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Author Archives: Kristen Page
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- Lilly’s Big Day
- A Cache of Jewels
- Spot Goes to the Beach
- Snowsong Whistling
- My Little Polar Bear
- Old Bear
- Fox on the Ice
- The Best Yard Sale
- Big Black Bear
- The Day the Sheep Showed Up
- One Fine Day
- The Birdwatcher
- 1 Zany Zoo
- My Lucky Day
- Fred Stays with Me
- Listen, Listen
- The Boss Baby
- Foxy
- What’s that noise?
- Fish Eyes: a Book You Can Count On
- Moo Baa La La La
- The Boss Baby
- Dooby Dooby Moo
- Doug Unplugged
- Marley and the Kittens
- Moon Rooster
- Chowder
- Roller Coaster
- King of Another Country
- Mamma will it Snow Tonight?
- The Hero of Little Street
- It’s Your First Day of School Annie Claire
- Beady Bear
- One, Two, Three
- Perfect Piggies
- Olivia Builds a Snowlady
- Owl Babies
- All You Need for a Snowman
- What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?
- Go to Sleep Daisy
- Duck’s Truck
- Sea Creatures
- Bears
- Have You Seen My Duckling?
- All Aboard: A True Train Story
- Me…Jane
- Chowder
- Fred Stays with Me
- The Birdwatcher
- My Lucky Day
- What’s that Noise?
- Foxy
- Roller Coaster
- Mama, will it Snow Tonight?
- Doug Unplugged
- Beady
- The Boss Baby
- Ladybug Girl and Bumblebee Boy
- Chickens aren’t the Only Ones
- Jack and Rick
- Just Clowning Around
- Big Pig, Little Pig
- Stars
- And then it’s Spring
- Pete’s a Pizza
- My Friend is Sad
- What is that? Said the Cat
- Chalk
- Rosie’s Walk
- How to Catch a Star
- Fox and Friends
- Brownie Groundhog and the Wintry Surprise
- Danny and the Dinosaur
- Waddle
- I Love Trains
- Gallop
- We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
- But Not the Hippopotamus
- Alexander and the Wind-up Mouse
- Giggle, Giggle, Quack
- Where the Wild Things Are
- Listen Buddy!
- Waddle
- Goodnight Gorilla
- Curious George
- Inside Freight Train
- Moosetache
- Raccoon on His Own
- Chowder
- It’s Your First Day of School Annie Claire
- The Birdwatcher
- Good night Gorilla
- Waddle
- Inside Freight Train
- Moosetache
- Bats at the Ballgame
- Kenny and the Little Kickers
- Shoo, Fly Guy
- Fireman Small
- One Fine Day
Fox Party
We had a fantastic party at the arboretum for the girl who loves foxes !!!
The kids started with some wildlife tracking!
The fresh snow was perfect for some fun and a snowball fight!
Inside, the little foxes made a snow globe, traded books and ate cupcakes!
We also had a photo booth:
Happy Birthday Amazing Girl!! 
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300 / 1000 Books Before Kindergarten
We have read 300 books!
- Kenny and the Little Kickers
- Smudge’s Grumpy Day
- The Trash Planet
- Big Black Bear
- Curious George and the Rocket
- Things that Go
- Barnyard Dance
- Alexander and the Wind-up Mouse
- But Not the Hippopotamus
- Little Buddy
- Let’s Dance, Little Pookie
- Many-colored Blessings
- We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
- Step Gently Out
- Big Brown Bear
- Hot Hippo
- Thump Quack Moo
- Cookie’s Week
- The Trash Planet
- Dandelion
- Giggle, Giggle, Quack
- My Friend is Sad
- The Gas We Pass
- Dolphins
- There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Fly Guy
- Fifteen Animals
- Corduroy’s Party
- Pooh’s Honey Adventure
- What is that? Said the Cat
- Find My Friends
- Library Lion
- Stars
- I Love You, Stinky Face
- Alphabet Rescue
- Hedgie Loves to Read
- Fireman Small
- A is for Angry
- Giraffes
- Deer at the Brook
- Dinosaur Time
- God’s Quiet Things
- Corduroy’s Day
- Corduroy Goes to the Doctor
- Everyone Poops
- Mirabelle and the Bouncy Red Ball
- The Going to Bed Book
- My Friend, Rabbit
- Somewhere in the Ocean
- A Color of His Own
- Danny and the Dinosaur
- Finders Keepers
- When I was Young in the Mountains
- Fox and Hound: That’s What Friends are For
- All Aboard! A True Story
- Diary of a Worm
- Jamberry
- Jesse Bear, What Will you Wear?
