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What a great series, I Can Read!

At first glance, "What Did You Bring Me?" (1973), by Karla Kuskin, seems like an unlikely favourite. It's very much a morality tale, and didactic, which I usually don't love, and the pictures are sort of amateurish. The messaging is obvious and a bit ham-handed. And yet... 📚📗📙 I loved this book as a kid. LOVED it. Begged for it to be read again and again! Because from the little girl mouse Edwina's name, to her dreadful behaviour, to her ultimate comeuppance, the over-the-top exaggerated nature of the whole thing really does speak directly to a child's sensibilities as well as their funnybone. "What Did You Bring Me?" is truly a surprisingly great read-aloud. ⏺ ⏺ ⏺ #noodlenutsclassickidlit #noodlenutskidsbooks #whatdidyoubringme #karlakuskin #harperandrow #greedy #greed #presents #toomuchstuff #love #family #mice #mousefamily #manners #parentsandkids #switchingbodies #tradingplaces #earlyyearsreading #vintagepicturebooks #1970schildrensbooks #1970s #picturebookstagram #ilovepicturebooks #picturebooklove #kidslovebooks #readitagain #childhoodfavourite #childhoodfavorite #readingtime📖 #picturebook https://www.instagram.com/p/B06zHS8n6ND/?igshid=7qs7rh8x776w

One of the most sought-after things for parents, I've noticed lately, is early readers and great read-aloud chapter books that are appropriate for and appealing to young kids, aged 4-6 or so. 📚📙📗 I grabbed "The Alligator and His Uncle Tooth" (1977) off my shelf of vintage books the other day and barely remembered it from my own childhood. But flipping through this lovely little hardcover, written and illustrated by the prolific Geoffrey Hayes, I quickly realized that this book of stories told to Corduroy Alligator by his sea captain uncle was an ideal read-aloud for little ones just starting to sit still for longer books. What are some of your favourite early chapter books? ⏺ ⏺ ⏺ #noodlenutsclassickidlit #noodlenutskidsbooks #thealligatorandhisuncletooth #geoffreyhayes #harperandrow #chapterbooks #earlychapterbooks #earlychapterbook #alligator #seacaptain #uncles #adventurestories #adventure #igbooks #magicofchildhood #childrensliterature #booksforkids #fortheloveofbooks #oldbooks #readingtokids #readaloudbooks #vintagekidsbooks #childrensclassics #classicchildrensbooks #childhoodfavorite #vintagechildrensbook #familyreading #bookloversnostalgia #books4yourkids #whattoreadtoyourkids https://www.instagram.com/p/B0rDxW0nyCo/?igshid=q7wpg7fl5hik

There's really only one appropriate way to kick off a week of great poetry books for kids, and that's with the spectacular Shel Silverstein! He's my lifelong favourite poet, and his spectacular "Where The Sidewalk Ends" is one of the few books that I ALWAYS have to have on my shelf. From clever, irreverent wordplay to gentle approaches to tough emotions, Silverstein never makes a misstep, and his line drawings, though simple, are endlessly entertaining. I know kids who claim to HATE poetry but beg for this book at bedtime!! ⏺ ⏺ ⏺ #shelsilverstein #shelsilversteinpoems #wherethesidewalkends #harperandrow #kidspoetry #poetryforkids #poetrybooks #humorouspoetry #funnypoems #wordplay #puns #poetryforchildren #1970sbooks #booklovers #igreads #bookobsessed #bookcollection #frommylibrary #earlyyears #mustread #readingtogether #personallibrary #growingreaders #kidslibrary #readaloudbooks #bookmagic #bestbooksforkids #earlyyearsreading #earlyyearsliteracy https://www.instagram.com/p/BzokcuZHllm/?igshid=tbn4ft7hb4mx

1: Harriet The Spy⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “You are an explorer. Your mission is to document and observe the world around you as if you’ve never seen it before.”⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #procreate #childhoodweek #characterdesign #illustration #denverartist #harrietthespy #nickalodeon #childhoodweek2017 @beatrice.blue #tomato #spy #harperandrow #illustrationartists #hightops (at Denver, Colorado)