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The Flag We Love by Pam Munoz Ryan – Illustrated by Ralph Masiello: Dazzling...
Enjoy a red-white-and-blue introduction to our nation’s most cherished ideals in this look at Old Glory. Dazzling illustrations and inspiring verse bring to life many famous moments in our country’s...
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Children’s Choice Book Awards K-2 Finalists: Vote Here!
Children’s Choice Book Awards K-2 Finalists Vote here: /www.bookweekonline.com/voting/k-2. Teachers, enter your class’s votes here (HarperCollins Children’s Books)
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Read a lovely interview with Lee Bennett Hopkins about his book AMAZING FACES
Amazing Faces is a new poetry anthology celebrating the faces all around us—girls and boys, women and men revealing the universal feelings we all share. Here, Lee Bennett Hopkins, the poet who gathered...
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Just Us Books celebrates the diversity of Black history, culture and experiences
If you’re familiar with Black children’s book publishing, then you might know why Just Us Books was founded. Parents Wade and Cheryl Hudson were tired of searching for books that featured little brown...
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NEW: Graphic Novel Series HILO by Judd Winick, Cartoonist and former cast...
First Book in the Series to be Published in Spring 2015 “Winick has a sense of timing and adventure that is rare in children’s literature, and a knack for thinking like a kid that’s even rarer. I think...
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How Classroom Libraries Work
Research shows that classroom libraries help students attain reading achievement. These key points from Scholastic’s Classroom Libraries Work: Research & Results provide concrete examples that will...
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JANE ADDAMS CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARDS ANNOUNCED
Recipients of the 2013 Jane Addams Children’s Book Awards were announced by the Jane Addams Peace Association. Each Kindness, written by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by E.B. Lewis and published by...
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Artists Create Stunning Tribute To Maurice Sendak
“Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved it. I answer all my children’s letters — sometimes very hastily — but this one I lingered over. I sent him a card and I...
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Editing Without an Editor Workshop
A fabulous workshop is being offered by two experienced editors: Eileen Robinson, creator of F1rst Pages; and Harold Underdown, author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Publishing Children’s Books. Do...
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The Cybermen are Back in Doctor Who: “Nightmare in Silver!”
In Doctor Who, Season 7 Part 2, Ep. 7 “Nightmare in Silver, ” Hedgewick’s World of Wonders was once the greatest theme park in the galaxy, but it’s now the dilapidated home to a shabby showman, a...
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A Bad Case Of Stripes: An inspiring Children’s Book with a Positive Message
“With technology developing at a record pace and kids mastering iPads before they’re even out of diapers, it’s more important than ever to instill the love of reading in our children,” writes Julie...
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I would love to come speak to your school, college, church, business or other...
In my 26 Years as a teacher, I have taught basic skills for writing, reading and study skills, and special education. I have taught on all levels, including K-8 computer literacy and computer aided...
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THE MIGHTY LALOUCHE: A charming tale by Matthew Olshan that holds a few...
One hundred and a few-odd years ago, in Paris, France, there lived a humble postman named Lalouche. He was small, but his hands were nimble, his legs were fast, and his arms were strong. In THE MIGHTY...
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BEAN DOG & NUGGET: Charise Mericle Harper Cooks Up Another Great Book Idea...
This is an excerpt from an excellent blog entry by Charise Mericle Harper. The other day I was at my son’s book fair, talking with his teacher. A few of my books were included in the event, and she...
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Independent Film Producer Jim Lemley Highlights Magic, Improvisation and...
Independent film producer Jim Lemley added a little razzle-dazzle to the University of Idaho commencement ceremony and encouraged graduates to worry less about figuring everything out right away....
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The poems in NASTY BUGS Lee Bennett Hopkins are itchingly great
Crossposted on Daily Kos Gross! … Boys will love this collection … a book of poetry with a decided ick factor. The bugs are delightfully nasty and include magots, chiggers, wasps, lice and bed bugs....
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What Can a Crane Pick Up? by Rebecca Kai Dotlich and other great picture books
What makes a good picture book? Remember what it’s like to see spring for the first time? To get your first grown-up bed? To run in the park, on the beach, along the Brooklyn Promenade, and never want...
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An intricate and satisfying homage to green, the color of all creation, from...
“Subtle cutouts on each richly painted page of Laura Vaccaro Seeger’s ‘Green’ similarly create a mystical sense of complexity and continuity. In this case, the images on each page refer both backward...
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AL and TEDDY, first picture book published by Dream Yard Press “destined to...
This is the story of Al, who is also King Alejandro, and his kid brother Teddy. Who is four. Almost five. Every night Al flies to exotic places and meets fantastic beings, and every morning he’s back...
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Creativity 101, Tuesday 6/10/14: The Link Between Creativity and Self Esteem
Click on image to read more about this title Being creative involves an attitude of receptivity and self acceptance. Whenever you give rise to a thought, almost straight after, an element of judgment...
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