Things to Make and Do, Crafts and Activities for Kids - The Crafty Crow

Children's Book Choices for September

Ox-Cart Man
written by Donald Hall
illustrated by Barbara Cooney


The Little Red Hen
retold and illustrated by Paul Galdone


The Year At Maple Hill Farm
written and illustrated by
Alice and Martin Provensen


One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale
retold and illustrated by Demi


Ish
written and illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds


Billy and Blaze
written and illustrated by C. W. Anderson


The Little Yellow Leaf
written and illustrated by Carin Berger


A Book of Sleep
written and illustrated by Il Sung Na


Listen, Listen
written by Phillis Gershator
illustrated by Alison Jay


Art
written and illustrated by Patrick McDonnell


Little Owl Lost
written and illustrated by Chris Haughton


The Story of Ferdinand
written by Munro Leaf
illustrated by Robert Lawson

Rainy Day Art

I love this photo and ink jet printer techinque at
Gingerbread Snowflakes that uses rain or a spray mist!
Plan this for your next rainy day activity :)

Children's Book Choices for July

Roxaboxen
written by Alice McLerran
illustrated by Barbara Cooney


The Raft
written and illustrated by Jim Lamarche


Art & Max
written and illustrated by David Wiesner


The Curious Garden
written and illustrated by Peter Brown


Children Make Terrible Pets
written and illustrated by Peter Brown


The Quiet Book
written by Deborah Underwood
illustrated by Renata Liwska


The Imaginary Garden
written by Andrew Larsen
illustrations by Irene Luxbacher

New Feature: Story Hour

You may have noticed a new book list at the top of the left column over there.  It's called Story Hour and it's a selection of books that are relevant to the current month.

The month of March is National Nutrition Month and Women's History Month among other things. March 2nd is Dr. Seuss's birthday and also Read Across America day. Alexander Graham Bell has a birthday on March 3, Johann Sebastian Bach has a birthday on March 21st, and Robert Frost has a birthday on March 26th.  St. Patrick's Day is March 17th and the first day of spring is March 20th.  I won't cover every special day of each month, I've got to save some for next year, but there should be something for everyone I think :)