Category: fiction

The Kissing Hand 25th Anniversary Edition
by Audrey Penn (Author), Ruth E. Harper (Illustrator), and Nancy M. Leak (Illustrator)

Booktalk: School is starting in the forest, but Chester Raccoon does not want to go. To help ease Chester’s fears, Mrs. Raccoon shares a family secret called the Kissing Hand to give him the reassurance of her love any time his world feels a little scary.

Snippet: Chester took his mother’s hand in his own and unfolded her large familiar fingers into a fan. Next, he leaned forward and kissed the center of her hand.

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“Now you have a Kissing Hand, too,” he told her.

Share The Kissing Hand tomorrow, September 12, for National Day of Encouragement.

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It’s Your First Day of School, Busy Bus!
by Jody Jensen Shaffer (Author) and Claire Messer (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Today is the very first day of school! Busy Bus is excited, but he also has some first-day jitters. Will the children like him? Will he be homesick? What if he gets lost?! Luckily, bus driver Ben knows just what to do to make sure that the school year gets off to a great start. The bus driver’s work to get the bus ready (checking the tires, air, horn, etc.) adds a a STEM focus to this #backtoschool book.

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It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

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