tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166352343897656702024-02-07T09:02:44.661+05:30Books Mama !!!We loved reading, re-reading these books...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07464940588169772425noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-216635234389765670.post-39582239213691614862015-06-01T15:25:00.002+05:302015-06-01T15:28:06.240+05:30Fly Away Home !!! -Christine Nostlinger translated by Anthea Bell<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The cover page picture of the book, depicts a scene from a war torn city - flying planes, burning houses, rubble and a little girl standing amidst the destruction. The story is a true account of life in Austria during the end of Second World War , as seen through the eyes of a little girl, Cristal.</div>
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Amidst the horrors of war, the air raids, the dark cellars, scarcity of food and constant fear of enemy taking over the city, curious little Cristal always looks for excitement and adventure. The wealthy and the poor, all are humbled by the war. After Cristal's house is reduced to rubble in an air raid, her family takes refuge in a wealthy suburb camping along with the daughter and grand children of Frua von Brun, the owner of the mansion. All of them live together in similar conditions without any distinction based on status.</div>
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Soon,the Russians march into the city and worst of all, they chose to camp in the mansion in which Cristal,her family and von Brun family are staying. It is a mixed experience for the children, tense moments and friendly encounters with the Russians.</div>
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It's a wonderful read. A humbling one. Rich in emotions.</div>
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- For a mature audience( I would suggest for children 12 years and up).</div>
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- May require active involvement of parents. Lot of discussion opportunity regarding the dynamics of Second World War and some sensitive issues regarding the fears and worries of adults with respect to enemy occupation of their city.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07464940588169772425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-216635234389765670.post-35777259781136399122015-02-23T12:43:00.000+05:302015-02-23T12:43:18.233+05:30The Incredible Book Eating Boy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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'The Incredible Book Eating Boy' by Oliver Jeffers comes with a disclaimer 'DO NOT EAT THIS BOOK AT HOME' :) and chances are you might be tempted to give it a nibble !<br />
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Bookworms will love it !<br />
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It's about a boy Henry, who accidentally discovers that he loves eating books. He eats all sorts of books, story books, dictionaries, atlases, joke books. More books he eats, the smarter he gets, even smarter than his teachers. Henry loves being smart.<br />
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But is his book-eating method a really smart way of gaining knowledge ??? Henry soon finds out.<br />
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It is a beautifully illustrated book with a funny story line. The illustration are creatively done on different types of paper. Some are drawn on cardboard,some on old books and maps.<br />
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It appeals to children and adults alike. For children it's pure fun. Lots of laughter, guaranteed ! My son spent a lot of time with the book.<br />
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Mature audience will appreciate the fact that there is no short cut to gaining knowledge and becoming smart.<br />
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<i>It is a great read aloud book for 5 years and above.</i><br />
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Found an interesting interview Oliver Jeffers - the artist/ illustrator/writer <a href="https://thegreatdiscontent.com/interview/oliver-jeffers" target="_blank">here</a>. Hope you enjoy it too!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07464940588169772425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-216635234389765670.post-80432015710681177042015-01-23T12:29:00.000+05:302015-01-23T12:29:00.595+05:30Dirty Beasts - Roald Dahl<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Presently,it's all about Roald Dahl in Junior's world. It started with The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me and The Fantastic Fox. The collection is steadily building up.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><i>" Roald Dahl has created a ghastly assortment of wicked beasts getting up to some extra ordinary and unmentionable things in this comic collection of verse. Meet the clever pig with a plan to save his bacon, the scorpion who likes to sting, the giant toad who can jump from England to France, and lots more." </i></b></span></blockquote>
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We had not read any of Roald Dahl's poems before. We were very excited. At bedtime, Junior and I took turns to read them aloud. We were rolling with laughter. The excellent illustration by Quentin Blake made the situations more comical.</div>
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I would recommend it for <b>children( 7 years +)</b> who have read Roald Dahl books earlier and are familiar with his style and humor. </div>
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Excellent for <b>parent-child bonding actvity</b>. Please read it aloud along with your children. The stories though dark, are clever, fast paced and full of action. You might find your little ones giggling and squirming with disgust at the same time.( Some kids may not like the idea of an ant eater eating humans or crocodiles having boys and girls for lunch. But most 7 year olds I guess enjoy the yucky stuff :) ).</div>
