Beloved Children’s Books

This a storybook version of the song, “The Twelve Days of Christmas.”

This is a Christmas version of the classic “Good Night, Moon.” Santa says good night to each of the reindeer, the elves, and various items around the north pole.

Bubba Brayna is ready for Hanukkah and expecting a visit from her rabbi. Instead she is visited by a very friendly bear.

This book is a beautiful depiction of child-like faith! The Polar Express takes children to the North Pole and they meet Santa. Santa gives a bell to the main character and you can only hear the bell if you are a true believer.

This book is about Pig the Pug gearing up for Christmas! He is very excited about the gifts and gets a bit greedy...

This is an adorable story about a duck that dresses up as Santa. Then, everyone in his town tell him what they want for Christmas!

This was the final chapter of the book. It was titled “The Most Usefulest Cake That I Love” and in it Junie B. learns what fruitcake is as well as how she can use and appreciate it.

This chapter is titled “Winning” and in it Junie B. wins a fruitcake at the cakewalk.

The title of this chapter is “Bull’s-Eye” and in it, Junie B. gets frustrated over losing the games and throws a sponge at Jim’s face.

The title of this chapter is “Stupid Dumb Carnival Games” and Junie B. arrives at Carnival Night only to find that the games are more difficult than she expected.

Chapter 4 is titled “Very Practicing” and in it Junie B. practices the carnival games while getting up to some mischief along the way.

Chapter 3 is titled “All About Carnivals” and Junie B. learns that there is going to be a carnival at her school.

Chapter 2 is titled “Hopping and Racing and Tic-Tac-Toad”. Junie B. goes to school and plays a few games with her friends. She gets frustrated, when she does not win.

This episode was focused around introducing the book “Junie B. Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake”. I read the inside cover and the first chapter. The first chapter was titled “The Bestest Game Winner”. Junie B. is being watched by her grandfather before school.

I read three Aesop’s fables in this episode; The Goose That Laid The Golden Eggs, The Cat And The Mice, and The Mischievous Dog. The first fable is about greed, the second fable is about trust, and the last fable was about notoriety versus fame.

This is a cute little story about a monster that is scared of people.

In the story, Abu Ali purchases nine donkeys and while bringing them home, keeps miss counting them.

This story is about the Wright brothers. It is a true story about their lives and inventing the airplane.

The Mother Goose rhyme needs no description, it’s about a cat. The Happy Tailor is about a poor tailor that cannot be happy without singing.

This is a folktale about a poor man that travels to London for work and buys a cat. His cat is great at catching mice. His cat catches mice in a palace and the man is awarded a great fortune.

The itsy-bitsy spider is a very well-known poem/nursery rhyme. Little green riding hood is a story about a grandpa trying to tell the story of little red riding hood, but he keeps getting the details wrong.

This is a short story about how helpful our hands are.

This story is about an owl that scares himself by thinking too much about things that he sees in the dark.

This is a true story about the life of Jane Goodall and the scientific discoveries that she made.

This cute story is about a tiny elf that steals a mushroom (toadstool) to use as an umbrella and it claims that this was how the umbrella was invented.