Buy it: Fancy Nancy – Explorer Extraordinaire!
Fancy Nancy – Explorer Extraordinaire! (By Jane O’Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser) – Fancy Nancy and her friend Bree are going exploring in their backyards. They share their rules and checklists for being an explorer extraordinaire. The girls observe bugs, look at wildflowers, watch birds and collect leaves. There are great photographs and several interesting facts that are perfect for children. How do you tell a butterfly from a moth? How big is a hummingbird? How do flies walk on the ceiling? Fancy Nancy and Bree explain it all. The book also includes nature jokes, instructions on how to make a pine cone birdfeeder and a recipe for extra-fancy lemonade. A perfect book for Fancy Nancy fans and nature lovers.
The book recommendations included on this website are books that my daughter Ally, now age 5, and I have read and enjoyed together. I recommend the books that stand out to me as excellent children’s books for writing, illustrations, originality, story and characters. Ally and I hope you enjoy them too!
Buy it: Fireflies!
Fireflies! (By Julie Brinckloe) – This is a sweet story about the simple pleasure of chasing fireflies on a summer night. A little boy is eating dinner when he sees something flicker out in the yard. He grabs a jar and runs outside to join his friends. They all run barefoot in the grass trying to catch the fireflies in their jars. The boy is thrilled as catches the fireflies and takes his glowing jar back home. But as he lays in bed, he watches as the light in the jar dims and the fireflies fall to the bottom. The boy struggles with the realization that the fireflies would be better off if they were flying free. He goes to the window, opens the jar and lets his fireflies fly away into the night. A great way to teach children about appreciating and respecting nature.
The book recommendations included on this website are books that my daughter Ally, now age 5, and I have read and enjoyed together. I recommend the books that stand out to me as excellent children’s books for writing, illustrations, originality, story and characters. Ally and I hope you enjoy them too!