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The poems are lengthy, vary from 2 to 4 pages ( except The Lion). There are some sentences, which require<b> careful handling and parental guidance</b>. For instance, in The Cow,the reference to the man from Afganistan as horrid and cow dropping cow pat on his head. Also,The Scorpion, maynot be a good choice for bed time reading. It could be nightmare inducing.</div>
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<b>Born to Run</b> - <i>The many lives of one incredible dog....</i>..I could not resist the look in the eyes of the dog featured on the cover page of the the book. Those deep pleading eyes melted my heart. I picked up the book silently and put it in the cart. Reading the backcover was unnecessary. I was already convinced.<br />
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I was right. It is a heart warming story of a grey hound,right from the time he is rescued from drowning in a canal by a school boy. He is dognapped by a greyhound dog racer who does not care for his dogs. For sometime he is homeless and spents nights in streets but finally finds himself as the mascot of an oldage home. His incredible journey has its share of joyful and sad moments. He comes across wonderful and caring people. With each new owner he gets a new name.<br />
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It is a fast paced gripping story with a wonderfully gorgeous ending. Perfect for adults and young readers( 8 years and above). I enjoyed reading it along with my seven year old.There were times he would get upset and emotional but happy times weren't too far. It was a completely different and mature experience for him.<br />
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Try it out...you'll definitely get hooked to it. <br />
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Know more about <a href="http://michaelmorpurgo.com/books/born-to-run" target="_blank">Born to Run and Michael Morpurgo</a>.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07464940588169772425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-216635234389765670.post-23437804701479154062014-10-14T08:24:00.000+05:302014-10-14T08:24:52.652+05:30Sun, Moon, Stars and Beyond<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We, humans, have always been fascinated by the wonders of the Universe - the Sun, the Moon, the Stars and beyond. They have been a part of our tradition, folklores for centuries.</div>
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We consciously or at times unconsciously , pass this curiosity of ours on to our children.</div>
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We love showing the magical night sky to them.Their attentive eyes follow our fingers when we trace Orion, the Hunter constellation. Together we watch the bright Full moon from our bedroom window and tell "Moon will watch over you "as we kiss them Good Night. Sun, Moon and Stars figure in our lullabies.We tell them stories about the Sun and the Moon giving them humanly character. Among the first things that we teach our kids to draw is the Sun with a smiling face and Moon with a long chin.</div>
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Then, one day the little Pre -schooler comes home and excitedly tells " Mama, Man has been to moon, Neil Armstrong has been there !!!</div>
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We are excited too... the time has come, we are brimming with information about the Universe and its mysteries. We have studied ,followed them on T.V and internet over the years and now would like to share them with our child - Big Bang Theory, Andromeda Galaxy, Black holes, Pluto no longer a planet and a lot more...</div>
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Hold on.......go slow.........take baby steps....</div>
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Let us begin by introducing the child to our friend Moon and Man's First Step on Moon, first.</div>
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This beautifully illustrated picture book is a nice way to tell children, what it would be like to go to Moon, walk on it and see our wonderful world from far, far away. It brings astronauts, their rockets and their way of work into the child's world.</div>
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A mouse, rabbit and chicken go on a moon mission on their rocket. As the name suggests the books tells a little more about the rocket - its journey to moon and back to earth, the lunar lander, the zero gravity feeling inside the rocket etc.</div>
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Imagine all this conveyed wonderfully through pictures for our little ones.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">For the children who can read fluently, the next book will further boost their interest in space travel vehicles.</span></div>
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It briefly describes rockets -its types and stages,the Apollo spacecraft and the Moon Mission, Hubble telescope, different types of satellites, space probes, astronauts life and work in space .</div>
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It is easy to read and comprehend for young readers. The detailed illustrations compliment the available informations beautifully.</div>
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In my opinion,these three books are like stepping stones leading our curious children into the world of space travel.</div>
