Five...Four...Three...Two...One...Happy Birthday! This week we had a very special birthday celebration with Colleen Kessler. She is a local non-fiction author who has published numerous books including many for teachers -- Super Smart Science, Hands-on Ecology: Real-life activities for kids, and …
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November 2011 is shaping up to be quite a memorable month of reading! To begin, it is the inaugural year for Picture Book Month. The daily posts from authors and illustrators have been very inspiring. My family once again made pancakes while reading Nate the Great to celebrate Marjorie Weinman Sharmat's birthday on November 12. Secondly,…
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This month I read the article by Anita Silvey, "Make Way for Stories: There's a good reason why people are passing up picture books", that was published by School Library Journal. In this article…
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We have been celebrating Lois Ehlert's birthday at our house for three years! I was challenged to develop an activity that featured a book that my children had not read in the past. I found the book,Pie in the Sky, at the library. It is a story about a special tree -- a pie tree. However, it is hard to believe this is a pie tree at the end of winter as only buds are on the branches. Spring doesn't reveal a pie as only blossoms appear. Summer shows us why this is a pie tree when…
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