John and El's Favorite Books

The bears' picks for best books: October/November 2001
These titles should be available at your local library.

Great easy-to-read stories for kids in Kindergarten through 2d Grade.

cover
buy the book
in the
US or UK
When Tiny Was Tiny by Cari Meister

Move over Clifford; Tiny is a charmer. Here's the perfect story for a beginning reader about a pup who outgrows everything in sight.

Shoes : 
The Sound of Sh

buy the book
in the
US or UK

Shoes, the Sound of SH by Peg Ballard

One of the Phonics series of the Wonder Books, this title for first readers repeats familiar spelling patterns found in English. Real photos help to tell the story when Shelly goes shopping for shoes.

My "h" Sound Box

 buy the book
in the
US or UK
My "h" Sound Box by Jane Belk Moncure

A heaping helping of "h" sounds are served up in this story about what happens to little h when he makes his sound box heavy with hats, a hen, and even a helicopter.

cover
buy the book
in the
US or UK
The Best Pet Yet by Louis Vitellaro Tidd

Jay spends the day trying to decide which pet to take home from the store in this story for readers in Kindergarten through second grade.

cover
buy the book
in the
US or UK
A Bed Full of Cats by Holly Keller

Lee misses his cat Flora when she disappears from his bed. First and second grade readers are in for a surprise when she returns.

For more book reviews, click here!

All of our book reviews are written by respected children's librarian
Barbara Lintner of the Urbana Free Library in Urbana, IL.  AKA, Natalie's Mom.


Back to Bear Tales


All backgrounds and graphic elements
© 1999/2000 by Natalie Lintner
No work may be "borrowed" without permission
cover art used by permission from Amazon.com