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    5 Autumn /Fall Books for Preschoolers

    These 5 beautiful picture books about Autumn are my little girl’s favourites at the moment.  We have a book rack in our kitchen that we use to display seasonal books and since I took out all of our Autumn and Halloween themed books last week she has been fascinated by these five in particular. Our 5 Favourite Autumn Picture Books for Toddlers and Preschoolers Millie-Mae in Autumn – Natalie Marshal: This is a stunningly beautiful board book, in my opinion.  It is described as a touch-and-learn book and its glittery and shiny details throughout really do encourage children to interact with the book.  What’s perfect about this book is that…

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    Displaying Children’s Books -Encouraging Young Readers

    We are book lovers here at Our Little House in the Country.  Our home is full to the brim with books.  I recently donated about 10 large boxes of books, mostly novels, in order to make room for the rest.  I have been collecting children’s books for over 15 years and we have hundreds.  We have picture books, board books, children’s novels, non-fiction books, story anthologies, pop-up books, lift and flap books, you name it we probably have it! Both of my children love to read and look through their books.  I have tried to encourage this by displaying the books in a way that is child friendly and accessible…