Category: Children’s Books

Summer is moving fast! Fall is here soon and these two books will introduce the season to little ones. From changing leaves to school beginning, you can add these books to your child’s library.

The Wishing Leaf

As the seasons change from fall to winter, Bear eagerly waits for the last leaf to fall so that he can make a wish. This book touches on the practice of patience and friendship. Bear knows that when the last leaf falls in the forest, whatever wish you make is sure to come true! Although it’s almost time to sleep, Mama allows Bear to watch and wait with his friends. Will Bear see the last leaf fall? And if so, what wish will he make?

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Fall is For Beginnings

This book is a follow up from, Summer is for Cousins. In Fall is For Beginners, fall is for cool weather, new school supplies, and spending time with his best friend, Joe. But when a new girl named Ellie joins their class, Ravi and Joe’s duo suddenly becomes a trio.

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If you like these titles, you can find more like this at Abrams Books.

Books and Flash cards are great education tools for your children. Whether teaching colors, shapes or even about science and nature, your child can put concepts together and feel more connected to these topics through such learning tools and it makes learning fun. Gibbs-Smith has books and tools about nature, STEM and animals. Living in the Pacific Northwest has us admiring forests and mountains where camping and hiking are common family events for most. For my nephew, I wanted him to have these books and cards about National Parks.

The book, How To Play in the Woods is a fun camping tool. With simple items you find around camp, you get suggested fun such as music sticks, make rope from plant materials and more projects and games. The kids will self-entertain for hours and learn about nature as well. It is not a bad thing to become resourceful out in the wilderness at a young age!

The flash cards, All About National Parks features iconic animals, sights, and landmarks that make up the 27 US national parks. Included is a one-sheet map to visualize these parks locations. These are ABC cards from B-Bison, E-Everglades, S-Sequoia and more. They neatly store back in their box and the illustrations are large and bright.

These make great gifts for families who love to travel and learn together. Visit Gibbs-Smith for all of their books that make learning easy and fun!

Water Day – El día del agua (spanish edition) is a children’s book about a young girls sharing the celebrations of her town the one day a week the water man visits to deliver water to her village. Water is so important and it is easy to take it for granted until you are community who lost it regular supply. Water Day is available on Amazon and book stores.

Farewell Cuba, Mi Isla is a middle grade novel about two girls fleeing 1960 Cuba with their family. There are 336 pages and is a story about the Author’s real family experience.

This book will share some raw moments about Cuban history and a young girls having to flee her home and be something somewhere else. They had 2 changes of clothes each and $5 and the family fled to America. Victoria needs to help her family settle in Miami. This is a great book about family, change and a fight for the future in the 1960’s Cuban state. Farewell Cuba, Mi Isla is available on Amazon and book stores.

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