Chris Van Allsburg said it better than we ever could …
“Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can’t see.”
Plus, it’s a “seasonal” quote that perfectly illustrates the concepts behind this week’s featured picture books. Have You Seen My Sock? is all about that sock that inexplicably goes missing. In Invisible Things the authors invite readers to visualize things that are unseen but tangible – like an itch or fear.
Keep reading to *see* for yourself.
Summary excerpts come from Goodreads. Click the cover to add this book to your TBR.
BOARD BOOK
A colorful and amusing simple whodunit! Engaging, rhyming text tells about socks that have mysteriously disappeared. Just where could they have gone? Readers will squeal with delight when they find out!
Brooke @ Goodreads – This is a book my children would beg for again and again. Just a darling group of animals, funky different socks for all of them, and great rhymes that work so well. The extra flaps for the final page and the big reveal for the lost socks? Golden. Would make a great gift for any baby/toddler.
FICTION PICTURE BOOK
If we could put on a pair of magical invisible glasses and see all the feelings, ideas, and other invisible things that populate our world, what would they look like? Could you see an itch? Could you describe hope? From the sound of a dog barking to the rainbow-MAGIC taste of a lollipop, from gratitude to grit, this book will help you meet the many interesting sensations that follow you every day, even if you can't see them.
Sam @ Little Club Literacy – This is a great book for mindfulness as well as when teaching the five senses! A fantastic reminder to littles that ‘just because you can’t see something, doesn’t mean it’s not there!’ Creativity abounds in these pages, and it would certainly be fun to have young artists draw some of the things they can’t see as a follow-up activity!