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| Happy International Book Giving Day from the Davis Family |
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| My grandsons delivering 2 books to the winner! |
My daughter sells these lovely
Barefoot Books on the east coast. You can learn more about her at,
www.BarefootBookNook.com As you can see, one lucky neighbor one two paperback
children's books, delivered by my precious grandsons. Have your children ever owned a
pet mouse or rat at one time? Wev'e had Sandy the rat and
Minnie, the mouse. Just a little bit of blue on the
book cover, on Ben's pants and the mouse house. Photos for
Blue Monday
If you're not familiar with this one, let me tell you a bit about the book,
Barefoot Beginner.
One Moose, Twenty Mice
Count the
animals from one to twenty while searching for the cat in
this lively
hide-and-seek selection that introduces animals like frogs,
whales, monkeys, ducks, hens and elephants.
Ages 1 to 4 years
Written By:
Stella Blackstone
Illustrated By:
Clare Beaton
About The Book
Many first number books teach pre-school children how to
count to ten. This energetic hide-and-seek book goes one step further,
helping young readers to count a menagerie of brightly colored felt
animals, from one moose to twenty mice. Children will love meeting
ladybugs, monkeys, dolphins, and tigers, and there is the added
challenge of finding the mischievous ginger cat hiding on every page.
The illustrations are beautiful and counting the animals is fun for the children.
Let's have a peek inside!
One of my most popular posts was making
Music Mouse for the Kindergarten Music Class! It was a paper plate filled with rice for a musical tambourine. If interested, visit
Meet Music Mouse
Thinking about
mice reminds me of another story called
Merry Mouse. Have you heard it before?
Merry Mouse by Jill M. Coudron
Once upon a time there was a mouse named
Merry. Merry lived with Mama Mouse in a mushroom patch on Monster Mountain.
Merry and Mama were mail mice. They delivered mail to each mouse hole on Monster Mountain. Sometimes they had mail for
Mr. Monster, who lived at the very top of the
mountain.
One Monday morning, Merry woke up to find marks all over his body - red, scratchy, uncomfortable marks! What was the matter with Merry? Mama Mouse had never seen marks like these. Merry felt miserable.
Merry and Mama decided to climb
Monster Mountain to see
Mr. Monster. He was kind and wise and could solve anyone's problems. Since it was a mile to the top of the mountain, Mama and Merry rested in the middle.
"My, my," said Mr. Monster as he rubbed his mustache and looked Merry over. "M-M-M-M-M...," he said, as he checked Merry's marks. (Make the sound of the letter M.) Mr. Monster finally said,
"Merry, you have the measles!"
Mr. Monster mixed some medicine for Merry to take until the marks disappeared. He also gave Merry special mittens to wear to keep from scratching. The mittens had
Ms on them. He told Merry to get lots of rest until Monday morning came again. Mama and Merry thanked Mr. Monster and went back down the mountain to get Merry well again. Mama delivered the mail alone each day while Merry rested.
When Monday morning came again, Merry looked in the mirror and saw that his marks were gone. He called,
"Mama, Mama, my marks are missing!"
To thank Mr. Monster for making Merry well, Mama and Merry made muffins, and took them up the mountain to him. As they munched on the muffins, they all said, "M-M-M-M-M-M!"
I've seen a real moose in Maine and Utah before; such a spectacular sight. Around the holidays and especially in toy stores, you'll find some moose dolls and puppets for the children. Photo for
Mandarin Orange Monday
Happy Reading!
“You can’t get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.” — C. S. Lewis
and Mother Goose Remembers HC w CD
