Wh
Y is a letter
Y hanging by my calendar? I will tell
you wh
Y. When
you wonder what day it is,
you can look at the calendar. When 28-31 days have gone by,
you can turn the page to see the name of the new month. When
you turn the pages of the calendar 12 times,
you have seen the whole
year. Therefore the calendar represents the new
year and
Yy is for
year--got it? Let me tell
you more. . . Here is a poem about the whole
year with a picture and book suggestion for each month . . .
January brings the snow"Caps, Hats, Socks, and Mittens" by Louise Borden
illustrated by Lillian Hoban
is a book about all the wonderful things of all four seasons.
February--hearts aglow"How Do You Say It Today, Jesse Bear?"
by Nancy White Carlstrom
illustrated by Bruce Degen
is the story of a little bear who has his own way
of saying a special message and celebrating every month of the year.
March roars in and then it's spring
"The Wind Blew"
by Pat Hutchins
tells a story in rhyming verse of the day
the wind blew, and blew, and blew until it seemed
like everything might be carried away
April showers make us singespecially after looking at the great picture book
called "Peter Spier's Rain"
May makes flowers bloom and swayMy favorite four season book of all is called
"First Comes Spring"
by Anne Rockwell.
It is about another cute boy bear and everything
he and his family are busy doing each season.
June has Father's special day"Bear Wants More"
by Karma Wilson and
illustrated by Jane Chapman
is about another bear who is so very hungry.
(Boy, I sure have a thing for bear books)
July has fireworks that blast!"America: A Patriotic Primer"
by Lynne Cheney
illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser
is the perfect book to read around America's birthday.
It is a combination of cute pictures,the alphabet,
and a simple history of the United States.
August comes and summer's past
It may be about this time of year you may
get bored with summer.
"Bored---Nothing To Do!"
by Peter Spier
tells about two brothers who seek an escape
from boredom by building an airplane!
In September--friends we meet"Mouse's First Day of School"
by Lauren Thompson
with very cute simple illustrations
by Buket Erdogan
is another one of my favorite books!
In October "trick or treat!""Ten Trick-or-Treaters"
by Janet Schulman with bright,
bold illustrations by Linda Davick
is a Halloween counting book about
ten trick-or-treaters who are scared away, one by one.
In November--pumpkin pies
"Thanksgiving at the Tappletons'"
by Eileen Spinelli
illustrated by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
is the hilarious story of a family who have
one calamity after another while preparing
for Thanksgiving dinner.
In December Santa flies"Bear Stays Up For Christmas"
by Karma Wilson
illustrated by Jane Chapman
is a cute Christmas story of Bear and his friends.
(Are you surprised I actually came up with a new
title after all those books I mentioned in December?)
Maybe sometime this year you can look for any or all of these books at the library . . . or you know where else! In the meantime, have fun guessing which pictures have your Mommy in her younger days in them.
Happy book reading
Love, Grandma
In a couple months the xbox will be all full and ready for my alpha-blog followers (you!) to go shopping! But first you have to earn tickets to "buy" the alpha-surprises. Intead of fabulous prizes this year, I will give you tickets for assorted projects or activities (like from the "Zz" post). Show me what you've been doing in your Alpha-Book (or number notebook . . . or color book or cookbook, etc.) and I will give you some more tickets! Maybe I'll even give you a ticket if you make a comment on this post . . . or you give me more ideas of ways to earn a ticket or surprises to put in the xbox.