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I had heard mixed reviews about this book from parents. Those who loved it always grinned at the mention of it.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">“</span><strong style="font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.7;">Ten apples up on top</strong><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">” was the first one I picked up. Both Junior and I fell in love with it. It’s about a lion, dog and tiger that show off how many apples they can balance on their heads as they skip, climb trees, tight rope walk and skate. The story is full of action and excitement which had Junior rolling with laughter.</span></div>
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The sentences are short and have a rhythm which makes reading easier. It also introduces elementary counting. As he reads the child gets to know his number names one, two, and three well. For instance</div>
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“<span data-mce-style="color: #000080;" style="color: navy; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;"><em style="color: #222222; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;"> You can do three or “And now, see here.</em></span></div>
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The illustrations compliment the fun part very well. Junior read and re read it every day with lot of joy.</div>
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There are three categories of books – <strong style="font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.7;"><span data-mce-style="color: #339966;" style="color: #339966; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;">Green back</span></strong> is for the beginners , ‘Ten apples up on top ‘ can be tried as first read.</div>
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- Ask your child to draw his picture. Ask him to draw as many apples he wants on his head. After the drawing is over both of you count the apples and write “……… has ……… number of apples on his head”. Display it proudly on the fridge for all to see.</div>
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- This activity requires some pre-work. Draw and cut out of at least 10 numbers apples. Keep a strip of long stiff paper and glue handy. Ask your child to stick as many apples cut- outs he wants on the strip. Stick this strip on your child’s head band. Now he can pretend to be the lion himself.</div>
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- Ask your child to bring his favorite toys – cars etc. Ask him to place the apple cut-outs beside the toys starting from one end. Both of you count aloud the number of apples required to cover the whole length of the car. A nice way to introduce the concept of length measurement to the little one.</div>
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- During playtime you and your child can have a ‘highest tower’ contest with building blocks. All along make sure both of you count loudly.</div>
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<i><span style="color: purple;">" Now come on. Tell me, did you or didn't you ride my motorcycle off the bedside table ?"</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: purple;">" Well, yes. I guess you might say I did," confessed Ralph, rubbing his aching muscles.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: purple;">"I thought so," <b><span style="font-size: large;">neither the mouse nor the boy was the least bit surprised that each could understand the other. Two creatures who shared a love for motorcycles naturally spoke the same language.</span></b></span></i></div>
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This marked the beginning of a wonderful friendship between an adventurous mouse named Ralph and a boy named Keith. They met when Keith and his family decided to stay in an old motel in the California foothills for a vacation. Ralph's family ( mother and siblings) and extended family ( countless Uncles and Aunts) lived in the mouse holes and knot holes of this motel and survived on the crumbs guest left in their rooms.</div>
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Ralph was not an average mouse,nervous and scared. Per his worried mother, he was ' a reckless mouse' who loved to stay out late in the daytime when he should be sleeping safely at home.</div>
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'Pb-bb-bb' 'Pb-bb-bb' that's how you start a toy motorcycle, Keith taught Ralph. The little mouse went zooming around in the motel.</div>
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The story is a very engaging one. Readers will love to roam the corridors of the motel along with Ralph.At times, it also takes readers to mouse world where a mouse house is furnished with a clutter of things - bits of Kleenex, hair and raveling people drop on the motel floor. </div>
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Yesterday night, the sound of rain made me happy .<span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">The morning was unusually pleasant and breezy, I walked out with my tea and noticed….I had visitors.</span><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">I was greeted by not one, not two but an unending queue of black ants marching into my house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">The ants go marching right past the flower pots, the door, into the kitchen ….Now, that’s not a visit but an </span><strong style="font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.7;"><span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000;" style="color: red; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;">INVASION</span> </strong><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">in broad daylight, I realise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; text-align: justify;">Hold on, </span><strong style="font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.7; text-align: justify;">where is Junior</strong><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; text-align: justify;"> ?...