Lilah's Library

🙌 Back to School 🙌

Table Manners For Tigers - Katie Crocodile is having a tea party, when in storm three naughty tigers. "They gurgled and they guzzled and chortled till they spat! They drank straight from the milk jug... Then used it as a hat." It's time the tigers visited Miss Molly's School of Manners or they'll never be invited out to tea again... A perfect introduction to table manners with humour, rhyme and a lively cast of animal characters. With online audio to listen to the story.

𝐼'𝑚 (𝐴𝑙𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡) 𝐴𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝐾𝑖𝑛𝑑 - Being kind is super important, but it isn't always easy. Using a goodhearted, enthusiastic little boy's perspective, a lot of sensitivity and a little gentle humour, this story explores the potential pitfalls of trying to be kind, and what being kind really means. To be truly kind, it turns out, you have to try to look at things from other people's points of view. Delicate laser cut holes accumulate as the pages are turned to show how kindness feels and how it can spread from person to person.

🙌 Back to School 🙌 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 𝐴𝑔𝑒 7-8

𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸
Packed with appealing activities, this colourful workbook will help children develop their times tables knowledge, focusing on the 7, 9, 11 and 12 times tables.

𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸
This delightfully illustrated workbook will help children develop their spelling skills. A variety of common prefixes and suffixes are introduced and explained, with lots of opportunities for children to practise what they've learned.

𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸
The friendly animals in this workbook will help children practise and understand the rules of written English. Topics include clauses, conjunctions, adverbs, direct speech, present perfect tense and paragraphs.

𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸
Helped by the friendly animals of Paradise Park, children can explore fractions in a variety of interesting contexts. Topics include identifying fractions, finding equivalent fractions, adding and subtracting fractions, and finding fractions of amounts.

𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸
The friendly animal characters in this fun workbook will help children understand the value of each digit in a number (place value) and provide practice in adding and subtracting 2-digit and 3-digit numbers in columns.

🙌 Back to School 🙌 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘s 𝐴𝑔𝑒 6-7

𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸
Guided by a friendly group of jungle animals, children can learn spelling rules to improve their writing. The activities in this book build confidence in using silent letters, adding endings to words, using apostrophes and forming contractions.

𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸
Helped by a group of friendly animals, children can begin to explore dividing. The activities in this book build confidence in understanding division, including by equal sharing, equal grouping and using related multiplication facts.

🙌 Back to School 🙌
𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑌𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑊𝑖𝑝𝑒-𝐶𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛, 𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑆𝑢𝑚𝑠

Lively illustrations and friendly characters introduce young children to simple addition and subtraction activities. There are numbers and pictures to trace over on every page to develop pen control and early maths skills while keeping learning fun.

🙌 Back to School 🙌
𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑌𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝐺𝑒𝑡 𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝐴𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘!

This friendly write-in book is the perfect way to prepare children for school. Lively illustrations and cute animal characters keep early learning fun, with activities specifically designed to appeal to 3-5 year olds. Children can draw, trace over shapes, numbers and letters and write on every page as they complete the engaging activities.

🙌 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗮 *𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛 𝗙𝗜𝗩𝗘* 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹

Whether you're returning to in-person classes or home schooling, Usborne Books at Home has you covered!
From minding your manners & being kind, to learning to write & do math, these new titles will help you & your kids prepare for back to school!
This week I will show each book in more detail and end the week with a fun back to school shopping spree RAFFLE! 👀

All these wonderful titles are available for purchase now!

Wow what a great selection of new titles this week!
You can check them all out here:

https://www.myusborne.ca/LILAHSLIBRARY/shop/catalog.aspx?displayCategory=WN

Want to see the inside of the books? Check out this video:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR2ktI480GfKthijk5So8zn0qLygiXFd3wVhVNTV8nIDDRBqWZJRa2cHTB0&v=nG-LWygOR9s&feature=youtu.be

We all know and love the joy that gliding down a slide can bring! Summer is a time for fun and much needed routine change; a time where we can hopefully enjoy some connections with our children and family without so many other obligations pulling at attention.

Unfortunately, there is another type of slide that does not instill this same type of joy. This “summer slide” is the loss of academic key skills that are not practiced by children throughout the summer. While not every child will experience this, it is an age-old principle that many of us can understand and appreciate. When we are not practicing skills, we tend to lose or forget them!

READ MORE HERE:
https://usbornebooksathome.ca/the-summer-slide/ -2063

What are you doing at 7:50 AM on the first day of summer break?!
One of Lilah’s plans this summer is to paint and do puzzles every day!
At 7am on day 1 that’s what she wants to do, so out came the MESS FREE magic painting books 🤗
Think I’m going to need to add some more of these books to my next order 🛒
Check them out here:

https://www.myusborne.ca/LILAHSLIBRARY/shop/catalog.aspx?displayCategory=MPF

New Title Tuesday!
Check out all of these fun new titles including a whole bunch of new ‘Mini’ books perfect for popping in your bag to take on the go!
To see these in more detail follow the link here (or in my bio):

https://www.myusborne.ca/LILAHSLIBRARY/shop/catalog.aspx?displayCategory=WN

Let's take a closer look at one of the new titles for this week!

All About Diversity-
This dynamic and joyous exploration of difference helps young children learn to respond in a kind and equal way to everyone, regardless of shape, size, age, physical and mental ability, gender, ethnicity, beliefs, language, culture, background, and so on. With topics ranging from clothes, music and food to homes, festivals and families, there is plenty for children to talk about as they find out about what makes people different and what makes them unique.

Want to get your hands on a copy? Send me a message!

Usborne's commitment to promoting Diversity:

"Our commitment to diversity and inclusion in our books
We commit to ensure that every child can relate to the characters in our books, as well as learning about people who are different from them. There is still a gap to close between where we are now, and where we need to be. We are committed to increasing the number of books we publish that both feature a diverse range of characters and are about diversity. We are also committed to improving the quality and authenticity of that inclusion.
We are particularly aware that we do not have enough Black representation in our books. We are examining both our backlist and our new titles to address this. We are also working on books for our future publishing programme which tackle racism and inequality in a way that will help parents to talk about these issues with their children. "

You can find out more about Usborne's commitments here:
https://usborne.com/ca_en/about-us/promoting-diversity

New Title Tuesday!
Each week Usborne releases new titles for us to enjoy, check out the most recent new titles!

Which one(s) do you think your kiddo's would like most?

🙋🏼‍♀️ I am so excited about the Diversity and Kindness books!

You can find the latest ones here or through the link in my bio:
www.myusborne.ca/lilahslibrary