A Hippy-Hoppy Toad by Peggy Archer and illustrated by Anne Wisdorf goes on sale March 27th. Written for children ages 3-7, who will love this irresistible new rhyming book. A HIPPY-HOPPY TOAD features a very tiny toad who gets displaced as animals and humans brush past him on the road. With fun sounds and clever rhythms, this story is sure become a new favorite read-aloud.
You can hear me read it below:
About the Author:
Peggy Archer is the author of Name that Dog: Puppy Poems from A to Z and From Dawn to Dreams: Poems for Busy Babies, among other books. A Hippy-Hoppy Toad won the 2015 Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Work-in-Progress Award.
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With the irresistible pull of Hervé Tullet’s Press Here and the charm of The Monster at the End of This Book, Tom Fletcher’s inviting interactive read-aloud will have kids tilting, spinning, and shaking the book to get the adorable little monster out! That’s right! He’s out of the book . . . and in their room somewhere. Uh-oh!!
The co-author of the Dinosaur That Pooped series has created a monster that readers will fall in love with—and want to play with—again and again! It will get your own little monster tuckered out and snuggled in!
Tom Fletcher has a huge social-media presence, with over a million followers on Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. His videos “Buzz and the Dandelions” and “My Wedding Speech” went viral and have been viewed tens of millions of times all over the world.
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Chronicle Books recently sent me a copy of Bob Barner‘s childrens’ book, Bears! Bears! Bears!, to review. Storytime is a big deal around here and we are always on the search for great books. I read this as a bedtime story the other night to my four year old. This book is an easy read with great colorful pictures and tells young children about the different types of bears, their habbits and where they live. This book was a great springboard for my son and I to discuss what kind of bears live near us, how big they are, what they eat and their physical characteristics. It is a great book and I would recommend it for young children.
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I have always loved reading to my kids and started when they were born. Actually I read a lot when they were in utero. I even had the Dr. Seuss book, “Oh Baby, The Places You’ll Go!” which was written to read to our children in utero. My older kids loved to go to book stores more than toy stores and we went often. We would come out with armfuls of books and everyone would be so happy. Unlike me, my older kids can read in the car without getting sick and you would never find my daughter without a book. Her love of books was so memorable that her brother who was a little more than 18 months younger wrote a story in 4th grade about how she had packed way too many books on a flight to our vacation and the plane crashed. When we crash landed, the bag of books fell on her 3-year-old brother’s leg and broke it. It was a funny story and since they had the same 4th grade teacher, she could not help but laugh because she knew how true the story could be.
Anyway, so now the two little ones are in that great stage of loving being read to. Last weekend I went to a favorite store of mine, that is a book goldmine. I was by myself and took a long time perusing over the many children’s titles. I got some books for their Easter baskets but I also got some nice story books. I have not gotten to read that many of the new books because my 3 year old is obsessed with one of the books. I knew when I saw it he would like it because it was about baseball, but I did not know how much he would love it. We read it a few times and then he pours over the pages himself. He knows the names of the kids on the team. In the stands we have to find Daddy, Mommy and all his brothers and sister. We talk about the various things the kids are doing and I cannot tell you how much he loves this book. Luke (2) likes it too but Ethan just loves it. The funniest thing was when my husband read it for the first time to the kids, he started tearing up at the end. I mean it is a feel good story about an underdog team of pretty bad players coming through in the end. If you have a little sports fan, you should check out this book. It is great for us because Ethan is about to start his first season of T-ball. I highly recommend this book. It is titled, “Mighty Casey” and it is by James Preller and illustrated by Matthew Cordell.