Favorite Fall Books for kids.

As a family that loves to read, we have a big collection of you guessed it... Books! Since I was pregnant with our daughter we began reading to her. We enjoyed reading to her every evening and when she was born we continued to read books to her. With our son it's been the same story, except now that our daughter can read she sometimes reads to him {this melts my heart}.

Among our collection of children's books we have books that are perfect for Fall weather. These books show how the leaves turn into red, orange, gold and brown and how the air is cooler. Here are our favorites:

"Mouse's First Fall" Is a very special book that explains about Fall. It is written by Lauren Thompson and illustrated by Buket Erdogan. In this cute book you will meet "Mouse and Minka" who go out of their home to play. On their way to play they notice something is different and begin talking about all the changes that they are noticing. The illustrations are beautiful and make children feel they are there inside in the book enjoying Fall. 

"Colorful Leaves" is a science book written by Maria Fleming, in which you will not only see pictures of different types of leaves but also learn their names and what leaves do.  It also contributes to children's vocabulary by teaching them new words related to Fall. One of my favorite features in this book is that the last page has a list of new words with their meaning and 3 questions you can ask your child for reading comprehension.

"Ruby's Falling Leaves" was written by one of our favorite authors -Rosemary Wells. This is the story of Ruby and her little brother Max who reminds us so much of Adventure Boy. As Ruby is searching the backyard from leaves she is missing in our "Leaf collection book" Max enjoys seeing leaves and how different they are.

"The Legend of Spookley" Is a great book that not only shares about Fall and pumpkins but also the story of a square pumpkin and teaches us to accept differences with others and appreciate them. Spookley shows in the story how being different is good. Written by Joe Troiano and illustrated by Susan Banta. 

"I Spy a Pumpkin" Perfect book with riddles and photographs that allow children to pay close attention and search for specific items. Best part is kids get motivated to read. Adventure Boy loves this book as he can "read" some of the words that are represented through images. 

There are many other books that are perfect for toddlers that talk about fall. It's always a great way to teach about colors, numbers and science as well as increase a child's vocabulary. 

Do you or your child have a favorite book about fall?

Hector {a book review and giveaway}

Written and illustrated by Steve Barnes,  Hector is perfect for any age. With colorful and full of life illustrations of the jungle. Hector is a  zebrapotamus. That means that he is a hippopotamus that has zebra stripes on his body, his color is the only difference he has from other hippos. However even though it is only his color that is different he is indeed a hippo. The story teaches us about respecting others regardless of shapes, colors or size and how others feel when being bullied. The illustrations were colorful something kids will appreciate.

"Bullying is a problem that has affected our society for as long as man has noticed differences and not respected others. I know because I was bullied during my 4 years of middle school. Respect is key in life and with it we can stop bullies. I love how Hector was always genuinely kind regardless of how others treated him and that is a very important lesson, staying true to ourselves no matter what. This book is perfect for children of all ages as it sheds light on how victims of bullying feel." -Adventure Mom

On the day we received this book Adventure Girl read it three times and is still reading it daily. Here's what Adventure Girl had to say:

"This is a great book, the attitude the hippos had against Hector was not right and in the end they were big enough to recognize they had made him feel very sad and unwanted to the point that he wanted to find new friends. But he was still kind to them when they needed his help."

Coincidently October is National Anti-Bullying month, let's prevent it from happening and teach our children about respect. 

We liked the book so much that....

We are hosting a giveaway for a copy of Hector to one lucky reader!

All you have to do is complete the form below 

{please remember to follow the instructions for each entry}

a Rafflecopter giveaway