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What a month. I stepped off the treadmill of school life on November 2 and went back home for two weeks to help my mom while she recovered from surgery. Back home. I've lived in Ohio longer than all my growing up years in Eastern Colorado, and yet I still ...
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I am excited to add LETTERS TO A SOLDIER by First Lieutenant David Falvey and Mrs. Julie Hutt's Fourth-Grade Class to our school library. It is hard to find a book that answers kids' questions about a soldier's experience in a way that makes sense to them. But this book does just that. In ...
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I received three books that I'll add to my books to share with kids when we are thinking about words and language. When I think about talking to kids about words, I want a variety of books to share. I want fiction and nonfiction. I want books with strong language and books that just have fun ...
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Between NCTE and my trip to Cover to Cover today, I have lots of books that I am hoping to read in the next several weeks. Here are a few that are on the top of my pile: CLAIM TO FAME by Margaret Peterson Haddix--I was so excited to see a new book by Haddix. I haven't been paying attention to ...
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readingyear.blogspot.com - 33 hours ago
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Steve Jenkins is one of my favorite nonfiction
authors/illustrators. I love the way he organizes information and...
the combination of his words and his art is always a great combination. I love this new book. So many of Jenkins' books are difficult to ...
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NEVER SMILE AT A MONKEY by Steve Jenkins
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I visited my grandparents house every Sunday throughout my childhood. I tell the story often of going up to her attic each week and choosing a new Nancy Drew book. But, until recently, I had forgotten about the trunk of comic books that they had in the entrance hall. A chest filled to the top ...
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If you liked MONKEY WITH A TOOL BELT by Chris Monroe (and how could you not have), you will LOVE this new book about the same character. I was thrilled to see MONKEY WITH A TOOLBELT AND THE NOISY PROBLEM when I was at NCTE. How did I miss this book about a character I love? I loved the first ...
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photo by roboppy MANNERS by Howard Nemerov Prig offered Pig the first chance at dessert, So Pig reached out and speared the bigger part. "Now that," cried Prig, "is extremely rude of you!" Pig, with his mouth full, said, "Wha, wha' wou' 'ou do?" (the whole poem, including the ...
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So, I have to add TURKEY TROUBLE by Wendi Silvano to my list of "Books I Could Read A Million Times" . I loved it when I first read it but then I read it to nearly every class over the last few weeks. It is a fun read EVERY time and kids in grades 1-5 got quite a kick out of it. The older kids ...
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We feel lucky to be included in the blog tour that the author and illustrator team of Joey Fly, Private Eye are one. We are so happy they stopped at A Year of Reading. If you are like us, you are on the hunt for great new graphic novels to add to your classroom or school library. This new ...
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image by packtpulk FEAR I am not afraid of the dark or cold weather or hard work. I am not afraid to be caught without an umbrella and I'm not afraid (anymore) of those big millipedes that are sometimes in the sink when I turn on the kitchen light in the morning in the summer. I am ...
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The Fear
readingyear.blogspot.com - 9 days ago
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I picked up two new picture books for
winter. I think they will both be fun read...
alouds. Both are about the joys of winter. Now, I am not a big fan of winter. But these books do remind me of the fun of winter play. Kids will definitely relate to the ...
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2 New Books for Winter
I am so happy to have discovered this new nonfiction picture book. Last month, I attended a workshop and Selections Bookfairs was there selling books. Since our school has a courtyard, I have been trying to build our collection of books related to some of the things they kids see there and ...
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I love when people come up with new things and Lou Brooks has come up with Twimericks --Limericks and Tongue Twisters all rolled up. You can tell right away that this book is a fun one. There is a warning on the first page: "THE SURGEON GENERAL HAS DETERMINED THAT RAPID READING OF THIS BOOK ...
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NCTE's Annual Convention is the most important thing I do for my own professional development. Last year, I was able to hear Tim Tyson , Kathy Yancey , Karl Fisch and others who helped me create a vision for where I wanted to go in my own teaching and learning. And I did meet Grover from ...
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A Gift of Days: The Greatest Words to Live By by Stephen Alcorn Simon & Schuster, 2009 review copy provided by the publisher I'm not sure this is a children's book, but I LOVE books of quotations and this one is unique and stunningly beautiful. Each of the 366 quotes is from a ...
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In an effort to keep this great good thing we know and love as Poetry Friday running as smoothly as possible until such time as its founder, Kelly Herold, is able to take the reins again, and under the advisement of Greg (GottaBook), Tricia (Miss Rumphius), Susan (Chicken Spaghetti), and Diane ...
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readingyear.blogspot.com - 20 days ago
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Tricia's Poetry Stretch this week at The Miss
Rumphius Effect was to write a rictameter, which is...
an unrhymed nine line poetry form with a syllable count of 2,4,6,8,10,8,6,4,2 and the first and last lines the same. Here's my rictameter, and then ...
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Poetry Friday -- Veterans' Day Coincidence
Where Else in the Wild? More Camouflaged Creatures Concealed...and Revealed Ear-Tickling Poems by David M. Schwartz and Yael Schy Eye-Tricking Photos by Dwight Kuhn Tricycle Press, 2009 review copy provided by the publisher This book has everything! There are fabulous poems, things to ...
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100 Scope Notes has the scoop on where to watch the live webcast of the ALA Newbery/Caldecott Awards and how to stay in touch on Twitter . (Yes, I just gave you the links, but you need to go to his post to see the FABULOUS picture of him and his 1984 computer!) Hopefully there won't be another ...
