It's family game night with a literacy twist! Yes, this is the latest thing I have come up with! Without regular programming to keep it under control, my brain has a mind of its own. I still need to brainstorm ideas, even if they end up in blog post form! Hopefully one day this will become an actual program. In the meantime, I plan on pairing different board games you would play with your family along with a list of books that you can share together as well! I can even go a step further and suggest a candy/drink pairing. Twizzlers make wonderful straws for White Claws and Barefoot Sweet Red. Then there's the classic Jolly Rancher/Zima combo as well. You could have lots of mixology fun, just saying...
I start with Candy Land, a major childhood favorite. I even made my oldest daughter's 1st birthday Candy Land themed. It's funny that it's a favorite of mine because I almost never win at it. I have the kind of bad luck where I am so close to the candy castle and then pull the peppermint stick card that sends me all the way back to the beginning. I have similar luck with the giant slide in Chutes & Ladders as well. Anyway, we just played Candy Land together as a family last weekend, and it must have inspired this idea. I must have been on an adrenaline high from actually winning two games in a row! You could make it a whole big affair and play the game, read books, make treats, watch Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (the original), and even conduct some candy science experiments!
FICTION
- Silverlicious / written and illustrated by Victoria Kann
- The Berenstain bears and too much junk food / Stan & Jan Berenstain
- Big red lollipop / by Rukhsana Khan ; illustrated by Sophie Blackall
- Arnie the doughnut / cooked up by Laurie Keller
- The legend of the candy cane : the inspirational story of our favorite Christmas candy / written by Lori Walburg ; illustrated by Richard Cowdrey
- Candy Kingdom chaos / Carolyn Keene ; illustrated by Peter Francis
- The candy caper case / by Paul Dubois Jacobs and Jennifer Swender ; Illustrated by Karl West
- Candy smash / by Jacqueline Davies
- Yuvi's candy tree / by Lesley Simpson ; illustrated by Janice Lee Porter
- Layla the cotton candy fairy / by Daisy Meadows
- Honey the candy fairy / by Daisy Meadows ; [illustrations by Georgie Ripper]
- The candy factory mystery / created by Gertrude Chandler Warner ; illustrated by Hodges Soileau
- Charlie and the chocolate factory / Roald Dahl ; illustrated by Quentin Blake
- Candy Fairies series / Helen Perelman
- Chocolate Dreams
- Rainbow Swirl
- Caramel Moon
- Cool Mint
- Magic Hearts
- The Sugar Ball
- A Valentine’s Surprise
- Bubble Gum Rescue
- Double Dip
- Jelly Bean Jumble
- The Chocolate Rose
- Marshmallow Mystery
NONFICTION
- Sweet! : the delicious story of candy / Ann Love & Jane Drake ; illustrated by Claudia Dávila 641.853 L941s
- The sugary secrets behind candy / by Ellie O'Ryan ; illustrated by Rob McClurkan 641.853 Or9s
- Science experiments you can eat / Vicki Cobb ; illustrations, Tad Carpenter 507.8 C634s
- Candy experiments / Loralee Leavitt 507.8 L489c
- Candy experiments 2 / Loralee Leavitt 507.8 L489c
- Crave-worthy candy confections with a side of science / by M.M. Eboch 641.86 Eb71c
- Eye candy : crafting cool candy creations / by Dana Meachen Rau 641.853 R19e
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