- Snow on Snow on Snow
- The Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto
- Red Hat
- Boot and Shoe
- Dog in Boots
- It’s Duffy Time
- A Weekend with Wendell
- Lilly’s Big Day
- A Cache of Jewels
- Oh!
- Don’t Eat the Teacher!
- A Friend for All Seasons
- Spot Goes to the Beach
- Owls: Whoo are They?
- Snowsong Whistling
- My Little Polar Bear
- Old Bear
- Fox on the Ice
- Red Hat
- Dog in Boots
- Boot and Shoe
- Billy Bunny’s 1,2,3
- From Head to Toe
- The Mitten
- The Carrot Seed
- Little Hoot
- The Hat
- To Market to Market
- Let’s Go Thomas
- Magic School Bus: Inside the Human Body
- Harold and the Purple Crayon
- Harold’s Fairy Tale
- Harold’s Trip to the Sky
- Giggle, Giggle, Quack
- Oh!
- Don’t Eat the Teacher!
- A Friend for All Seasons
- All in a Day
- When I was Small
- I Know a Shy Fellow Who Swallowed a Cello
- Bats on the Beach
- Bubba the Cowboy Prince
- All the World
The Fox
The girl and I were driving along a forest preserve last week when 2 deer ran out to the edge of the road. We were both surprised to see the two lovely does. I suggested that the girl watch for other animals…like a fox. She replied:
[If I saw a fox] “I would be crying from all of my heart because I would be so happy!”
I personally think that “the fox says” This girl is really something special!
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1000 Books Before Kindergarten

The girl loves books! She’s starting to read, but I think she likes listening to mommy read too much to really show us what she can do. We love reading to her, so when we heard about the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program at our library, we signed up.

We don’t have a lot if time…we started the week after Thanksgiving, and I guess we need to be done before August. We keep a log of the book titles and turn them in at the library when we reach 100 books.
I thought I would also keep a record here! Here are the first 200!!
- Who is it?
- Red Knit Cap Girl
- Trouble on the Tracks
- Everybody Poops
- Who is it?
- The Giant Seed
- Good Night World
- Merry Christmas, Merry Crow
- I am Invited to a Party
- Max Cleans Up
- What Star is This?
- Wemberly Worried
- Owl Babies
- If You Take a Mouse to School
- Merry Christmas to You, Blue Kangaroo
- Good Night, World
- Little Pea
- Little Hoot
- Little Oink
- Big Red Barn
- If You Take a Mouse to School
- The Life of a Butterfly
- Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin
- Bear’s New Friend
- Owl Moon
- Max’s Christmas
- The Giant Seed
- Merry Christmas, Merry Crow
- The Paperboy
- Chickens aren’t the Only Ones
- The Velveteen Rabbit
- Snow Bunny Tales (Max and Ruby)
- Olivia Builds a Snow Lady
- Time to Sleep
- How to Hide a Crocodile
- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
- Owen
- The Birds of Bethlehem
- Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse
- All in a Day
- Quick as a Cricket
- The Twelve Days of Christmas
- Blueberries for Sal
- Inch by Inch
- The Snowy Day
- An Egg is an Egg
- The Little Mouse, The Red-Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear
- The Christmas Party
- There’s a bird on Your Head
- Otis
- One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
- Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
- My Friend Rabbit
- Charley Harper’s 1, 2, 3
- Dogs
- The Legend of the Poinsettia
- Sheila Rae the Brave
- I Aint Gonna Paint No More
- Sheep in a Shop
- I Love You So Much
- Sadie and the Snowman
- Charlie Needs a Cloak
- Ox Cart Man
- Oliver
- No Fighting! No Biting!
