This morning I took Selah to her School's Scholastic Book Fair and I found some great buys. All books were half off and it was get one free, so I loaded up on hardbacks, especially the Caldecott Honors and Coretta Scott King Award books. Can't get enough of those, but the book that I can't put down is my spotlight for today, and perhaps...the start of a new bimonthly feature here at CFB and possibly a new blog. Children Book Bonanza. The book I'm so excited about is
P Is for Princess: A Royal Alphabet (Sleeping Bear Alphabets)
Dr. Steven and Deborah Layne wrote this book. Please visit
Dr. Layne's site if you want to help to encourage your children to love
reading. I am a huge fan now.
The best advice he gave to me as a parent that you can download from his site free
here is to schedule a reading night just like a soccer practice or ballet. I am book fool. I host a reader series and never thought of that. Bananas!
What I loved most about this book is that it's multicultural. It is a great geography primer. You learn about Russia, China, Asia, Africa, the Middle East. You learn about fairy tale origin, greek mythology in a way that isn't so overtop an eight-year-old would hate it. Love it!
Robert and
Lisa Papp the artists did a wonderful job capturing the glorious beauty that reminds of what a princess should possess. Here are a few pics courtesy of his site.
Selah and I were summer toy shopping in Target when we saw Fancy Nancy in all her splendor! If you have a daughter from 3-8 (My daughter is 8) they will love Fancy Nancy. We have had tea parties, craft parties and Girl Scout parties with the Fancy Nancy Theme. But the books are the best. Girls learn new words. They also learn that it is okay to girly, and individual, and thoughtful.
