1st Quarter - Week 8 Books

Barney the Beard by Eve Bunting. We have this story in our own library at home. Love it!

Best Friends for Frances & Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban. Only a so-so fan of Frances, but cute stories.

Berlioz the Bear by Jan Brett. Wonderful illustrations.

Nicky and the Fantastic Birthday Gift by Valeri Gorbachev

The Nativity Play by Nick Butterworth and Mick Inkpen. Great story about kids putting on a Nativity story at school.

My Grandma is Wonderful, My Dad is Awesome, and My Grandma is Amazing by Nick Butterworth. I really enjoy this author's work.

Down the Road by Alice Schertle. Gentle story about a little girl going to buy eggs all by herself. Of course, then Sophia played the same thing several mornings in a row as I was cooking eggs for breakfast.

The Illustrated Book of Ballet Stories: Introduced by Darcey Bussell by Barbara Newman (book and CD). Sophia loves to listen to this CD as she is looking at the book. DK Publishing does this really well.

Popcorn by Frank Asch. Thanks to Bubbles Grandma for mailing us this cute Halloween story about out-of-control popcorn and party guests all starting with the letter B!

B Saints from New Picture Book of Saints: St. Joseph Edition by Rev. Lawrence G. Lovasik, SVD: St. Barbara, St. Elizabeth of Hungary, St. Bernadette, St. Bridget, St. John Bosco, St. Sebastian

If you couldn't tell our Letter of the Week was B. We read lots of books with characters starting with the letter B, made Banana Bread, drew pictures of St. Barbara and St. Elizabeth of Hungary (the B is hidden there:), and colored a "B" book.

We also watched St. John Bosco: Mission to Love from Ignatius Press. Made in 2004, it is a good retelling of St. Bosco's life. It was a very inspiring movie although not quite age appropriate for a 5 year old.