Chalk
1 - CHALK by Bill Thompson. A wonderful wordless book! Three kids discover a seemingly magic bag of chalk while visiting the park on a rainy day, and are astonished when their drawings of the sun, butterflies and a dinosaur amazingly come to life. The paintings in this book are gorgeous - it will inspire some great chalk drawings! 2 - There are lots of sidewalk chalk sets on Amazon - here is a good one that will last a while (it's one set of all 48 colors and a backup set for
Tyrannosaurus Wrecks
1 - Tyrannosaurus Wrecks by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen. This is just such a fun, clever rhyming picture book about a mischievous, overly exuberant young T-rex who can't quite get with the program at school with the temptation to wreck being what it is. It introduces some obscure dino types, iconically illustrated by Zachariah Ohora (Wolfie The Bunny) and is a sweet little microcosm of kids working out their group dynamic in the classroom. This is a great read aloud as well- sn