</span><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; text-align: justify;">We find him is in his room, sitting on the bed holding the jars of M & M close to his chest…</span><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span data-mce-style="color: #000080;" style="color: navy; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7; text-align: justify;"><a data-mce-href="https://booksearchjourney.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/img_0282.jpg" href="https://booksearchjourney.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/img_0282.jpg" style="color: #1b8be0; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7; text-decoration: none;">"<em style="font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;"><strong style="font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.7;">Ma, will the ants eat my M & M ? Will they eat me too</strong></em> <em style="font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;"><strong style="font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.7;">? </strong></em>"</a></span></div>
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On his way he meets the butterflies, snails, bees, spiders and other creatures that children commonly finds in the garden and in the neighborhood. He invites all of them to join him on his trip but they are all busy searching for food. Finally he meets a cat and extends his invitation to him too…..</div>
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The illustrations are bright and vibrant with information about the animal world and their feeding habits strategically placed for little readers to notice and read.</div>
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The 2005, award winning nature documentary '<b>March of the Penguin'</b>, captured the yearly journey of the Emperor Penguins of Antarctica. It renewed our interest in the life of these beautiful creatures.Though it is a wonderful documentary, it does contain occasional imagery that are disturbing - some penguins freezing to death, others being killed by predators. Parents might not think it as appropriate for their little children's viewing.</div>
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'<b>The Penguin Who Wanted to Find Out</b>' by Jill Tomlinson tells the story of Otto, the penguin chick.Through Otto,the author traces the journey of transformation of a penguin, from chick to adult.</div>
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Otto is a curious penguin. He asks a lot of questions to wise Claudius, a male Emperor Penguin,who carries him around on his feet. The questions that Otto asks are the many questions that young readers might have about penguins and their life in Antarctica.The books gives a vivid description of the climatic conditions,the prevailing topography and how penguins survive in the harsh weather.</div>
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The cover illustration is that of a little penguin swimming in the sea as if in search of the answer to the question <strong style="font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.7;"><em style="font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;">“How deep is the sea?”.</em> </strong>It immediately reminded me of the endless ‘how’, ‘why’ questions that Junior asks.</div>
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The book is a wonderful way of introducing the child to the underwater world – the different life forms at different depths of the sea. It is told through a penguin Pipkin who asks his mother “How deep is the sea?” His Mum asks him to take a dive and find it for himself.</div>
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Early readers - 5 to 6 years can read it without help.</div>
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- Do praise Pipkin for being curious. Encourage your child to ask questions.</div>
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- Your little one might have a lot of questions. Be ready to answer his many “whys”- “ why does the sea get darker and darker as we go deeper and deeper? What are these strange sea creatures with lights? Has man ever been to such depths? Check out <a data-mce-href="http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/" href="http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/" style="color: #1b8be0; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7; text-decoration: none;">http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/</a></div>
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- Listen to the Beatles “Yellow submarine”. Ask him whom would he like to take along with him on his submarine trip and what food would he like to take with him.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; text-align: start;">- Make your submarine </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="background-color: white; color: #1b8be0; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; text-align: start;">http://www.submarinesafaris.com/kids_build_your_own_submarine.php</a><br />
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This is 'Dragon' a.k.a ' Draggy'-thats what the children of my neighbourhood call him. We do not know what his owner had named him, but he responds with wags when the children call out for Draggy.</div>
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Ageing and abandoned by his owner, he has found refuge in our neighbourhood. He has struck a friendly chord with the children as well as with the adults. He has been adopted by one of the Security Guards of our neighbourhood and can be seen patrolling with him at night.</div>
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It is amazing to see his williness to survive, ability to forgive and forget and move on.</div>
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Animals have the ability to teach us what a lifetime of learning cannot.</div>
