Another very interesting author is Jane Belk Moncure, she has tons of book and believes every child can learn. Some examples of her works are:
A Dragon In a Wagon is an imaginary travel adventure with Laura and a happy dragon. Their journey introduces a cluster of transportation words to young readers. Laura and the happy dragon ride in a wagon, a car, a bus, a boat, a sled, a truck, a train and airplane, a parachute, a big balloon and a circus wagon. Children recognize and count the many unusual passengers who ride along to a surprise ending. Pages 30 and 31 contain a word bank of travel words. The book provides a good starting point for learning more about the many ways people travel from place to place.
A Color Clown Comes To Town introduces young readers to the wonderful world of color. Laura and her funny clown introduce children not only to many familiar colors, but also to new colors that they can make themselves. The clown helps children name colors by playing a color game. As children read the story, they join Laura in playing it too. At the end of the story, Laura uses all of the colors to make something very special. She invites the readers do the same. Pages 30 and 31 reinforce the cluster of color words to young readers. The story encourages children to keep experimenting with colors using paint, chalk, and crayons and other tools
The Biggest Snowball of All is an adventure story about Little Bear and the many different sizes of things she encounters on her way down the mountain side of snow with her friends, Rabbit and Raccoon. The three friends find all kinds of ways to turn a tiny snow ball into the biggest snowball of all. They build a great snowball house only to watch it melt away when the warm sun shines again. The book is fun to read when children are also playing in the snow and making snowballs themselves. The size words include words such as; tiny, small, big, bigger, and biggest, shortest ,short, long, narrow, wide, small ,smaller and smallest.
Here We Go 'Round the Year introduces the twelve months of the year with twelve little bears playing a game. Each bear carries a flag of one of the months, beginning with January and ending with December. As the bears march around the year, each bear dramatizes something special about each month. The bears play in the snow, ice skate, fly kites, make mud pies , plant flowers, have picnics, jump in the leaves, play ball, and go for sleigh rides, learning the names of the months in sequence as they play together.
Away Went The Farmer’s Hat is an tale about a farmer’s hat that blows away on a windy day. Many familiar farm animals wear the hat as it blows from one place to another finally landing in a tree. The tree hat makes nest for a bird and a squirrel before the farmer finds it .
Young children will have fun with an upside down hat pretending to be the different animals that wear the hat in the story. They will talk about other things that are blown by the wind and may create stories about kites, seeds, sailboats, and butterflies.
Rabbits’ Habits is a book about good habits. Children participate in the story as they chose the rabbit with a good habit in each little adventure. The three rabbits all play with toys on the floor, but only one rabbit knows where the ball belongs after the game. When the rabbits play with friends in the park, plant a garden, or get ready for school, children quickly pick the rabbit with the best habit. This tale ends with a picnic where all the rabbits have good habits. They eat lots of veggies and other healthy foods. Pages 30 and 31 have more helpful habits for rabbits and kids. The book serves as a good introduction to a unit on good healthy habits. Children can dictate or write about their best habits.
This author has a great web site:
http://www.janebelkmoncure.com/mcrhome.htm
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