tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434637449821151727.post7985197400727411190..comments2014-03-17T05:51:18.691-07:00Comments on Homeschool Brain Dump: In the Beginning There Were Picture BooksAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18201527679462413588noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434637449821151727.post-60522880318026664102011-04-25T17:24:03.455-07:002011-04-25T17:24:03.455-07:00Thanks Heather (cousin that is). That looks famil...Thanks Heather (cousin that is). That looks familiar. It's not anywhere in the New York Times Guide to Children's books and it was definitely published before the last couple of editions of the Guide. I'll look for it at the library. I'm sure you have many classroom and mom favorites - I'd love to hear them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201527679462413588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434637449821151727.post-38089417194169262032011-04-25T17:19:11.167-07:002011-04-25T17:19:11.167-07:00Be sure to check out Why? by Nikolai Popov. I was...Be sure to check out Why? by Nikolai Popov. I was dissapointed not to find it on your list of wordless books. Maybe conflict isn't considered list worthy, but I consider it a must "read."cousin Heatherhttps://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/hrlang1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434637449821151727.post-43417307565171832002011-04-19T19:42:39.378-07:002011-04-19T19:42:39.378-07:00I'm just waiting to start my new job before I ...I'm just waiting to start my new job before I go on any spending sprees, plus we are going to start house hunting shortly so I'm putting off any unnecessary purchases until after we've moved (although I never would have guessed that I'd ever put books in the category of unnecessary purchases). My guess it that I'll pick up her books for him by Yule.Heathenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010384305739410013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434637449821151727.post-33256362468950330102011-04-19T13:13:50.154-07:002011-04-19T13:13:50.154-07:00Thanks for the tip Heather. I am always looking f...Thanks for the tip Heather. I am always looking for books that make difficult things: death, slavery, the holocaust, Japanese internment camps accessible and manageable for kids. We're reading from the Story Book section of the Guide right now, and many of these books are considered "bibliotherapy" because they address traumas, both big and everyday, that kids deal with. We recently read ones about a grandmother, a dog, and a father dying (not all in the same book.) I'll look for the Morales books. Why wait till the Monkey gets older to buy him books? Get them now, because they may not be available later and you never know when a kid will be ready for something.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201527679462413588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434637449821151727.post-74454687350744549932011-04-19T12:52:08.759-07:002011-04-19T12:52:08.759-07:00You might want to check out Yuyi Morales's chi...You might want to check out Yuyi Morales's childrens books- they are gorgeously illustrated. I saw a couple at the Art Institute in the new kid's section and thought that they were beautiful. You might want to check them out first to make sure that the kids would be OK with them. One was about death (although never identfied as such- he just called Mr. Calabeza and was a day of the dead skeleton) coming to take grandma away, but she tricks him into leaving her through taking a long time with her chores (which involve counting, giving an educational piece). I think that you have to be older to get what is really going on- younger kids probably wouldn't pick it up (my description sounds more morbid that I remember it being). I thought that it was really neat and have it on my list of books to pick up for Chunky Monkey when he gets older.Heathenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010384305739410013noreply@blogger.com