Busy Pandas by John Schindel, photography by Lisa and Mike Husar
For today's Nonfiction Monday selection, I'm bringing you a book for the smallest nonfiction lovers in your family.
Back in March, I reviewed four board books in Tricycle Press's Busy Book Series. They continue to be a favorite in our house, especially Busy Kitties. Well, Tricycle Press kindly sent the latest book in the series, Busy Pandas. After a recent trip to the National Zoo where my daughter saw the pandas and received her very own tiny stuffed panda, she has been entranced by this book.
Following the same format as the other books in the series, each page in the book features a full-color photographs of pandas demonstrating the action word on the page that will help your child build vocabulary. Both baby and adult pandas are in the book doing many things young children will be familiar with. For example, we see a "panda eating," a stalk of bamboo another "panda hiding" behind bamboo, a big "panda sliding" in the snow on its back, and tiny baby "panda napping" with its mother.
The sturdy board book with thick pages makes it an ideal choice for not-so-gentle toddlers. I highly recommend this book and the others in the series. Not only do they teach fun action words, but the beautiful photographs will keep even the smallest of kids engaged.
More Info:
- Reading level: Baby-Preschool
- Board book: 19 pages
- Publisher: Tricycle Press; Brdbk edition (October 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1582462593
- ISBN-13: 978-1582462592
Other books in the series include:
- Busy Bunnies, by John Schindel, photography by Steven Holt
- Busy Horsies, by John Schindel, photography by Casi Clark
- Busy Piggies, by John Schindel, photography by Steven Holt
- Busy Barnyard, by John Schindel, photography by Steven Holt
- Busy Kitties, by John Schindel, photography by Sean Franzen
- Busy Penguins, by John Schindel, photography by Jonathan Chester
- Busy Doggies, by John Schindel, photography by Beverly Sparks
- Busy Monkeys, by John Schindel, photography by Luiz Claudio Marigo
With three cats and a dog in our house, we are definitely animal lovers, and my daughter, who will turn one in just a couple of weeks, absolutely loves our animals. She also loves Tricycle Press's Busy Animal Board Books.
We own four of the eight books in the series:
- Busy Kitties, by John Schindel, photography by Sean Franzen
- Busy Penguins, by John Schindel, photography by Jonathan Chester
- Busy Doggies, by John Schindel, photography by Beverly Sparks
- Busy Monkeys, by John Schindel, photography by Luiz Claudio Marigo
Each page in the book features a full-color photographs of an animal(s) demonstrating the action word on the page that will help your child build vocabulary. For example, in the Busy Kitties book, we see "Kitty hissing/ Kitty kissing/ Kitty running/ Kitty sunning" and more.
My daughter is fascinated by the photographs in these sturdy books and just sits there and smiles as she flips the pages. I also appreciate that they will introduce her to other animals, like monkeys and penguins, that she doesn't have the chance to see in their natural habitats.
Other books in the series that we're adding to our wish list include:
These would all make a great addition to your young child's library.
René Colato Laínez
You can find this poem in the Spanish Children's Magazine, Iguana (May-June 2007)
En el día de las madres
corto flores de colores
para la reina de corazones
que me canta lindas canciones.
En el día de las madres
preparo un gran pastel
con tres libras de sal, un poco de miel
y mucha canela como el color de mi piel.
En el día de las madres
rompo mi pequeña alcancía
para comprarle a la reina una silla
y si no me alcanza, una calcomanía.
En el día de las madres
le abriré hasta el cielo mis brazos
para darle un regalaso,
un gran beso y un abrazo.
Take a look at these books about Mother’s Day/ Día de las madres:
Antonio's Card / La Tarjeta de Antonio by Rigoberto Gonzalez. Illustrated by Cecilia Alvarez.
¿Me quieres, mamá? por Barbara Joosse. Ilustrado por Barbara Lavallee.
A Ride on Mother's Back: A Day of Baby Carrying around the World
by Emery Bernhard. Illustrated by Durga Bernhard.
Happy Mother's Day, Mami! Happy Mother's Day, Mami!
by Leslie Valdes. Illustrated by Jason Fruchter.
Siempre te querré por Robert Munsch.
Mother's Day: El Dia De Las Madres by Ana Consuelo Matiella. Illustrated by Juana Alicia.
Love You Forever by Robert Muncsh.
Mama, Do You Love Me? by Barbara Joosse. Illustrated by Barbara Lavallee.
Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman
Busy Pandas by John Schindel, photography by Lisa and Mike Husar
Thanks Rene for the book list. As a teacher, I'm always looking for good Latino books by Latino authors and illustrators.