Holiday Blog Experiment

At the end of the year I like to try something different with my blogs. This year I’m going to post very short “teaser” book reviews on Twitter, 2 books a day until the last day of school.

I have some great new nonfiction reference books for kids and the 2009 Cybils Easy Reader and Short Chapter Book Award Nominees.

If you’re already on Twitter, I’m @asuen1 (For a daily email, sign up here.)

Happy Holidays!

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5 Great Books About Trains

Freight Train
by Donald Crews
This freight train is on the move! Picture Book

I Love Trains
by Philemon Sturges (Author) and Shari Halpern (Illustrator)
A rhyming look at the cars on a train. Picture Book

Stop, Train, Stop!
by Rev. W. Awdry (Author) and Jane E. Gerver (Illustrator)
Thomas the Tank Engine rushes past all his stops! Easy Reader

Two Little Trains
by Margaret Wise Brown (Author) and Leo and Diane Dillon (Illustrators)
A classic picture book by the author of Goodnight Moon with new art.

Window Music
by Anastasia Suen (Author) and Wade Zahares (Illustrator)
Ride the train from Grandma and Grandpa’s all the way home. Picture Book

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5 Great Books About Thanksgiving

I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie
by Alison Jackson (Author) and Judy Schachner (Illustrator)
The old lady swallows a Thanksgiving pie and more! Picture Book

Thanksgiving Is for Giving Thanks
by Margaret Sutherland (Author), Sonja Lamut (Author)
A simple picture book explanation of the holiday.

Thanksgiving on Thursday (Magic Tree House #27)
by Mary Pope Osborne (Author) and Sal Murdocca (Illustrator)
Jack and Annie go back to the night before the first Thanksgiving. Chapter Book.

The Perfect Thanksgiving
by Eileen Spinelli (Author) and JoAnn Adinolfi (Illustrator)
A rhyming tale of two Thanksgivings, at a “perfect” house and…the other kind. Picture Book.

The Very First Thanksgiving Day
by Rhonda Gowler Greene (Author) and Susan Gaber (Illustrator)
Thanksgiving in a “This Is the House That Jack Built” rhyme. Picture Book.

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