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Saturday, July 28, 2012

Olympic Review Series: A Walk in London by Salvatore Rubbino

If you and your children will be watching the Olympics this year, then I have just the review collection for you.  Each day during the Olympics (so through Aug. 12th), I will be reviewing one children's book that has to do with the 2012 Summer Olympics in London!  These are books that you can read together or that they can read by themselves to enhance their knowledge and also their excitement about the Games!




A Walk in London is a book with not only a cute story.  It is also a book full of fun facts which dot the illustrations. There are a great many vocabulary enhancements throughout the book, for example, scepters, emeralds, guided, occasionally, monument, and cathedral. There is also a foldout panoramic illustrated view of the Thames included.  The one downside I see is that the fonts change in the story, as the photo below shows.  This may be a challenge to young readers.



AGES: 8 to 11

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2 comments:

Erin said...

Are you getting these books at the local library? I want to check them out! I wonder if there's such a thing as a book club for parents? Like, "Oh yes, me and Brooks read this book and we thought..." Anyway, enough rambling, just wondered where you were finding them so that I can start sharing with Brooks!

Becca said...

A book club for parents would be awesome, right? I actually found these two at B&N. There is a little section in the children's section that has books about Olympics! I thought it would be a fun idea to share.