Scholastic Canada has some fun new reads for little ones this Fall! We had the pleasure of receiving the following three titles and I have to say we have some new favourites on our list! You will too! Check out the books below and then enter to win some new books of your own!
Let’s Get Started!
A Gold Star for Zog
By Julia Donaldson, Illustrated by Axel Scheffler
This is a new family favourite for our house, the boys ask for Zog again and again! It’s a wonderful back-to-school book and with our Middle Man starting Junior Kindergarten this year it was one he was very interested in and helped to build excitement! All the dragons start school in year one and continue year after year learning how to fly, roar, breathe fire, and even steal princesses! As it turns out a new friend is a princess and helps him make the grade! The illustrations are fantastic!
The Very Hungry Bear
By Nick Bland
Bear isn’t having any luck catching fish, but he meets a polar bear that is quite skillful. With the polar bear’s iceberg melting fast, the pair quickly try to find a place to stay together to share the fish. A nice story in friendship and in the importance of preserving our environment.
Wishes
By Jean Little
Jean Little is one of Canada’s best-loved children’ts writers and continues the tradition with her new book out this month – Wishes. Jean takes some of children’s most popular wishes and puts them together with some bouncy rhymes!
If wishes were ice cream,
our cones would be doubles.
If wishes were soapsuds,
we’d blow shining bubbles.
Cute right? So what would you wish for??? Think about it for a bit because I’m going to put your poetry skills to the test!!
Scholastic Canada has a fun little prize for a fellow Canuck! In the comments section below tell me something you would wish for and bonus points for following Jean Little’s rhyming pattern and coming up with your own!!!
Oh come on now, I know you can do it! Play along, Here’s one from me
If wishes were baking
I’d make chocolate cake
If wishes were bedtime
I’d stay up late!
Ha! See, anyone can do it! Let’s hear yours!
Three winners (based on random.org not how fabulous your wish is!) will each receive a copy of Jean Little’s Wishes PLUS a book of their wishes from Scholastic Canada’s September Reads, there are some really great titles to choose from including a number of hockey titles and some upcoming holiday books!
this giveaway has ended
If wishes were sunshine
You’d always be warm
If wished were raindrops
We’d float to the sun
If wishes were music,
we’d always be on key.
If wishes were toys,
you’d always play with me.
If wishes were chocolate,
That would be sweet, true.
But if wishes were airplanes,
I’d be partying with you!
LOVE IT!
And it’s true too! LOL
If wishes came true
I be on a plane
Thinking of the big hugs and kisses
waiting for me.
a happy day, my kids and me…no fighting, just quiet and happy faces.
If wishes were like my little girls
I would like to have another one.
If wishes were want me to finish
Then I would like this to be done.
i’m really terrible about rhymes
if I were to wish
just one thing to come true
i would want that wish
that i would always be with you
If wishes were wine
I’d have two glasses
If wishes were bubble baths
I’d have one every night
If wishes were whispers
Our lives would be pure
If wishes were angels
We’d all find the cure
if a wish were a bowl full of mush,
you would smear them in your hair,
if I weren’t in a rush,
I would hardly care:)
Not quite the form but very true to life
If wishes were magical
To DisneyWorld we’d fly
If wishes came true
I’d go there with you
If wishes were kisses
you would be soppy
my wishes are liquid
like a dog’s ear’s are loppy
I also wish you a hug
to keep you snug.
If i was free
i`d fly so high
to see the clouds
to be free as a bee
If wishes were raindrops,
I’d look forward to the clouds,
If wishes were rainbows,
I’d find a pot of gold.
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If wishes were health
doctor-free we would be
If wishes were peace
white flags would be floating merrily
I would wish for more time to sleep in!
inlimited amounts of chocolate
I wishes were fishes
I’d be catching you
If wishes were lollipops
I’d want two!
*fishes is entirely artistic license… I’m aware that fish is already plural. 😛 I think I should copyright this one.
if wishes were travel,
our suitcases would be ready
if wishes were romance,
it would include a teddy.
Happiness and a healthy family to be hopefully soon is my wish!!
Health
If wishes were summer
We’d dance in the street
If wishes were like Disneyland
We’d have Mickey to meet!
If wishes were raindrops,
I’d look forward to the clouds,
If wishes were rainbows,
I’d find a pot of gold.
