In April 2013 we will be spotlighting books by David Shannon as part of our Virtual Book Club for Kids.
Virtual Book Club for Kids is a fun way for us to share about new authors and books each month!
Have you read any books by David Shannon? If so, which one is your favorite?
If you want to read more about David, you can head here. Not only is he an author, he's also an illustrator. He won a Caldecott Award for No, David and has won loads of other awards for his simple and fun books.
Will you be participating in Virtual Book Club for Kids this month?
All you have to do is...
- Pick a David Shannon
book to read with your child or class (several are shown above in my collage) - Comment below and let me know that you are participating!!
- Do any activity, craft, cooking project, or other book inspired activity that goes along with the book your chose.
- Share what you did with us starting Monday, April 15th! We will have a linky up for three weeks where you can share any blog posts (if you are a blogger) or you can post what you did at the end of the linky post in the comments or on our Facebook wall.
book to read with your child or class (several are shown above in my collage)We always love seeing the variety of ways that children, moms, teachers, and other caregivers and professionals explore and create using books as their inspiration!
Here are a few of the new-to-us David Shannon books that we are looking forward to reading this month:
For more updates and to see posts by participating bloggers, head on over and "Like" our Virtual Book Club for Kids Facebook page or follow our Virtual Book Club for Kids Pinterest Board.
Here's the button you can grab if you are participating!
PS- If you missed any of our other Virtual Book Club Posts you can find them below:
June- Mo Willems
July- Don and Audrey Wood
August- Kevin Henkes
September- Lois Ehlert
October- Amy Krouse Rosenthal
November- Tomie dePaola
December- Jan Brett
January- David McPhail
February- Dr. Seuss
March- Julia Donaldson
Here are several of the bloggers that will be participating in this year's Virtual Book Club for Kids:
Toddler Approved - Rainy Day Mum - Adventures in Reading with Kids - 3 Dinosaurs - Royal Baloo - The Educators' Spin On It - Inspiration Laboratories - Pleasantest Thing - Edventures with Kids - Two Big Two Little - Playing With Words 365 - Kitchen Counter Chronicles - Outlaw Mom - Mommy and Me Book Club - Crafty Moms Share - No Twiddle Twaddle - The Good Long Road - Ready. Set. Read 2 Me - Reading Confetti - Mama Smiles - Juggling with Kids- Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas - Creekside Learning - Creative Family Fun - The Usual Mayhem - Teach Preschool - PlayDrMom - CraftoArt - Here Come the Girls - Being a Conscious Parent - Smiling like Sunshine - Crayon Freckles - Train Up a Child - Smile Play Learn - Enchanted Homeschooling Mom - Coffee Cups and Crayons - Having Fun at Chelle's House- Love, Play, Learn - Juggling With Kids - Motherhood on a Dime - Growing Book By Book- This Reading Mama - Fantastic Fun and Learning
Where do we link-up – this is my first time participating. Thank you.
head to this post! toddlerapproved.com/2013/04/david-goes-to-school-activities-david.html
I will be participating for the first time. I enjoyed reading David Shannon's book when I taught in a public school but I love sharing them with my daughter now as we homeschool.
I will be participating!
We will be doing our share of reading and crafts at Beans and Bubbles:)
We are participating at Journey to Excellence. LOVE David Shannon!