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Not sure how to submit a book, but I just finished using "Z is for Moose" and it was delightful!

Here is what I wrote on Amazon for a review.

Z is for Moose - a great book to use for Kids Yoga!, March 16, 2013
By
Gail PickensBarger "Gail Pickens-Barger, E-RYT" (Beaumont, Texas, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Z Is for Moose (Hardcover)
Z is for Moose. Great book to use with Kids Yoga! This ABC book to use in reading the story out loud, then acting out the A, B, C animals in the book with yoga poses. It's great when moose tries to take over the other letters, and has great humor it the story line. I supplemented the book/storytelling with ABC Yoga for Kids Card deck, so that we could further act out animal poses for the letters. For example, the letter U, is Umbrella in the book, but I had the kiddos pick out cards from my yoga deck, and instead of acting out Umbrella, we acted out Unicorn instead. Worked very well for ages 4 - 12.

YogaKiddos with Gaileee [...]

Hi, Gail. Thanks so much for stopping by. I just saw that you posted about Z is for Moose on one of your blogs, and I was so happy to see it! I will definitely include your post in the roundup. I'm actually going to meet Paul O. Zelinski, who illustrated the book, at a writing conference this weekend. I'm super excited!

Hi Kerry-

I miss taking part in your round ups now that I'm focusing on chapter books! So I went through my early Picture-Book-a-Day posts and found two reviews I don't think I put into one of your round ups. :)

http://picturebookaday.blogspot.com/2012/01/book-21-hop-jump-by-ellen-stoll-walsh.html

http://picturebookaday.blogspot.com/2012/01/book-24-brontorina-by-james-howe.html

Well, that is really exciting!
The kiddos, grandkiddos, parents and grandparents really enjoyed the family yoga class that I did with this story book. The kids kept on the lookout for moose, and were really surprized with the M for mouse selection. And the had empathy for the moose when he was sad. The writing and the illustration worked very well together.

How do these authors and illustrators team up so well? How do they storyboard to each other? I'm very curious about the process. Thanks!

Gail Pickens-Barger

Thanks! The family yoga participants really enjoyed the book. Especially when they were expecting M for Moose and got M for Mouse. The kiddos really had empathy for the moose, when he didn't get letter M, and were hunting the rest of the pictures for the Moose reaction.

The writing and illustrations really complemented each other. I'm curious how the writers and illustrators story board each other, and this whole process of creating a childrens (and now, Yoga story book) book.

I used to work weekends at an independent book store in Ponca City Oklahoma, called Brace Books and More. Best bookstore you'd ever find. And you know.....I don't think I ever came home with any salary from that place.....ah....books!!

Gail Pickens-Barger

I miss you in the roundups, too, Amy! If you want, I can include one of these in the March roundup and one in the April roundup....so you can be involved in both :) I love Brontorina, by the way. Haven't read your Ellen Stoll Walsh selection yet, though!

Hi Kerry - I'd love to share The Very Hungry Caterpillar: http://omazingkidsllc.com/2013/03/02/celebrate-the-very-hungry-caterpillar-day-with-kids-yoga/. Love all of your posts & the roundup!

I also have one for Dr. Seuss' ABC's: http://omazingkidsllc.com/2013/02/21/big-a-little-a-a-dr-seuss-abcs-alphabet-extravaganza-kids-yoga-early-literacy/

There's also one for Perfect Square: http://omazingkidsllc.com/2013/02/14/perfect-square-a-perfect-book-for-kids-yoga/..... I forgot to hop by to participate in last month's roundup.... feel free to spread these out & include them in whatever roundups you would like :)

Hi Kerry, Thanks for hosting. We have a great book to share.. one of our very favorites! Its called "Goal!"
http://www.stackingbooks.com/?p=1323
-Reshama
www.stackingbooks.com

Yeah!! So glad you joined again, Reshama. I used to watch soccer games in college sometimes, and it is such a beautiful sport when you really focus on the movement :)

Hi, Angela. I almost reminded you about the roundup last month, but I didn't want to be a pest :) So glad you are here this month! I'll probably post one or two of your posts for March and save the other one or two for a later month. Looking forward to reading all three now, though!

That would be wonderful! Great idea!

Hi again, Gail! So awesome that you worked at a bookstore at one point. I would go home with too many books if I did that, too! So, I met Paul O. Zelinski, and I even told him that you are using the book for yoga classes. He was really excited!!

A lot of people don't know this, but the author and illustrator of a picture book rarely interact at all! The illustrator works with the text, makes the story his or her own, and sometimes even adds storylines that you can only follow through the illustrations. In Z is for Moose, Paul talked about how he gave some of the cast members of the book little toys to hold (which started with the same letter as the cast member). You can see it in the front pages of the book, and then I think at least in one instance, one of the toys ends up on another page.

Authors and editors can give illustration notes to the illustrator, though, which is what happened with Z is for Moose. Paul actually talked about it some at the conference. He also said that in some cases, he asked if he could change a few of the cast members to different objects/animals. I can't remember which ones offhand, but he did get permission to change them.

It's been super fun interacting with you here. Hope we can chat about picture books more later :)

Here you go, friend! Post for Cindy Moo. It's a mighty-fine, bovine time! JG
http://abcsofreading.blogspot.com

Thanks, Jayne!!

Even though I really hope spring shows up soon, here's my submission for the roundup about snow! http://mariasmovers.com/2013/02/01/twirly-whirly-snow-dance/

Thanks for reaching out to me on twitter, Kerry. I am very happy to be included in your February roundup, with a review of a super new app of PRANCING,DANCING, LILY by Marsha D Arnold: http://joannamarple.com/prancing-dancing-lilly-app-recommendation/

Thanks, Maria. I'm sure there will still be more snow in some places this winter :)

Thanks so much, Joanna! I think I am going to have to buy this App :)

Kerry, I love the theme of movement. And its fun to see the roundup of different types of movement! This comes a little late, but would love to share the story of Jumping Jenny:
http://www.stackingbooks.com/?p=1546
This book also encourages a social cause!
Thanks for hosting the roundup!
-Reshama
www.stackingbooks.com