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Friday, June 26, 2015

A Biography That Invites Us to Learn More: The House That Jane Built

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            I like nonfiction books with voice. In these books the author talks to readers, urging them to move beyond what is offered in t...
Thursday, June 18, 2015

Ditto! Ditto! Ditto! for ELA

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            Ditto! Ditto! Ditto! for ELA!   That’s what went through my mind recently as I read Jordan Ellenberg’s New Y...
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Saturday, June 6, 2015

Feeding Visual Literacy: Close-Up Photographs for Young Children

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            Wow! That was my first response to the close-up photographs in Butterflies, Ladybugs, and Bees by Aaron Frisch.   So interest...
Monday, May 25, 2015

Writing Nonfiction for a Purpose

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Outside of school, people don’t sit down to write a paragraph or write “at least two sentences” or write an essay that...
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Friday, May 15, 2015

Caught in the Spell of Words and Paintings

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The partnership of author Robert Burleigh and artist Wendell Minor has once again produced a powerful nonfiction picture book...
Thursday, May 7, 2015

Book Extras: The Inside Track from Owlkids Books

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Look at what Owlkids Books have put together. It's called " The Inside Track, " and it is comprised of video and audio clips...
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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Ulysses Who?: Considering the Connections We Make

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            I just can’t shake this experience. Recently, my graduate class in children’s literature has been reading Flora &...