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Our friendly heroes help their foe with one last rhyme as they help him back to his feet. Beginning readers are often encouraged to build their skills by reading books that rhyme. When she was a young girl living in Morocco, she fell in love with the colorful handmade fabrics - djellaba, caftans, rugs, baskets and other things fiber. Kids will then delight in the surprise ending where Bob has been trying to warn the other dust bunnies that someone is approaching with a broom and vacuum. She has been spinning on modern wheels, weaving, knitting, natural dying and generally living with fiber under her bed for over 40 years. She learned to work a drop spindle and knit. Here are a few other hilarious books written and illustrated by Jan Thomas that children will love:.
Jan and Thomas Sebastiaan Miedema By Martijn Smouter
The simple, colorful pictures add to the fun making this a must read when teaching rhyming or just to elicit a smile. This book lends itself nicely to a paired reading where beginning readers can simply read the rhyming words and more advanced readers or parents can read the rest of the text. With the multitude of rhymes, these two books are also a fun way to introduce or reinforce word families. Here Comes the Big, Mean Dust Bunny! Lastly, they are also a wonderful resource for practicing fluency for more advanced readers. The big mean dust bunny finally gets his comeuppance as he is squashed by a cat. I have had to buy multiple copies of this book because it is checked out so often from my school library. Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas Ages 3 — 6 Do kids these days know what a dust bunny is? Jan Thomas Jan Thomas was born into a family that traveled the world.
Rhyming Dust Bunnies
. It is very short, so I will often pair it with the companion book, Here Comes the Big, Mean Dust Bunny! Punctuation such as exclamation and question marks paired with large and small sized words help students practice reading with expression. . . . . .
