Picture Book Activities

Book excerpt: Encourage Your Child to Love ReadingThis book helps preschoolers discover how much fun it is to read. Trish Kuffner shows parents how to make fifty favorite picture books come alive for children by providing a variety of activities that tie into the themes, characters, and plots of the books:discussion topics arts and crafts rhymes and finger plays fun and games imaginative play ideas recipes music and movement learning activities outdoor adventuresThis book will help you make reading with your child a favorite part of the day. You'll enjoy:Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad DayAnd to Think That I Saw It On Mulberry StreetBlueberries for SaleBread and Jam for FrancesCaps for SaleA Chair for My MotherChicka Chicka Boom BoomCorduroy"Could Be Worse!"Curious GeorgeFortunatelyFrederickFrog and Toad TogetherGeorge and MarthaGeraldine's BlanketGilberto and the WindThe Happy LionHarold and the Purple CrayonHarquinHarry the Dirty DogA House for Hermit CrabIf You Give a Mouse a CookieImogene's AntlersIra Sleeps OverJust Plain FancyLittle BearThe Little Engine That CouldThe Little HouseLittle TootMadelineMillions of CatsMirette on the High WireMittensNoisy NoraOne Monday MorningOwl MoonPurple, Green and YellowThe Rag CoatThe Runaway BunnyThe SnowmanThe Snowy DayThe Story about PingThe Story of BabarThe Story of FerdinandSylvester and the Magi PebbleThere's an Alligator under My BedThe Three Little PigsTikki Tikki TemboWhere the Wild Things AreWilliam's Doll