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Caroline is a visual learner and she is not an avid chapter book reader (yet!). Like most visual learners, she enjoys color, engaging comics, photos, and strong graphics. Those of us who parent children like this often find it challenging to keep them supplied with reading material that is age appropriate, contains quality content, and …
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Kiss Good Night by Amy Hest is the third Sam book I’m sharing in my cozy book series! Previously I wrote about Don’t You Feel Well, Sam? and You Can Do It, Sam, both books about a bear named Sam and his mother. These are sweet stories especially for toddlers and preschoolers although we read …
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We put candles in our windows each fall and keep them there through Christmas, New Year’s, and the winter. I love the feeling of warmth and hospitality they seem to send forth each night when we light them. So I especially loved An Early American Christmas by Tomie dePaola. I confess I’m not generally a …
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Little Bear’s Trousers by Jane Hissey is An Old Bear Story, part of a collection of stories about the adventures of a group of stuffed animals. I previously wrote about Old Bear in A Month of Cozy Books. There is also Little Bear Lost. Each book in the series has the same cozy, distinctive feel. …
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Old Bear by Jane Hissey embodies pretty much everything Caroline loves most in books, namely talking stuffed animals who go on adventures. I purchased this book when I was teaching first grade, long before I became a mother. Bur I knew that Caroline would love it when I brought it out for her. Old Bear …
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Bunny Bungalow by Cynthia Rylant (illustrated by Nancy Hayashi) is one of my favorite picture books. We happened upon it at a consignment shop and it quickly became beloved by all of three of us. It’s a simple story with charming illustrations that definitely belongs in A Month of Cozy Books. Bunny Bungalow Bunny Bungalow …
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Have you discovered the Ladybug Girl books? Somehow Caroline and I missed this series up to this point, but we were delighted to read through them now. An imaginative little girl with her dog sidekick? Right up Caroline’s story alley! I received a full set of the hardcover editions to review so let’s check them …
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Autumn: An Alphabet Acrostic by Steven Schnur (illustrated by Leslie Evans) is one of my favorite fall books. It combines so many of my favorite elements of a book. Autumn: An Alphabet Acrostic is the first book in a series that includes Spring: An Alphabet Acrostic, Summer: An Alphabet Acrostic, and Winter: An Alphabet Acrostic. …
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Antler, Bear, Canoe – A Northwoods Alphabet Year by Betsy Bowen includes so many things I love in a picture book including the theme, the subject, and the illustrations. This is one of those books I purchased as soon as I saw it on the bookshelf. (Betsy Bowen also wrote a companion book called Gathering …
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Gathering – A Northwoods Counting Book by Betsy Bowen is the companion book to another favorite cozy book I’ve already shared, Antler, Bear, Canoe – A Northwoods Alphabet Year. Each of the books take the reader through both a journey in the northwoods and a journey through the calendar year. Gathering – A Northwoods Counting …
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The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton is one of the truly timeless cozy books. This Caldecott winner was written in 1942, but it seems to apply just as much today as it did back then. In fact, I think for many people in our culture The Little House speaks of the deep longing of …
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Homeplace by Anne Shelby is a wonderful picture book for teaching your child about the concept of ancestors. It also gives an excellent representation of how their lives can intertwine with our own decades or even hundreds of years later. This book is full of wonderfully detailed and cozy illustrations that make it a perfect …
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Snowed In by Barbara M. Lucas and Catherine Stock is a cozy story I happened across at a book sale. I bought a used copy that had been discarded by a school and am so glad I found it! The book is an lovely cozy combination of story, history, and illustrations. Snowed In The story …
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It was a foregone conclusion that Winter Days in the Big Woods would be a book I would add to my cozy collection. When fall begins to approach, my mind always turns to Little House in the Big Woods. There is something warm and cozy about the scenes described in that Wisconsin log cabin that draw me …
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The After-Christmas Tree by Linda Wagner Tyler and Susan Davis is a treasure I picked up in a bookstore when I was teaching (and before I was married!). It was one of those books that I knew I had to add to my picture book collection as soon as I read it. It’s a sweet …
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One Red Apple is a gorgeously illustrated book that traces the life cycle of an apple tree. Written by Harriet Ziefert and with paintings by Karla Gudeon, the book is a visual feast. This was one of those books that as soon as I picked it up in the children’s section, I knew it was …
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Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall and illustrated by Barbara Cooney is a perfect cozy book for any time of the of year. Winner of the Caldecott Medal for Best Children’s Picture Book in 1980, Ox-Cart Man is a timeless tale that truly should be read aloud to every child. Ox-Cart Man The story starts in …
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As we head into the season of sickness, this is a perfectly cozy book to have on hand! In Don’t You Feel Well, Sam? by Amy Hest, poor Sam is sick on a cold night on Plum Street. (This is the same wonderful Sam and his mother, Mrs. Bear, we met in Kiss Good Night and …
