#animated book

~Elizabeth LaBan, Melissa DePino ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 5 out of 5. Published: 2018, Amazon Original StoriesPages: 32 Writing Style: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Summary: This book narrates the real life friendship between the co-authors of Pretty Little World – Elizabeth and Melissa. Elizabeth was a new mom when she meets her new neighbor, Melissa. From not liking each other to confiding secrets with each other, their…

We bring you a special visit from St. Nick to share with your kids. A Twas The Night Before Christmas reading by Rick Kissner set to animated pages of the Clement Clark Moore book illustrated by Douglas Gorsline and published in 1975 by Random House. (more…)

Book of Sclavin (trailer)

Un coup de cœur pour... “Quand j’étais petit...”, de Mario Ramos, éd. Pastel / L’Ecole des Loisirs, 2000.

« Beaucoup de gens ne sont jamais jeunes ; quelques personnes ne sont jamais vieilles.»

 Georges Bernard Shaw

« J’ai fait ce livre pour dire aux petits qu’il ne faut pas perdre ses rêves en grandissant et rappeler aux grands leurs rêves d’enfants.» 

Mario Ramos.

Ce n’est pas ce livre qui va donner envie de grandir. A la version avant/après, on préfère forcément celle d’avant : avant les absolues nécessités, les impérieuses obligations de la vie d’adulte et les tracas qui l’accompagnent. Alors osez dire non à la vie adulte, oui à la confiture mangée à même le pot, et consciencieusement répartie autour de la bouche.

Derrière chaque fenêtres de l’album se cache l’enfant que nous avons été que nous sommes encore. Un album sans texte où chacun se raconte sa propre histoire.

BOOK CLUB: "NOT A BOX"

THE GIST OF IT:

Summary: Author Antoinette Portis shares about the creative joys of playing with a cardboard box that every kid (and adult) should experience... because essentially, "it's not a box" actually, but rather an unending list of fun possibilities!  

Project Type: Read & Learn (or in the case of video, Watch & Learn)

For ages: 3+

Time Needed: 30 minutes

Teaches Kids: imagination, thinking "outside-the-box", creativity

To Get Book: Amazon, Amazon Used, Barnes & Noble, Powell's Used, or your local library (you can request book to be transferred to your branch)

RELATED ACTIVITIES:

CHARADES: Write ideas on slips of paper, take turns pulling out slips, and play charades with the box (e.g., "refrigerator" --> put box upright vertically; pretend to open door to pour a glass of milk; other players guess; correct person acts next; for kids who can't read, draw pictures or whisper to them)

YOUNG AUTHORS: Make personalized illustrated version of the book; if you can print and bind it, kids would go crazy!  Check out this site for more options.

ANIMATION STATION: If you are techy, you can make an animation too!  If not so techy (like me), settle for the book version and record your kid and his/her "not-a-box" as you voice over with narration

GET YOUR BOX ON: Get a sturdy box (refrigerator or big diaper boxes are the best) and join your kid in playing pretend or you can buy new boxes.