love when I get to review kids books because really reading to my kids is one of my favorite things in the world. I started collecting kids books when I was still in High School. I just knew that someday I would have a lot of little bookworms just like me. And guess what? I do!
Today I get to share with you a really fun new kids book, Firehouse by Mark Teague.
Join Edward and his cousin Judy as they spend a hilarious day learning how to be firefighters. From a fire drill that leads to a slippery slide down a fire pole, to a hysterical battle with an out-of-control fire hose, Edward is in for an action-packed adventure. And when faced with a real emergency, can Edward save the day?
My children love this book. We have read it repeatedly and they love the silly antics of these Firehouse Dogs. I love that the pictures are of all kinds of dogs, male and female. It shows my daughters that they can work in a Firehouse someday too if they want.
You may recognize the illustrations if you have read any of the How Do Dinosaurs books.
This book is perfect for beginning readers, Seth loves to read it to his sisters. It is also great for just looking at the pictures and laughing, which is something we like to do a lot.Mark Teague is an award-winning children’s book author and illustrator. His books include Funny Farm, a 2009 Parents’ Choice Silver Award Picture Book; Daer Mrs. Larue, the 2002 Book Sense Illustrated Book of the Year; Detective Larue; Larue for Mayor; and Pigsty. He is also the illustrator of the New York Times bestselling How Do Dinosaurs series by Jane Yolen. Mark lives in New York State with his wife and daughters
I have a great giveaway for you today!!! Scholastic is giving away a hard cover edition of Firehouse and a Fisher-Price Firehouse Playset to one of my readers.
So, to win here's what you have to do, comment. I want to know your favorite kids book and why!
For additional entries you can...
1. Tweet it (be sure to include @prairiemama in it so I see it!)
2. Facebook it
3. Blog it.
Contest closes 2 weeks from tonight, May 25 at 9 PM MDT.
That book looks like fun. Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteFun! We haven't started our family yet, but like you, I've been collecting children's books for a long time. Could be that I'm a teacher too, so I'm always on the lookout for books. :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite children's book? Oh man...my favorite is still Little Women, but I think for reading with younger children, my pick would be "Don't Let the Pidgeon Drive the Bus" by Mo Willems. The kids always get into it and think it's hysterical. I love all his books. :)
My kids' favorite books are: Goodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny, and Brown Bear Brown Bear What do you see?. They love the pictures and love to read along with me.
ReplyDeleteWe LOVE Sandra Boynton. Our favorite is Blue Hat, Green Hat. Mostly because Sammy has it memorized and can "read" it to us, as well!
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ReplyDeleteIt's about a girl who goes shopping for some shoes to wear to a party. My two year old boy loves shoes and this is his favorite book. He can actually say the second line on every page. He loves preforming this book for Oma and Opa (grandparents).
I LOVE MISS MARY MACK BECAUSE IT WAS PRETTY MUCH THE FIRST BOOK MY SON REALLY GOT INTO AND SINCE THEN HE HAS TAKEN OFF AS MY GREAT READING BUDDY
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"Love You Forever" by Robert Munsch. Because that's how I feel. No matter what happens, no matter how big they are, I will always love my kids!
ReplyDelete"Brown Bear, Brown Bear" by Eric Carle. I have many sweet memories of reading it to my son when he was a baby.
ReplyDeleteLove Goodnight Moon... I used to read it to my brothers when they were babies, and then to my own kids. :)
ReplyDeleteMy son is so obsessed with firefighters- we've toured the station for his last two birthdays!
ReplyDeleteFor little kids and babies I really love Sandra Boynton's books. So cute and fun.
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ReplyDelete... and our favorite kids books in our house are constantly chaninging. My kids love the "No David!" books, but you have to read it "with voices". We also love all of the "There was an old lady..." books. We love to sing all of the funny new things she eats. Reading time in our house is very interactive.
ReplyDeleteAhhh, sweet friend! The 3yo would go crazy with the book and the playset. Hard to know which he'd go crazy for more. Have you read Cook-A-Doodle-Doo? Fantastic book. Bear Snores On the books in that little series are also big favorites around these parts.
ReplyDeleteMy two year old would love this! We also love "Brown Bear, Brown Bear"!
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My daughter's favorite kids books are the I Spy series.
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I loved "I'm As Quick As A Cricket" by Audrey Wood. It was easy to read and I loved the pictures. My daughter loves it too!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite kids' book is called Popcorn. It's about a little white dog that wants to grow up to be a firehouse dog...and it's just such a sweet story.
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Witches by Roahld Dahl, or anything by Shel Silverstien, because they really helped me escape into my own world as a kid!
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My favorite is I'll love you forever. It talks about unconditional love, and how it is given back.I even gave it out in the parenting classes I used to teach.
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom! Because I can't read that without getting a serious case of the sillies.
ReplyDeletehmm.. Beez'a favorite book lately is cliche.. but it's Good night moon. He loves it. He sits so quietly while I read it.
ReplyDeleteI love reading to him!
And this fire house SO cool! :)
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ReplyDeleteOkay I had to get in on this giveaway Kim. My lil' dude would FREAK over any of this Firehouse stuff. :-)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite children's book for now is "Giraffes Can't Dance" or "Jamberry" or a sweet little book called "Thankful Together" that my mom bought for my first born and I've read it to all of my kids and still do.
I know I have more but those stand out for me right now and they always do.
How are you? Miss ya chicky...
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Oh my gosh my son would flip!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite kids book is "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" it's been my favorite forever, I even wrote a cross curricular unit of study based around it in university. Love reading it, and teaching with it.
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ReplyDeleteMy favorite picture book (today ;) is Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum by Lisa Wheeler. It is perfect for reading aloud and is so much fun.
ReplyDeleteMy son loves Are you My Mother? I guess he thinks it is funny when I read it with different voices. We read it almost every night for bed.
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Oh Eli adores firetrucks, he's get a kick out of this for sure molly (at) thesnyder5 (dot) com
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What a great surprise this will be for a firetruck loving kid. I just happen to know one. :)
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to pick a favorite book! My son's favorite changes all the time. I've always loved The Lorax by Dr. Seuss.
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ReplyDeleteI am so lucky, I get to read kids books all day long, and I even get paid for it! One of my favorite books to read for storytime (and to my own kids)is Crazy Hair by Neil Gaiman. It's an easy read-aloud book that has great images (and lots of silly ones) and though I love Brown Bear, Brown Bear too, this is one that not many people have read.
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ReplyDeleteWhat a great giveaway!!! My favorite when I was little was "There's A Monster at the End of This Book". My anxious little self related to poor Grover. Ha!
ReplyDeleteMy son is 3.5 and he cycles through favorites. Right now he doesn't have a fave, but his most recent was "How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight". Super cute!
My favorite children's book is Blueberries for Sal. LOVE that book. It has been my favorite since I was a little girl and used to look for it at the library when I visited with my dad.
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Just tweeted this great giveaway! :)
ReplyDeleteMy daughter is obsessed with firetrucks at the moment, she would love this!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite kids' book is Guess How Much I Love You. Such a great message for me to pass on to my kids.
Shared your tweet with my followers (@firstladyofmant)!
ReplyDeleteWe love Mike Mulligan and the steam shovel because I have two boys and they are all about digging!
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