Tag: Caldecott Challenge
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/3/14 #imwayr
Visit Teach Mentor Texts and Unleashing Readers to participate in this weekly kidlit meme. On my blog this week, I shared: A round-up of some of my favorite online reading in Sunday Salon A Celebration post featuring recent cat photos My plan to participate in two more reading challenges A review of an excellent nonfiction […]
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 12/23/13
Visit Teach Mentor Texts and Unleashing Readers to find out what others are reading this week. On my blog, I reflected on how my #nerdlution (read more poetry) has been going, participated in #Celebratelu for the first time, and shared some interesting online reads. I read a lot last week, but you wouldn’t […]
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 12/2/13
Visit Unleashing Readers and Teach Mentor Texts to participate in the kidlit version of this weekly meme. So much catching up to do when you don’t post for two weeks! But I have a good excuse for the lack of blogging: NCTE! I recapped my conference experience in a Storify of tweets. I turned one […]
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 11/18/13
Visit Teach Mentor Texts and Unleashing Readers to find out what kidlit others are enjoying this week. Last week, I finally posted my review of Teach Like a Pirate. I shared a lot of interesting education-focused online reading in my Sunday Salon post. I tackled Lindsey’s question about how to make the most of your […]
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Caldecott Challenge Update
We read a bunch of Caldecott Medal and Honor books this week. I am loving the 1950s and 60s and have developed an obsession with Will and Nicolas. Why aren’t their books still in print?? I assumed that some of these books would be familiar to me from my own childhood, but only a couple […]
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We Begin the Caldecott Challenge
Inspired by Lorna at Not For Lunch, I’ve decided to add a Caldecott Challenge to the reading that I do with my kids. My older son, who struggles with reading, gets excited when he sees a shiny gold sticker on a book, and like me, he’s a completist. There is something about this type of […]
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 9/30/13
Visit Teach Mentor Texts and Unleashing Readers to participate in the weekly kidlit meme and see what others are reading. This week on my blog, I posted my usual Sunday feature, links to what I’ve been reading online. I shared some very lovely photos of Frances, who is possibly the world’s most adorable kitten (as well […]
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