Books read in April - Jayden

It’s been some time since I last update on the books we read. We are still reading, but just that I don’t have much time to update here. Nevertheless, I managed to do a post on  some of the books which we read and my boys enjoy.

Panda Bear, Panda Bear What do you See? by Eric Carle

Needless to say, I am sure most of you would be familiar with books by Eric Carle. Well this is one of the books that my boys enjoyed too.

The book closes wistfully with a dreaming child who sees the animals all "wild and free." Names like "macaroni penguin" contribute to some awkwardness in the text's rhythm, but the bright collage images and lilting language bring the animals to life on the page-soaring, swinging, or even strutting.
The new bear at school by Tim WarnesMrs. Cluck announces to her students, a group of cuddly little animals, that a bear will be joining their class. Happily anticipating a new teddy-bear-like friend, they’re stunned when Boris, an enormous young grizzly with sharp teeth and claws, lumbers though the door.

Though softhearted Boris tries to fit in, his attempts tend to frighten his compatriots. But after school, when the Rat Pack bullies his new classmates, Boris heads into their midst and saves the day. The story makes good use of repeated words and repeatable phrases for emphasis and for fun. The tale unfolds dramatically through the action-oriented story and the colorful, endearing artwork.

Besides that a plus point for this book, is that as you read along, you would find that some of the illustration have learning materials that teaches number as in numeral and word, colour, days of the week….etc.

 A visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker
 A Visitor for Bear" is a perfect story for preschoolers and anyone else for that matter. It tells the story of Bear, a rather reclusive character who prefers to live alone, undisturbed and even posts a sign on his front door "No Visitors Allowed". Things change when bear gets a visit -from a persistent, cute little mouse who just won't take NO for an answer and keeps popping up in the unlikeliest of places, much to the disgruntled Bear's annoyance. What happens eventually is the sweetest thing - friendship.
The book deftly handles the themes of loneliness and friendship, and the sentences are simply written - perfect for preschoolers. The illustrations are in watercolor and very beautiful with touches of humor, depicting the extremely annoyed Bear and the ever persistent Mouse to such an effect that one can't help but laugh out loud at their antics. Highly recommended and perfect for reading aloud.My 5-year-old daughter asks for this book frequently
 Henry and Mudge Series by Cynthia Rylant

Henry doesn't have any brothers or sisters or friends. What he does have is Mudge, a 180-pound dog who is Henry's best friend and protector. The pair share several adventures in this lighthearted and easy-to-read book.

I like this book because the pictures are amazing. It is a great book for all ages and easy to read.

I thought it was a good book for me and my brother because it wasn't too easy and it wasn't too hard. It was about right, and the pictures were good.  

 Don’t rock the boat by Sally Grindly and Sarah Battle

Charlie the Cat boards his boat and sets off to Dottie the Donkey's birthday party. Along the way, he meets lots of his friends who want to come, too. But what will happen if the playful puppies, frisky lambs, and perky piglets rock the boat?

Basically I borrowed this book in conjunction with my Mrs Wishy Washy farm theme learning. As in this book, we learnt about the sound that animals made, and counting animals. But Javier was not interested in this book at all, and ended up it was Jayden who took it to read most of the time.Monkey’s Friends by Ruth Brown
Just a simple book with nice illustration about a Monkey going for a walk. Along the way he meets some friends, and using the clues, the boys would guess what is the animals.

 ZOG by Julia Donaldson
Zog is the keenest dragon in school. He's also the most accident-prone. Luckily, a mysterious little girl always comes by and patches up his bumps and bruises. But will she be able to help him with his toughest test: capturing a princess? Perhaps this is a story about the dragon that really get Jayden keen to read it again and again. Sometimes we would take turns to read, while sometimes he would read it to me. 小牛不做工 我会读series of book is very good for kids to practice their reading. I realized that Jayden is able to read most the words in the books up to series five. I would give credit to Hope kindy and Berries classes for his Chinese learning. As I did not do much in teaching him Chinese at home.(given his Chinese standard and number of words he knows for now, for a 5yr old plus, I think he is way way better than me when I am that age. I guess kids nowadays are pretty stressful, as they are supposed to know and able to read and understand a fair amount of words when they enter Primary 1)