Holiday Author Study of Jan Brett

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Jan Brett is required reading for the holidays.  Her writing tells a story, and so do her illustrations – especially the borders.  Brett’s website includes a ton of activities and coloring pages. Read these favorites–then try the fun activities!  Happy holidays! Gingerbread Baby
  • Make gingerbread cookies into different figures – girl, boy, cat, dog and so on.
  • Retell the gingerbread story using your cookie as the main character.  Invent new scenarios.
  • Print out Brett’s own animal masks to reenact the story.
Wild Christmas Reindeer
  • Make reindeer bags with reindeer food.
  • The names of the reindeer in this story are different than the more familiar names.  Which ones do you like?  What would you name your reindeers?
  • Reindeer crafts here.
The Mitten
  • Notice the illustrations on the borders.
  • Count up the animals in the story.
  • Print out these mittens.  Talk about symmetry and matching.  Decorate one mitten to match the other.  Punch a hole in the bottom of both and join with a string.
Other winter books I highly recommend are The Christmas Trolls, The Night Before Christmas, The Snow Bears and The Hat. Any other favorites?  What activities will you do with these books? also read: Funny Picture Book List

Find Children’s Books by Age!

Start with board books for babies.

Find Kindergarten reading ideas. Discover good chapter books for first graders in the 1st Grade Book List for age six. At age 7,  children are reading 2nd grade books. At age 8, kids are reading third grade reading chapter books for 3rd graders. 3rd grade reading books are still usually illustrated. 4th Grade is ages 9 and 10 so if you need 4th Grade Reading ideas, check those out. The Best Books for 5th Graders are listed in my Fifth Grade Book, for ages 10 and 11. Age 11 and 12 is 6th grade. On this list, you’ll find books for age 11 and 6th Grade Reading. 7th grade books are in the list for age 12. When kids turn 13, they’re in 8th grade in the U.S. and usually start reading Young Adult books.

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