tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23189454450888701282024-03-19T06:24:19.181-04:00Bluestocking ThinkingNicole L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16803189343078878170noreply@blogger.comBlogger262125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318945445088870128.post-31622262809004406252024-02-04T13:43:00.003-05:002024-02-05T06:08:59.879-05:00Harriet Tells the Truth <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ZMS4SsVJDpCb0V1HixZEzCECKX7s20bnMCH4YppbIsbQWV6K0fNxs4dubELhUa19fxkK56liW6PsDNyAMnV7HwUkeIV3WSUTNW5mTImS8aPrDTrboQkvRODHEUaYxybHdH5tfhnjbmNwU7qjhiJty5oXnTFwxGO7ZVbq4a9t1_LqDYIaESXyudTRZQHY/s1638/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-04%20at%201.23.58%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="1638" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ZMS4SsVJDpCb0V1HixZEzCECKX7s20bnMCH4YppbIsbQWV6K0fNxs4dubELhUa19fxkK56liW6PsDNyAMnV7HwUkeIV3WSUTNW5mTImS8aPrDTrboQkvRODHEUaYxybHdH5tfhnjbmNwU7qjhiJty5oXnTFwxGO7ZVbq4a9t1_LqDYIaESXyudTRZQHY/w640-h412/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-04%20at%201.23.58%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>A couple of years ago I was sent an advanced copy of <i>Just Harriet,</i> and was asked if I'd be interested in writing an Educator's Guide for the book. Agreeing to write the guide, I knew I was going to spend a lot of time reading, thinking about, and getting to know Harriet. I read the book alone, aloud to my third grade class, and alone again, probably a couple more times. And I have to be honest, I didn't love Harriet in the beginning. Then along came book two, <i>Harriet Spies</i>, and I started to find myself drifting closer to Harriet as she dug into island mysteries and made a new friend. We still weren't exactly besties, but something was certainly growing. By the time I closed the final chapter in <i>Harriet Tells the Truth</i>, I could truly say that I love Harriet. The girl who started out as a self-proclaimed liar, was forced to step out of her regular patterns, and began changing her perceptions of others and of herself. These stories are deeper than you might expect when glancing at these bright and cheerful covers. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYK6dtDMf0S6WZ3uLPjvbQVlgTu2EgPx-ndOUI5qOXciwauQue3bp1bTQshK1lzB6zbmX8NtuDwvOLE0Yvm1_4jgQsUb_sg8ZjfkwMhgdgnFhyMy0LhIZwy3aXc-r4GioBnUN4kGN7sY-XaLI1V3PKui8FycmJrmN0C1IjRETMJ6sPtBgeUf2re-HUBVR3/s303/Harriet.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="303" data-original-width="166" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYK6dtDMf0S6WZ3uLPjvbQVlgTu2EgPx-ndOUI5qOXciwauQue3bp1bTQshK1lzB6zbmX8NtuDwvOLE0Yvm1_4jgQsUb_sg8ZjfkwMhgdgnFhyMy0LhIZwy3aXc-r4GioBnUN4kGN7sY-XaLI1V3PKui8FycmJrmN0C1IjRETMJ6sPtBgeUf2re-HUBVR3/s1600/Harriet.jpeg" width="166" /></a></div><p></p><p>I highly recommend this trilogy to readers in grades 1-4. I read <i>Just Harriet</i> aloud to a first grade class last year and they loved it. Teachers, add it to your classroom library! Parents, Harriet is edgy and I find kids drawn to her. Kids know they should tell the truth, and when young readers get to shadow a character that openly lies, well, that's a little bit of naughty fun! But there is so much more than Harriet's lying that evolves. I love the relationships she has with the older women she finds herself surrounded by. They are all different, and they each have important lessons to share with Harriet.</p><p>At roughly 200 pages each, these books have nice white space on the pages and have illustrations sprinkled throughout, making them perfect for readers that are ready to flex their chapter book reading muscles. They also make excellent read alouds!</p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Now for the star of the day:</span></p><p><i>Harriet Tells the Truth</i> is live and in the world! </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">ABOUT THE BOOK<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u></u> <u></u></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">HARRIET TELLS THE TRUTH </span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">marks the third and final title in the funny and heartwarming middle grade series by Elana K. Arnold that began with </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.walden.com/books/just-harriet/&source=gmail&ust=1707155652847000&usg=AOvVaw0UkDqHzuRfNUVWdAhAxZSr" href="https://www.walden.com/books/just-harriet/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><i>JUST HARRIET</i></a></span><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">, </span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">and continued with </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.walden.com/books/harriet-spies/&source=gmail&ust=1707155652847000&usg=AOvVaw2_ylraNsuqxvyT90XWi_8H" href="https://www.walden.com/books/harriet-spies/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><i>HARRIET SPIES</i></a></span><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">. </span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">With this title, readers will return once more to world of Marble Island and its quirky cast of characters. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u></u> <u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHtTYGsC_OYqEojSbDafx0GK78peQm6bn1Ff47zOIa3ud-tpBBeTG5tEjd9eG53aDOIx8sTldOpuTalQ3tHwZ_tHlOBOyBougEPRVmkf_4B2h1VBGCeylrsNtLiQk7WlkZXk2jtYXxL0rNMAcpPdmv7fUb5gMsh4oZ4LLDONm-hPKxSzLFnsgEgSHxIGkT/s2400/HarrietTTT_0530Final.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1688" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHtTYGsC_OYqEojSbDafx0GK78peQm6bn1Ff47zOIa3ud-tpBBeTG5tEjd9eG53aDOIx8sTldOpuTalQ3tHwZ_tHlOBOyBougEPRVmkf_4B2h1VBGCeylrsNtLiQk7WlkZXk2jtYXxL0rNMAcpPdmv7fUb5gMsh4oZ4LLDONm-hPKxSzLFnsgEgSHxIGkT/s320/HarrietTTT_0530Final.jpeg" width="225" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />There are some things you should know about Harriet Wermer:<u></u><u></u></span><p></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="m_-5413362134288593191MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">She used to lie a lot, but not anymore.<u></u><u></u></span></span></li><li class="m_-5413362134288593191MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Seriously, she only tells the truth now.<u></u><u></u></span></span></li><li class="m_-5413362134288593191MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Even though she hadn’t wanted to come to Marble Island in the first place, now she<u></u><u></u></span></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">doesn’t want to leave.<u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u></u> <u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s the truth. With her mom and new baby brother home from the hospital, it’s almost<u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">time for Harriet to pack up and head home from Marble Island and all the friends she’s made.<u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But Harriet doesn’t have time to think about that—not when she discovers that Moneypenny,<u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">her Nanu’s adorable basset hound, has been poisoned!<u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u></u> <u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Harriet suspects the culprit is one of the guests staying at Nanu’s bed-and-breakfast, and she<u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and her best friend, Clarence, are once again on the case. But when someone else falls ill,<u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Harriet’s going to have to sleuth harder, spy sneakier, and be willing to see that sometimes<u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">the truth is more complicated than it seems.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u></u> <u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBfnu01vc6kp7-mcMTOeWzmzKdlbftjZ6BPX58pyHxpkNpRZc0tBvW_hWOgYKKEMtGI8Y-z5VicJtBFTVjVCqV0y9LDyyOy2_4vzeqSrR7sX_iCA03GI0Ddk2e8Hd9YxQpTXuLEBychdbxQ1MYcTFycr5CDoPqbGbaZZXAaPePsHUERx2fvakqek3RUKDy/s1365/Elana%20K%20Arnold.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="1365" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBfnu01vc6kp7-mcMTOeWzmzKdlbftjZ6BPX58pyHxpkNpRZc0tBvW_hWOgYKKEMtGI8Y-z5VicJtBFTVjVCqV0y9LDyyOy2_4vzeqSrR7sX_iCA03GI0Ddk2e8Hd9YxQpTXuLEBychdbxQ1MYcTFycr5CDoPqbGbaZZXAaPePsHUERx2fvakqek3RUKDy/s320/Elana%20K%20Arnold.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Elana K. Arnold is the award-winning author of many books for children and teens including <i>Just Harriet, Harriet</i> <i>Spies, The House that Wasn’t There,</i> Sydney Taylor Book Award winner <i>The Blood Years, </i>Printz Honor winner <i>Damsel</i>, the National Book Award finalist <i>What Girls are Made Of</i>, and the Global Read Aloud selection <i>A Boy Called Bat</i> and its sequels. She is a member of the faculty at Hamline University’s MFA in writing for children and young adults program, and lives in Long Beach, CA, with her husband, two children, and a menagerie of animals. You can find her online<br /> at </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.elanakarnold.com&source=gmail&ust=1707155652847000&usg=AOvVaw09O2-8snr86OIl6rw0-m7w" href="http://www.elanakarnold.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.elanakarnold.com</a></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u></u> <u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u></u> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizyupqjK35nUg-Tpsr0jo3QdRBYEPICQI8rYuX0Fnu_BNfAbBt8D3XuZKaIO2xEGBURpDESLZDsTY_cfUjDCC2OQfWw9el_ArASKUkdOl7jab_eHAZM3qKNLJX4gS4LhjYT2woGDBSMKIjGYRn3S0oZqZdXixpx04O930zzoSclzfVTyPgpJyZhvXrB85E/s500/Dung%20Ho%20Illustrator.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="356" data-original-width="500" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizyupqjK35nUg-Tpsr0jo3QdRBYEPICQI8rYuX0Fnu_BNfAbBt8D3XuZKaIO2xEGBURpDESLZDsTY_cfUjDCC2OQfWw9el_ArASKUkdOl7jab_eHAZM3qKNLJX4gS4LhjYT2woGDBSMKIjGYRn3S0oZqZdXixpx04O930zzoSclzfVTyPgpJyZhvXrB85E/s320/Dung%20Ho%20Illustrator.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Dung (pronounced <i>Dzung</i>) Ho was born and raised in Hue citadel, Vietnam, where she studied graphic design at the Arts University. She is the New York Times-bestselling illustrator of many<u></u><u></u></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">books for children, including Joanna Ho’s <i>Eyes That Kiss in the Corners</i> and Laura Ruby’s <i>Me and Ms. Too.</i> She finds inspiration in nature: the beauty of plants, flowers, and leaves. She also<u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">loves to draw interesting characters with unique personalities. She now lives in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. When she’s not drawing, she loves spending time cooking (eating), watching movies,<u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and tending her plants. 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color: #222222; font-size: small; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u></u> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thanks for stopping by!