Tag: picture books
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17 Favorite Picture Books of 2017
2017 was another strong year for picture books. As I compiled my top 10 list, I realized that there’s nothing that I’m quite as passionate about as I was about my top two picture books from 2016, They All Saw a Cat and Radiant Child, though Town Is by the Sea comes close. But still. There…
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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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Top 10 Picture Book Authors and Illustrators I’ve Read Most From
Top Ten Tuesday is a bookish meme hosted by The Broke and Bookish. This week’s topic is Authors You’ve Read the Most Books From. I am not a completest and rarely read all books even by favorite authors. I like to leave something in reserve. I like knowing that I still have a new book…
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10 Picture Books I Can’t Wait to Share with My College Students #pb10for10
It’s time for one of my favorite blogging events of the year–#pb10for10! Cathy Mere and Mandy Robek host, so visit their blogs for more details. It’s easy to play: simply put together a list of 10 picture books you can’t live without. I had a lot of ideas for themes this year, but ultimately decided…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? #imwayr 8/3/15
Visit Teach Mentor Texts and Unleashing Readers to participate in the kidlit version of this weekly meme. On the blog: A curation of some of my favorite online reading from last week An interview with recent teacher intern Kelsey Empfield about what she learned A slice/metaslice about why I love mornings and why it’s hard…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? #imwayr 7/27/15
Visit Teach Mentor Texts and Unleashing Readers to participate in the kidlit version of this weekly meme. On the blog: A curation of my favorite online reading from last week A celebration of independent bookstores and shopping serendipity The final installment of #cyberPD’s reading response A list of 10 nonfiction books I want to add…
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The Books That Came Home With Me: Celebrate #celebratelu
Ruth Ayres hosts a weekly celebration at her blog. I appreciate this invitation to reflect on the positives of my week. I spent a couple of very happy hours at two different branches of The Tattered Cover in Denver this week. I can never decide if I love the Colfax or the Lodo location best,…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Picture Books Featuring Diverse Characters
Top Ten Tuesday is a feature hosted by The Broke and Bookish. For this week’s Top Ten list, I decided to focus on ten favorite picture books I like to share in my Children’s Literature course for pre-service elementary teachers. A beautifully illustrated and thoughtfully written story of the important Supreme Court case that legalized interracial…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? #imwayr 7/20/15
Visit Teach Mentor Texts and Unleashing Readers to participate in the kidlit version of this weekly meme. On the blog: A curation of some of the best of last week’s online reading A celebration of one of my favorite therapeutic parenting techniques, outcrazying the crazy A reflection on three chapters of Digital Reading for #cyberPD…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? #imwayr 9/22/14
Visit Unleashing Readers and Teach Mentor Texts to participate in the kidlit version of this weekly meme. On my blog: A curation of some of the best online reading from last week–the reading life, teaching with tech, book awards season, and more Some ideas for getting started with Personal Learning Networks A review of the…
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