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Now, meet Pepi - a spirited little Chihuahua, ever curious, a bundle of endless energy. Based on a true story, Hello Pepi : A Toy Dog for Real - books 1 to 5, is a celebration of love and friendship.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">In books 1 to 3 ( Hello Pepi, Pepi's First Things and Pepi Goes Parkies) Pepi, raven black with a lightning bolt on his chest, piglet ears, warms up to a little girl Mona and in a way, chooses her to be his owner. Mona now a responsible Mum, feeds and trains Pepi with the basics. Pepi meanwhile, is busy exploring his new home, braving little accidents now and then. He loves going outdoor , a cynosure of all the little girls and boys of the neighbourhood. Pepi enjoys his trips to the park, specially ball fetching games. Once while playing in the park, he meets with an accident and is forced to stay in bed. It is a lesson for both Pepi and Mona. </span></div>
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Alarna Rose Gray has written the book in verses funny, sweet and smart. There is a lovely rhythm. It is difficult to stop turning the pages. The illustration, done by Kim Sponaugle, in black and white is adorable.</div>
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Perfect gift for young readers.</div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hello-Pepi-Toy-Real-Book-ebook/dp/B00A22JBSI" target="_blank">Kindle edition available</a>.<br />
If you want to know about real Pepi, please visit <a href="http://alarnarosegray.com/2012/09/28/dear-pepi/" target="_blank">Alarna's blog site.</a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07464940588169772425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-216635234389765670.post-19056745070776590082014-08-29T16:55:00.002+05:302014-09-02T17:07:41.902+05:30The Giving Tree<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hardbound, green in color with a sketch of a tree, apple and a child on the cover - looked more like a children's picture book. But why was it in the 'Inspirational' shelf ? I wondered.</div>
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I settled down with the book in one of the many 'moorahs' that careless lie around in the store.Reading it did not take much time. But I did sit there for quite sometime contemplating... questioning our attitude towards Mother Earth, our short sightedness and our unending ' I want's..</div>
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What a wonderful way of telling the children and at the same time, reminding us adults to love and take care of our beautiful Mother Earth.</div>
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<strong style="font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.7;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Giving Tree by </span></strong><strong style="font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.7;"><span style="font-size: large;">Shel Silverstein</span><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></strong></div>
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As time went by the boy grew older and his visits and love for the tree grew less. He no longer played on the tree branches, he started to WANT...fruits to sell, branches to make house and so on...</div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">The actual 1973 <b>'Giving Tree'</b> movie in the voice of Shel Silverstein is available on youtube.</span></div>
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The book is available in Flipkart, India as well.</div>
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Age group : can be read to kids as young as 3 years, revisit when they can read on their own again, read it whenever you need to stress on" recycle, reduce and reuse" mantra.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span data-mce-style="color: #333399;" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; line-height: 31.73333168029785px; text-align: center;"><em style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;">“Books can make a difference in dispelling prejudice and building community: not with role models and recipes, not with noble messages about the human family, but with enthralling stories that make us imagine the lives of others. A good story lets you know people as individuals in all their particularity and conflict; and once you see someone as a person—flawed, complex, striving—you’ve reached beyond stereotype.” </em></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; line-height: 31.73333168029785px; text-align: center;"> </span><span data-mce-style="color: #000080;" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; line-height: 31.73333168029785px; text-align: center;"><strong style="font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.7;">― Hazel Rochman</strong></span></span><br />
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Ferdinand , is a bull from Spain. Unlike other bulls,he does not like to fight or butt his head or stick other bulls with his horns. He does not dream of being picked to fight at the bullfights in Madrid. He prefers sitting quietly under the cork tree and enjoy the smell of flowers. His DIFFERENT behavior and preference worries his mother. However, she realises that Ferdinand enjoys his quiet moments and lets him sit there and be happy.<span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">After some years, due to an unexpected, highly dramatic event, Ferdinand gets the reputation of being the fiercest bull in Spain and is selected to fight at a bullfight at Madrid.</span></div>
