"As usual, Stevens' animal characters, bold and colorful, are delightful. . . . It's all wonderful fun, and the book opens, fittingly, from top to bottom instead of from side to side, making it perfect for story-time sharing."-- Booklist |
We had so much fun with this book in our preschool class. It paired perfectly with our conversation about fruit and our math theme of representing quantities and numbers with numerals. We were able to talk about our favorite fruits, name the colors of the fruits and practice naming numerals and counting to ten.
After we read the book we continued our fruit conversation to the snack table where we prepared a fruit salad. We didn't have the exact ingredients (and we forgot the kiwis) but the kids had a blast pouring all the fruits into the bowl, mixing them up and enjoying their snack. I am very pleased with the resulting positive conversations about certain fruits that were previously not appealing. I'm so glad that the authors created a book to encourage healthy eating in this day and age of processed food. Fine work Bread+Butter Publishing! In addition to the previous book, I also have an "End of the Rainbow Fruit Salad book to give away to one lucky winner. Check out the details below and enter to win it for your own library! Follow the Rafflecopter instructions below for your chance to win one of these fantastic books. There will be two winners. The first will get their book pick and the second will get the one left over (hopefully their book pick too!). Books will be mailed out on Monday April 21st (upon receipt via email of the winner's mailing address). Join us for the fun and complete your entries between now and the 21st! Good Luck!
Those books sound amazing! We miss your class. V asked yesterday if her school could still be at your house and if Miss Amanda could still be her teacher. I think she misses you. I know I do :)
ReplyDeleteI love Miss V! Hugs to your family right now, we look forward to seeing you again soon!
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