BOOKS ON DEALS DURING THE AMAZON GREAT FREEDOM SALE!!!
When it rains, it pours! Here are the books everyone at kbc has been reading and recommending!
2000+ Reward Stickers: A Fun Sticker Book for Teachers and Parents – Encouraging and Celebrating Kids’ Achievements with Over 2000 Stickers. For 6 years+ (32 pages). Amardeep highly recommends this. In her words, “Getting kids to do anything, usually requires providing lots of motivation and encouragement. Thankfully the smallies, like Neil, are easily encouraged by reward stickers. I give him one for good work done, good behaviour and even for just cleaning up properly. He loves choosing his own sticker as a reward, and also chooses where he wants to put it – on his notebook, hand or t-shirt! If you too are looking for a reward sticker book, this one is amazing – it has thousands of different types, big and small, with many different wordings, animals and fun sayings! This is a must have reward sticker book to encourage kids during study…”
BABY/TODDLER BOOKS
Usborne Farm Yard Tales – Poppy And Sam Finger Puppet – The Lamb for 0-2 years (10 pages)
Usborne Lift-The-Flap-Play Hide & Seek With The Dinosaurs for 0-2 years (10 pages)
Alphaprints: Tweet! Tweet!: A Touch-and-Feel Book by Roger Priddy (10 pages). There are many other interactive board books in this series.
Alphaprints: Alphababies Board book – Lift the flap
Alphaprints: Magical Creatures: A Book of Noises and Actions
Alphaprints First Words (14 pages)
FIND OUT ABOUT: KINDNESS (a lift-the-flap book) for 1-2 years (18 pages). There are other books in this series.
Babies Laugh At Everything for 0-2 years (10 pages). There are other books in this BABIES LAUGH SERIES.
Clapjoy Velcro Book Level 1 Preschool Busy Book Toddler|Numbers,Alphabets,Animals,Colours,Fruits,16 In 1 Busy Book For Age Up To 3 Years 160+ Rounds
FLASH CARDS
Brainy Bug Resources Flash Cards Suitable age : 2 to 6/7 years. It will vary for different category. E.g action words and verbal reasoning can be introduced as early as 2.5 to 3 years. Grammar and advanced concepts can be introduced later.
Sindhuja has shared a detailed review here in the kbc fb group. “Brainy bug resources have a wide range of flash cards to introduce essential vocabulary to kids. Their packs contain 30 to 50 flash cards to introduce action words, describing words, position words, naming words, tenses etc. . Additionally they also have verbal reasoning, emotional literacy, phonetics etc.
All their flash cards are beautifully illustrated. Very intuitive illustrations and very engaging and colorful. Instantly captures the attention of kids. Also they have categorized to levels making each level progressively more challenging than the previous. I started introducing action words cards to my kid when she was just 2.5 years old. She was able to pick up words in no time. Vocabulary increases tremendously allowing them to pick up the language faster and speak fluently. Must try!”
PICTURE BOOKS
Awake, Asleep (32 pages)
Night Night Sleep Tight: Jungle Animals by Lucy Rowland for 1-5 years (32 pages)
I Really Want the Cake by Simon Philip the author of many funny books we all have and recommend! To name some:
I have to start at school today (review here)
ACHOO!: A laugh-out-loud picture book about sneezing (review here)
It All Began When I Said Yes – very helpful book! (read Achira’s detailed review here)
He has also written I REALLY WANT series.
Archie Hates Pink (32 pages)
A Boy Called Book for 3-7 years (32 pages)
How to Catch a Loveosaurus for 4-8 years (40 pages)
Fern and Otto: A Picture Book Story About Two Best Friends for 3-7 years (40 pages)
The Yeti Who Came To Stay for 4-7 years (24 pages) . Aditi has shared a cute review and inside pages here in the kbc fb group. Excerpts:
“Have you heard of the mysterious phenomenon named Yeti and been curious about him. Billy was curious too and decided to go look for him up in the mountains. What do you think happens next? What if instead of the Himalayan horror he turns out to be a naive, amiable, playful creature?? And what if you can actually bring him home ??!! Oh my my – what fun would that be !!!!”
The TinyWing Fairies by Suzanne Barton (32 pages). The Butterfly Dance is by the same author.
Betsy Buglove And The Brave Butterfly by Catherine Jacob (32 pages)
Always Anjali for 4-8 years (40 pages). Other books in this series include Bravo, Anjali! (2) and Anjali Can!: 3
Now & Ben for 5-9 yrs (40 pages)
Ramadan And Eid Al-Fitr for 5-7 years (48 pages)
EARLY CHAPTER BOOKS
Read With Oxford: Stage 4: Comic Books: Looga And Barooga| for 5-7/8 years (56 pages). Mona highly recommends.