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What does Ferdinand do in the bullfight arena ? Do the Banderillos, Picadores and the Matador manage to make Ferdinand snort, butt and stick his horns?</div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">Tonight, I'll read</span><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;"> </span><em style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;"><strong style="font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.7;">The Story of Ferdinand</strong></em><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">to him. I want Junior to feel secure, understand that it's Okay to be just yourself.</span></div>
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I'm also expecting a discussion on bullfighting, tonight. Junior, is bound to have many question about the sport and the blood bath involved. Personally, I find the tradition cruel and wish this abomination ends soon.</div>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Ferdinand" target="_blank">The Story of Ferdinand - Wikipedia</a> gives an interesting insight into the story, its political relevance, the subsequent film adaptations.</div>
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Harold loves his Purple Crayon. One evening he decides to go for a walk in the moon light. He draws anything that he thinks '<em style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;">needs to happen'</em> with his Purple Crayon.</div>
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He draws the moon and a straight road to follow and sets off on his adventurous journey. He draws what he desires and sometimes falls in difficult situations. He is a smart child and <em style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;">draws</em> his way out. When Harold found himself drowning in the ocean, he quickly drew a boat, climbed on it and sailed off.</div>
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He comes across a forest, is frightened by a dragon, enjoys a picnic on the beach and has many more adventures before he returns home and falls asleep.</div>
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This book is a wonderful way of exploring the powers of imagination, quick thinking and perseverance. It encourages the child to think creatively when faced with problems.</div>
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After reading the book, there are a lot of parent- child activities that you can do with your child.</div>
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However, the broom soon breaks under the weight of its passengers and disaster strikes !!The witch is at the risk of becoming dinner for a fire spitting dragon....</div>
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This fun picture book is a great 'Read Aloud!' for the little ones. It has rhythm and repetition. The Early Readers ( 4 to 7 years) will enjoy reading it too.The clever use of words, help add new words and their usage to their growing vocabulary.</div>
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It's excellent for a group reading activity as well. Each member can pretend to be one of the characters and modulate his voice and add expression while he reads his part. Expect lots of croaks and woofs and purrs.... :)</div>
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The colorful and vibrant illustration captures the attention of the audience right from the start.</div>
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Through this fun story the children learn to appreciate the importance of friendship and sticking together in time of need. They sense if you treat others well, others will treat you well too.</div>
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<em style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.7;"><b>Room on the Broom</b></em><em style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;"> </em>is one of Julia Donaldson's best sellers. She is one of UK's most popular children's author. Some of her award winning works are<em style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;"> </em><b><em style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.7;">Gruffalo</em>, </b><em style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.7;"><b>Running on the cracks</b><span style="font-weight: inherit;"> </span></em>novel for<em style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;"> </em>teenagers, the <em style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.7;"><b>Princess Mirror-Belle</b></em><em style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;"> </em>stories and <em style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.7;"><b>The Giants and the Joneses</b></em>.</div>
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<em style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.7;"><b>Gruffalo</b></em> and <em style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.7;"><b>Stick Man</b></em><em style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;"> </em>are some of his other award winning works<em style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;">.</em>Axel is the illustrator of Royal Mail’s official Christmas stamps 2012 too. </div>
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Visit <a href="http://roomonthebroom.com/" target="_blank"> http://roomonthebroom.com/ </a> for more. It is packed with activities for kids, apps, DVD and '<em style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;">Room on the Broom'</em> merchandise.</div>
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Yes !!! it's about DAD's adventure told in the voice of his son. It has time travel, aliens, dinosaurs, vampires,pirates, volcano, hot air balloons.</div>
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Dad is kidnapped by Aliens.In an attempt to escape from their clutches, he opens the wrong door and lets the Time-Space Continuum in.</div>
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Had it not been for Professor Steg, a learned Stegosaurus and inventor, in his 'Floaty-Ball-Person-Carrier', he would have been eaten by sharks, sacrificed to Splod the volcano God, ended up as meal for the vampires.</div>
