Greetings Bashful Book Bee BuddiesJ

I hope your introduction to last week’s blog is giving some of you parents and teachers new book ideas to share with your children.

I’m still eager for YOU to give me feedback on the best media source to send you this information…

I had 74 “like’s” but I think we reached over 300 …. WHEN you like and share, if you will tell others to like and share… the word will spread…

If you are reading this YOU found the blog… I’m wondering if Blogs are as likely to reach a lot of people or if Facebook is the best way….

You can always email me at bashfulbookbee@gmail.com with your comments….

I am working on a form to enable you to order books at a 15% discount…. But until that form is in place… please email me your questions and ordersJ

This week’s “BEELOVED” book is… “If I built a house” by Chris Van Dusen. This is an awesome rhyming story… full of creativity and great imagination.  The story is “built” around a young boy’s imagination of the characteristics a house would have should HE get to build it… The story goes from rooms in the sky with a view, to rooms that defy gravity, to rooms filled with water and ocean creatures. Teachers will love using this book not only for the rhyming and creative thinking…. But also for the analogies of what places in our city use some of the characteristics described in some of his rooms.  5 BEES

HOWEVER this week we also have a “BEEST BET honor book”… “Oscar P’s Alphabet Adventure” by Kathleen Davis… I had to give this book a special place of honor not only because of my “loyalty to Tarleton, Stephenville, and Erath County”, but also because as alphabet books go, it rates at the top… The author also uses some vocabulary not usually found in alphabet books that will prove great introduction to many social studies lessons.  For you Tarleton Grads, it’s a great book for children in your families to learn the history of Tarleton and Erath County.

I have three other books to mention to you this week… my little committee of bumble bees love them all…. For me they don’t rate as high as my Beeloved book of the week, but they would all be good additions for your librariesJ

1.       “Pirates Guide to Recess” by James Preller….The story is about children using their imagination while playing….but for me I wasn’t sure the story would keep the attention as a read aloud... 2 Bees

2.       “Monsters love colors” by Mike Austin….This book lacks imagination, but uses some inventive vocabulary and introduction to colors that kindergarten and preschool students will enjoy. The colorful drawings and colorful words describing colors will make children smileJ 2 Bees

3.       “The Three Triceratops Tuff” by Stephen Shaskan….Is a story that most little boys will love since it is about dinosaurs.  It is a “take off” from the Three Billy Goats Gruff… Therefore using it as a compare and contrast story would work for a great lesson for teachers.                   2 Bees….