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Children's Literature: September 2011
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Monday, September 26, 2011. Nancy Fancy The 100th Day of School by Jane O'Connor. Fun, Imaginative ideas, intelligence, artistic, and determination to fulfill a personal dream. The book is about 11 children who were supposed to bring some unique projects of the same object to mark their 100. Day of school. The object for the project was meant to be 1000. They were to bring the complete project to class on their 100. Day of school. The 100. Was born, and bred in. New York City. She. Her book, Fancy Nancy,...
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Annemarie's Literature Blog: Don't Eat the Teacher
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011. Don't Eat the Teacher. Nick Ward is the author and illustrator of many children's books. Ward had his first book published in 1979. He also write under the. Pseudonym of Charlie Small, who is the main character in one of his series. The teacher was very understanding of Sammy’s problem though and always told him it was alright. Sammy vowed to try harder the next day and when his mom asked him what he learned that day he said a lot! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Annemarie's Literature Blog: The Case of the Missing Mother
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Monday, December 5, 2011. The Case of the Missing Mother. James Howe was born on August 2, 1946 in Oneida, New York. He is the author of more than 80 children and young adult books. Animal was extremely happy to be reunited with his mother and she was able to play in the tribute concert. Ask the students if they have ever lost something. How did they feel? Did anyone help them look for it? Have the children write about how they think Animal felt to find his mother. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Katie's Book Log: Pink and Say
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Friday, December 2, 2011. Written and Illustrated by: Patricia Polacco. Published by: Philomel Books 1994. This book tells the story of how Pinkus saved and helped a wounded Union soldier of a different race, Sheldon, during the Civil War. After being nursed back to health by Pinkus’ African American mother, the two boys became friends. After a run in with the Confederates, Pinkus’ mother was killed and the two boys were sent to a Confederate concentration camp. Civil War, Courage and Honor, Friendship.
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Children's Literature: Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night
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Sunday, December 11, 2011. Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night. Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night. Houghton Mifflin Books for Children. Different creatures and what they do. Joyce Sidman was born on June 4, 1956. In Hartford, Connecticut. She. Is a published author of children's books and young adult books. She is a poet, children’s book author, writer, and a teacher. She has written many books and some of the published credits of Joyce Sidman include The World According to Dog. With his wi...
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BOOKS! BOOKS! BOOKS!: Exploring Countries – Mexico
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Monday, November 7, 2011. Exploring Countries – Mexico. Colleen Sexton has written countless books, including many non-fiction books and biographies of well known people such as J.K. Rowling. This book shows Mexico in many different ways. It shows where Mexico is geographically in relation to other countries, what their land is like; wetlands, plateaus, etc. It shows what animals live in Mexico, and gives fun facts about the country. What do we know about Mexico? What did we learn about Mexico?
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Deedee's Literature Blog: Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
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Monday, December 5, 2011. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type. Http:/ www.doreencronin.com/www.doreencronin.com/Home.html. Doreen was born in NY and grew up in Long Island with her parents, two brothers and sister in a red house. Her first grade teacher introduced her to writing and she loved it. She graduated from Penn State in 1988 and St. John's University School of Law in 1998. Her book. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type. Fiction, Caldecott Honor Book. I think this is a great book to use because it is ...
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Britt Bogan's Blog: The Colors of Us
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This blog is to share children's literature books with other people. Sunday, December 11, 2011. The Colors of Us. The Colors of Us. Seven-year-old Lena and her mother observe the variations in the color of their friend's skin and refer to them as types of foods and other things found in nature. For example, different shades of brown could be described as toffee, mocha, chocolate, honey, etc. Would you say something to them? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Our Home is the Sea. In the Small Pond. White...
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BOOKS! BOOKS! BOOKS!: Encylopedia Prehistorica, Dinosaurs
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Thursday, November 3, 2011. Encylopedia Prehistorica, Dinosaurs. Robert Sabuda and Mattew Reinhart. Http:/ www.matthewreinhart.com. Http:/ www.robertsabuda.com. Robert Sabuda is a talented pop up book artist. From a very young age he was a talented artist. He attended Pratt Institution in New York City, where he met Mattew Reinhart. This is a book that has many pictures and facts about dinosaurs. It has pop outs to look at that show details of the dinosaurs. Where do dinosaurs live? How big are dinosaurs?
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Britt Bogan's Blog: Free Fall
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This blog is to share children's literature books with other people. Sunday, December 11, 2011. David Weisner wrote and illustrated Free Fall. Non-fiction, Caldecott Honor book. Have students share with their classmates a fun and interesting dream they have experienced. What is a dream? Why do we dream? Why did this young boy visit all of these places? Do you think he was scared? Why or why not? Students will make a small mobile of their favorite dreams and show them to their classmates. In the Small Pond.
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