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Here, the Tyrannosaurus rex, Pteranodon,Ankylosaurus,Diplodocus are not creating havoc but are the Galactic Police, saving people all over the Universe and riding fast space bikes.</div>
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Through this whirlwind adventure, Dad manages to protect and hold on to the milk carton, uses it to scare the aliens and finally brings it safely home to his son and daughter.</div>
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'<b>FORTUNATELY, THE MILK...</b>' is an extremely exciting and enjoyable read. I would recommend it to young readers, 8 years and above. Before the child starts reading the book, a little talk about time travel and time machine would be great. For readers, who are reading time-travel fiction for the first time, it might be a bit confusing to understand the frequent shift of frames.Enquiring about the story on and off, occasionally reading it together will add to the fun. All through the story, the brother and sister keep asking their Dad probing questions about his adventure. It encourages kids to be curious and ask questions.</div>
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For kids who love dinosaurs, it is a bonus.</div>
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It is funny, entertaining little read.</div>
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First day of School is an important day in the life of our little ones. As parents we go through a mix of emotions - will he cry? will he miss me? will the teachers understand what he wants to say?...For the child, I think ,initially, he is more interested in the paraphernalia - new school bag, snack box and water bottle. The concept of school hits him once he has to leave his parents and walk into the school without Mama or Papa.</div>
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The challenge begins the next morning - refusing to get dressed for school, crying as soon as the car parks near the school gate, clinging to Mama/Papa as the teacher tries to take him in....</div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">To beat the '<b>First Time to School</b>' blues try</span><span style="color: #660000;"> <a href="http://www.wegivebooks.org/books/llama-llama-misses-mama" target="_blank">Llama Llama Misses Mama</a></span><span style="color: #222222;"> by Anna Dewdney. It is available in Amazon in all forms - Kindle, hardcover, paperback, audio CD and audible book.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"> But I found it in a wonderful site</span><span style="color: #660000;"> <a href="http://www.wegivebooks.org/books/" target="_blank">We Give Books</a></span><span style="color: #222222;"> all for free !!!</span></div>
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The book is about a Llama's first day at school. His Mama wakes him up, gets him ready and rushes to school as they are getting late.( something that happens in my home almost every morning) At school he is introduced to his new teacher and new friends and soon it's time to kiss Mama Goodbye.<br />
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The little Llama feels out of place. He is apprehensive and shies away from all activities going around him. He sobs. His teacher, a Zebra says it is Ok to miss Mama and assures him that his Mama will definitely come to pick him up once school time is over.</div>
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The piglet, kitten and giraffe baby( what do they call a baby giraffe ??) try to break the ice. They have fun together at the playground. Slowly Llama gets comfortable at school.</div>
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But he is definitely overjoyed to see Mama when she comes to pick him up. He plays a while at the playground, hugs his teacher and says Goodbye to his new friends. Llama at the end of the day starts loving school too.</div>
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A beautiful way of assuring the child that It's not only him, many children feel the same when they go to school for the first time. I would recommend reading it to the child after he comes home on the first day of school. He will be able to associate with little Llama and his feelings.</div>
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I wish I had access to the book when Junior went to school for the first time. Like many, ours was not at all a pleasant experience :)</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; text-align: justify;">It traces the history of cars right from 1880’s to 2010. It starts with the steam powered vintage cars and ends with future cars. It has information on more than 1200 cars- vintage, luxury, sports and many more.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; text-align: start;"> The book is divided into sections each dedicated to a decade of car history. There is a little introduction at the beginning of each section outlining the prevailing political and socio-economic scenario.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; text-align: start;">There is a side view of each car with its year and country of origin, engine type and capacity and top speed listed besides it. Interesting facts about the car are also mentioned along with it.</span></div>
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The book has approximately 400 pages, hardback.</div>
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I bought it when Junior was just 5 years, barely able to read full sentences. I admit, it was an impulse buy, I saw the book in our local book store, flipped through the page, fell in love.</div>
