Make More S’mores
Author: Cathy Ballou Mealey
Illustrator: Ariel Landy
Summary: Roscoe has his campfire blazing and all his ingredients for a yummy s'more ready to go! He is excited to share when Bear shows up, but what happens when more and more friends arrive to the delicious smell of the gooey treat?
Recommended Ages: 4-8 years
Themes, Skills, & Concepts: Make More S'mores explores the themes of sharing (so hard for little people), friendship, and community. Its' rhyming text helps to explore how we are all part of a community.
Extension Activities: Did you know that National S'more's Day is celebrated on August 10? Find some fun and sticky activities on the link below! Help your kids harness the power of the sun with a solar oven, make a sensory activity using graham cracker crumbs, mini marshmallows and chocolate syrup, or practice creating patterns using chocolate squares, marshmallows and whole graham crackers! And of course, eat one!! Click here!
Pop!
Author: Karen Kilpatrick
Illustrator: German Blanco
Summary: Pop Day is here and Otto is so excited to pop into a glorious shape with all the other kernels! But Otto doesn't pop. He is not like the other kernels and feels so terrible about his differences. Does different have to be bad?
Recommended Ages: 4-7 years
Themes, Skills, & Concepts: We all have seen and we all have been the kernels of corn that don't pop. This cute book celebrates and reinforces the fact that it ok to not be like everyone else. Differences are meant to be celebrated!
Extension Activities: Read along with the book "Pop" and then learn how to draw your own kernel in the style of the illustrator! Be sure to draw your kernel doing all kinds of fun things that celebrate who your kernel is! Click here!
Just Add Glitter
Author: Angela DiTerlizzi
Illustrator: Samantha Cotterill
Summary: Most kids will tell you that there is no such thing as too much glitter! It can add sparkle, shine and bling! But when is too much of a good thing? How can there ever be too much glitter?
Recommended Ages: 4-8 years
Themes, Skills, & Concepts: Kids will identify with this girl's love of glitter and blinging everything in sight! It is a great conversation starter of moderation and self control!
Extension Activities: Glitter is so much fun, but it can explode everywhere! Follow the directions in the link below to contain glitter fans by making some glitter slime with glue! Click here!
Uh-Oh! My Dragon's Hungry
Author: Katie Weaver
Illustrator: Caner Soylu
Summary: Mom usually is in charge of fixing Dragon's lunch, but she is away. Dragon is a picky eater and none of the food choices are for him. Will lunch be a success?
Recommended Ages: 4-7 years
Themes, Skills, & Concepts:
Extension Activities: Besides a great discussion on making healthy food choices, this book is rich in new vocabulary to learn! Have kids identify unknown words and use context and picture clues to help define them. Have students draw the perfect meal for Dragon, inclucing healthy and not so healthy treats! Click here!
Superbuns! Kindness is Her Superpower
Author: Diane Kredensor
Illustrator: Diane Kredensor
Summary: What is a superpower? Crawling up walls? Leaping tall buildings? Superbuns' superpower is kindness, but her sister Blossom insists that it is not. Can kindness be a superpower?
Recommended Ages: 4-8 years
Themes, Skills, & Concepts: We all have a Blossom in our lives. Kids need to feel empowered and encouraged to perform acts of genuine kindness.
Extension Activities: There are so many fun activities that can reinforce kindness toward others: Students can draw themselves or others showing acts of kindness. Kids can role play various acts of kindness, participate in a "Kindness Challenge" where they write down acts of kindness they see during their day and put it in a special "kindness" jar. Encourage children to identify their very own "Superpower". Click here!
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