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Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge 2017 #nfpb2017
Kid Lit Frenzy’s Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge has long been one of my favorite annual reading challenges, but I never got my blogging act in gear in 2016 to participate in weekly posts. (Though I did do plenty of reading: check out my list of 10 favorite nonfiction picture books from 2016). I’d like to do…
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10 Favorite Picture Books from 2016
2016 was another great year for picture books. I didn’t read as many as I usually do, but overall the quality of my picture book reading was up because I was more selective (rather than going to the library and grabbing a bunch of books at random). My very favorite book of the year was…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? #imwayr 10/10/16
It was a picture book kind of week, which is always a good kind of week to have. Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea: Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor is a picture book biography of scientist Marie Tharps, who took data gathered by other scientists and used it to create a map of the…
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Links I Loved Last Week: A Round-Up of Online Reading 9/25/16
The Marshall Project has a fascinating and disturbing piece on how rookie cops are assigned to Chicago’s challenging neighborhoods (thanks to Joy the Baker for the link). I appreciate the Indiana Fever basketball players who all took a knee during the National Anthem before their recent play-off game. Ninety-six-year-old New Yorker correspondent Roger Angell explains…
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What Did You Do on Your Summer Vacation?: Slice of Life
I saw cars. That’s what I did. If I were planning a vacation for me, it would focus exclusively on local coffee shops, independent bookstores, farm-to-table restaurants, art museums, and nature meanderings. I know what I like. I know what my son likes too. Cars. American muscle cars and Italian sports cars and German sedans…
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Links I Loved Last Week: A Round-Up of Online Reading 3/6/16
It’s a miracle that I managed to read ANYTHING this week besides Slices. I’m trying to comment generously each day, and with nearly 300 Slicers slicing away each day, there is plenty of opportunity for commenting! Carol explains why she comments on blogs in a typically thought-provoking and generous post. Carrie wrote two wonderful pieces…
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Celebrate: Slice of Life Story Challenge
I’ve done it. I’ve finally done it. I just signed up to participate in the Slice of Life Storytelling Challenge at Two Writing Teachers. I’ve thought about participating for years. Last year, I even signed up to be a Welcome Wagon volunteer and commented daily on several new slicers’ posts for the whole month. I…
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Links I Loved Last Week: A Round-Up of Online Reading 1/17/16
The ALA Youth Media Awards were announced this week! I even woke up early for it–and I jealously guard my sleep. Check out the Reaction Tweets of the winners, and then enjoy the comments and opinions of the “real Caldecott committee” which chimed in on Calling Caldecott, a Mock Caldecott blog. I am such a…
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Kindergarten Meets College: A Celebration of Coloring and Creative Mind Class #celebratelu
Ruth Ayres hosts a weekly celebration at her blog, Ruth Ayres Writes. I appreciate this invitation to reflect on the positives of my week. This week, the juniors and seniors enrolled in my upper-division Creative Mind class received an unusual homework assignment: color. I try to make it feel a little more like college by…
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Links I Loved Last Week: A Round-Up of Online Reading 8/9/15
Virginia Pratt explores all the different kinds of connections books and reading bring to our lives. 100 Scope Notes predicts the picture books that will make the 2015 New York Times 10 Best list. A very fine list! Three Teachers Talk has published a series of posts about boys and literacy, based on their learning…
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