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It worked like magic on my little one. He could sit with it for hours turning its pages without getting distracted. For a 5 year old it was more like a picture book then. I sometimes feel that the eagerness to know about the cars , to read the available information accelerated the reading ability of my car crazy son. It is still one of Junior’s favorite books.</div>
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Biff,Chip and Kipper are the characters from Oxford Reading Tree series. We met 2 years ago. Junior had just started reading sentences and I was eager to introduce him to the wonderful world of books. I came across an award winning website <a href="http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/" target="_blank">Oxford Owl</a>. .It has an excellent collection of ebooks and option to buy printed books for ages 3 to 11.</div>
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It is a collection of adventures that Biff, Chip, Kipper and their dog Floppy embark on. The stories are interesting with bright and vibrant illustrations. The stories aren't long so the child can read them without getting bored.</div>
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The series has two sets of books – <strong style="font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.7;">Phonics and First Stories</strong> for each difficulty level <strong style="font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.7;">1 to 6</strong>. Each level has four Phonics and four First Stories. The Phonics helps the child practice reading by decoding the sounds in words. The First Stories provides further reading practice.</div>
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The <span data-mce-style="color: #339966;" style="color: #339966; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;"><strong style="color: #222222; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.7;">Phonics</strong></span> set has interesting stories. The sentences are short and simple. It emphasizes on letter patterns and their sounds. It deals with easy ‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’ sounds as well as the difficult ones like ‘ch’,‘sh’ sounds. The first page gives the list of words with the particular letter pattern that the child will learn in the book.</div>
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In ‘<span data-mce-style="color: #339966;" style="color: #339966; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;"><em style="color: #222222; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;"><strong style="font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.7;">Saving Pudding Wood’ Level 6: <span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;">Phonics</span></strong></em></span>, Biff, Chip, Kipper and their friends and family save Pudding wood from being destroyed. Throughout the story the sentences have words with ‘oo’,’u’ and ‘oul’ as in pudding, good, would . The first page lists these and similar words that the child will come across in the book.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; font-weight: inherit;">In ‘</span><span data-mce-style="color: #0000ff;" style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; font-weight: inherit;"><strong style="color: #222222; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.7;"><em style="font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;">Mountain Rescue’ Level 6: <span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;">First Stories</span></em></strong></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; font-weight: inherit;">, Biff and her friend Wilma come across a magic music box which transports them to a mountain railway station. They help rescue an eagle egg from being stolen. They trek, travel in mountain train. There’s a Mountain Rescue helicopter too.</span></div>
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‘</span><span data-mce-style="color: #0000ff;" style="color: blue; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;"><em style="color: #222222; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;"><strong style="font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.7;">The Lost Voice’ Level 6 : <span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;">First Stories</span></strong></em></span><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; font-weight: inherit;"> is a humorous one in which Chip has a sore throat and has lost his voice. His dog Floppy goes looking for it all over the house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; font-weight: inherit;">Both the sets </span><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;"><strong style="color: #222222; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.7;">Phonics</strong> </span><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; font-weight: inherit;">as well as </span><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;"><strong style="color: #222222; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.7;">First Stories</strong></span><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; font-weight: inherit;"> have ‘</span><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;"><strong style="color: #222222; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.7;"><em style="font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;">Tips for reading together</em></strong></span><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; font-weight: inherit;">’ and after-story comprehension questions for each book. They also have a fun activity page for the child.</span></div>
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The books have hardback with glossy wipe clean covers. They are small and easy to carry for children.</div>
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Oxford Reading Trees – Biff, Chip and Kipper series are a must have for all Early Readers. It is a wonderful way of getting the child interested in reading. It worked for Junior. Hope it works for you too!!!!</div>
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