Don’t Sneeze! #2 (The Kid from Planet Z) by Nancy Krulik for 6-8 years (96 pages). There are other books in this The Kid from Planet Z series which Lakshmi’s 7 yo daughter enjoys reading. Nancy Krulik has written quite a few other school series for 7-9 year olds. All her books can be found here.
Zoey and Sassafras #1 : Dragons and Marshmallows for 6-10 years (96 pages). There are other books in the Zoey and Sassafras series.
British Museum: So You Think You’ve Got It Bad? A Kid’s Life in Prehistoric Times for 7-9 years (64 pages). There are many other fun-filled books in this series of funny historical books called British Museum: So You Think You’ve Got It Bad?
Saved by Smell (My Mad Scientist Mom) for 5-8 years (128 pages)
Sejal Sinha Battles Superstorms (Volume 1) for 6-9 years (128 pages). Sharadhi’s 9 yo daughter Stavya loves the series. “The references to rocket made her think and talk about the book she read in school…”
Sam Wu Is NOT Afraid of Ghosts! for 6-10 years (224 pages). There are other books in the Sam Wu Is Not Afraid series!
Heartwood Hotel A TRUE HOME by Kallie George for 6/7-10 years (176 pages). In Sindhuja’s words: “Came across an extremely heartwarming series called “The Heartwood Hotel”. The story is about Mona a Mouse. She stumbles upon a wondrous world of “The Heartwood Hotel” when she is in dire need of shelter in the middle of a fierce storm. She desperately hopes they’ll let her stay the night. As it turns out, Mona is precisely the maid they need at the grandest hotel in Fernwood Forest, where animals come from far and wide for safety, luxury, and comfort. But the Heartwood Hotel is not all acorn soufflé and soft moss-lined beds. Danger lurks, and as it approaches, Mona finds that this hotel is more than a warm place to spend the night. It might also be a home.
Vocabulary is simple and the narration is extremely engaging”
Rattu and Poorie’s Adventures in History: 1857 (historical fiction) for 7-11 years (112 pages)
CHAPTER BOOKS
Uncle Gobb and the Plot Plot by Michael Rosen for 7-9 years (272 pages). There are other books in this series too.
Sudeshna Shome Ghosh – publisher, editor and author recommends books by Katya Balen (an award winning author) for middle graders. To quote her, “I would recommend the books of Katya Balen. They often talk of family relationships, particularly children and parents, and they always have a very compelling protagonist. They don’t flinch from bringing up emotions. And mostly, they are uplifting and very good reads.”
Some of these include:
The Light in Everything : Shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal 2023: Recipes from Sri Lanka 9-12 years (336 pages)
October, October for 9-12 years (304 pages)
The Space We’re In for 9-12 years (304 pages)
Ghostlines for 9-12 years (288 pages)
Another series under young fiction/fantasy and adventure called The Thames and Tide Club is also by the same author for 7-9/10 years.
Camp Sweets: Monster Fun At Summer Camp by Nandini Nayar for 7-10 years (144 pages)
The Wind In The Willows for 7-10 years (200 pages). Quoting Aditi Shah: “A wonderful book with beautiful English. It takes you through the adventures of a water rat, a mole and the infamous incorrigible toad who has a penchant for attracting trouble. Simple yet eye catching illustrations and a lovely amalgamation of nature into the story. I read this to my 7 year old and he laughed so adorably while we read the toads adventures. Important life lessons also learnt from this book. Definitely recommend.”
The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City (192 pages)
Song For A Whale for 9-12 years (320 pages)
The Land of Stories series by Chris Colfer for 9-12 years
Chronicles of Whetherwhy: The Age of Enchantment: Book 1 New for 2024, a thrilling illustrated fantasy adventure from the author of the acclaimed Pages & Co series for 9-12 years (384 pages)
Chronicles of Whetherwhy: The Season of Flames Book 2
EARTHQUAKE BOY by Leela Gour Broome for 12 years+ (208 pages)
NON FICTION/ACADEMIC BOOKS
USBORNE LOOK INSIDE TRAIN (14 pages)
USBORNE See Inside Trains (16 pages)
Usborne Book And Jigsaw Trains (16 pages)
Webby Railway Station Illustration Jigsaw Puzzle – 252 Pieces. THERE ARE LOTS OF OTHER JIGSAW PUZZLES IN THIS WEBBY ILLUSTRATION SERIES!!
DK Eyewitness Train for 9 years+ (72 pages)
An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield for 18 years onwards (336 pages)
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