Books with author Kimberly Rochelle McLeod

***INCLUDES 12 CUT-OUT TEMPLATES!***Exciting, Eco-Conscious Crafts with Stuff You Already Have Transform paper rolls, egg cartons, newspaper and cardboard into colorful decorations, amazing wearable masks, hats and jewelry or even sturdy desk organizers, puzzles and paint palettes. Get ready to unleash your imagination with 60 unique crafts―with something for all ages―including: Homemade Kaleidoscope Build Your Own Marble Maze Cool Superhero Mask Dinosaur Terrarium Indoor Mini-Garden Awesome Cardboard Castle Kimberly McLeod, creator of The Best Ideas for Kids®, provides a varied selection of budget-friendly, eco-conscious projects that are great for imaginary play, bedroom decorations, gift giving and more! You’ll be so proud of the projects you’ve created and customized with your own hands―and they are as fun to make as they are to play with!

***INCLUDES 12 CUT-OUT TEMPLATES!***Exciting, Eco-Conscious Crafts with Stuff You Already Have Transform paper rolls, egg cartons, newspaper and cardboard into colorful decorations, amazing wearable masks, hats and jewelry or even sturdy desk organizers, puzzles and paint palettes. Get ready to unleash your imagination with 60 unique crafts—with something for all ages—including: Homemade Kaleidoscope Build Your Own Marble Maze Cool Superhero Mask Dinosaur Terrarium Indoor Mini-Garden Awesome Cardboard Castle Kimberly McLeod, creator of The Best Ideas for Kids®, provides a varied selection of budget-friendly, eco-conscious projects that are great for imaginary play, bedroom decorations, gift giving and more! You’ll be so proud of the projects you’ve created and customized with your own hands—and they are as fun to make as they are to play with!

The Word Eating Monster is a story of adventure that teaches directionality and all of the pre-primer basic sight words. Once early readers can read all of the sight words in the story along with Micah the Hero, they will have mastered the first sight word list that most emergent readers are exposed to A monster is eating all the words inside of Micah's book. Some of the words have escaped and are hiding all over his room. Micah must save the day by finding the monster, reading the words in his tummy and the run away words hiding all over his room. It's not going to be easy to find the monster and read all the words, but Micah the Hero, is going to try. He must look up and down, to the left and to the right, inside and outside and all over the place! How about you? Can you help Micah read all of the words and save the day?

The Word Eating Monster is a story of adventure that teaches directionality and all of the pre-primer basic sight words. Once early readers can read all of the sight words in the story along with Micah the Hero, they will have mastered the first sight word list that most emergent readers are exposed to A monster is eating all the words inside of Micah's book. Some of the words have escaped and are hiding all over his room. Micah must save the day by finding the monster, reading the words in his tummy and the run away words hiding all over his room. It's not going to be easy to find the monster and read all the words, but Micah the Hero, is going to try. He must look up and down, to the left and to the right, inside and outside and all over the place! How about you? Can you help Micah read all of the words and save the day?

Cooking is for Girls! A story that explores social and behavioral norms regarding traditional gender roles and expectations. Major's mom challenges him to think outside of traditional gender roles by introducing lima beans for dinner! Major is 8 1⁄2 years old and his mother wants him to help cook lima beans for dinner! Lima Beans? Really? Cooking? Cooking is for girls! His mother insists that he come learn to cook. As he learns to cook, he uses math and science concepts in the kitchen. He knows that boys are good at math and science, but he discovers is that girls are good at it too. He quickly learns that it really doesn't matter if you are a boy or a girl, whatever one can do, the other can do too, even if that means eating lima beans.

This is a little story of big adventure. Little Mitchell tries to be good, but most of the time his behavior is misunderstood. Journey withMitchell and his mother as they better understand each other through Mitchell's heartwarming trials and tribulations. Mitchell is a busy little boy that learns behavioral expectations by the use of a time out. Mitchell finds a way to make everyday tasks troublesome fun! Not on purpose of course. But, when it's time for Mitchell to be a big boy, he transforms from Little Mitchell to Mitchell the superhero and saves the day! Even the busiest and most misunderstood little boys, understand love. Little Mitchell is an African-American boy.

This is a little story of big adventure. Little Mitchell tries to be good, but most of the time his behavior is misunderstood. Journey withMitchell and his mother as they better understand each other through Mitchell's heartwarming trials and tribulations. Mitchell is a busy little boy that learns behavioral expectations by the use of a time out. Mitchell finds a way to make everyday tasks troublesome fun! Not on purpose of course. But, when it's time for Mitchell to be a big boy, he transforms from Little Mitchell to Mitchell the superhero and saves the day! Even the busiest and most misunderstood little boys, understand love. Little Mitchell is an African-American boy.

Cooking is for Girls! A story that explores social and behavioral norms regarding traditional gender roles and expectations. Major's mom challenges him to think outside of traditional gender roles by introducing lima beans for dinner!Major is 8 1 2 years old and his mother wants him to help cook lima beans for dinner! Lima Beans? Really? Cooking? Cooking is for girls! His mother insists that he come learn to cook. As helearns to cook, he uses math and science concepts in the kitchen. He knows that boys are good at math and science, but he discovers is that girls are good at it too. He quickly learns that it really doesn't matter if you are a boy or a girl, whatever one can do, the other can do too, evenif that means eating lima beans.