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Read Across America Day 2015
Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss! Celebrating Read Across America Day is a great excuse to be silly and act like a kid. Sometimes, I feel that these days even kids need an excuse to act like a kid. I love the zaniness of a Dr. Seuss book! I love that Read Across America Day is about reading for fun and being entertained by what you have read. There is so much required reading in school that kids have forgotten (or have never been taught) that reading is fun. So, go ahead and wear a silly hat, sing a silly song or
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Featured Articles
The Day the Crayons Came Home – Hardcover – August 18, 2015 by Drew Daywalt (Author), Oliver Jeffers (Illustrator) I don’t know about my son but I can’t wait for this book to come out! I hope this group of crayons is as much fun as the crayon gang from The
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The Winners Have Been Announced! Newbery Medal – “The Crossover” written by Kwame Alexander Newbery Honor Books – “EL Deafo” written by Cece Bell “Brown Girl Dreaming” written by Jacqueline Woodson Amazon.com Widgets Caldecott Medal – “The Adventures by Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend” illustrated by Dan Santat Caldecott Honor Books – “Nana in the
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Wondering who will win this year’s Caldecott Medal and Newbery Medal? The 2015 winners will be announced live in Chicago at 8am (Central time) on Monday, February 2. You can be one of the first to hear the announcement by viewing the live webcast of the press conference at www.ala.org.
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Caldecott and Newbery Medals 2014
It’s Medal Day! Many of us are looking forward to The Olympic Games next month in Sochi, but did you know that some important literary medals were awarded today? The winners of the John Newbery Medal and the Randolph Caldecott Medal were announced this morning in Philadelphia. The 2014 recipient
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Story Time
Episode 1 – The Picnic, Part One “Tyler,” his mom called. “It’s time to leave for your kindergarten picnic. Hurry up and get into the car.” “Oh no,” he thought. “It can’t be time to leave already!” He had been dreading this day ever since his mom told him about the ‘Kindergarten Get Acquainted’ picnic invitation that
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“This looks like a good spot, doesn’t it, Tyler?” his mom asked. “I guess so.” he shrugged in response. His mom placed their brightly colored blanket, which they usually take to the beach, down next to a lady and her daughter. The little girl looked like she had been crying.
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“Okay, Tyler, are you ready? Say ‘cheese’!” his mom said as she took his picture. Today was Tyler’s first day of kindergarten. He was very excited. It seemed like it was taking forever for the bus to get to his house. Earlier, his mom had told him that the bus
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“Now that everyone is here, I would like each one of you to tell everyone at your table what your name is,” Miss Nell told the class. “I’m Brian and you must be cry baby,” he said to Aleisha. “Yeah, only babies cry for their mommies,” Katie added. Katie and
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“Miss Nell?” Miranda raised her hand and said, “I think I should be the helper everyday. I’m really good at helping.” Miss Nell answered her by saying, “I’m sure that you are but everyone needs to have a turn.” Everyone was sitting on the circle time rug and Miss Nell
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