Jane Belk Moncure
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Description
Jane Belk Moncure was an American author of early childhood non-fiction, fiction and poetry. Moncure lived in Virginia and North Carolina. She worked in early childhood education for thirty-five years. Moncure was a creative and prolific author: millions of her books are in circulation, and they are widely distributed in schools and libraries. Jane Belk Moncure was a recipient of the C.S. Lewis Award and over the past 20 years, her works were recognized by numerous Awards. Most recently, in 2008, Jane received the Scholastic Teacher's Choice Award for her outstanding contribution to the My First Steps to Learning Program. Source: wikipedia
Books
The Child's World of Helping
Ennumerates acts of helping others, such as watering a neighbor's roses, taking good care of a pet, and picking up after oneself.
Growing strong inside
Suggests how a small child can grow in sharing, caring, polite ways that are pleasing to God.
Praise Him! Praise Him!
A little girl thanks Jesus for the beauty, enjoyment, and love He provides.
My "l" book
A boy named Little L puts objects that begin with the letter L, such as leaves and lizards, into a box.
My "f" book
A girl named Little F puts objects that begin with the letter F, such as five fat frogs and a fishing pole, into a box.
Word Bird's circus surprise
Simple text describes what Word Bird sees at the circus.
Love
Jennie and the black stockings
Little Jenny is responsible for her father's loss of a year's supply of cotton, but that good man teaches her that God gets us through hard times.
Our Mother's Day book (A special day book)
A class plans activities for celebrating Mother's Day.
Plants give us many kinds of food
Introduces some of the seeds, leaves, roots, and fruit of plants that can be used as food by man and animals.
My x, y, z book
Three children named Little X, Little Y, and Little Z fill boxes with objects that begin with the letters X, Y, and Z, such as x-rays, a yo-yo, and some zebras.
Hi, Word Bird!
Uses a very simple vocabulary to follow Word Bird as he hatches and learns to hop, jump, swim, and fly.
My "o" sound box
Little o searches for things beginning with the letter o to put in his sound box.
Magic monsters count to ten
A counting book of monsters from one to nine. The reader makes monster 10.
My b book
Little B goes for a walk and finds many things that begin with the letter "b" to put in her box.