If wishes were books
I’d escape my day
If wishes were like water
They’d flow my way!
If wishes were pennies
I’d toss them into a well
If wishes were loonies
I’d donate them to be swell.
I’m not the best rhyme-er…..
If wishes were babies,
I’d have another two more,
If wishes were mops,
I’d never have to wash the floor! 🙂
If wishes were money
I’d quit my job
If wishes were food
I’d eat corn on the cob (at dinner every night).
I’d wish for happiness and love
Others being free as a dove
I’d wish for seeing my kids grow old
All those memories made I would hold
If wishes were princesses,
My daughter would be the loveliest.
If wishes were happiness,
Our world would be the best of best.
If wishs were cupcakes
I’d have a dozen
To eat with my Granddaughter
Just because I love her!
If wishes were hugs
I’d give them all day
So I could help everyone
In every way!
If wishes were snuggles
I’d have so many
I could give them to others
Who didn’t have any
if my wish came true
my kids faces would turn blue
cause my wish would be
for all of them to listen to me!
If wishes were sleep
I will go to bed now
If wishes were food
I will eat right away
If wishes were puppies
I’d have warm snuggles
If wishes were children
I’d have a quiver full
if wishes were granted
I’d make sure I planted
a garden of friends,
and of health to go with them.
thanks.
If wishes were butterflies,
I’d flutter all day.
If wishes were sunshine,
You would brighten my day
If wishes were music,
we’d all sing a song.
If wishes were canoes,
we’d paddle along.
if wishes were rainbows
and miracles were blue
i’d wish for everything to be okay
so that all of our dreams could come true
Here goes. great book swag too.thanks.
Poem
If wishes were big bugs,
Our arms would give big hugs,
If wishes were flying doves,
I would give you more BIG LOVES.
Cheers
i wish for good grades
If wishes were blankets
we’d snuggle up tight
If wishes were stories
we’d be reading all night
If wishes were soft pillows
We’d sleep like logs
If wishes were tadpoles
We’d have a million frogs
I wish for a book
To take a look
For the magic inside
It cannot hide!
If wishes were chocolate,
I would need a keg,
If wishes were ice cream,
I’d need Jenny Craig! 😉
hahahaha that is a good one!
If wishes were socks,
our feet would be warm.
If wishes were bees,
we’d be in a swarm.
i love scholastics … got a library full … i teach preschoolers and they ove the funny stories and educationnal one … makes them smile, learn and gives them self esteem .
If wishes were dog
I would have a poppy
If wish were flowers
I’d pick a daisy
If wishes were giggles,
We’d be laughing all day.
If wishes were joy,
We’d play all day.
if wishes were hugs
I’d be smothered in cuddles
and if wishes were rain
I’d be splashing in puddles
If wishes were money
I would have a ton
To share with my family
and everyone
If wishes were stars in the sky
I’d reach up and grab them all
I’d hand them to you
and bid you bye-bye
I would wish for a nice warm bubble bath.
If wishes were sunshine
Id get a burn
I like this wish game
But now its your turn!
I wish for endless amounts of yarn, or dale jr.
and I don’t rhyme 😛
If wishes were true
I’d ask for the moon
Also, the sun and the stars
Not a minute too soon!
Saturdays to be three days a week to sleep in, curl up in bed and read.
If wishes were baby giggles,
Our home would be filled smiles.
If wishes were family vacations,
We could all travel together for miles.
If wishes were beauty
my daughter’s eyes I would see
If wishes were sweetness
my son’s arms surround me.
If wishes were counted in night of sleeps
My kids would go to bed without a peep
They would eat their meals and clean their plates
One more thing they would never be late
Please Enter Me In Your Fall Wishes Granted with Scholastic Canada Book Giveaway.
It Would Be Great To Win A Copy Of Wishes By Jean Little And One That I Get To Choose.
In Response To Your Question Of What would you wish for?
I Would Wish For Everyone To Have At Least One Dream Come True
Wish For Something To Make Them Feel Happy And Not Blue.
It Might Be A Trip To Their Dream Destination
Or Winning A Prize That’ll Give Them A Sensation.
Thank You For Having This Giveaway!!!!
If wishes were candy
wouldnt that be sweet!
if wishes were chocolate
oh boy what a treat!