But listen! There's padding and pouncing and a snowdrift shivers.' Her descriptions bring to life the different ways each animal helps the cub: the bison 'heaves a heavy mound of snow with his strong shoulder,' while the snow goose 'pats down the snow with her wide, webbed feet.' All ages. With alliteration and sibilance, she evokes the hushed landscape of winter: 'In the silent forest is a clearing where soft snowflakes fall. Michael Morpurgo (Childrens Laureate 2003-5) Reading at Roxeth Mead. It's ultimately the quiet power of Moss's ( The Snoops) writing that compels attention. Reading - If children are to become readers for life, they must first love stories. But there's little variation among the textures of the animals themselves and the conceit wears thin quickly. Children will readily discern the difference between the smooth feel of the fallen snow and the bumpier surfaces of the animals' coats and feathers. They are embossed to evoke the textures of the arctic setting and its inhabitants. by Ann Taylor (infant4) Counting Kisses, by Karen Katz (infant5) Don't Forget I Love You, by Miriam Moss (27) Guess How Much I Love You. The book's 'hook' is Kneen's illustrations as with her The Lonely Scarecrow, Dawn breaks, and when the cub awakes, he discovers that the snow figure has been replaced by his warm, familiar-smelling mother. By the book's end, though, he is comforted and reminded that Mama loves him even when she's too busy to say it.After a polar bear cub is separated from his mother, he seeks comfort with 'a snow mother' that his cold-weather friends-a musk ox, snow goose, moose, fox, wolf and rabbit-help him build. As Mama Bear drops Billy Bear off in a rush, she forgets to say 'I love you,' leaving Billy feeling distressed. Don't Forget I Love You by Moss, Miriam 9780803729209 eBay People who viewed this item also viewed Don't Forget I Love You - 0803729200, hardcover, Miriam Moss 3.98 Free shipping Don't Forget I Love You by Moss, Miriam Sponsored 4.09 Free shipping Dont Forget I Love You by Miriam Moss 4. These standout picture books may help kids understand their parents' workdays and reassure them that we love them even when we're gone.ĭon't Forget I Love You, written by Miriam Moss and illustrated by Anna Currey, captures the familiar frenzy of trying to get to school and work on time in the morning. As a working mom, it's often hard to explain to my young son where I am all day, why I have to go, and that I'll always come back to him. This program gives kids a glimpse into the grown-up world of work and, hopefully, instills a sense of the education, energy, and balance that are required of working parents.

With Billy dawdling and fussing over his stuffed rabbit, it seems. Mama is hurrying to get Billy to school and make it to work on time. 2014 marks the 21st anniversary of the Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day program. Buy a cheap copy of Don't Forget I Love You book by Miriam Moss. Each year in April kids across the country spend a special day tagging along with Mom or Dad as they go to work.

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