Books with author Lavelle Carlson

Would you like for your child to make a book visit to the Galapagos Islands? These are some of the most pristine places left and will remain so as long as they are protected. Few children will have the opportunity to see the biodiversity one finds in these islands. Travel through the islands in the book, Galapagos Rules! Postcards from Poppies, to learn the rules that protect all the diverse species on the islands. The book is comprised of stunning photos taken by the author when she visited the islands. You can see more information at www.slpstorytellers.com

Blue-footed boobies? Giant tortoises? Iguanas large enough to make one think of dinosaurs? Here they are! Would you like for your child to make a book visit to the Galapagos Islands? These are some of the most pristine places left and will remain so as long as they are protected. Few children will have the opportunity to see the biodiversity one finds in these islands. Travel through the islands in the book, Galapagos Rules! Postcards from Poppies, to learn the rules that protect all the diverse species on the islands. The book is comprised of stunning photos taken by the author when she visited the islands. The author is offering to send a signed (by Poppies and the author) to your child. To receive a Galapagos Rules! postcard signed by "Poppies" and the author of Galapagos Rules! Postcards from Poppies email info@slpstorytellers.com and attach a copy of your book purchase receipt. Please do not give us your child's name for security purposes. You will write in the child's name when you receive the postcard in an envelope.

This is the second in the Phonemic Awareness Tales series that through the use of fun and humorous storybooks teaches the critical early reading skills of phonemic awareness and language. On the first day of school the intimidated children say "Good Morning" to Mable, the cafeteria work. She in turn offers them ridiculous and absurd choices of rice or mice, cake or snake. The children learn to make good choices and at the same time learn about rhyming sounds. Parents are also given exercises to facilitate early reading skills in the back of each book.

This is the first in a series of fun scintillating and stimulating stories written by a speech/language pathologist and devoted to increasing early childhood reading skills through research tested methods. The young curious girl desires to know what sound a toucan can make. She is finally successful in getting her grandfather to put his paper down to take her to see just exactly what a toucan can do. In the process of her search and that of the child listener, she and the listener also learn sound, phonemic awareness, and language skills that are prerequisites for early reading.

Poop! Fart! These are the words that can be so embarrassing for parents and grandparents. And, it is certainly a headache for preschooler and early elementary teachers to try to instill appropriate words in their young students. Farting Four-Toed Troll gives a great opportunity for parents and teachers to talk about these words in a way that is more appropriate. Introduce the book title and say, "Hmmm, should we say Farting Four-Toed Troll or Christmas Troll? I wonder how the Norwegian or Swedish troll would feel if we called him a farting troll." You can also introduce manners during the reading of the book as the troll says, "Excuse me" after he lets off gas. Was there a mother troll who thanked him for using his manners? Always talk about kindness to children and different words that are "kind" words that make people feel good. Lavelle Carlson, retired speech-language pathologist, wrote this book for for a couple of reasons. One, she has worked with young children and realizes the pragmatics of communication. There is a way to communicate that makes people feel better and there is a way to communicate that makes others feel bad. We want to teach our children how to communicate in a way that will enhance their social abilities. Another reason Lavelle Carlson wrote the book is to share some fun Scandinavian culture in a light-hearted way. She was lucky enough to live in Stavanger, Norway for nine years and is also married to a second-generation Swedish man. She has seen first-hand a culture in which the people show compassion and care for others. She was also exposed to some of the old folklore of the trolls. Yes, there is a tradition of the Christmas troll who loves the animals and feeds them. The Farting Four-Toed Troll (Christmas Troll) is a fun take on how the troll's tradition of feeding the animals came to be. I hope this take on the Scandinavian Christmas troll will be enjoyed by all Scandinavians as well as children all over the world. The author has also included on the back cover some rosemaling, beautiful folk art of Scandinavia as well as a traditional Christmas porridge and a Christmas calendar with the Christmas troll (Jule Nissen). The illustrator, Donna Day Mathis, has done an exceptional job of capturing the scenery of Norway.

This book, written by a speech-language pathologist, is a delightfully humorous book that children will beg to have read to them night after night. It is a great book for teaching early literacy because it contains many of the components recommended by early literacy specialists; i.e. dialogue set in bubbles for print awareness, rhyming, colorful pictures, repetition and predictability, counting, and interactive dialogue for language development. This book comes with an interactive CD-ROM that has the words read as they are highlighted. There are many visual surprises on the CD-ROM that delight the children.