The Nurturing Nest Family Child Care & Preschool May 2026 Reading   The following books complement topics and concepts that I will be introducing this month. Choose some books to use with your child at home. Read the books frequently to your child to encourage literacy skills. Reading to children at a young age will encourage them to become good readers themselves later on. Remember, a positive attitude toward reading is contagious!   Lily the Ladybug by Brikmade Books Pete the Cat and the Itsy Bitsy Spider by James Dean Hank's Big Day: The Story of a Bug by Evan Kuhlman The Ants Who Couldn't Dance by Ms One Busy Bee by Chris Lensch From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons Mud by Mary Lyn Ray Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! by Bob Barner  The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle The Honey Bee by Kristen Hall The Three Butterflies by Chris Lensch A Luna Moth's Life by John Himmelman I Love Bugs! by Philemon Sturges Praying Mantises by Lisa J. Amstulz  Good Trick Walking Stick by Sheri M Bestar Ten Little Caterpillars by Bill Martin, Jr  Norman the Slug with the Silly Shell by Sue Hendra Beetle Bop by Denise Fleming Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni Centipede's 100 Shoes by Tony Ross    Copyright - The Nurturing Nest All Rights Reserved