Continue through the post to learn about Big, to see my 5-latte review, and to sit back and watch Big's trailer!
BIG goes beyond the basics to show that size is more than a matter of height. Touching on ideas such as health, citizenship, and imagination, this book can be the key to heartfelt dialogue between children and caregivers about the importance of values over valuables.
This is a book that makes me smile from beginning to end. Geared toward children, it offers them tools to become BIG in their lives. For parents, it offers a tool to begin conversations with their children so that they can nurture their growing, BIG children. For everyone else, it's a book with a BIG message that can even have the child at heart reflecting on how to add bigness to their own lives.
Side note: Little Pickle Press [Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest] offers lesson plans for BIG and for other books by LPP. The BIG lesson plans are excellent, and even though they are geared toward teachers for classroom activities, I think parents could get a lot from the lessons to have one-on-one conversations with their little ones.
16 comments:
Teaching children they can make a difference is BIG. And so is the message from BIG. Love this amazing book, its message is heartfelt and will help children undersand they don't have to be physically big to give.
Love this book!
You hit it exactly on the head- BIG made me smile from beginning to end as well. The artwork is so bright and unique, and the message so important and clear, it's a joyful shout of a book.
Thanks for posting the trailer! That is SO cute!
Thank you for featuring this adorable children's book. I am in love with it!
ThaNk YoU Chick Lit Gurrl for your review, and also to all who have posted.
So glad you have all enjoyed the book!
:-)
Clare
This is such a great book with really important themes. Clare's illustrations are also reslly terrific, bringing the ideas to life.
What a nice post and what a fun site! I'm off to get a Latte...
A book with a great message -- and a great cover, too. You gotta love a group that publishes books that help kids learn and grow while reading a fun story.
Even as an adult, I was glad to have read BIG. I think it's such an important message for kids... and for adults. I know quite a few adults (myself included) that could benefit from remembering their true BIGness.
Cute trailer to go with a cute book!
Morgan Mandel
http://www.morganmandel.com
Love this book, BIG time. Evoked a BIG conversation when I read it to my children.
Coleen Paratore must be over the moon about these BIG rave reviews about her wonderful new book.
Thanks again for hosting us, Shon! :)
Thanks for all the kind words. I am smiling that BIG made YOU smile! :-)
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