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My goal is to create a resource for teachers, home schoolers and anyone interested in quality books for children. Each title is one I have carefully evaluated and selected to support curriculum as well as your class read-alouds. Elementary school librarians are losing their jobs nationwide resulting in the loss of this valuable resource for students and teachers. I have 35 years experience working with kids and their books, so you can consider me your personal librarian!

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More Creative Writing Models

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Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. ~ Anton Chekhov

Read-Alouds Sure to Please

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“I’m wondering what to read next.” Matilda, Roald Dahl

Take Me Out to the Ballgame! Books About Baseball : America’s Favorite Sport!

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Biographies to Read-Aloud

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Picture book biographies make excellent, exciting and informative read-alouds.

Science and Technology

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People will accept your idea much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first. David H. Comins …

Butterflies

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“I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free.” Charles Dickens …

Celebrate National Poetry Month, April 2012!

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Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words. Edgar Allan Poe …

Celebrate Earth Day April 22, 2012 with these great books for kids.

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Add these titles to the other great books in last year’s Earth Day post. I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time …

Black History Month: A Wealth of Great Books

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“I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.” Rosa Parks Rosa’s Bus: The Ride to Civil Rights. Jo S. Kittinger. Calkins Creek, …

Spring is in the air!

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“An optimist is the human personification of spring.” Susan J. Bissonette Here are my top picks for giving your kids spring book fever!

Exaggeration/Tall Tales

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“Just ‘cause it’s a tall tale don’t mean it ain’t true.” Jonas Hackett (Pecos Bill) Your kids will delight in the tales told in these picture books! …

Read Aloud, Gather a Crowd

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Mix up your read-alouds by trying a picture book, a new genre or nonfiction.

Creative Writing Models

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These great picture books will inspire your kids to write creatively. I have not assigned grade levels to these titles because they can be used with such a wide range …

Good Beginnings

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I have chosen a great variety of books that have great beginnings. The read-aloud ages I have suggested are for reading the book in it’s entirety. If you are just …

New Read-Aloud Fun

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There is something for everyone in this new batch of great read-alouds. …

Read-Alouds to Inspire Us All

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An eclectic group of new read-aloud gems to try in 2012. Wonderstruck : A Novel in words and Pictures. Brian Selznick. Scholastic, 2011. Another masterpiece from Selznick! One story in …

Read-Alouds Your Students Will Sit Still For

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This baker’s dozen selection will liven up your read-aloud time with true stories, humor, poetry and mystery.

Check these out for fun!

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More Biographies to Inform and Inspire

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More Inspiring Biographies for 5th & 6th Graders

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The 2012 Newbery Award Winner

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….and the winner is… If you ever have a chance to hear Jack speak, I highly recommend it. He is at the top of my favorite speakers list. Here …

Animal Life Cycles

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These high interest books will spark student curiosity to learn more about these amazing animals.

New Read-Alouds!

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Kids will love these new picks that entertain, teach and inspire.

New read-alouds

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These great books will touch the hearts of listeners and readers.

Math

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This handful of titles will help support teaching and learning about addition, measurement and patterns.

Read Aloud Joy

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Kids will find much to laugh about and think about in these little gems.