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb7N9USvnEtbqWW2Bjg6OSow0I7szEFu1S-AgUs6VOYw-gHhqakI50z5TjzB9tNkShbsKxTcDGfpHiXQMrQKF8mwkd3_0CgnFfQF52yE6Z2fdNa1lY1bYY0O_FHQFCeFNkpLBnPVJRsJUG-yP0I8PI_tta8_s7dGFHt5YdrdNCxrd0t3_7pNguiYnhuZJd/s254/0Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="151" data-original-width="254" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb7N9USvnEtbqWW2Bjg6OSow0I7szEFu1S-AgUs6VOYw-gHhqakI50z5TjzB9tNkShbsKxTcDGfpHiXQMrQKF8mwkd3_0CgnFfQF52yE6Z2fdNa1lY1bYY0O_FHQFCeFNkpLBnPVJRsJUG-yP0I8PI_tta8_s7dGFHt5YdrdNCxrd0t3_7pNguiYnhuZJd/s1600/0Signature.png" width="254" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p>Nicole L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16803189343078878170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318945445088870128.post-80395302428826011532024-01-22T05:59:00.000-05:002024-01-22T05:59:26.281-05:00Not Quite a Ghost *Blog Tour & Giveaway!*<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Welcome to the 5th stop on the Blog Tour for Anne Ursu's latest page turner, <i>Not Quite a Ghost</i>!</span></h3><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Those that know me well know that I love a good ghost story. When I was asked if I'd like to be an early reader and supporter of <i>Not Quite a Ghost</i> there was no way I was going to turn that down. It's also Anne Ursu, so there was no way I was turning it down period. And I'm so glad for all the time I spent alongside Violet as she navigated life in middle school with an invisible illness and a not quite invisible something...inside the walls of the house on Katydid Street.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHJZN2zoL4j66OBHwdGgGGPTRHnuWh_4FryDaHVKziGYE3HZMPB78KcbLRbSx5x7vjFXc7joTsYPHiIvu0Dj-96WKm09YBgmebFmq226-YWYlx7e5IuiljuWtLVlBC6jsa6ZHTX7WwuXNlFzkVrGGdHP2uUDMezTcsaj9C6StaLaZGcvBO46rVUL0FtFHd/s2550/NotQuiteAGhost%20hc%20c.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1688" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHJZN2zoL4j66OBHwdGgGGPTRHnuWh_4FryDaHVKziGYE3HZMPB78KcbLRbSx5x7vjFXc7joTsYPHiIvu0Dj-96WKm09YBgmebFmq226-YWYlx7e5IuiljuWtLVlBC6jsa6ZHTX7WwuXNlFzkVrGGdHP2uUDMezTcsaj9C6StaLaZGcvBO46rVUL0FtFHd/w424-h640/NotQuiteAGhost%20hc%20c.jpeg" width="424" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>About the Book:</b></span></p><div><p style="background-color: white; color: #101517; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The house seemed to sit apart from the others on Katydid Street, silent and alone, like it didn’t fit among them. For Violet Hart — whose family is about to move into the house on Katydid Street — very little felt like it fit anymore. Like their old home, suddenly too small since her mother remarried and the new baby arrived. Or Violet’s group of friends, which, since they started middle school, isn’t enough for Violet’s best friend, Paige. Everything seemed to be changing at once. But sometimes, Violet tells herself, change is okay. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #101517; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">That is, until Violet sees her new room. The attic bedroom in their new house is shadowy, creaky, and wrapped in old yellow wallpaper covered with a faded tangle of twisting vines and sickly flowers. And then, after moving in, Violet falls ill — and does not get better. As days turn into weeks without any improvement, her family growing more confused and her friends wondering if she’s really sick at all, she finds herself spending more time alone in the room with the yellow wallpaper, the shadows moving in the corners, wrapping themselves around her at night.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #101517; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And soon, Violet starts to suspect that she might not be alone in the room at all.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #101517; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Why It's for Me:</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #101517; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px;">The cover grabs your attention. Look up, look up, there is a creepy shadow figure sitting on your door frame! Violet looks into her room, seemingly shocked at what she's looking at...but we see what she isn't looking at, and that is far more terrifying! </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #101517; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px;">Once inside the book getting to know Violet was easy. She is pleasant to be around. She cares for her friends and her little brother., and misses the connection she had with her older sister. She is a fairly typical kid it seems, which is why it is so easy to root for her, and worry for her. As much as I cringed at knowing middle school friendship troubles, I also smiled at the sweet relationship Violet struck up with Will, a quiet boy that works in the library during P.E. class. Will's interest in ghost hunting proves all too useful when Violet's fears of her attic bedroom come to be worse than she could have ever anticipated. </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #101517; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px;">It's real, relationship and health problems. It's dark and dangerous, something is hunting you in the safety of your own home. And it's triumphant, Violet may experience spells of physical weakness, but she is far from being a weak person.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #101517; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>About the Author:</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #101517; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6_X5085ZYcE-kNhm8oKLIJGeyZ3PXquTmuu6_ZUtWp3_nR8ZqopHFaK8cj7RGE7LQ9Yoni5rPOgnmFciLimZDESDXUI5uVoaRYNrASR7tG9aykRGYXE7flkvFfyVQ97JAKeA5D6MyvibTxofLnbeflslHgpE5SBav5Z1PjAS1AOrhyphenhyphenhoexhNZCcqYzww/s3937/ursu%20author%20photo%204.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3937" data-original-width="2812" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6_X5085ZYcE-kNhm8oKLIJGeyZ3PXquTmuu6_ZUtWp3_nR8ZqopHFaK8cj7RGE7LQ9Yoni5rPOgnmFciLimZDESDXUI5uVoaRYNrASR7tG9aykRGYXE7flkvFfyVQ97JAKeA5D6MyvibTxofLnbeflslHgpE5SBav5Z1PjAS1AOrhyphenhyphenhoexhNZCcqYzww/s320/ursu%20author%20photo%204.jpeg" width="229" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Anne Ursu is the author of acclaimed novels The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy, The Lost Girl, Breadcrumbs, and The Real Boy, among others. Her work has been selected as a National Book Award nominee, a Kirkus Prize finalist, and as a best book of the year by Parents Magazine, Publishers Weekly, Amazon.com, and School Library Journal. She lives in Minneapolis with her family and an unruly herd of cats. Find Anne online at <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/?action%3Duser_content_redirect%26uuid%3Dfaf64d6600f9eb0f1f34645c0ae05f2f8a70d0bc8f685da9de2836d44a1957ab%26blog_id%3D29903084%26post_id%3D25861%26user_id%3D0%26subs_id%3D99252675%26signature%3D73982ca2c300a9e7888181be480f8bf0%26email_name%3Dnew-post%26user_email%3Ddkovacs@walden.com%26encoded_url%3DaHR0cDovL2FubmV1cnN1LmNvbS8&source=gmail&ust=1705952746725000&usg=AOvVaw1v4bKP-102F4rIUElx_jT_" href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=faf64d6600f9eb0f1f34645c0ae05f2f8a70d0bc8f685da9de2836d44a1957ab&blog_id=29903084&post_id=25861&user_id=0&subs_id=99252675&signature=73982ca2c300a9e7888181be480f8bf0&email_name=new-post&user_email=dkovacs@walden.com&encoded_url=aHR0cDovL2FubmV1cnN1LmNvbS8" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="color: #0675c4;" target="_blank">anneursu.com</a></span><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: center;">Follow the Blog Tour!</h3><p style="background-color: white; 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color: #101517; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLKSUyNP1kQ03znE_zlSdXPViVXkMJtjijA7lkvBk-wp26U0DMdJKAEgxGSTEVcUWRt2PKf9urizYxEmfrH97PRbetgjzONsgK7sBl1PW7hiB4MN46DinYlNE3gW46KFi8KYmH3SzpZrzlfD1ExmRXtY8TPpmI67TDQ_GbNpAq7HrGw3O6W9LlkTBmyH0n/s254/0Signature.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="151" data-original-width="254" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLKSUyNP1kQ03znE_zlSdXPViVXkMJtjijA7lkvBk-wp26U0DMdJKAEgxGSTEVcUWRt2PKf9urizYxEmfrH97PRbetgjzONsgK7sBl1PW7hiB4MN46DinYlNE3gW46KFi8KYmH3SzpZrzlfD1ExmRXtY8TPpmI67TDQ_GbNpAq7HrGw3O6W9LlkTBmyH0n/s1600/0Signature.png" width="254" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>Nicole L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16803189343078878170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318945445088870128.post-10175047490757418622023-08-06T15:51:00.000-04:002023-08-07T06:40:31.010-04:00No One Leaves the Castle *Blog Tour & Giveaway!*<p> Welcome to the second stop on the <i>No One Leaves the Castle</i> blog tour! </p><p>Summer is the perfect time to slow down, soak up some rays, and devour a fast-paced, humorous, murder mystery. Autumn would also be a perfect season to curl up with this book, as candles flicker from pumpkins on your front stoop. You know, winter would also be a great time to sit down on a dark, chilly night with a steaming mug of hot cocoa...ok, you pick the season, I have the book! And one lucky reader will win a copy!</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><strong><span style="color: #535353; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u>ABOUT THE BOOK</u></span></span></span></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifx47IBf_3SO6u7n7qyNNJDwJ5esjKbMTjz4yPLE9iEyhlcjKoa6wkDeRVzs8_Hd3wv138nszeHvnTZphqqOT7gOL8oTFeH6GzBiZvgoADT_PIo9LALb9m3Dr_RY8_KCoN-xknAdaL6c8CGQldjYbr6li6aAKk5CGROySdOYZDqiLslw5PA0XQu6BLnU-f/s1870/No%20One%20Leaves%20the%20Castle.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1870" data-original-width="1239" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifx47IBf_3SO6u7n7qyNNJDwJ5esjKbMTjz4yPLE9iEyhlcjKoa6wkDeRVzs8_Hd3wv138nszeHvnTZphqqOT7gOL8oTFeH6GzBiZvgoADT_PIo9LALb9m3Dr_RY8_KCoN-xknAdaL6c8CGQldjYbr6li6aAKk5CGROySdOYZDqiLslw5PA0XQu6BLnU-f/w424-h640/No%20One%20Leaves%20the%20Castle.jpeg" width="424" /></a></span></span></strong></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #535353; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Agatha Christie meets the Brothers Grimm in an unexpected, hilarious, and wholly original new fantasy-mystery from the beloved author of <i>The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom.</i></span></strong><i><u></u><u></u></i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #535353; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Lilac. The bard songs say that she’s the world’s most fearsome bounty hunter. That there’s no criminal she can’t catch, no mystery she can’t solve.<u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #535353; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">None of that is true. Yet.<u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #535353; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In reality, the Lilac is just a kid, and the bard who wrote all that is her best friend, Dulcinetta. But when a priceless artifact goes missing from the home of famed monster hunter Baron Angbar, the Lilac and Netta see their chance to apprehend the thief and make a name for themselves.<u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #535353; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When they get to Castle Angbar, however, and meet the Angbar family and their servants and guests—an unsavory group of nobles, mages, and assorted creatures, each more shady than the last—the Lilac begins to wonder if the reward is worth the trouble.<u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #535353; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And that’s <i>before</i> the dead body is discovered.