It's often fun to incorporate some movement into reading time, and Doreen Cronin and Scott Menchin's Stretch(40 pages, Atheneum, 2009) makes it easy to do just that! Join the yoga-minded dog and his animal friends as they encourage little ones to not only stretch their bodies, but to explore the definition of the word "stretch" itself. Cronin's rhyming text is clever and fun, and Menchin's simple, appealing illustrations that make use of both drawing and photo-collage.
Stretch is great for beginning readers and even better as a read-aloud book. If you like it, check out its companion books featuring the same active dog: Wiggle and Bounce. Doreen Cronin is also the author of the hilarious series of picture books involving the mischievous Duck and other subversive farmyard denizens, including Giggle, Giggle, Quack
; Duck for President
; and Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type
.
Find Stretch at your local library, bookstore, or Amazon.com.
