Buy it: Have You Filled a Bucket Today?
Have You Filled a Bucket Today? (By Carol McCloud) – The award-winning book is a great way to explain to your child the importance of being kind to others. The book explains that everyone in the world carries around an invisible bucket to hold their good thoughts and feelings. You can fill up other people’s buckets by doing or saying nice things. And when you fill someone’s bucket, you are also filling up your own bucket because you feel good about helping others. But when you are mean to someone, you are dipping into their bucket. The book also gives kids some ideas of how to be a bucket-filler. After reading this book, we continued to use the phrase “bucket-filler” around the house. When my daughter was helping me or saying something nice, I would point out that she was filling my bucket, which made her want to do even more good deeds. It’s a simple concept that very young kids can quickly pick up on. A wonderful book!
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: Leo the Late Bloomer
Leo the Late Bloomer (By Robert Kraus) – Leo is a small tiger who can’t do anything right. He can’t read or write or speak like the other animals. Leo’s father worries about him but Leo’s mother knows that he just needs some time to bloom. It takes a while, but one day, Leo blooms! He can read, write and speak just like everyone else. And the first sentence he speaks to his parents is: “I made it!” A great story to let children know that everyone grows and learns at different speeds.
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: Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon
Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon (By Patty Lovell) – Molly Lou Melon is very short with buck teeth. She is often clumsy and has a strange voice. But her grandma advises her to walk proudly, smile big and believe in herself. So Molly Lou Melon does just that. And when Molly has to move to a new town and start at a new school, she remembers her grandma’s wise advice. That advice helps her to make new friends and stand tall, even when faced with a school bully. At the end of the book, Molly Lou Melon writes to her grandma to let her know that all of her advice was right. And that is when the reader finds out that her grandma looks a lot like Molly Lou Melon and must have faced the same challenges growing up.
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!
Belinda Begins Ballet (By Amy Young)- This is a story about a girl named Belinda, who was born with huge feet. Belinda finds out that her big feet can be useful when playing soccer or jumping on a trampoline. But because of her big feet, a teacher tries to make Belinda be a clown for the school talent. Belinda wants to be a ballerina and is embarrassed by the clown routine. She practices dancing ballet and goes from a clown in the talent show to a beautiful ballerina.
Buy it: Belinda Begins Ballet
The book recommendations included on this website are books that my daughter Ally, now age 5, 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: I’m Gonna Like Me
I’m Gonna Like Me (By Jamie Lee Curtis) – This is a cute rhyming story about the many things children can like about themselves. The children in this book like their missing teeth, the unique sense of style, their ability to share and their bravery when trying new foods. But they also like themselves when they fall, make mistakes or are picked last for a team. It has a sweet ending that lets kids know they are loved by others and should love themselves too.
The book recommendations included on this website are books that my daughter Ally, now age 5, 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: I Like Me!
I Like Me! (By Nancy Carlson) – This is a simple and sweet story about having good self-esteem. A cute pig stars in this book and says she is her own best friend. She does fun things for herself like reading books and riding her bike and takes care of herself by keeping clean and eating right. When she falls down, she picks herself up and when she makes a mistake, she tries again.
The book recommendations included on this website are books that my daughter Ally, now age 5, 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!
