Saturday, August 28, 2010

A Read A Story volunteer read two books to the young children and their caretakers at the East Bay Rescue Mission.  The children listened to two stories about mice.  The first book was "Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse" by Leo Lionni.  This is a colorful book about a lonely mouse named Alexander who finds a toy mouse friend named Willy.  At first, Alexander is a bit envious about the affection that Willy gets from Annie, since he is Annie's favorite toy.   Later, Alexander finds out that Willy might be discarded after Annie gets new presents at her birthday party.  Read this book to see what happens to the two friends!  

The second mouse story is "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie," which is an enjoyable book about what happens to a mouse when you give him a cookie.   This book was written by Laura Joffe Numeroff and illustrated by Felicia Bond.   The children will be delighted to find out about the mouse's adventure in this book when he asks for a cookie, a glass or milk and what can be next? 

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

A volunteer visited a kindergarten class and read the book, "Corduroy," by Don Freeman to the children.  The young kindergarteners were delighted to hear about Corduroy, who was a little stuffed bear in the department store waiting for someone to take him home.  It's a wonderful story to read to preschoolers and to children in the early elementary grades.  Whenever a volunteer visits a class, she often asks questions about the book after reading to the children.  She also encourages the children to share the book with someone at home. 

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

The children enjoyed the book, "Curious George Visits the Zoo," which was read by a volunteer.  George, who was a curious little monkey, comes to the rescue, feeding bananas to the monkeys at the zoo.  Find out what happens in this entertaining book!

Thursday, October 9, 2008

I enjoyed reading "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle to young children.  It is a fun board book with pages of different sizes with punched holes on some pages.  It teaches children counting and also the days of the week.  Also, the children can learn that a caterpillar transform into a beautiful butterfly.  It's a good book to read to preschoolers!! 

Saturday, September 27, 2008

Do you like the book, "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" by Bill Martin Jr. and illustrated by Eric Carle.   I think this is a great book to read to your child, especially children who are under 5.  It is fun to read and easy for children to memorize.  Your child can learn colors and after a few times, he or she will know what will come on the next page.  Have a great day and enjoy reading to a child!

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