This looks like a simple little book—and it is—but the cute illustrations and sparse words might lead you to think it's a book for just the very young. In actual fact, it's so much f...
The story of a baby who gets super powers from eating avocados. It really appeals to kids - and parents! The baby chases away robbers and I do recall cheers while reading the story aloud + crie...
Ages 4 - Adult I'm so grateful when stories like this are shared. It's inspiring, yes, but more than that it's a thing of beauty. Here, Uri Shulevitz tells a story of his own childhood; the story...
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Ages 3 - 10 A fun book that teaches mistakes can become a thing of beauty when approached with the right attitude. The perfect gift for any child that struggles with imperfection.
About an over-excited little boy on Christmas Eve. Well versed in Christmas legend, he knows that not a creature should be stirring – not even a mouse. But our hero can’t sleep! It’s a ma...
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It’s that time of year again. The time of year where we enjoy long summer nights, cooking treats, gathering with family and friends and being asked multiple times a day ‘is it Christmas yet?�...
Ages 2 - 8 Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to.
Ages 2 - 12 I once entertained a group of four teenage boys for close to an hour just by passing out these three books. Unfortunately, it was in a church meeting and the sniggering (and occasiona...
Ages 3 to 8 The Gift by Michael Speechley is an all around beautiful book that speaks on loss, grief, connection, healing and the beauty that is all around us if we simply look for it.
Ages 2 to 8 This is a must-read book - it speaks to the anxiety of being separated from family, the strangeness of new worlds, reconciliation with those new worlds, a return to family and familia...
Ages 2 to 6 The Day We Went To Away is a wonderful book for introducing young readers to the idea of environmental impact and invites everyone to consider their responsibility and ability to enac...
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Ages 4 to 12 Jeremy needs a new pair of shoes and desperately wants those shoes - the ones all the kids want. But Grandma says: ‘There's no room for 'want' around here, just 'need', and what yo...
Ages 1 to 6 A sweet and comforting book that covers the basics like the baby sleeping in a ‘bath’, why Mummy’s tummy grows and why Mummy is so tired. The concepts are simple enough for very...
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Ages 2 to 10 This book pretty much requires young readers to pick a side. It’s a fabulous, fun introduction to the art of the real Picasso and Matisse—lots of brilliant illustrations and funn...
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Ages 2 to 8 A Banana Is A Banana by Justine Clark and Josh Pyke is a book and lively kids song that entertains AND get kids thinking about the words we use and what they really mean.
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Ages 2 - 10 Fourteen amazing paintings are accompanied by beautiful verse
Ages 2 to 8 Learning to navigate the pressures of life and discovering who they want to become is something that all children have to face, and it can be tough. Being You Is Enough is wonderfully...
Ages 2 - 6 Peggy is a really appealing book to read with someone who is mad for chickens, or worried about new experiences, maybe a homebody—they’ll relate to Peggy’s yearning for home, som...
Ages 3 to 8 A Whale of a Mistake is a beautifully relatable journey of hope and courage. With a focus on growth mindset and perspective it is a perfect gift for a child that is struggling with th...
https://www.wherethebooksare.com/blog-1/a-whale-of-a-mistake
Things go amusingly awry when a monster writes a letter to his cousin Fred. The letter is accidentally delivered to the little boy under whose bed Fred lives.
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