<u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #535353; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now everyone is magically sealed inside the castle—and there is a murderer among then. If the Lilac wants to make it out with her reputation intact, it’s going to be up to her to figure out who the killer is. But everyone in the castle—even the Lilac herself—has secrets to hide, and as the walls literally start to close in around them, the Lilac worries that her first job as a bounty hunter may be her last….</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="color: #535353;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><u>Why I Love It</u></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #535353;">I've been a fan of Healy's work since the beginning. The <i>Hero's Guide</i> series, the <i>Danger & Mayhem</i> stories, and now <i>No One Leaves the Castle</i> are all filled with female characters that have a lot to say, do, and prove, and he lets them. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #535353; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Approaching 400 pages, this novel is one you will spend some serious time with! Thankfully, the characters in this book, like Healy's others, leap off the pages with their distinct mannerisms and personalities. You'll like some, fear some, shake your head at some, and maybe even dislike some, but the who, what, where and when of those feelings might just surprise you.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #535353; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I thoroughly enjoyed following The Lilac as she and Netta tried to solve crime, after mystery, after murder, after more mystery...through the creepy Castle Angbar. It's so fun to speculate as you go, and being wrong is just as delightful as being right! I hope you enjoy Healy's latest mystery! And warning, you might just crave a cream puff.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="color: #535353;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><u></u></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><u><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ9USOZwWT_Q34RPl1AoU7dpeDKydJXWnUS7Y6XaBak6IseT8qSqPw3-7hzSofxCRiOr1KUEboGAjMlz2iUZeznDoiLehn7-Jz8aYvLtDwbG5Pn-DfBTjyk20unj11cFY8pdy8jML4L4VpbQrambkQX9ZU2-jztu51B0XbBcX_iofSEhG4mNXCBVhE4i-_/s768/Screen%20Shot%202023-08-06%20at%203.22.04%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="712" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ9USOZwWT_Q34RPl1AoU7dpeDKydJXWnUS7Y6XaBak6IseT8qSqPw3-7hzSofxCRiOr1KUEboGAjMlz2iUZeznDoiLehn7-Jz8aYvLtDwbG5Pn-DfBTjyk20unj11cFY8pdy8jML4L4VpbQrambkQX9ZU2-jztu51B0XbBcX_iofSEhG4mNXCBVhE4i-_/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-08-06%20at%203.22.04%20PM.png" width="297" /></a></u></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><u><br />ABOUT THE AUTHOR</u></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #535353; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Christopher Healy is the author of the <i>New York Times Book Review </i>Editor’s Choice <i>The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom</i> and its sequels, as well as the Perilous Journey of Danger and Mayhem series. Before becoming a writer, Chris worked as an actor, an ad copywriter, a toy-store display designer, a fact-checker, a dishwasher, a journalist, a costume shop clothing stitcher, a children’s entertainment reviewer, and a haunted house zombie. He lives with his family in New Jersey. 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color: #222222; font-size: small; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">August 18 <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://insatiablereaders.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1691435180287000&usg=AOvVaw3HXLy5cURatPDZ-zMneiWC" href="http://insatiablereaders.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers</a> (@grgenius)</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks for stopping by!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBtyCneZbBCCjqIlIQBs_FWtUDFX7boJuON6QLg5gMazUfb7bUM4vYG-q7ZLU98VUw3DFXraBuYxPOkRE2EFQ7E7z4JdiTazzYgXCZ5ictZN5nL-yflGxDrUpnvsZoMlONZfDOvrRbOB-lWBG19_fU2zPmyQj-r5WXVJBHHXqof4X2OBE2W_6VotO9NHV4/s254/0Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="151" data-original-width="254" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBtyCneZbBCCjqIlIQBs_FWtUDFX7boJuON6QLg5gMazUfb7bUM4vYG-q7ZLU98VUw3DFXraBuYxPOkRE2EFQ7E7z4JdiTazzYgXCZ5ictZN5nL-yflGxDrUpnvsZoMlONZfDOvrRbOB-lWBG19_fU2zPmyQj-r5WXVJBHHXqof4X2OBE2W_6VotO9NHV4/s1600/0Signature.png" width="254" /></a></div></div>Nicole L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16803189343078878170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318945445088870128.post-79282485845656760252023-03-14T18:51:00.003-04:002023-03-14T18:51:44.851-04:00March Book Giveaways!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjj0H6TkTHJHHtxvZWu5CzKSAmEVijBWbAeS8nl2S5Y6KL26bELpUhDxF2-XlQWV9P43Tt2l0laXfjd0lliAToFY0DBZaILO440iRbGkZomb-jYi4fFzBQAxnf0B3Jdqx3vDNkgWb4geP4W7X3XqTcAphSm1kerNa0n5lx20dhTqT9DWhxpwdJw5MScoQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjj0H6TkTHJHHtxvZWu5CzKSAmEVijBWbAeS8nl2S5Y6KL26bELpUhDxF2-XlQWV9P43Tt2l0laXfjd0lliAToFY0DBZaILO440iRbGkZomb-jYi4fFzBQAxnf0B3Jdqx3vDNkgWb4geP4W7X3XqTcAphSm1kerNa0n5lx20dhTqT9DWhxpwdJw5MScoQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy Book Birthday to Aaron Becker's newest wordless wonder, <i>The Tree and the River</i>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Are we traveling back in time, or far into the future? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As land and water and dwellings and transportation changes, the tree grows on, until the land no longer supports it. As the tree succumbs to its end, it drops new life, a mighty acorn, to breathe new life into a healing land.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Enter to win a copy!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfomce9fsBIBtDawmImRdG4-L8MTWwP64fe7n7QVz3r9dGwpg/viewform?usp=sf_link" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="846" data-original-width="1572" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTEAPkTDMcT64b8tEY5bNVGxslTT6z9z14yMnKz8Wf2DvVC0D18HxEdSGcwkgOimGqEavyg7U_ANS14Jn3o1PTELxWzrKrVylWrGgAg2N-tLMna6GSNe3C_J2bUmem1ZaW3RK--ytdWeEmrqdimTqHulQrZq5hUKu9xbsIGHT3Tn5-uY4ljOjLM8MDiw=w400-h215" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Also publishing today for middle grade readers:</span></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiuzDYV-KLD-7V8kh2nE1P_myKGAqLs8K-azAB7iHGs4owB1viiSaXcT4FJoo8tN_Gx2kX_JBHZ7B-jF9QO7ZU9DRRaW-pCsYQiH5l41awsznR-2VBqBFxPbbrDKUZ6bXxDAI52diyRIAXSra21od3ePlPVIV7P_Rf9HRyRWubdg0nesi2ZuirALyn5Hg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiuzDYV-KLD-7V8kh2nE1P_myKGAqLs8K-azAB7iHGs4owB1viiSaXcT4FJoo8tN_Gx2kX_JBHZ7B-jF9QO7ZU9DRRaW-pCsYQiH5l41awsznR-2VBqBFxPbbrDKUZ6bXxDAI52diyRIAXSra21od3ePlPVIV7P_Rf9HRyRWubdg0nesi2ZuirALyn5Hg=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br />I started this book a couple of weeks ago, and I've been savoring it chapter by chapter. It's one of those novels that is so richly described, from surroundings to personalities to feelings, that you feel fully immersed in the story while the book is open, and it lingers in the corners of your mind while it is closed. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Such an interesting and unique story of a baby left on the dock of a tiny island, an island inhabited by two men that moved there to be away from the larger surrounding islands and towns. Of course they don't turn the baby away, where could they send her, so far from civilization. So little Henna grows up their daughter, and they her papas. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But Papa Niall is gravely ill, and it's going to take Henna's bravery, deep knowledge of gardening, and her unwavering love to set out to find the cure.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Enter to win a copy here!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScL4gSwvZlBmy9-S81gb5f_yfZbqq0RTbcor4dC15o5REF_Bg/viewform?usp=sf_link" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="846" data-original-width="1572" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF42kAdHLCI1fmL7n6Uplj3AxrHJKH5ArMj4pZ43O46-2ZaZeZmhXns-O6j3kz8yllAd4778BljwYKacQdIJ7Oa_xptytYEV6gDVj-JqpwkdbUhiH-LZ5M7TSWJFqX0sggvj-HiYyFdEGj9pdckGf7Ca3g95ZiyeP0_RBYRkSiJAAxlzVhWYVelnepyg/w400-h215/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-14%20at%206.44.24%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks for stoping by, and good luck!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFKJT0IKGU7oZJxssfXEYQsiNgg5my3PPSK-FmB8UFmuoTDBx5Nf7ZJHAP0YfTSrKSjHy1xHVV7VeEuCfMe4F3_MG5CBwLOh0vrpNVfZv63t0_5fwKf8YmPUMbIqXg8bNVy0uw0SnFfhrOHHQB-aakYw7TQ93H9t1W3tChXnVbAPRzthf7dtfQoXTebw/s254/0Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="151" data-original-width="254" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFKJT0IKGU7oZJxssfXEYQsiNgg5my3PPSK-FmB8UFmuoTDBx5Nf7ZJHAP0YfTSrKSjHy1xHVV7VeEuCfMe4F3_MG5CBwLOh0vrpNVfZv63t0_5fwKf8YmPUMbIqXg8bNVy0uw0SnFfhrOHHQB-aakYw7TQ93H9t1W3tChXnVbAPRzthf7dtfQoXTebw/s1600/0Signature.png" width="254" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Nicole L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16803189343078878170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318945445088870128.post-68917487578846999742023-02-15T05:56:00.000-05:002023-02-15T05:56:12.535-05:00Harriet Spies!<p style="text-align: center;"> Welcome to the fifth and final stop on the <i>Harriet Spies</i> Blog Tour!</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2IaltBoz1WWnfiFHQLfAMZyfHJe2wMZkEk317S67UfdsOH1xtJENeHeL0K_fSP-lwMTwdND3x3BqjzDTwc1ixqqa5azCWJl54rGup0HDO39UoeUbCcA5t8cVDcnYQouDhrhoUFIJ3GgKH_4TkWcXWVufF_yg91dZAgJIsjEQTfL19gXYbcyKK9dsmA/s2325/HarrietSpies%20hc%20c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2325" data-original-width="1650" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2IaltBoz1WWnfiFHQLfAMZyfHJe2wMZkEk317S67UfdsOH1xtJENeHeL0K_fSP-lwMTwdND3x3BqjzDTwc1ixqqa5azCWJl54rGup0HDO39UoeUbCcA5t8cVDcnYQouDhrhoUFIJ3GgKH_4TkWcXWVufF_yg91dZAgJIsjEQTfL19gXYbcyKK9dsmA/w284-h400/HarrietSpies%20hc%20c.jpeg" width="284" /></a></div><br />It's an honor to wrap-up a blog tour for this special book launch. I simply love this budding series by Elana K. Arnold. Not only did <i>Harriet Spies</i> come out this month, but the paperback of <i>Just Harriet</i> also came out! If you haven't picked up a copy, now is the time to do so. Perfect for grades 1-4!<p></p><p style="text-align: center;">When we last saw Harriet she was being sent to Marble Island against her will, while her father worked and her mother was on bedrest. Harriet was certainly not looking forward to spending the summer at her grandmother's B&B, and her attitude showed it. She was lying up a storm, thinking first of herself, and being rather rude and sneaky. It's true to say that at times I found Harriet unlikeable. But, like all strong characters, Harriet was in store for a lot of growth. That growth began in book 1, and truly blossomed in book 2.</p><p style="text-align: center;">What I love about <i>Harriet Spies</i> is how open and honest Harriet is with herself. She stops lying to herself first, and then it begins to trickle outward, and the lies to those around her begin to dwindle. Harriet is able to notice what she likes about other people, and in turn wants to nurture and protect those relationships. New character Clarence is gentle and clever and steady. He's an excellent counterpart to a sometimes loud and reactive Harriet. I have a feeling Clarence will be in the series to stay, and I'm glad of that!