We received this book to give an honest review. Oh A and I had a blast reading this book to the point of every time I would say "Land on my Knees" A would want to say it instead of me. This is a really adorable book that I think children from ages 3 on up would really enjoy. You have a young girl...
Genre: Animals / Manners / Folktale / Hungary / Magic Year Published: 2007 Year Read: 2015 Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company Now, I have read many unusual and creative folktales over the years, but I have never read a folktale quite like this one! “Little Rooster’s Diamond Button” is a ...
Genre: Family / Animals / Trickery / Folktale / Africa Year Published: 2001 Year Read: 2015 Publisher Albert Whitman & Company I have read many African folktales over the years and I have enjoyed almost every single one of them! So, I stumbled upon this new African folktale retold...
Disclaimer: ARC via Netgalley. Pickin Peas is the beautiful retelling of folktale that originally appeared, according to MacDonald, in Southern Workman. A girl is out picking peas in her garden and confronts a rabbit who, like most rabbits, starts to take the remaining peas. ...
Pickin' Peas by Margaret Read MacDonald & Pat CummingsI received an free e-copy of this book from NetGalley for review. I gave it two stars.While restoring a tale from the past is an admirable concept, this story was VERY difficult to follow because of the spacing of the letters. The singing rabbit ...
Loved this book so much after checking it out from the library that I went ahead and bought it. I have wanted to do some of this kind of storytelling after seeing Jan Blake telling stories live at a conference.I can't wait to get back in the classroom and start trying my hand at telling the stories ...
I don't really know what to say about this one. It was kind of weird. I just couldn't identify with this old lady at all. If fairies came in and did my housework for me, they could be as loud as they wanted to be. That's what earplugs are for!The kids listened to this one, and seemed to enjoy it ...
The boy with the golden snot. Very entertaining!