- The Night Before Christmas
- Most-of-the-time Maxie
- The Wonder Book of Counting Rhymes
- Oscar Otter
- Timothy Tiger
- Johnny Lion’s Rubber Boots
- The Hat
- Me and My Flying Machine
- The Night Before Christmas
- The Night Before the First Christmas
- The Paperboy
- When I was Small
- Bats at the Beach
- Otis
- All the World
- Listen, Listen
- Bear Stays Up for Christmas
- Hush!
- The Quiet Book
- Edward the Emu
- I Know a Shy Fellow Who Swallowed a Cello
- First the Egg
- Birds
- Barnyard Dance
- Quiet Loud
- May I Bring a Friend?
- Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
- Antarctica
- Bear Feels Sick
- Perry Penguin: A Tale of a Brave Family
- Bath Time for Biscuit
- Butterflies
- Press Here
- An Egg is Quiet
- The Stray Dog
- Merry Christmas, Merry Crow
- The Giant Seed
- Good Night World
- Mr. Wuffles
- A Long Way Away
- The Boy and the Airplane
- Apples A to Z
- Happy Birthday Hamster
- Heron and Turtle
- Archie
- The 3 Little Dassies
- Scuba Bunnies
- The Fox in the Dark
- Mermaid Dance
- When I Grow Up
- Hug Time
- Mirabelle and the Bouncy Red Ball
- The Going to Bed Book
- Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
- My Friend Rabbit
- Tikki Tikki Tembo
- All You Need for a Snowman
- Stuck
- Lola at the Library
- The Cowboy and the Black-eyed Pea
- The Runaway Bunny
- Cookie’s Week
- The Night Before Kindergarten
- What Star is this?
- George and Martha: Back in Town
- Meet Big Bird’s Orchestra
- All the World
- From Head to Toe
- The Mitten
- Oscar Otter’s Colors
- Forest Bright, Forest Night
- Duck’s Truck
- I Love My New Toy
- Madeline Says Merci
- Big Red Barn
- Are you My Mother?
- Billy Bunny’s 1, 2, 3
- The Snowy Day
- When Grandma Came
- Pancakes for Breakfast
- Where is the Green Sheep?
- The Farmyard Cat
- The Birds of Bethlehem
- Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What do you see?
- Owl Moon
- Charlie Needs a Cloak
- Archie
- Happy Birthday Hamster
- Weslandia
- Wump World
- The Paperboy
- God Loves You
- Curious George: The Perfect Carrot
- Little Bunny Kung Fu
- Caillou Puts away His Toys
- Spiders
- If You Give a Moose a Muffin
- Pretend You’re a Cat
- On the Night You Were Born
- Mountains of Fire
- Caps for Sale
- Dreams
- Tractor
- Big Red Barn
- Forest Bright, Forest Night
- Bears
- Sea Creatures
- Duck’s Truck
- The Best Friends
- One, Two, Three
- The Carrot Seed
- Caillou Good Night
- Dogs
- The Monster at the End of This Book
- Little Hoot
- Little Raccoon Catches a Cold
- Freckleface Strawberry
- Truck
- My Truck is Stuck
- The Day the Sheep Showed Up
- The Boy and the Airplane
- The Fox in the Dark
- Happy Birthday Hamster
- One Fine Day
- Mirabelle and the Bouncy Red Ball
- The Going to Bed Book
- My Friend Rabbit
- Clark the Shark
- I’m Not Ready!
- White Snow, Bright Snow
- Goldie Locks Has Chicken Pox
- Sheep in a Jeep
- The Stray Dog
- Click, Clack, Moo Cows that Type
- Chrysanthemum
We will definitely post later about our favorite books!
Winter Fun
I thought my heart would burst when the girl said: “Mommy, this is the best day ever!” We did have a good day! It’s supposed to be crazy cold again tomorrow, so I thought it would be a good day to play outside. We started with a little hike with friends.

The girl decided that she needed to add more snow to the lake to tinsulate the frogs. The boy reminded her that snow is ice and ice is cold. They both have a point.

The hike was awesome, just not long enough.
This afternoon, mommy decided that we had to take advantage of the now “packable” snow. We had fun in the front yard sledding, throwing snowballs, and building a snowman. Mommy needs some snowman lessons, but the little guy is kind of cute!




