</p><p style="text-align: center;">The relationship between The Captain, the gruff naturalist that is staying at the B&B, and Harriet deepens. The Captain has so much to teach Harriet, but it turns out that The Captain also has a thing or two to learn from young Harriet.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Young readers will enjoy following Harriet as she sets out to solve the case of The Captain's missing binoculars. Determined to prove her own innocence, Harriet must get to the bottom of this case. There are many suspects, and like all good mysteries, the path is long and twisted. I think kids will appreciate the resolution. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Check out both books!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKnWaHZU79Jni1exq6eqHl6Vs-PPIpuTtAT62tvTQFzA9BXnQ1WkpaR_wg0_zH9x_msgM7jpjy6_x74IAFxS-DgQj_UZW0GUz1HXiBLEW21Ae-_qXdppkg0vYeJEz4wJU6VniJtra4gKl9p3LleY-3LjX8KKu8RVwB9SLOeR0xIu-wLsd9Ovy6ixTlsA/s2400/JustHarriet%20hc%20c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1688" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKnWaHZU79Jni1exq6eqHl6Vs-PPIpuTtAT62tvTQFzA9BXnQ1WkpaR_wg0_zH9x_msgM7jpjy6_x74IAFxS-DgQj_UZW0GUz1HXiBLEW21Ae-_qXdppkg0vYeJEz4wJU6VniJtra4gKl9p3LleY-3LjX8KKu8RVwB9SLOeR0xIu-wLsd9Ovy6ixTlsA/w281-h400/JustHarriet%20hc%20c.jpeg" width="281" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Baskerville, serif;">ABOUT<i> JUST HARRIET<u></u><u></u></i></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Baskerville, serif;">There are a few things you should know about Harriet Wermer:</span><span style="color: #b238f2; font-family: Baskerville, serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Baskerville, serif;">She just finished third grade.</span><span style="font-family: Baskerville, serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Baskerville, serif;">She has a perfect cat named Matzo Ball.</span><span style="font-family: Baskerville, serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Baskerville, serif;">She doesn’t always tell the truth.</span><span style="font-family: Baskerville, serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Baskerville, serif;">She is very happy to be spending summer vacation away from home and her mom and dad and all the wonderful things she had been planning all year.</span><span style="font-family: Baskerville, serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Baskerville, serif;">Okay, maybe that last one isn’t entirely the truth.</span><span style="font-family: Baskerville, serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Baskerville, serif;">Of course, there’s nothing Harriet doesn’t like about Marble Island, the small island off the coast of California where her nanu runs a cozy little bed and breakfast. And nobody doesn’t love Moneypenny, Nanu’s old basset hound. But Harriet doesn’t like the fact that Dad made this decision without even asking her.</span><span style="font-family: Baskerville, serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Baskerville, serif;">When Harriet arrives on Marble Island, however, she discovers that it’s full of surprises, and even a mystery. One that seems to involve her dad, back when he was a young boy living on Marble Island. One that Harriet is absolutely going to solve. And that’s the truth.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrQrbMlW3qinm26tBCnnANZZh7b-mXHWNXsntzXHrW2RCpewkwFZP6bAzOZMevOPuJr1wsfmtq_By4OKJ1NfFlME09fdUMPfYngR9gS1OpHyRt2eTZQPsOvS6nC2UseSjCiqoK2kl23CfemfL0b-5XrlzWQpp0a3sFPX_VuIdisgbOC-3gCwaIsd0kUA/s2325/HarrietSpies%20hc%20c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2325" data-original-width="1650" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrQrbMlW3qinm26tBCnnANZZh7b-mXHWNXsntzXHrW2RCpewkwFZP6bAzOZMevOPuJr1wsfmtq_By4OKJ1NfFlME09fdUMPfYngR9gS1OpHyRt2eTZQPsOvS6nC2UseSjCiqoK2kl23CfemfL0b-5XrlzWQpp0a3sFPX_VuIdisgbOC-3gCwaIsd0kUA/w284-h400/HarrietSpies%20hc%20c.jpeg" width="284" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Baskerville, serif;">ABOUT <i>HARRIET SPIES<u></u><u></u></i></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Baskerville, serif;">There are a few more things you should know about Harriet Wermer:</span><span style="font-family: Baskerville, serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Baskerville, serif;">She <i>always </i>tells the truth.</span><span style="font-family: Baskerville, serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Baskerville, serif;">She’s loving spending her summer on Marble Island, where she is an A+ mystery-solver.</span><span style="font-family: Baskerville, serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Baskerville, serif;">Okay, maybe she doesn’t <i>always </i>tell the truth.</span><span style="font-family: Baskerville, serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Baskerville, serif;">Actually...she has a tendency to lie quite a bit.</span><span style="font-family: Baskerville, serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Baskerville, serif;">Which is why, when one of the guests at her grandmother’s bed-and- breakfast finds that their treasured pair of binoculars has gone missing, no one believes Harriet when she said she had nothing to do with it.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Baskerville, serif;"><br />But this is one time Harriet <i>isn’t </i>lying—and she knows that if she can find the binoculars and figure out who really took them, she can prove it.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Baskerville, serif;">With her cat, Matzo Ball, her grandmother’s basset hound, Moneypenny, and Harriet’s new friend, Clarence, helping her out, Harriet knows she can crack the case. But when the culprit isn’t who Harriet expects, it’s up to her to decide how important the truth really is.</span><span style="font-family: Baskerville, serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: Baskerville, serif;">JUST HARRIET and HARRIET SPIES are published by Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: Baskerville, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/15P4s_dZ-JbTyoetpt-wbfpWyHXkcjRq6/view?usp=share_link" target="_blank">Snag the Educator's Guide Here</a></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: Baskerville, serif;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh81VtxNl2IUwqPhYAImRXyFGkxqFee-EdBwJiZ2XcOId5zKzPgNox367lml0lowFQv0zOEUiu4ZBGn0DaM9vDsCYutpBAY-uUdvHS2hverGgMAc_HwwJLIp8gHB-THbufMLfBTussOgH8KhEWvsnoPiS64pyy5-gKteQV7yE1nqgg8Hn95m8SqLD4zYg/s1365/Elana%20K%20Arnold.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="1365" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh81VtxNl2IUwqPhYAImRXyFGkxqFee-EdBwJiZ2XcOId5zKzPgNox367lml0lowFQv0zOEUiu4ZBGn0DaM9vDsCYutpBAY-uUdvHS2hverGgMAc_HwwJLIp8gHB-THbufMLfBTussOgH8KhEWvsnoPiS64pyy5-gKteQV7yE1nqgg8Hn95m8SqLD4zYg/s320/Elana%20K%20Arnold.jpeg" width="320" /></a></i></div><i><br /></i><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Baskerville, serif;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Baskerville, serif;">Elana K. Arnold is the award-winning author of many books for children and teens, including <i>Just Harriet</i>, <i>Harriet Spies</i>, <i>The House that Wasn’t There</i>,</span><span style="font-family: Baskerville, serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Baskerville, serif;">the Printz Honor winner <i>Damsel</i>, the National Book Award finalist <i>What Girls are Made Of</i>, and the Global Read Aloud selection <i>A Boy Called Bat</i>. She is a member of the faculty at Hamline University’s MFA in writing for children and young adults program, and lives<br />in Huntington Beach, CA, with her husband, two children, and a menagerie of animals. You can find her online at <b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.elanakarnold.com&source=gmail&ust=1676473111087000&usg=AOvVaw0J5ffYoICtM78mOpL6z9vU" href="http://www.elanakarnold.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.elanakarnold.com</a></b></span><span style="font-family: Baskerville, serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Baskerville, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Baskerville, serif;">ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Baskerville, serif;">Dung (pronounced Dzung) Ho was born and raised in Hue citadel, Vietnam, where she studied graphic design at the Arts University. She is the <i>New York Times</i>–bestselling illustrator of many books for children, including Joanna Ho’s <i>Eyes That Kiss in the Corners </i>and Laura Ruby’s <i>Me and Ms. Too</i>. She finds inspiration in nature: the beauty of plants, flowers, and leaves. She also loves to draw interesting characters with unique personalities. She now lives in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. When she’s not drawing, she loves spending time cooking (eating), watching movies,<br />and tending her plants. Visit her at <b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.behance.net/hanhdung&source=gmail&ust=1676473111087000&usg=AOvVaw2oZaj_ZksULLn6_nI_ZdYo" href="http://www.behance.net/hanhdung" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.behance.net/hanhdung</a><br /></b>or follow her on Instagram <b>@dunghanhho</b>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Baskerville, serif;"><br /></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Baskerville, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Check out the other stops in the <i>Harriet Spies</i> Blog Tour and be sure to enter below for a chance to win a copy of <i>Harriet Spies</i>!</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtyVZxezAyPx8IRpeVnN0d6XJRYCaOfRpeQFNB0ISpUYS213UAfX0RF5Cu07HjiRNfi8qaZzi6EPwH2D3X_aSKCCZpG2jr4nvufcxUERIJb1mDH8iZ8NmYnVPYJClSCrYNGVbbOuJOdKH1mhTkC4UXTS06Kw5NOhKol2lOlRL8tuFGavkoe7LEGqleEA/s254/0Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="151" data-original-width="254" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtyVZxezAyPx8IRpeVnN0d6XJRYCaOfRpeQFNB0ISpUYS213UAfX0RF5Cu07HjiRNfi8qaZzi6EPwH2D3X_aSKCCZpG2jr4nvufcxUERIJb1mDH8iZ8NmYnVPYJClSCrYNGVbbOuJOdKH1mhTkC4UXTS06Kw5NOhKol2lOlRL8tuFGavkoe7LEGqleEA/s1600/0Signature.png" width="254" /></a></div></div>Nicole L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16803189343078878170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318945445088870128.post-2254706798566901862022-08-28T07:02:00.000-04:002022-08-28T07:02:49.334-04:00Book Buddies by Cynthia Lord *And There's a Giveaway!*<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdqaVBPcB2zp_trpwtPQDepjkSLCHq0Ska5sD7QExjRsW7Dc3BB4rd7_Pe7_qfj9MmvsjC7ND7H1hhwEb495FLMnpx4xYkAzO4un9yyi6bsfIjQwpAIy0QdGTz7iiaXOf5iABL8f-aFOSIVYAK_fKWmIfXeEYZTdZ7npOpYSXxBwG51kYSi4uVSCvWgQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="906" data-original-width="1226" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdqaVBPcB2zp_trpwtPQDepjkSLCHq0Ska5sD7QExjRsW7Dc3BB4rd7_Pe7_qfj9MmvsjC7ND7H1hhwEb495FLMnpx4xYkAzO4un9yyi6bsfIjQwpAIy0QdGTz7iiaXOf5iABL8f-aFOSIVYAK_fKWmIfXeEYZTdZ7npOpYSXxBwG51kYSi4uVSCvWgQ=w640-h472" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Last year the first book in a new series written by Cynthia Lord and illustrated by Stephanie Graegin debuted with <i>Ivy Lost and Found</i>. Now book 2 is here to continue the <i>Book Buddies </i>adventures!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To celebrate book 2 in this darling series for early readers, I'm teaming up with Candlewick Press to give away a copy to one lucky reader! Be sure to enter at the bottom of this post!