Board Books: Spring and Garden Books

Just a few board books for Spring:

Spring is here and it's a gorgeous day to play outside. The animals are having so much fun, and the barn keeps them all cozy. I love the illustrations in this book. 

The life cycle of a tree starting with a squirrel burying an acorn. 

It's a very informative and simple book that poses a question that is then answered. Great for curious minds.

Lots of information in this book - perfect for sharing vocabulary. 

I love the step-by-step pages on how to grow a plant inside. I adore the illustrations; they are magical. 

This touch and feel book is cute - with four friends the caterpillar spies in the garden.

I love how this book asks questions. Even though it's a short book, there's a lot for the reader and caregiver to talk about. 

Eight animal friends are in the garden and each of them are doing something. 

This is a great book to talk about animals and their habits. As each of the animal is doing something: stretching, hiding, flying..., this is a great movement book too. The illustrations are bright and cheerful.  I'm looking forward to reading this during summer storytimes at the library.

This book details how to grow and garden and shows off some animals from the garden.

I love the photographs in this book. There is a lot of interaction with this book, making it also good for storytime reading. 

This book talks about indoor plants and shares lots of information.

I love the illustrations, they're stunning and charming. This is a very cozy read. 

I loved the first book so much, I bought the rest of the series for the library. And they're perfect for this year's summer theme. 

This is a larger board book with charming illustrations and a lovely story about four friends who come together to grow a garden - but they also have gardens where they live. 

There are so many types of gardens in this book and so much information. 

These books are perfect for the smallest readers at your life for spring and gardening, but especially for this year's Plant a Seed summer reading theme. I'm quite looking forward to warmer sunnier weather. 

Vacation Photos: Food

 

Just some food photos from our Disney vacation - some from the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival

S'mores cookies from the Earl of Sandwich - no notes 10/10

Lemon Meringue Croissant - 10/10 no notes 

All Star Movies Resort

Lemon Meringue Croissant with hot chocolate

Shrimp and pasta

Mickey Cinnamon Roll - pretty good but the dough wasn't the soft pastry dough

I'm a little biased because I make pretty good cinnamon rolls

Wookie Cookie - oatmeal cream cookie

Hollywood Studios - this was pretty good. 8/10

Buffalo Chicken Grilled Cheese from Hollywood Studios. This is the perfect lunch! 

From the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival - cheese croissant.

This was yummy!

From the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival - liquid nitrogen honey cheesecake.

It was pretty good

Breakfast Bowl from the All Star Movies resort 

Pull pork mac and cheese from Animal Kingdom - delicious 10/10

Brownie and cookie dough bar from Animal Kingdom - perfection!

As you can see, we ate well.

I found many of these treats on a Disney food blog - which I'm having a hard time finding again. But I was grateful that someone else had done the work.

Graphic Novel: Run Home

Alyssa is a freshman in high school. Her parents want her to join a sports team. She isn't too coordinated, so running seems to be the best fit. She hates running. The more the practices, the better she gets. She also gains a few friends too. 

Her father is sick and dies. She doesn't know what to do with herself. She feels guilty if she's happy. She feels sad all the time. She's drowning in her grief, but running does help. It helps that she sees herself improving. 

My Thoughts: This is a sequel to Big Apple Diaries and it's really good. Alyssa has so many ups and downs. The book goes through the calendar year. Her situation is unique, but she's trying the best she can with her family and friends. I love the illustrations. There's so much detail in this one year. I hope there are more books in the works. 

Cover Thoughts: Fantastic

Source: My Library

Library Recommendation: A great graphic novel about grief, friendship, and moving forward. 

Picture Book Review: Bread is Love

Every weekend one family makes bread. Bread has four ingredients. It takes a lot of time and patience to make bread. 

This book shares who to make bread, step-by-step instructions in a story. I love how the bread doesn't turn out the same way every week, but that it doesn't matter. It still tastes good and it's still a celebration of family time. And there is a recipe at the back of the book. The illustrations are fantastic and cozy.

* warning: this book might inspire you to make bread. 

Top Ten Tuesday: Spring TBR

 This week's topic is our Spring TBR list. For me that's books coming out in April, May, and June.

I am MORE than ready for Spring!

Middle Grade:

YA:

Graphic Novels:

Adult:

Have you read any of these?

Which should I start with?