bookstore Cat
Author: Cylin Busby
Illustrator: Charles Santoso
Summary: A sweet, funny alphabet book starring a sassy, adventurous cat!
Recommended Ages: 4 to 8 years
Themes, Skills, & Concepts: A wonderful alphabet book that reinforces beginning sounds as well as introduces some new vocabulary!
Extension Activities: Take a look at these fun cat themed songs and a video of the author reading the book! Click here!
Sparky!
Author: Jenny Offill
Illustrator: Chris Appelhans
Summary: A girl wants a pet and her mom says she can have any pet that "doesnt need to be walked, bathed or fed". She researches and orders a sloth. Sparky comes in the mail and isn't quite what she expected!
Recommended Ages: 2 to 7 years
Themes, Skills, & Concepts: This book would be a great kick off to research the choice and care of a pet!
Extension Activities: Take advantage of your school or local library's free databases to research all the important aspects of choosing and owning a pet!
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