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Tag: home

October 5, 2020 by Grace Enriquez

Connecting Home and Heart with The Blue House

A beautiful commentary on what “home” is, Phoebe Wahl's The Blue House offers much for your students to discuss and discover.

November 11, 2019 by Grace Enriquez

Complicating and Celebrating Identity: Where Are You From?

The titular question of this picturebook is one that anyone who appears or sounds different in a given social community has probably heard. Though simple in its phrasing, the implications for asking and answering “Where are you from?” are anything but simple.

March 30, 2014 by Mary Ann Cappiello

A Home for Mr. Emerson

Written by Barbara Kerley, Illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham Published by Scholastic Press, 2014 ISBN 978-0-545-35088-4 Grades 3-8 Book Review Ralph Waldo Emerson himself ushers the reader through the front door and into his home on the title page of Barbara Kerley and Edwin Fotheringham’s latest collaboration. The title page also introduces the palette of orange, […]

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