Can you believe it's almost the END of June?! (Can you also believe I'm still in school for 2 more days ... never-ending month!) As always, I have selected a few favorite picture books/nonfiction texts to share with all of you! Many of these books make great read-alouds, as well as being great recommendations for your kiddos to pick up during summer from their local library! :)
Let's get started!
1. "Bad Kitty" by: Nick Bruel
This book is HILARIOUS, plain & simple.
The kitty in this story starts getting angry at his owners for the types of food they are trying to feed him. He goes on a rampage through the house destroying everything in his path (listing the items in A-Z order), until his owners come home with something delicious. He quickly tries to make-up for what he's done so that he can get a treat.
Super cute read-aloud and a great book for kindergarteners on up.
There are also mini chapter spin-off "Bad Kitty" books that are great for 2nd graders +.
2. "National Geographic Readers" {Multiple Authors}
I cannot say enough great things about these "National Geographic Readers" for kids.
They are AMAZING!
As I've mentioned before, I'm not someone who is drawn to non-fiction, I would pick a fictional story any day, but these books are awesome. They are filled with great nonfiction text features in an accessible format for kids of all ages. Even for our youngest kiddos, they can browse and explore the different photographs throughout each book. These are filled with facts and would be a great addition to any age classroom.
Imagine all of the FANTASTIC nonfiction projects you could do with these! The opportunities are endless. Highly, HIGHLY, recommend this series.
3. "Elephant and Piggie" Series by: Mo Willems
Can we just talk about how much I LOVE Mo Willems for one second?
A LOT.
You may know him from one of my previously talked about favs, "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus" {mentioned here in my May Favorites post}.
These books are absolutely adorable and filled with simple, but effective illustrations to pair along with the text. "A Big Guy Took My Ball!" is one of my personal favs of the series, but I love them all. These are great for grades 1-3, but could be used as quick read-alouds for Pre-K/K students, as well.
A co-worker of mine {1st grade teacher} had a student create her own Elephant & Piggie book after reading multiple books from the series at school, and using Mo Willems as a mentor author.
How cool is that?!
Definitely check this series out. Another hilarious set of books by my man, Mo.
4. "Scaredy Squirrel" by: Melanie Watt
My final favorite for the month of June has to be "Scaredy Squirrel" by Melanie Watts.
This book is hilarious for a number of reasons, the main one being that this squirrel is super paranoid about something bad happening to him if he leaves his tree. He goes through a number of 'plans' he has incase these different things happen to him, but finally decides to make a move one day.
Not only is this book an AWESOME read-aloud, it is also available on Tumble Books to watch!
{So is one of the "Scaredy Squirrel" sequels}
There are a TON of "Scaredy Squirrel" picture books, if you find your students LOVE these books, you can fill-up a good section of your classroom library with them.
If you have any books you think I should take a look at, please leave a comment below! :)
Happy Summer to all of my teacher friends out there!
Happy Reading!
- Kristen
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