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7cY9B5llkb5Ic4g4JJV--h8F8-5EY1pZQKyKG6HyiBuTPjmF90OHGS06yUNRg1gZt17F4_gN_b9A8fx-1bDPfSM7EtQSejIS6CWGwPEaRDIzZd9gIEDRlvfJ76oIGD1gyKJYBRHRTFvdIlyEi1EcWWKPB9zD-r5qM_BT8u_dudGcqDnVb0cdiZYDsOQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1523" data-original-width="1245" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7cY9B5llkb5Ic4g4JJV--h8F8-5EY1pZQKyKG6HyiBuTPjmF90OHGS06yUNRg1gZt17F4_gN_b9A8fx-1bDPfSM7EtQSejIS6CWGwPEaRDIzZd9gIEDRlvfJ76oIGD1gyKJYBRHRTFvdIlyEi1EcWWKPB9zD-r5qM_BT8u_dudGcqDnVb0cdiZYDsOQ=w523-h640" width="523" /></a></div>In book 2 of the <i>Book Buddies </i>series, a small stuffed mouse Christmas ornament looks too sweet for librarian Anne to pack away for a year. Instead of boxing the mouse up, she names him Marco Polo and brings him to her library to be part of the book buddy lending system so children can borrow the mouse and describe his adventures in a journal.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At first life at the library is rather dull for Marco Polo because he is so small that it seems to be a risk to borrow him since he could be so easily lost.<br />But when a young boy decides Marco Polo would be just the right size to hide in a sleeping bag for a first sleepover, Marco Polo is finally borrowed from the library.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiC-Q2XTWj-D3m0X1UVp9lE6Db7iJw_HjrFECnTVapoj4jImQNlKTwNhu1qmIgr9Z-4tfdPEbqwyLqGtKR9i5DGFtJ1UmgfS_Q9x9g2izG1T7swelQiDWQ5WfRJ4UDBqGyI02iQeORp5KjTgEGnkU9T00sVEqhul9GKvHpDz2830Rd8kUpJ8_p_vpsm5A" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1501" data-original-width="1321" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiC-Q2XTWj-D3m0X1UVp9lE6Db7iJw_HjrFECnTVapoj4jImQNlKTwNhu1qmIgr9Z-4tfdPEbqwyLqGtKR9i5DGFtJ1UmgfS_Q9x9g2izG1T7swelQiDWQ5WfRJ4UDBqGyI02iQeORp5KjTgEGnkU9T00sVEqhul9GKvHpDz2830Rd8kUpJ8_p_vpsm5A=w563-h640" width="563" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Adventure awaits for Marco Polo, and just like Ivy in Book 1, he gets more than he bargained for!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiu5RdYmIfhEQkfXaoMBKSHFUDF59DkQYsrpfBCigfdR4toMZXr5GbULYc3FFS6EcNheIfO3ypSwi4oP9wPgpU_GfNHdWgEfUt1sV4IyK_HYyBFOJ0STrj4eJfgeX7KuENqs17YCR6OevMnhwPtBoVgGvJE2MW8QT57wfW3YdbmvAsU3n4lJvPPCBSlSw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1511" data-original-width="1294" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiu5RdYmIfhEQkfXaoMBKSHFUDF59DkQYsrpfBCigfdR4toMZXr5GbULYc3FFS6EcNheIfO3ypSwi4oP9wPgpU_GfNHdWgEfUt1sV4IyK_HYyBFOJ0STrj4eJfgeX7KuENqs17YCR6OevMnhwPtBoVgGvJE2MW8QT57wfW3YdbmvAsU3n4lJvPPCBSlSw=w549-h640" width="549" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A sweet story about being brave and opening up to reveal vulnerabilities, and learning that friends are accepting and often have the same insecurities we do.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeR52baojof2_CvrlzdfSHYmM7EgtLt7z8H68k3hFB07sDzPQ/viewform?usp=sf_link" target="_blank">Please click here to enter the Giveaway for Book 2 in the <i>Book Buddies</i> series, </a><i><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeR52baojof2_CvrlzdfSHYmM7EgtLt7z8H68k3hFB07sDzPQ/viewform?usp=sf_link" target="_blank">Marco Polo Brave Explorer.</a><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://bluestockingthinking.blogspot.com/2022/08/anglerfish-seadevil-of-deep-giveaway.html" target="_blank">And be sure to check my last post for a chance to win <i>Anglerfish</i>! It's a double giveaway week!</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixQrpW9cq2ZymfxjfaSWwoaU68IJ9gCb-IJpbXxSQqEmIAzDOpDdF9_2qAUM145WshUhyPHkN-31Tw__oObXk4H-d-TzPHOkVPdskM2oHrWb9cLjiUVlIkbn9Na177mzyu7RFBuDU43ONBoYU-dT2qoK339jzvkQXk2LAn7PNeHMaiS8S4IwDTyw2brw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1202" data-original-width="1441" height="533" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixQrpW9cq2ZymfxjfaSWwoaU68IJ9gCb-IJpbXxSQqEmIAzDOpDdF9_2qAUM145WshUhyPHkN-31Tw__oObXk4H-d-TzPHOkVPdskM2oHrWb9cLjiUVlIkbn9Na177mzyu7RFBuDU43ONBoYU-dT2qoK339jzvkQXk2LAn7PNeHMaiS8S4IwDTyw2brw=w640-h533" width="640" /></a></div><br />Thanks for stopping by!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUETkxWOiHIbLRldwmWcDZqnxB8Vz9t7mor0syaTfHhRxKDi2ydgZ9JEsuRPxuuSUdygNKdznQXSRaz39QRuTZUNrYTZ6Qz-_6XQKFTYUXQpv9d0itS3Kqz_-gxiUeGsl9eVUw_XSUxkPiEHglDwfq6r4H9Hc627dnRShyqyXqxcgEom4VhyC4QoX7Ww/s254/0Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="151" data-original-width="254" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUETkxWOiHIbLRldwmWcDZqnxB8Vz9t7mor0syaTfHhRxKDi2ydgZ9JEsuRPxuuSUdygNKdznQXSRaz39QRuTZUNrYTZ6Qz-_6XQKFTYUXQpv9d0itS3Kqz_-gxiUeGsl9eVUw_XSUxkPiEHglDwfq6r4H9Hc627dnRShyqyXqxcgEom4VhyC4QoX7Ww/s1600/0Signature.png" width="254" /></a></div><p></p>Nicole L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16803189343078878170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318945445088870128.post-89423641928105594402022-08-24T09:31:00.001-04:002022-08-24T09:31:11.605-04:00Anglerfish: The Seadevil of the Deep *Giveaway!*<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkaLtTbNr-SyET4SYWGRTK2QUogaaddDHciN82CJ0LPdwcCgj9CEIRbXVycKMpBxviK1foch_ar8EpgYiwGSyG76bcG-h7aIcyevZ2XitdhweeVGqfgOhXYCrOTw-rC0ew8F17eM_-pQqvst-xiGeKxm4iWMaTSqyhwuuCexAfZYbPLMEPm9o9wbRs3g" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1405" data-original-width="1513" height="595" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkaLtTbNr-SyET4SYWGRTK2QUogaaddDHciN82CJ0LPdwcCgj9CEIRbXVycKMpBxviK1foch_ar8EpgYiwGSyG76bcG-h7aIcyevZ2XitdhweeVGqfgOhXYCrOTw-rC0ew8F17eM_-pQqvst-xiGeKxm4iWMaTSqyhwuuCexAfZYbPLMEPm9o9wbRs3g=w640-h595" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Happy back-to-school season! To celebrate the return to school, I'm teaming up with Candlewick Press to give away a copy of <i>Anglerfish: The Seadevil of the Deep</i> written by Elaine M. Alexander and illustrated by Fiona Fogg!</p><p style="text-align: center;">This book is the perfect addition to the nonfiction section of any classroom library! Or perhaps you have a young reader at home that prefers a nonfiction bedtime story over fiction! This book reads like a story, but has longer informational sections at the end. </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh264i1xSsdNUBG_bjGsInQy2Qjsfo4Z__QeK0VIf87X6k7ul43CePsuTCxfKn5LleiC3PnI0H9-jGcHIYwwK4jYW0mCvXrCeiJxE55hSflwLwrFHhZq9OFShxk6v3ZWB1BEkFoFc6hX7ZNYIK5IEo7RTWdi38bOlAWUtDmgxlkmzmp5mtlY-GfHZh-gg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1372" data-original-width="1524" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh264i1xSsdNUBG_bjGsInQy2Qjsfo4Z__QeK0VIf87X6k7ul43CePsuTCxfKn5LleiC3PnI0H9-jGcHIYwwK4jYW0mCvXrCeiJxE55hSflwLwrFHhZq9OFShxk6v3ZWB1BEkFoFc6hX7ZNYIK5IEo7RTWdi38bOlAWUtDmgxlkmzmp5mtlY-GfHZh-gg=w400-h360" width="400" /></a></div>How much do you know about the Anglerfish? I was surprised by the differences between the males and females, most of all.<p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzvKclCr7R7C4MlgR3Qr22bGt3SwztRBrv3Sp7vfqh0BnyOEQTnWI-a0sIKNQYwrLdmyDcdyWO023ZpbI1qwKvQ666EWQpmY85f6Szzr7wBcLCRLAe6P_5jnqlUuoW-4USO2gX-RfzGpa4-uLZOCCd_IaWwuqfoEJvdJIykvvT71OviB6NzM6_X-3uSA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="1532" height="357" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzvKclCr7R7C4MlgR3Qr22bGt3SwztRBrv3Sp7vfqh0BnyOEQTnWI-a0sIKNQYwrLdmyDcdyWO023ZpbI1qwKvQ666EWQpmY85f6Szzr7wBcLCRLAe6P_5jnqlUuoW-4USO2gX-RfzGpa4-uLZOCCd_IaWwuqfoEJvdJIykvvT71OviB6NzM6_X-3uSA=w400-h357" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dive into the midnight zone to learn about this fascinating and terrifying fish!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1323" data-original-width="1513" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgk18FApLqZQR11KIjLJM4d583an0PDSb-k1XZhIq_IXoZbze3n4CADiDkE3V1X_xnng77GBNSeToZLp6WOms8-AdiPbFdHTW0UoIaBjInxGfB2Ah-Fyr_UQXs9dg0k9q4T8J5tDJ3mkIUDdIMGekjRfGBYut8oB-ouGQu0O9SJGithwIdJ5R8csq8h3A=w400-h351" width="400" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdNDNPOZ5qTPauYr6K0QMZFfFKAwm5kCBwp8R427ghgDmweNg/viewform?usp=sf_link" target="_blank">Click Here to Enter!</a></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Good luck, and thanks for stopping by!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAPtr4F245g1LjTjY5_lm_0KSmwf1jP9pNRGq88VV1dy2p_lwY3tfgPRw7P1oQonlPK9F--MYVzBHAs4DqZd2qWk8c2zvBYf9UDSlopHiRsPe3XTQz6Zn3mAkD5Ptffyb-jhMosFnJkm_-eWOcXrETkU_nau9iqEsrfSfVIfylvo82qhIvwk8UoMBUvg/s254/0Signature.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="151" data-original-width="254" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAPtr4F245g1LjTjY5_lm_0KSmwf1jP9pNRGq88VV1dy2p_lwY3tfgPRw7P1oQonlPK9F--MYVzBHAs4DqZd2qWk8c2zvBYf9UDSlopHiRsPe3XTQz6Zn3mAkD5Ptffyb-jhMosFnJkm_-eWOcXrETkU_nau9iqEsrfSfVIfylvo82qhIvwk8UoMBUvg/s1600/0Signature.png" width="254" /></a></div></div>Nicole L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16803189343078878170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318945445088870128.post-58280686454929077532022-06-28T06:29:00.003-04:002022-06-28T06:29:52.974-04:00The Hurricanes of Weakerville *Blog Tour*<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"> Welcome to the 5th stop on the Blog Tour for <i>The Hurricanes of Weakerville </i></div><div style="text-align: center;">by Chris Rylander!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Today's stop is extra special because it's also release day!</div><div style="text-align: center;">So let's wish our featured story, and its creator, a very Happy Book Birthday!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjakUdREXxZFV9tT6yhYMBiDkJ0qdH3Nu8OWkOnU2AIASbzcwMiJX3WeUlYxcMSRls-Yqpz5LIfjEUD_AjnHXKd3J75gQe6vhXb35NEvvD0aP6heOtyBG2g4WMCFJhcDcXyCIMK0JN6U2mQsvLn5Byqc8rZAUxT7mG9rTTTooPlXnniyfuPgWWIwem_rA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="868" data-original-width="574" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjakUdREXxZFV9tT6yhYMBiDkJ0qdH3Nu8OWkOnU2AIASbzcwMiJX3WeUlYxcMSRls-Yqpz5LIfjEUD_AjnHXKd3J75gQe6vhXb35NEvvD0aP6heOtyBG2g4WMCFJhcDcXyCIMK0JN6U2mQsvLn5Byqc8rZAUxT7mG9rTTTooPlXnniyfuPgWWIwem_rA=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>"Middle grade star author Chris Rylander brings his signature sense of humor, a compelling and original baseball story, and tons of heart to the story of <i>The Hurricanes of Weakerville</i>."</b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">About the Book:</h2><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span> </span>All his life, Alex Weakerman has had one passion: baseball. Specifically, the Hurricanes of Weakerville, Iowa—the scrappy independent-league team owned by his Grandpa Ira.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span> </span>Even as team and the town have fallen on tough times, there’s no place Alex would rather be than at the ballpark—a hot dog in one hand, a pencil and scorebook in the other, keeping track of each and every statistic. Alex has never been all that great at playing baseball, but that doesn’t matter. For someone as painfully awkward as Alex, being a fan—and a wiz with baseball stats—is all he needs.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span> </span>When Grandpa Ira passes away, though, Alex is crushed. He’s lost his best friend, and he doesn’t see any way that the team will survive. But Ira, it seems, has one last trick up his sleeve: his will names Alex the new manager of the Hurricanes.