In this delightful story, children gather to the library for a day filled with exciting events; including a visit from a magician.
The magician shows the children the power of books and that they can do anything and be anything they want to be through the magic of books.
This is a wonderful book demonstrating to children how books can help them fulfill their dreams.
This is such a delightful book. There are 5 elephants who love to eat fruit. Each eats a different kind of fruit. One day they discover a fruit that they all want. Try as they might, they can not get the fruit for themselves. It is too high up in the tree.
In the meantime, five little mice are working together to get the fruit to share. They elephants finally notice the mice once they has successfully taken the fruit off the tree.
This act of teamwork inspires the elephants to work together so they can share and enjoy the fruit, too.
This is an excellent book about teamwork versus selfishness.
This is such a fun book! All the penguins do everything perfectly. All the penguins, except for Tacky. Tacky does things his own unique way, and far from perfectly.
One of the great things about this book, are the illustrations by Lunn Munsinger. When the penguins are marching, swimming, or singing perfectly, the other penguins include Tacky in their play. Yes, some of the things Tacky does bothers them, but they don't say anything and they aren't cruel to him.
One day the penguins are all in danger but thanks to Tacky's unique style, he saves the day and all the penguins are grateful for their odd little friend.
I love reading this book to my students. Leo (a tiger) is not learning at the same pace as the other animals. He can't read, write, draw, or even talk like all the other animals. His father is worried about him but his mother is not. Then one day, Leo is able to do all of those things!
This is a great story to teach kids that note everyone learns at the same pace, but with continued patience and practice, they can learn to do all the things the others kids can do.
The illustrations (by Jose Aruego) are great, too! They show Leo doing all the things the other animals are doing, though not as well. No one is mean to him and they still include him in their activities even though, he doesn't do things as well as the others. Then they celebrate with him when he is able to.
I really enjoying reading this book to my students. It is a great way to show them that we are all on our own path to learning and that is okay.
I don't remember when I first read these books. I didn't finish the series because I couldn't find the books. I'm not sure why. However, they are such delightful books. My daughter started to show interest in the series and I bought the book with all 6 books in it and we are reading it together. It is such a delightful twist to the fairy tales we all know. The stories are clever. Of course, they are written for a younger audience, but that doesn't stop me from enjoying the series!
This is such a delightful children's book. All of Jory John's books in this series are so good.
The Bad Seed
The Good Egg
The Cool Bean
The Couch Potato
The Smart Cookie
The Sour Grape
The Big Cheese
They help children see the value in themselves is such a clever and unique way. I enjoy reading these books to children any chance I get. I look forward to new releases and look forward to buying them.
They can be read to any grade level and the topics of discussion can be adapted for any age. If you haven't read one of these books, I highly recommend reading one today.
