🪺 We can all agree that children are a blessing from the Lord, but more often than not those little blessings tend to create big messes.. and cleaning them up isn't usually very much fun, for them or us!

🍄 Thanks to Emily Morrow @reallyverycrunchy now there's a perfect book for that! "Little Helper, Big Imagination"- Her short & sweet picture book for little ones shows that with some help from their imaginations, cleaning up can become a grand adventure! From pretending to being a baker to imagining yourself as a squirrel gathering treasures, there's plenty of cute ideas to spark their imaginations and get them excited to help with cleaning around the house!

🦊 My son really enjoyed reading this with me, his favorite part of the book was when the little boy said "Just being me with Mom is better than anything I could ever imagine." which serves as a powerful reminder that our children cherish their time with us no matter what we're doing, as long as we're together!

🌈 Maybe you've seen her hilarious videos showing the humorous side of living a crunchy life, or maybe you know her as being a fellow homeschooler, but if you've never met Emily and her family then I would highly recommend you checking her out @reallyverycrunchy and be prepared to laugh!

🎨 The illustrations in this book were sweetly done in soft watercolors which I think would be especially appreciated by parents who enjoy Charlotte Mason, Waldorf, Montessori, or any other gentle nature-based homeschool styles..

"Little Helper, Big Imagination" was a joy to read & I highly recommend it to parents of little ones!

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Thank you Emily Morrow for the chance to read your book! I received this book as an arc but all opinions are my own.

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I thought this was a delightful and fun way to explore both giving chores and making chores more appealing. I love that he made them into games, and illustrated them in the same way.

This is a cute and sweet book about using your imagination to help your family!

This book was a beautifully illustrated book about using your imagination. In a culture of screens, it was refreshing to see a book encouraging hands on learning and play.

My favorite part of the book was seeing the child learn to participate in household duties while making it a fun learning experience.

*Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for my free copy of this book. All opinions are my own.

This was a cute little book about children’s imaginative play. It was about a little boy who liked to turn mundane tasks into fun games. The illustrations were lovely to look at. I know my 4 and 6 year old will enjoy reading this one, it’s a lovely addition to our library.

There was a lovely note from the author at the back of the book, which gave some great advice to parents about playing with your child. Sometimes in the daily hustle and bustle of life, we forget to have fun! This has been a reminder for me to have more fun with the children - even if we are doing really boring tasks.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

We, adult people, need to learn from small kids and their imagination. Imagination brings us to another level opportunity of fun in the distress area in our life. Hopefully this book will be enjoyed by the little ones.

I can’t share enough about this wonderful book. We received this as an ebook ARC but I can’t wait to add this to our home library, and to share with other families. This book is perfect for introducing families to the connection of letting children be children and to find responsibility at the same time. A note from the brilliant author explains more about this. I love how she points out how every child is unique and learns in their own time and their own way. This story follows the little boy as he helps his mom all day with little things around the home. To make his day fun he lets his imagination run wild, from being a spy, the greatest chef and even a superhero. This adorable story is so creative and fun. It keeps your little ones engaged and shows them how they too can be big helpers while having fun. The illustrations are perfect keeping things simple yet fun and colorful. My children adore this story. It’s perfect for showing my son ,who is on the autism spectrum, that he can accomplish things while having fun. I highly recommend this story for all families. It is also perfect to use in early childhood classrooms. The possibilities are endless with this book.
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This is a really cute children’s book about using your imagination for everyday activities. I think it’s a great way to interact with your young kids as well by making many otherwise boring things an adventure. Love the illustrations and how the parents actually look like Jason and Emily. The daily rhythm cards and bare feet were fun little “easter eggs” to find too.

I received an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.

A sweet book about a mom empowering her kid to approach chores through play. Making his bed for instance is like frosting a cake. I love the imagery and the ideas it can help percolate in a little's mind.

This is a cute book about imaginative play and doing some chores. My 5 year old daughter enjoyed it though a few things didn't click because she likes to sleep in more than the average child so we aren't downstairs in the kitchen when she wakes up so that was a bit of a strange concept for her. Some of the things presented might be easier for a child with a stay at home parent to connect with as well since the book is all about play and chores at home during the day.

She enjoyed the games the little boy played while doing his chores and liked the drawings a lot. She told me she wants me to read it to her again because she liked it and would think about acting out some of the things in the book when doing chores which is always a win when reading a book!