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span> </span>Alex is as excited as he is terrified at the chance to finally put some of his fantasy baseball genius to use. But as he sets to work trying to win over the players, he soon learns that leading them to victory is about more than just stats. Will he be able to save his team, his hometown, and his family legacy?</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span> </span>From the author of <i>The Fourth Stall</i>, a SCBWI Sid Fleischman Humor Award winner and multiple state-award favorite, <i>The Hurricanes of Weakerville</i> is sure to appeal to middle grade readers looking for a funny book about real kids.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p></div><p></p><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My Thoughts:</h2><div style="text-align: center;">From the first time I sat down with this book to my moments with the final pages, I was drawn in deeply to the honest vulnerability of the characters. Alex is wrapping up 7th grade when we meet him. As awkward as middle school is for all of us, Alex has it even worse. He suffers from self-named <i>Flumpo, </i>which is possibly the best term to describe that self-sabotaging, clamming up, fumbling over words, completely embarrassing condition of ruining almost all social interactions. You can't help but feel bad for Alex because the guy is almost painful to listen to when he tries talking to people outside his comfort zone. And that comfort zone is pretty tight. But with all stories, our main character shifts and grows. For Alex this happens with the help of self-reflection and awareness as well as help from the people around him that both support and push him. And in a story where the painfully awkward could be bullied and when things could turn dark, this story always pivots to the light. The characters are full of goodness.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So even if baseball isn't your thing, and even if you have no idea what terms like "The metrics say we are a 12-78 team" and "...had a 0.70 ERA" and "...hitting .274 with 8 RBI" I'm here to say, there is still a place for you in this story. As a self-proclaimed non-sports person, I would still say with 100% honesty that this story was a great match for me. I loved the humor and the rawness, I loved the relationships, I enjoyed the bit of mystery, and I loved how Alex and Granpa Ira's love reminded me of my own special Mimi. </div><div style="text-align: center;">This story is refreshing and will do nothing but raise its readers up.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'd even go so far as to say....it's a home run.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Come on, I had to.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">About the Author:</h2><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZF6Uo4I9JWzQpBdmPoqJrxB94KN1cPGnJNjZBiogP4TA7aV3WXmIzq6tu1zY1rU3MDu-fCYx9-WraAMa4q9B47czX1Lt6_o1E8T6lCZfOxIgYE_kpXIP2jxAIRroENIvbcDImU0hLnSTqhRbWds5aSknPDu2xoxYyZdOzAcRttwXmlK4ky1yjLrUiBQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1046" data-original-width="837" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZF6Uo4I9JWzQpBdmPoqJrxB94KN1cPGnJNjZBiogP4TA7aV3WXmIzq6tu1zY1rU3MDu-fCYx9-WraAMa4q9B47czX1Lt6_o1E8T6lCZfOxIgYE_kpXIP2jxAIRroENIvbcDImU0hLnSTqhRbWds5aSknPDu2xoxYyZdOzAcRttwXmlK4ky1yjLrUiBQ=w320-h400" width="320" /></a></div></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Chris Rylander is the author of the acclaimed and bestselling “Fourth Stall” saga, the “Codename Conspiracy” trilogy, and co-author of book three in the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling “House of Secrets” series. He lives in Chicago, where he eats a lot of raspberry jam and frequently tries to befriend the squirrels on his block.</span></p><p></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><i>The Hurricanes of Weakerville </i>Blog Tour Stops:</h2><div style="text-align: center;"><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">6/21<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/"><span class="s1" style="color: #0b4cb4;">Nerdy Book Club</span></a> @nerdybookclub<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="color: #0b4cb4; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px; text-align: center;"><span class="s2" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">6/22<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="http://www.foodiebibliophile.com/"><span class="s1" style="color: #0b4cb4;">A Foodie Bibliophile in Wanderlust</span></a> @bethshaum</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">6/23<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.teacherswhoread.com/"><span class="s1" style="color: #0b4cb4;">Teachers Who Read</span></a> @teachers_read</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">6/27<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="http://litcoachlou.blogspot.com/"><span class="s1" style="color: #0b4cb4;">LitCoachLou</span></a> @litcoachlou</span></p><p class="p2" style="color: #0b4cb4; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px; text-align: center;"><span class="s2" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">6/28<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="http://bluestockingthinking.blogspot.com/"><span class="s1" style="color: #0b4cb4;">Bluestocking Thinking</span></a> @bluesockgirl</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">6/29<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://walden-media.tumblr.com/"><span class="s1" style="color: #0b4cb4;">Walden Tumblr<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></a>@waldenpondpress</span></p><p class="p2" style="color: #0b4cb4; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px; text-align: center;"><span class="s2" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">7/1<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://insatiablereaders.blogspot.com/"><span class="s1" style="color: #0b4cb4;">Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers</span></a> @grgenius</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="color: #0b4cb4; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px; text-align: center;"><span class="s2" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="color: #0b4cb4; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px; text-align: center;"><span class="s2" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thanks for stopping by! </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="color: #0b4cb4; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px; text-align: center;"><span class="s2" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Snag this one at your favorite book store TODAY-for yourself, your classroom, a favorite middle-grade reader, your Little Free Library, a teacher, a coach, a random stranger, anyone!</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="color: #0b4cb4; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px; text-align: center;"><span class="s2" style="color: black;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgddHAVvESf6ETjeiUQwoRrJ2vK27BjLAt32S_7EwKt0d1SCa-GtrZ_aelSh2ZH-HjVwuA7t1wa87lQrNEG3AB3CHz260J3AkmOODUup5ag9jfspFXiPweObXZSTTuoMJM0CRlzeIjWI1JcvZCQwd5E5eGj7kIVxWCNwmOWIU78J0f5MCBUph_afDLoEw/s254/0Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="151" data-original-width="254" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgddHAVvESf6ETjeiUQwoRrJ2vK27BjLAt32S_7EwKt0d1SCa-GtrZ_aelSh2ZH-HjVwuA7t1wa87lQrNEG3AB3CHz260J3AkmOODUup5ag9jfspFXiPweObXZSTTuoMJM0CRlzeIjWI1JcvZCQwd5E5eGj7kIVxWCNwmOWIU78J0f5MCBUph_afDLoEw/s1600/0Signature.png" width="254" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p></div><br /></div>Nicole L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16803189343078878170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318945445088870128.post-68524256235238249422022-06-22T12:31:00.003-04:002022-06-22T12:32:01.646-04:00Spring 2022 Kid Lit Round-Up! Part 2<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYwVEtoxoQLu1wXtAGHlby0SLs1NhSmUkF4tWdWHa8CZYyhHXgKqQ6gIuvCUF5ZvaMgfSykjvfJMK-AFJmHl2tRripBFgWf4Tk58T9qztZBPI7ufFkFcc0Z8BCAkUDrYJD5cUXIMyco71ncTPX9gDztVazB1fPKIcN1zIbM9tozCFZCydsGeGcmYTFGQ/s1577/PhotoRoom_20220419_132344%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1577" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYwVEtoxoQLu1wXtAGHlby0SLs1NhSmUkF4tWdWHa8CZYyhHXgKqQ6gIuvCUF5ZvaMgfSykjvfJMK-AFJmHl2tRripBFgWf4Tk58T9qztZBPI7ufFkFcc0Z8BCAkUDrYJD5cUXIMyco71ncTPX9gDztVazB1fPKIcN1zIbM9tozCFZCydsGeGcmYTFGQ/w640-h278/PhotoRoom_20220419_132344%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Turns out I had too many books to put in one post!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here are a continuation of new and noteworthy kid lit tiles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_kCXadoeQiY2hnstQI8zXD9fv6ASyvbSuOzalHbHTLVTzg18nrqvsITJC5Rqm-pu9IOhQHlKdyC0ytqoAUxB9y5P8oc2YPDvGvsEgJ_w5mf79bqJD5_Z0sLgu_hbujHrnlf06HB16rmsK4unljXN8zWAqWLHGoyc825YafUO7GkgB1TTlotrvvNtSRw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1325" data-original-width="1440" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_kCXadoeQiY2hnstQI8zXD9fv6ASyvbSuOzalHbHTLVTzg18nrqvsITJC5Rqm-pu9IOhQHlKdyC0ytqoAUxB9y5P8oc2YPDvGvsEgJ_w5mf79bqJD5_Z0sLgu_hbujHrnlf06HB16rmsK4unljXN8zWAqWLHGoyc825YafUO7GkgB1TTlotrvvNtSRw" width="261" /></a></div><br />! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgpgLZXn7aDTWN79U5eLh_RqxzJpXd3ACwrSSQj-Y3QvxvjsijBr6y6XiWfIluiiYVUR1VM1SmV64NEl6rsmfgmSGpz4fwDh2Hi9kffcsMprucwZ1oDWjwWWDEKvEcpYiSAfntbosqBFPw6zrpyhazibJ9C38dVMnfuNOc0WjYgVeiLOuE-WetzdkjOA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1495" data-original-width="1415" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgpgLZXn7aDTWN79U5eLh_RqxzJpXd3ACwrSSQj-Y3QvxvjsijBr6y6XiWfIluiiYVUR1VM1SmV64NEl6rsmfgmSGpz4fwDh2Hi9kffcsMprucwZ1oDWjwWWDEKvEcpYiSAfntbosqBFPw6zrpyhazibJ9C38dVMnfuNOc0WjYgVeiLOuE-WetzdkjOA=w605-h640" width="605" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Path </i>by Bob Staake</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Minedition:Astra Books, April 2022</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;">Perfect for graduation season! You'll set out on a journey, on a path walked by many before you.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqNZej6s6LQp7f5UiDCEqoWexSPVIMEoJxYQZNZadaz4b3sfQIidPYkDm_OeQpggybYC9h9T7f_AwXnaKIWuZibGCyxg_zTHi1mr7vpoHYHRvaAQy-JTeqerO1K2PwL54ISgtbmn9gmYF-Ak6aQ9DfGpfamr1SMNxjHRHSJzXyMKzQFtSuTnqur2LWxw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="1197" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqNZej6s6LQp7f5UiDCEqoWexSPVIMEoJxYQZNZadaz4b3sfQIidPYkDm_OeQpggybYC9h9T7f_AwXnaKIWuZibGCyxg_zTHi1mr7vpoHYHRvaAQy-JTeqerO1K2PwL54ISgtbmn9gmYF-Ak6aQ9DfGpfamr1SMNxjHRHSJzXyMKzQFtSuTnqur2LWxw=w504-h640" width="504" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And sometimes the path is easy going and sometimes it's rough and treacherous. A metaphor on life's journey.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinAfjd329ZnAEeF0tehpqFrtln40BTWLxac7CzCDkAhsd0m7WqPUsJ6G6U0jRe2HGSTBcWgsa0keyY4-5rmFq05ic2Zg3V0QNBm2U6U-OO-kzGvaGqdXLDF6KfPql1E4Ja5IIbYpcUD0pZAzJwzyTATwZSDs3KDHVrbOjRWJH5XK9IiFOj_4nSFkbp-g" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1497" data-original-width="1150" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinAfjd329ZnAEeF0tehpqFrtln40BTWLxac7CzCDkAhsd0m7WqPUsJ6G6U0jRe2HGSTBcWgsa0keyY4-5rmFq05ic2Zg3V0QNBm2U6U-OO-kzGvaGqdXLDF6KfPql1E4Ja5IIbYpcUD0pZAzJwzyTATwZSDs3KDHVrbOjRWJH5XK9IiFOj_4nSFkbp-g=w491-h640" width="491" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">With a dust jacket that flips to reveal a gorgeous poster!