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Our Favorite Children’s Books about Compassion, Kindness and Empathy

November 11, 2016 by crayonsandcroissants

Our children depend on us to teach them about important issues such as celebrating diversity, showing kindness, cultivating compassion and building empathy. As a mother and a writer, I believe that reading books together with your little ones is a simple, fun and effective way to instill these values. Here are our favorite picks for children’s books with strong messages about compassion, diversity and empathy. A Sick Day for Amos McGee Amos McGee works at the zoo, and every day he makes time to visit his special […]

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Our Favorite Children’s Books About the Zoo

April 7, 2015 by crayonsandcroissants

Now that the weather is finally improving, we have been making a lot more trips to the zoo! Little M, Baby M and I love walking around and learning about the different animals. So it’s no wonder that these picture books about the zoo are favorites in our house! In Xander’s Panda Party, written by Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park and illustrated by Matt Phelan, Xander the Panda takes great pains to plan the perfect birthday party – but he has a little […]

Categories: Book Lists, Read • Tags: books, Children, Picture Book, Toddler, Zoo

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Put the BOO in Books With These Halloween Reads

September 30, 2013 by crayonsandcroissants

Get your kids into the Halloween spirit with these spooky, funny and adorable picture books! Little M and I are reading these now that it is October and Halloween is (finally) right around the corner! Ollie’s Halloween by Olivier Dunrea See how Gossie&Friends celebrate halloween in this adorable book filled with hooting, howling, creeping, and prowling goslings. Gossie is a wizard, Gertie is a chicken, Peedi is a dragon, Booboo is a bunny and Ollie, well Ollie is a mummy […]

Categories: Book Lists, Read • Tags: books, Children, Halloween, Holidays, Picture Book

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Books, books and more books

September 17, 2012 by crayonsandcroissants

Little M and I love to read. I sometimes think I get more excited about his books than he does, but then he proves me wrong by bringing book after book over to me to read to him. We do have a few favorites, but tend to read quite a variety of books. One of our newest faves is Listen, Listen by Phillis Gershator and Allison Jay. It’s lovely because it walks us through all the seasons, with wonderful rhyming prose […]

Categories: Book Lists, Play, Read • Tags: Activities, books, Children, Family

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