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“There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they’ll take you.” -Beatrix Potter

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Becky Walker is an author, former elementary teacher, a champion for children, activist for good, and lover of sunsets, queso, and children laughing.

Amelia and her family walk hand in hand down the street and Amelia smiles. Mrs. Higgins sees her out the window and she thinks about her grandson in Mexico so she bakes him a batch of cookies. The grandson shares his cookies with his class and the kindness continues all over the world. One smile cans change everything- you have no idea of the impact just BECAUSE AMELIA SMILED (2012-Candlewick). The author/illustrator is #DavidEzraStein. So smile today and watch it ripple…if you’re lucky it might come back to you! Grace makes a list of all the things she wishes to get for her birthday. After her party she gets busy writing thank you letters for her gifts. It feels so good thanking people, she branches out and thanks everyone who she is grateful for including her cat and the sky for being so blue today. Grace realizes that acknowledging what she is grateful for feels good. THE THANK YOU LETTER (2019-Holiday House) reminds us all that gratitude can be contagious! The author/illustrator is #JaneCabrera. I LOVE the outrageous humor in this book-A TREE FOR FISH (2021-IMPRINT) by #PeterStein!!!! Bird and cat love their new tree. The only problem is fish already lives there and he’s not about to share his beloved tree. So when fish runs them off, he realizes the tree is boring by himself. When he holds a fish party, it flops because they all have a hard time breathing in a tree. Hahahaha. How can fish bring back bird and cat? You’ll have to read to find out but I’ll have to tell you the ending is brilliant! It was a great chuckle on a Friday! Crocodile is hungry but what should he eat? He tries the refrigerator but nothing looked appealing so he decides to go to the market but everyone screams and topples the produce! Crocodile gets hangry and cries big crocodile tears for days until he’s standing in a pond of his own tears. Then he spots some beautiful flamingos and realizes what he has to do to feed his hungry belly. I won’t spoil the ending but it made me laugh out loud! 😂🤣🐊CROCODILE HUNGRY (2022-Tundra) is written by #EijaSumner and illustrated by #JohnMartz. It would be great to use in the classroom for predicting! It’s Monday and we all need a little inspiration- look no further than YOU CAN! (2021-Candlewick Press) by #AlexandraStrick and illustrated by #SteveAnthony. This book takes you on a a journey with fourteen young people as the grow up from birth to 18 exploring all the skills they learned over time like sharing how you feel, being silly, standing up for what you believe in, overcoming a fear, encouraging others, knowing your rights, forgiving others, making mistakes and learning from them, refusing to be put in a box, and more! The author asked young people what they thought was important for kids to know and this book includes those things. They shared things they wished they knew when they were younger. The illustrations are an inspiration and so inclusive. The illustrator wanted to be sure everyone could see themselves in his pictures. So if you need a little pick me up and someone reminding you of all the things YOU CAN do- pick up this book! Prema loves celebrating Ganesha, an elephant-headed Hindu god of new beginnings. The town throws a festival and places Ganesha statues in the river. But when Prema finds out the plastic statues are harming the river, she sets out to find an alternative solution. Will the townspeople abandon their traditional plastic statues for a more environmentally friendly option? Check out GANESHA GOES GREEN (2023- Barefoot Books) by #LakshmiThamizhmani and illustrated by #DebasmitaDasgupta to find out! The back matter explains more about Ganesha and there’s a how to craft in the back as well! I love when you learn something new after reading a book. This is a beautiful book and if you’d like to know more about the author, check out my blog at www.beckywalkerbooks.com where I interview the author! She’s amazing! Prema loves celebrating Ganesha, an elephant-headed Hindu god of new beginnings. The town throws a festival and places Ganesha statues in the river. But when Prema finds out the plastic statues are harming the river, she sets out to find an alternative solution. Will the townspeople abandon their traditional plastic statues for a more environmentally friendly option? Check out GANESHA GOES GREEN (2023- Barefoot Books) by #LakshmiThamizhmani and illustrated by #DebasmitaDasgupta to find out! The back matter explains more about Ganesha and there’s a how to craft in the back as well! I love when you learn something new after reading a book. This is a beautiful book and if you’d like to know more about the author, check out my blog at www.beckywalkerbooks.com where I interview the author! She’s amazing! Prema loves celebrating Ganesha, an elephant-headed Hindu god of new beginnings. The town throws a festival and places Ganesha statues in the river. But when Prema finds out the plastic statues are harming the river, she sets out to find an alternative solution. Will the townspeople abandon their traditional plastic statues for a more environmentally friendly option? Check out GANESHA GOES GREEN (2023- Barefoot Books) by #LakshmiThamizhmani and illustrated by #DebasmitaDasgupta to find out! The back matter explains more about Ganesha and there’s a how to craft in the back as well! I love when you learn something new after reading a book. This is a beautiful book and if you’d like to know more about the author, check out my blog at www.beckywalkerbooks.com where I interview the author! She’s amazing! Joy visits her grandmother who lives in an old house with old things inside. Joy thinks old things are boring. But as the day passes, she realizes old things bring much joy! OLD TO JOY ( 2023-Gnome Road Publishing) is a beautiful book written and illustrated by #anitacrawfordclark! The touching author’s note in the back tells how the story combines elements from the important elders in her life. It includes back matter about the flowers in the story- fascinating. I highly recommend this important story about treasuring older people and things. Well done @anitasfavpics! I loved it and I’m so glad to have it in my personal library. ❤️

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