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOLqRsZogdOMRojSDzcGGFa_dXOLfaSz0lIicR6t3N0I9HsIp5VDBe8BMzc8cjGaKvvv1El2LBdjfLGmEJqynT3efFWc1SvnA6Ms_nyruFjTrj1PpOhgOlzu91_nkYHqowDzcDq2Az_Sg5TuykjyhYSzOU2gNZaBUNQ4jV3GZe6kxsR-_weGLVKjBpuA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1325" data-original-width="1440" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOLqRsZogdOMRojSDzcGGFa_dXOLfaSz0lIicR6t3N0I9HsIp5VDBe8BMzc8cjGaKvvv1El2LBdjfLGmEJqynT3efFWc1SvnA6Ms_nyruFjTrj1PpOhgOlzu91_nkYHqowDzcDq2Az_Sg5TuykjyhYSzOU2gNZaBUNQ4jV3GZe6kxsR-_weGLVKjBpuA=w400-h368" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Baby is back in an all new book! This time baby is headed to the beach with Dad and a friend!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCyRPJAwJwAdRW37A75hl3-HdM9cfPQOVp3HcG_l1-WCbSkUJ58O1uObG0geP8dmTsjFINpnxzVOUwM4liFqERyibrpWZYWbqh57pCJA9Yyi3NEzsEZ-NaYGkDjYrpQKuDJH1X5WsHgFccGoEpV41FQNOUYKWpS0z94aHmZ0XUNZPCz_PjPIPOiCXmwQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCyRPJAwJwAdRW37A75hl3-HdM9cfPQOVp3HcG_l1-WCbSkUJ58O1uObG0geP8dmTsjFINpnxzVOUwM4liFqERyibrpWZYWbqh57pCJA9Yyi3NEzsEZ-NaYGkDjYrpQKuDJH1X5WsHgFccGoEpV41FQNOUYKWpS0z94aHmZ0XUNZPCz_PjPIPOiCXmwQ=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you have a Leslie Patricelli fan at home you'll need to add this to your summertime reading line-up. And if you aren't familiar with this series, then you <i>really</i> need to change that!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrAof6tYxVVOVGs6WnVac92Prh0FxNbtdObzINWrKjL8SAYfIls9u1SYq7WagHs8gawPykHLolC55riMPunFWxo_61rrGRoqUesK51G7vCzp9Ssm-aJ5WnyYkVEuALXDzfa_lIVVazuoUJk_H6IACuK6HiPIG9ratY4Omcpqjdyv8A0IBV31d-hWCP-w" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1325" data-original-width="1440" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrAof6tYxVVOVGs6WnVac92Prh0FxNbtdObzINWrKjL8SAYfIls9u1SYq7WagHs8gawPykHLolC55riMPunFWxo_61rrGRoqUesK51G7vCzp9Ssm-aJ5WnyYkVEuALXDzfa_lIVVazuoUJk_H6IACuK6HiPIG9ratY4Omcpqjdyv8A0IBV31d-hWCP-w=w400-h368" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another board book creator I love, Giuliano Ferri!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In this fun, interactive book, littles will try to guess what is hidden on the next page. Not always hard...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrxg245NzXp4uw_O1IatWIGMKIX4AZqk44shrjBU163QKG5Vy5CHxIsoQIV0nqVJtvR4GF9TG9-z_qnuoaUDxHSdCpPnIpWfoCjSEv3ve0lw5B2a5EngB5Sjwn493rEts0UtKExpVNrInt41-kV6hMt9iWirD6iO3PO8KVFygyCH2WvMJCfifl4_a5cg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1305" data-original-width="1418" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrxg245NzXp4uw_O1IatWIGMKIX4AZqk44shrjBU163QKG5Vy5CHxIsoQIV0nqVJtvR4GF9TG9-z_qnuoaUDxHSdCpPnIpWfoCjSEv3ve0lw5B2a5EngB5Sjwn493rEts0UtKExpVNrInt41-kV6hMt9iWirD6iO3PO8KVFygyCH2WvMJCfifl4_a5cg=w400-h368" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...but not always as expected!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFoX5OzvCWVS-zKM8UYy2QL81pASwQL-QfZVioBUDQTUpTdQsvABfyItz7s6wOr543gX49s8Dp8MMJqEyAmq82edkGtieUCBuuhmeim4UIDSRd9sGXuGTUN5wuN3VvUImerkM2ktxZIsBNUvsZTu0cJ6LGRW6MKwSGu_6QoiXcyb1kQesXm1s1zfM4HA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1283" data-original-width="1394" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFoX5OzvCWVS-zKM8UYy2QL81pASwQL-QfZVioBUDQTUpTdQsvABfyItz7s6wOr543gX49s8Dp8MMJqEyAmq82edkGtieUCBuuhmeim4UIDSRd9sGXuGTUN5wuN3VvUImerkM2ktxZIsBNUvsZTu0cJ6LGRW6MKwSGu_6QoiXcyb1kQesXm1s1zfM4HA=w400-h368" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgef0jlhxa5xV6T2xW1xP_oT4f7h8qb5Bc1emVAh4TU7k8aqdkzmtKN_3W5s5MmeFT41zOwEV-C1gtNtN_8MzbeVvVeFqg9o-mymOwEMcDMIS5hczdd90avd2kieHJpKU_a4D9of3vHVo_9oc7QP1mYgc_9aMhA5i4uqct6bJ9XfW-GfEWYEwFz32IHwQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1325" data-original-width="1440" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgef0jlhxa5xV6T2xW1xP_oT4f7h8qb5Bc1emVAh4TU7k8aqdkzmtKN_3W5s5MmeFT41zOwEV-C1gtNtN_8MzbeVvVeFqg9o-mymOwEMcDMIS5hczdd90avd2kieHJpKU_a4D9of3vHVo_9oc7QP1mYgc_9aMhA5i4uqct6bJ9XfW-GfEWYEwFz32IHwQ=w400-h368" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bob Shea got this one right!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You'll relate, you'll laugh, you'll just plain love it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The art is sweet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Excellent baby shower gift!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJvtuS-vZANJWy_O3VABVhYRJek5KOWcjXR1yrtPlrejkps7wyMZRXGNQKAehhfqtPVkmHTh5Rz7H9S4qBl1ChR1lpZ5K4aqLy_STxuFkZSncaaXmLjiW5U30qpDr-cyG_knjNIZPCn-j4MF6FwBvPjbUjwLtDCZNXND4wK3ksKH1O-cqDrkDH5gceZA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1325" data-original-width="1440" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJvtuS-vZANJWy_O3VABVhYRJek5KOWcjXR1yrtPlrejkps7wyMZRXGNQKAehhfqtPVkmHTh5Rz7H9S4qBl1ChR1lpZ5K4aqLy_STxuFkZSncaaXmLjiW5U30qpDr-cyG_knjNIZPCn-j4MF6FwBvPjbUjwLtDCZNXND4wK3ksKH1O-cqDrkDH5gceZA=w400-h368" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Or baby announcement gift :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhArTDJ6a9eMiG3MEpbA1nVGT3g-W3lhdo0T3thCaiwcSBhHpZG_rM6fe4-g8YS1WFC6uaFgk3WkmQ0CZJZ2Te7QBOfeYmnC2-Qb7i0w4KLsG2sfVoGQxr0961jNQjIAPFIMPE75-yHZp_cgZqJKZ5P2-NwAYpXMsW9tmDEGKb4tc1YJs7xGln9PU_XDA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1492" data-original-width="1428" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhArTDJ6a9eMiG3MEpbA1nVGT3g-W3lhdo0T3thCaiwcSBhHpZG_rM6fe4-g8YS1WFC6uaFgk3WkmQ0CZJZ2Te7QBOfeYmnC2-Qb7i0w4KLsG2sfVoGQxr0961jNQjIAPFIMPE75-yHZp_cgZqJKZ5P2-NwAYpXMsW9tmDEGKb4tc1YJs7xGln9PU_XDA=w613-h640" width="613" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Phaidon is always sure to publish stunning books. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gabrielle Balkan & Sam Brewster heave created an oversized informational and visually rich book.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrrG9tx9ocZX7RWzk2oo9WJ0OG29OzqqiYt2BzOERh49YNeNq5VEg86Wsp5CqL-PHnnBKuf3UPpW7SBi0zutE0w7wqW71wMH1So3JPNa7O_WSic2B1Rgkid9vUUhbxKdbD_0kqUjQRupy-54_bZtpH0vicWlzaGHoYmaZlDAUZNQk4AOIcDsZMcCq-dQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1075" data-original-width="1531" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrrG9tx9ocZX7RWzk2oo9WJ0OG29OzqqiYt2BzOERh49YNeNq5VEg86Wsp5CqL-PHnnBKuf3UPpW7SBi0zutE0w7wqW71wMH1So3JPNa7O_WSic2B1Rgkid9vUUhbxKdbD_0kqUjQRupy-54_bZtpH0vicWlzaGHoYmaZlDAUZNQk4AOIcDsZMcCq-dQ=w640-h450" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Young readers will closely examine the skeletons of each dinosaur, read descriptive clues, and then turn the page to reveal the truth. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyIvQT0yxd9k_wPdjTlSLmb7J1PxkgbPYLBe6sEIDj91qW09ihF18w2cBOzWRX8ApMx0NPBQfwrErlxkcMv4kpzrxlC3GkDBgErmkHdWWSdM7lGbADUrJBkFE7G6EmNBlv56He3ADIErLVMhyjBn9ZLyQiYdrJslTT6-6WKWM4mwuTGIMG4qJF5_JjwA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1042" data-original-width="1559" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyIvQT0yxd9k_wPdjTlSLmb7J1PxkgbPYLBe6sEIDj91qW09ihF18w2cBOzWRX8ApMx0NPBQfwrErlxkcMv4kpzrxlC3GkDBgErmkHdWWSdM7lGbADUrJBkFE7G6EmNBlv56He3ADIErLVMhyjBn9ZLyQiYdrJslTT6-6WKWM4mwuTGIMG4qJF5_JjwA=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When the page is turned the dinosaur will be revealed in its natural habitat. And readers can rub their fingers along the illustration to feel the bones!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2E8bCv8bWtddQEpS-cCqauzQPZnw2wTV-x-svdVsUcdXeHznuylh44y1d8Pmjo1Ga8zQ_EeXX1VSzmxfBA73ZpCmxxLXspC18Dk91Gd8CzC2xWMYClMtZTPKsLO_IexcDUjJ4xDXvIqqmMzJ_6bD-rQZ2SM-hREQA6A5mj9-fyC_5Q79XJr6a44ApgA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1528" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2E8bCv8bWtddQEpS-cCqauzQPZnw2wTV-x-svdVsUcdXeHznuylh44y1d8Pmjo1Ga8zQ_EeXX1VSzmxfBA73ZpCmxxLXspC18Dk91Gd8CzC2xWMYClMtZTPKsLO_IexcDUjJ4xDXvIqqmMzJ_6bD-rQZ2SM-hREQA6A5mj9-fyC_5Q79XJr6a44ApgA=w640-h434" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Informational buffs, dinosaur lovers, the curious and the adventurous will all love this title!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks for stopping by!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Be sure to follow along with more frequent posts on Instagram!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe646db6stOx7E9dlHV1poS0XRAQQlBBFglIqTZcrmS1xWkMY0746_yaDYjbNDuZg4PYy2uJA0oCXOjyM1-bZ1p2Nr8vYHgLG_NAmVH7wPmbVDJ3m2Q6n9twfg5AUuubuoxVDg5NOCtFx23gggNmGwe7Nhk-v1Mw6vPEWSnldznlvL2gY2YA-Uug1u8g/s254/0Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="151" data-original-width="254" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe646db6stOx7E9dlHV1poS0XRAQQlBBFglIqTZcrmS1xWkMY0746_yaDYjbNDuZg4PYy2uJA0oCXOjyM1-bZ1p2Nr8vYHgLG_NAmVH7wPmbVDJ3m2Q6n9twfg5AUuubuoxVDg5NOCtFx23gggNmGwe7Nhk-v1Mw6vPEWSnldznlvL2gY2YA-Uug1u8g/s1600/0Signature.png" width="254" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></span></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><p></p>Nicole L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16803189343078878170noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318945445088870128.post-37563175492008864972022-05-10T05:09:00.003-04:002022-05-10T05:38:18.535-04:00DRIFTERS *Blog Tour!*<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMWKUcCQQiuAKJsePmEosI5Xds8lsOidXrVo3FTwdKUx7kDIePvW-KP2n1SzkOpi_nJTHUk2raZU0RyGE8bB1auVGMAPOt2sLD8-eJU9qnr8L2dsqgYKxLR1IUupc8NUafpJ57iT21DW6owX1J88JcvTSH4JEZ6jWqnBGe1AETNTDm2sZZDIW8h-kXjQ/s1258/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-09%20at%206.22.01%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1258" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMWKUcCQQiuAKJsePmEosI5Xds8lsOidXrVo3FTwdKUx7kDIePvW-KP2n1SzkOpi_nJTHUk2raZU0RyGE8bB1auVGMAPOt2sLD8-eJU9qnr8L2dsqgYKxLR1IUupc8NUafpJ57iT21DW6owX1J88JcvTSH4JEZ6jWqnBGe1AETNTDm2sZZDIW8h-kXjQ/w640-h350/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-09%20at%206.22.01%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Welcome to the 2nd stop in the <i>Drifters</i> Blog Tour!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Be sure to check out the other stops using the links at the end of the post.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Today is particularly special because <i>Drifters</i> finds its way into the world today! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Or maybe it was already here and we just forgot about it...</div><div style="text-align: center;">(read the book)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUxI5qUyZqjV382f0gD6Asjf5lQv8sCq5Mov9lMAJnK1s1SuO69tgaFF5uqZzNXh4aEDkK2LFcx6mXcLjqEobBCPjPR0Phqq7d0aq9SaZjlPNtyJ8pB64wKWWXfbzwV2mvjcVvWBZn0NPv-SjxlouSJEc6YsjYhMC8tKQfrQTJ36T83jHkjZhK-9PR4w/s1226/Drifters%20by%20Kevin%20Emerson.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1226" data-original-width="814" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUxI5qUyZqjV382f0gD6Asjf5lQv8sCq5Mov9lMAJnK1s1SuO69tgaFF5uqZzNXh4aEDkK2LFcx6mXcLjqEobBCPjPR0Phqq7d0aq9SaZjlPNtyJ8pB64wKWWXfbzwV2mvjcVvWBZn0NPv-SjxlouSJEc6YsjYhMC8tKQfrQTJ36T83jHkjZhK-9PR4w/w424-h640/Drifters%20by%20Kevin%20Emerson.png" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjgPOTaXb7hAckblbaXouCBruxTvfKXI5VJMwl8UUiazni95nEnG5G3Ltbw0PCvoI8JuVDa7t04t02X3WeGrDUHgHu9pKbSew0_GAwVzoGpjJ9U2Inv2cl65aDbOTxu-sKRxHMRb6L2XmbJvty4Dc13d6eN1zVmLMkKur4ur0EstPM5sBFZRMo0DorHw/s1464/PhotoRoom_20220509_182532.