Thank you to Zonderkidz Books and Netgalley for the chance to review an ARC of this book. All opinions expressed are my own.

An incredible book across the board. Lovely and engaging illustrations and accessible ideas. The tone is not pushy and perfect for the reluctant little helper of all age groups of children. If I may, this book is a bit like the book version of the pedagogy behind Bluey.

This is such a fun book! I love seeing how the child took the task that could be undesirable and made them fun by using their imagination. I think that this book will be well loved by fans of the show Bluey because the child uses their imagination much the same way the Bingo and Bluey do. I think it is important that children use their imagination and play even when they are doing things that have to be done.

This book was really cute! My children loved it and now have all kinds of ideas for ways to make their chores more fun. I think that encouraging kids to use their imagination is a great things.

We road tripped to Florida for spring break and I was so happy I had been approved for sixteen new children’s books coming out this year. It helped so much to break up some time with stories! The kids loved them and had so much fun picking out a book from my netgalley app to read. We didn’t read a single book we didn’t like! Tuckers favorite was Elmo’s new book, Kinley loved the fairy godmother book, Dawsyn loved the basketball one, and Briggs adored the animal book. I highly suggest adding all of these to your summer library reading lists for kids. I love children’s books, and these were full of beautiful illustrations, stories, and allowed us to have some great conversations after them. Thank you @netgalley for these advanced copies! @lisakatzenberger @alicewalstead @eringuendelsberger @aimeereid @christiematheson @jackjokinen @sandranickel @janechapman @hudaharajli @fraanushkin @saralauxakin @laurapurdiesalas @katyhudson emilymurrow @zackwilliams 📚📖🚗☀️🏝️🌊👙

A Love Letter to My Library by Lisa Katzenberger

I Can Do It Even If I’m Scared by Lisa Katzenberger

How to Catch a Fairy Godmother by Alice Walstead

Elmo Gives Thanks by Erin Guendelsberger

Baby Animals Trying by Aimee Reid

A Mischief of Mice by Christie Matheson

A Stray Dog for Christmas by Jack Jokinen

Bears Big Idea by Sandra Nickel

Each of Us Is a Miracle by Jane Chapman

All About Nature by Huda Harajli

Katie Woo and JoJo on the Go by Fran Manushkin

The Pass by Sara Laux Akin

Line Leads the Way by Laura Purdue Salas

A Bold Pumpkin Plan by Katy Hudson

Little Helpler, Big Imagination by Emily Morrow

A Little More like Jesus by Zack Williams

Me and my son loved this book and story.
He was so excited for me to read this to him and now he requests me to read this book to him every night!

This book was adorable. As a mother to an energetic 4 year old who gets bored when there's not enough activity, I am well-versed in making games out of chores that need done. Some of the imaginative play the child in the book takes on, such as making the bed whilst pretending to be a master chef, are quite literally the icing on the cake. We could all use a little more play in our lives. And I appreciate the ideas the author provided the parents at the end.

This book shows kids how much fun chores or simple tasks can be, if you use your imagination. Anythimg can be fun!

I would love the physical copy of this for our shelves.

Cute little book as all about playing pretend and using your imagination.
The pictures are cute. My kids noticed how the colors were extra bright and my 5 year old said “I like to pretend all colors are like that!”. - so the pictures felt like her own imagination.
It teaches kids about doing their chores and being a “little helper!”, and how they can make these jobs fun with their imagination.
Good book, and kept the attention of my 3 and 5 year old!

I can totally see my child imagining like the character in this book. Such a fun story involving kids being good helpers but in a fun interesting way. I plan to implement some these ideas to help in our home

What an incredible lesson for parents in beautifully illustrated pictures!

This book shows kids how much fun chores or simple tasks can be if you use your imagination! Any mundane thing can be made fun!
reminding parents to take the time to be with their kids .. memories are made together, it doesn't matter what you're doing!

I would love the physical copy of this for our shelves.

Thank you NetGalley and publisher for the ebook in exchange for an honest review.

This is an adorable book with big imagination. My four year old son and I both really enjoyed the story. I loved how the little boy used his imagination to turn boring chores into fun adventures. This book was a great way to start the conversation about how to make daily chores more fun.

The illustrations are bright and colorful. Each page full of lots of details to look at. Definitely recommend this book to families with young children!