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    Elevating Procedural Writing and the Creative Spirit in How to Make a Bird

    Grace Enriquez, November 8, 2021 | Book Reviews, Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Books

    Speaking not just to the creative spirit, but also the heart and soul within all of us, How to Make a Bird is a manual for infusing that part of us that makes something truly spectacular.

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    Drawing Inspiration from The Wisdom of Trees

    Erika Thulin Dawes, November 1, 2021 | Announcements, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Books, Poetry, Poetry Picture Books

    Whether or not you already identify as a tree lover, reading Lita Judge’s multigenre picture book, The Wisdom of Trees, will lead you to view earth’s amazing forests in multifaceted new ways. Judge deepens readers’ understanding of and respect for the interconnectedness of trees by presenting current research on tree communication, framing forests as communities through poetry, expository passages and extensive back matter.

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    Caribbean Creatures Sure to Spook and Delight Young Readers in Looking for a Jumbie

    Katie Cunningham, October 25, 2021 | Book Reviews, Fiction, Fiction Picture Books

    Looking for a Jumbie is Baptiste’s debut picturebook that brings the folklore of jumbies to young readers expanding the audience for these folkloric stories to bring children stories outside of European roots.

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    Centering Food and Family: Tomatoes for Neela

    Denise Davila, October 19, 2021 | Announcements, Book Reviews, Classroom & Curricular Ideas, Fiction, Fiction Picture Books, Picture Books

    Tomatoes for NeelaWritten by Padma LakshmiIllustrated by Juana Martinez-NealPublished by Viking, 2021ISBN # 978-0593202708Grades PreK – 3 Book ReviewThis book is a celebration of sun-ripened tomatoes and the joy they offer year-round. Vividly illustrated by award-wining artist Juana Martinez-Neal and written by celebrity chef Padma Lakshmi, this delicious picturebook is set during tomato season when […]

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    Honoring Indigenous People’s Day with Teaching Ideas for Ancestor Approved

    Mary Ann Cappiello, October 11, 2021 | Book Reviews, Fiction, Fiction Chapter Books, Short Story Anthology

    For Native and non-Native readers alike, Ancestor Approved centers the diverse lives of contemporary Native tweens and teens, and invites all of us to delight in the community, connection, and celebration of the powwow.

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    A Search for Identity and Home in Boy, Everywhere

    Grace Enriquez, October 4, 2021 | Book Reviews, Fiction, Fiction Chapter Books

    A remarkable middle grade novel that chronicles the refugee experience beyond the physical journey itself, Boy, Everywhere is not just a valuable addition to social studies and ELA units, but a gripping text for independent, small group, and whole class reading as well.

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    Studying Science with Secrets of the Sea: The Story of Jeanne Power, Revolutionary Marine Scientist

    Erika Thulin Dawes, September 28, 2021 | Biography & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Books

    The year is 1818 and a young woman named Jeanne wanders the shores of Sicily. Formerly a seamstress, she reinvents herself as a scientist, a naturalist who explores the island on foot, journal in hand. Jeanne Villepreux-Power and her accomplishments is the subject of a fascinating new picture book biography collaboration by Evan Griffin and Joanie Stone. Use it to teach the disciplinary literacies of science, pair it with other stories of women “revolutionaries,” or as part of a historical study of scientific discovery and oceanography.

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    Supporting Children to Weather Storms with Hope and Resilience

    Katie Cunningham, September 20, 2021 | Book Reviews, Fiction, Fiction Picture Books

    Two luminous picturebooks explore the power of storms and the power within us. Simultaneously honest and reassuring, both I Am the Storm and The Longest Storm will leave a lasting impression on readers to help them navigate the next storm they encounter in life.

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    Turning Frowns Upside Down at The Smile Shop

    Denise Davila, September 13, 2021 | Announcements, Book Reviews, Classroom & Curricular Ideas, Fiction, Fiction Picture Books, Picture Books

    The Smile ShopWritten and Illustrated by Satoshi KitamuraPublished by Peachtree, 2021 ISBN #978-1-6826-3255-0 Grades PreK and up Book Review “I am so excited,” starts the first page of Satoshi Kitamura’s picturebook, The Smile Shop.  Set in a crowded open-air market of an urban center, this narrative follows a young boy, who for the very first […]

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    Teaching About September 11th and its Aftermath: In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers

    Mary Ann Cappiello, September 8, 2021 | Book Reviews, Nonfiction

    In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers offers tweens and teens the opportunity to use our historic grief to see anew - right now, when we need it most - our collective responsibility towards one another.

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