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The Write Start: A Guide to Nurturing Writing at Every Stage, from Scribbling to Forming Letters and Writing Stories

10 best books like The Write Start: A Guide to Nurturing Writing at Every Stage, from Scribbling to Forming Letters and Writing Stories (Jennifer Hallissy): Home, Come On, Rain!, How to Code a Sandcastle, Llama Llama Red Pajama, Bear Came Along, Cosmo and the Robot, Boy + Bot, Some Bugs, Flight School, Wolf in the Snow

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AuthorToni Morrison
ISBN0307594165
America's most celebrated novelist, Nobel Prize-winner Toni Morrison extends her profound take on our history with this twentieth-century tale of redemption: a taut and tortured story about one man's desperate search for himself in a world disfigured by war.

Frank Money is an angry, self-loathing...
Come On, Rain!
AuthorKaren Hesse
ISBN0590331256
I love the colors of this book. It’s about a time that I really don’t like; those hot muggy days you can hardly breath and people are praying for rain to keep things from dying. I can’t stand that time. It makes me want to live in Scotland.

A Mama is taking care of her wilting plants and a girl...
How to Code a Sandcastle
AuthorJosh Funk
ISBN0425291987
From the computer science nonprofit Girls Who Code comes this lively and funny story introducing kids to computer coding concepts.

Pearl and her trusty rust-proof robot, Pascal, need to build a sandcastle before summer vacation is over, and they’re going to do it using code. Pearl breaks...
Llama Llama Red Pajama
AuthorAnna Dewdney
ISBN0670059838
Llama, Llama red pajama waiting, waiting for his mama. Mama isn’t coming yet. Baby Llama starts to fret. In this infectious rhyming read-aloud, Baby Llama turns bedtime into an all-out llama drama! Tucked into bed by his mama, Baby Llama immediately starts worrying when she goes downstairs, and...
Bear Came Along
AuthorRichard T. Morris
ISBN0316464465

I didn’t know what my picture book world was missing until….

…this sweet read came along! :)

One curious Bear gets the fun rolling with a log ride down the river! Along the way, Bear meets all kinds of new friends and survives all kinds of twists and turns. Jump aboard and see!

Richard...
Cosmo and the Robot
AuthorBrian Pinkney
ISBN0688159400
Life on Mars is never dull, especially when you've got your trusty Solar System Utility Belt (with ten supersonic attachments) strapped on. But what will Cosmo do when his haywire robot resurrects himself from the asteroid dump and goes after big sister Jewel? High-tech tools can save the day, but Cosmo...
Boy + Bot
AuthorAme Dyckman
ISBN0375867562
One day, a boy and a robot meet in the woods. They play. They have fun.

But when Bot gets switched off, Boy thinks he's sick. The usual remedies—applesauce, reading a story—don't help, so Boy tucks the sick Bot in, then falls asleep.

Bot is worried when he powers on and finds his friend...
Some Bugs
AuthorAngela DiTerlizzi
ISBN1442458801
Get the buzz on bugs in this picture book from Angela DiTerlizzi!

Grab your magnifying glass!
Find your field guide!
And come hop, hide, swim, and glide
through this buggy backyard world!

Featuring insects including butterflies and moths, crickets and cicadas, bumblebees...
Flight School
AuthorLita Judge
ISBN1442481773
I spent the whole time going "but you can swim, Penguin, c'mon!" Which is obviously the wrong reaction here, but even when the critter splashes into the water, there's no acknowledgment of how great penguins are at the actions they were actually built to do.

This one was pretty slight, and on...
Wolf in the Snow
AuthorMatthew Cordell
ISBN1250076366
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A little girl is leaving school for the day and has to endure a really bad snowstorm on the way home. As she begins her journey, she stumbles upon a wolf pack and a little wolf cub that appears...
Quick as a Cricket
AuthorAudrey Wood
ISBN0859531511
This book has the most fabulous illustrations that depict the adjectives described in the book. This book is all similes that are comparing adjectives to animals. This book can be read a very expressive way that helps to describe the adjectives even more. I just can’t get over the illustrations, they...
Little Blue Truck Leads the Way
AuthorAlice Schertle
ISBN0152063897
Zooom! Wooeeee . . . ! "Make way!" The big city sure is a speedy, noisy place for a country truck like Blue. Everywhere Blue looks, he sees buses, police cars, taxis, vans, a street sweeper, and even the mayor’s limousine. With everyone pushing to be first, soon there’s a giant traffic jam! But even...
The Bear's Song
AuthorBenjamin Chaud
ISBN1452114242
New York Times Notable Children's Book

"Sweet" has new meaning in this richly illustrated, immersive picture book about two bears on a big-city adventure. Papa Bear is searching for Little Bear, who has escaped the den. Little Bear is following a bee, because where there are bees, there is...
Peter Spier's Rain
AuthorPeter Spier
ISBN0440413478
This wordless picture book captures the beauty and wonder of a brother and sister's joyous experiences in the rain. Come along as they explore their neighborhood, splash through puddles, see where the animals hide, and make footprints in the mud. From the first small drops of rain to the clear blue sky...
Down by the Bay
AuthorRaffi Cavoukian
ISBN0517800586
A classic silly song that toddlers know and love, Down by the Bay has been a favorite and best-selling Raffi Songs to Read/reg/ since it was first published in 1988. In this friendly board book edition, irresistible art by Nadine Bernard Westcott depicts wonderfully amusing creatures such as a bear...
Ice Cream Summer
AuthorPeter Sís
ISBN0545731615
*"Sís delivers an encomium to summer, to the power of learning, and to that beloved, creamy-cold treat." --Kirkus, starred review

Savor summer anytime with this breezy, sweet and irresistible picture book from Hans Christian Anderson Award winner and three-time Caldecott Honoree Peter...
Which One Doesn't Belong?: Playing with Shapes
AuthorChristopher Danielson
Talking math with your child is simple and even entertaining with this better approach to shapes!

Written by a celebrated math educator, this innovative inquiry encourages critical thinking and sparks memorable mathematical conversations. Children and their parents answer the same...
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