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1464" data-original-width="1307" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjgPOTaXb7hAckblbaXouCBruxTvfKXI5VJMwl8UUiazni95nEnG5G3Ltbw0PCvoI8JuVDa7t04t02X3WeGrDUHgHu9pKbSew0_GAwVzoGpjJ9U2Inv2cl65aDbOTxu-sKRxHMRb6L2XmbJvty4Dc13d6eN1zVmLMkKur4ur0EstPM5sBFZRMo0DorHw/s320/PhotoRoom_20220509_182532.jpg" width="286" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><h2 style="text-align: center;"><b>About the Book</b></h2><h3 style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b>From the acclaimed author of the Chronicle of the Dark Star comes a riveting mystery, perfect for fans of <i>Stranger Things</i><b><i>,</i></b> about a girl who sets out to find her missing best friend—and discovers her small town is hiding a dark, centuries-old secret.<br />Jovie is adrift. She’d been feeling alone ever since her best friend, Micah, left her behind for a new group of friends—but when Micah went missing last fall, Jovie felt truly lost.<br />Now, months later, the search parties have been called off, and the news alerts have dried up. There’s only Jovie, biking around Far Haven, Washington, putting up posters with Micah’s face on them, feeling like she’s the only one who remembers her friend at all.<br />This feeling may be far closer to the truth than Jovie knows. As strange storms beset Far Haven, she is shocked to discover that Micah isn’t just missing—she’s been forgotten completely by everyone in town. And Micah isn’t the only one: there are others, roaming the beaches, camped in the old bunkers, who have somehow been lost from the world.<br />When Jovie and her new friend Sylvan dig deeper, they learn that the town’s history is far stranger and more deadly than anyone knows. Something disastrous is heading for Far Haven, and Jovie and Sylvan soon realize that it is up to them to save not only Micah, but everyone else who has been lost to the world and set adrift—now, in the past, and in the future.</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYR4-iQb--bhh6Cpa46b-5PdvyiLm1n11wKP99kYL-JRUmxZOjcsOHQBoffT5MbyEEhQvCbBm3lfF9y_1_EJ5iPCqCyc3NhEcYYcGSaPE-D9CdVihFnuMapEbql4SMB0WkMMs4FtXf1W4aTmiUN0XdmbUQPtaWIK2FKL8LA_lDB-P7qRDFG9MC9sWGlQ/s1432/PhotoRoom_20220509_182518.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1432" data-original-width="1430" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYR4-iQb--bhh6Cpa46b-5PdvyiLm1n11wKP99kYL-JRUmxZOjcsOHQBoffT5MbyEEhQvCbBm3lfF9y_1_EJ5iPCqCyc3NhEcYYcGSaPE-D9CdVihFnuMapEbql4SMB0WkMMs4FtXf1W4aTmiUN0XdmbUQPtaWIK2FKL8LA_lDB-P7qRDFG9MC9sWGlQ/s320/PhotoRoom_20220509_182518.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;">My thoughts:</h2><h3 style="text-align: center;">Sci-fi is probably my least favorite genre. I just don't love space travel, technology that is way beyond my comprehension, or the general coldness that is often found in the genre. So I accepted this gig knowing that I might have to dig deep to get through it. Then it arrived, and at over 500 pages I knew I was in for it. Only, I didn't know how much I would truly love this story.</h3><h3 style="text-align: center;">It didn't take me long to be totally devoted to finding out what was going on in Far Haven. The first chapter laid out a cryptic scene from 1898 and I was immediately curious to where this story would lead me.</h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"> Told in alternating times and perspectives, you'll feel exhilarated at working to piece it all together. But it's not all action, adventure, and mystery. There is so much heart to this story. I'd say that as enticing as the mysterious plot is, the relationships Emerson has created between the children with each other, and the children with their families, is what cements this book solidly to our reality. I loved the pure innocence between the children, stepping into teen years and all that comes with it. The children are the kind of people we would want to know. And their parents are imperfect, as most of us are. It's hard to say what Emerson did a better job at: writing a super mysterious sci-fi adventure, or writing a story about the power of family and of our friendships. Read it and let me know what you think.</h3><h2>About the Author</h2><h3>Kevin Emerson is the author of <i>Last Days on Mars </i>and <i>The Oceans Between Stars</i>, as well as <i>The Fellowship for Alien Detection</i>, the <i>Exile </i>series, the <i>Atlanteans</i> series, the <i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglgWNSVYpi68dbsA_qKloVDOJa3IcKIbZ9zyJSBLgmu7RxL8yGwjMieF5xFaA9sxrmjXkYOvLEIMvv_RjEgra8nRigiQvqe_akK6rRepfl3-RnUREswi4yPxviZmS98jnvtyiehWraOIXMeblCwIShWPlkaBK_9sL7CKDw-hH9FGPftvMb2DEdcrQ9tw/s376/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-09%20at%209.11.56%20PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="376" data-original-width="334" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglgWNSVYpi68dbsA_qKloVDOJa3IcKIbZ9zyJSBLgmu7RxL8yGwjMieF5xFaA9sxrmjXkYOvLEIMvv_RjEgra8nRigiQvqe_akK6rRepfl3-RnUREswi4yPxviZmS98jnvtyiehWraOIXMeblCwIShWPlkaBK_9sL7CKDw-hH9FGPftvMb2DEdcrQ9tw/w178-h200/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-09%20at%209.11.56%20PM.png" width="178" /></a></div>Oliver Nocturne</i> series, and <i>Carlos is Gonna Get It.</i> Kevin lives with his family in Seattle. You can visit him online at <a href="http://www.kevinemerson.net." target="_blank">www.kevinemerson.net</a></h3><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><div><br /></div><div>Be sure to visit the other stops in the tour. </div><div>Visit Nerdy Book Club for a post from Emerson himself!</div><div><br /></div><div>And as always, </div><div>Thanks for stopping by.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0JJonuVytrVKeSDa1yjICZip-gKqWuQM6uFhsjrYX8U31GszcPQECHy8r1DPEN35V7fO3099TzCI4jHWwv9PlvmpksF_XoI2HUql0xjScTTn_afg16PcyMOEkNm3Y4p9kD1MBwsOTGI0kmm2pat6J0IgaFjOxMX8jm31udIT_s87gDEytyDyVN540Qg/s254/0Signature.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="151" data-original-width="254" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0JJonuVytrVKeSDa1yjICZip-gKqWuQM6uFhsjrYX8U31GszcPQECHy8r1DPEN35V7fO3099TzCI4jHWwv9PlvmpksF_XoI2HUql0xjScTTn_afg16PcyMOEkNm3Y4p9kD1MBwsOTGI0kmm2pat6J0IgaFjOxMX8jm31udIT_s87gDEytyDyVN540Qg/s1600/0Signature.png" width="254" /></a></div></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><br />DRIFTERS Blog Tour<br />5/9/22 <a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com"><span class="s1" style="color: blue;">Nerdy Book Club</span></a> @nerdybookclub<br />5/10/22 <a href="http://bluestockingthinking.blogspot.com/"><span class="s1" style="color: blue;">Bluestocking Thinking</span></a> @bluesockgirl<br />5/11/22 <a href="https://charlotteslibrary.blogspot.com/"><span class="s1" style="color: blue;">Charlotte's Library</span></a> @charlotteslibrary<br />5/13/22 <a href="http://www.mariaselke.com/"><span class="s1" style="color: blue;">Maria's Mélange</span></a> @mariaselke<br />5/16/22 <a href="https://www.teacherswhoread.com/"><span class="s1" style="color: blue;">Teachers Who Read</span></a> @teachers_read<br />5/23/22 <a href="http://insatiablereaders.blogspot.com/"><span class="s1" style="color: blue;">Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers</span></a> @grgenius<br />5/27/22 <a href="https://alibrarymama.com/"><span class="s1" style="color: blue;">A Library Mama</span></a> @alibrarymama<br />5/31/22 <a href="http://www.unleashingreaders.com/"><span class="s1" style="color: blue;">Unleashing Readers </span></a>@unleashreaders</h3></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Nicole L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16803189343078878170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318945445088870128.post-86602561404223577922022-04-26T11:14:00.002-04:002022-06-22T11:53:52.586-04:00Spring 2022 Kid Lit Round-Up! Part 1<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvxFAocLZbJEhANF_3mw6oa1LARmyJZluxCik1k14ugGX4K5rfOTQJwReQCZNCh2txlvRbjYpqea0HTjnYdcute-Pq_AomlVqO6p9v9-vKMccjtQdWKZEnmXDB8dNAmeeyqnqrBVY5zdjQfRlcc6T41ZSJz9wpIwdNr1L15xsOGCuscNMSzfaiVlxUEA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1577" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvxFAocLZbJEhANF_3mw6oa1LARmyJZluxCik1k14ugGX4K5rfOTQJwReQCZNCh2txlvRbjYpqea0HTjnYdcute-Pq_AomlVqO6p9v9-vKMccjtQdWKZEnmXDB8dNAmeeyqnqrBVY5zdjQfRlcc6T41ZSJz9wpIwdNr1L15xsOGCuscNMSzfaiVlxUEA=w640-h278" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What's more fun than loads of new books? Join me as we take a peek into some new releases from a few of my favorite children's lit publishers. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Board Books:</span></h2><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyYi6XvJNdtzvL0Dgbiu09nMoiLOQvQHji0aJmo5JR1cbnrOr00NEgtUoKtudXyAP798xJCXHmoGdoTNzCVNUO9pMab7fuWLwTYxeHFT-Mwt2AvTKNjU_s-Lmz7dAlDo1WjCVH0Nyj0Dsa_LkKiY-eEbiKRdnWIXtoq3HN2_DbV8OXTT5yu91McCPsRA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1054" data-original-width="1503" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyYi6XvJNdtzvL0Dgbiu09nMoiLOQvQHji0aJmo5JR1cbnrOr00NEgtUoKtudXyAP798xJCXHmoGdoTNzCVNUO9pMab7fuWLwTYxeHFT-Mwt2AvTKNjU_s-Lmz7dAlDo1WjCVH0Nyj0Dsa_LkKiY-eEbiKRdnWIXtoq3HN2_DbV8OXTT5yu91McCPsRA=w640-h448" width="640" /></a></div><i>We Are Shapes </i>by Melinda Beck</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Phaidon, April 2022</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sleek and glossy to touch, bold and bright to behold.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">All the shapes look and act in different ways. Sometimes these differences work together, sometimes trouble arises. But in the end, as friends do, they come together to make something sweet.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="1149" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigB_KQ9j-IyGKy5vlUFd_6tMZS3UluWaIsrylY4ZG2nQRyJ0BY2hjowI6S2O-7dzYOZoUD1GARLRxwiIGGKyqrDRnaGPx1QNvTFDqsM88m8NrF_E2SrOuvZm5QlVMUBOwLK6F0JXb0z-P8xdozvKEiQLpXiJyLNthdpLbT8Fm5mYXXljcN51tbaBoM6A=w520-h640" width="520" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1503" data-original-width="1296" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUqtUckRvtDInid4LVJ1xgX0Upf-fhKD_PvN1hHK9kMZ3XvBgQH5TbmPRhNplDx7bt6FMMFv8YOyyAQMZtxI_lIKSJVrWZ79JETwQmGJi2WPcDNm604wqAii2dHIXrtdzSoMmSggJDv502OUFGaOKhiYLIrRDwjSdwLDHR-J9PBF60RTJ7Q6cZLQO3uA=w552-h640" width="552" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Our Seasons: The World in Winter, Spring, Summer, and Autumn</i> words by Sue Lowell Gallion, pictures by Lisk Feng</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Phaidon, April 2022</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Two years ago I fell in love with <i>Our World</i>, make in the same vein as <i>Our Seasons</i>. I could not have been more thrilled to open this second title. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Let's begin with the form and function of this clever board book. Standing at about a foot tall, this book turns into a gorgeous display when you open it fully to create a free-standing globe. Magnetic closures keep the book in place for you to admire to your heart's content.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2euriXpXfM8Z8rOxLZcrvxuPWN7KiS7QmWQky1WFXacD8foS2U9JUqO8f2PZDj3uwZZ8CCrmWcGPNTuyFwx0TyFx0uHY6dTojj5UcP4ZB3HVG9WUpKXpDWsRk_zTlLdYSWCYaB3UvtOkUKi-IgHyDm9pZG74eKWL0nfByfuopU9IJNU3VLnWlRs8ubQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1489" data-original-width="1151" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2euriXpXfM8Z8rOxLZcrvxuPWN7KiS7QmWQky1WFXacD8foS2U9JUqO8f2PZDj3uwZZ8CCrmWcGPNTuyFwx0TyFx0uHY6dTojj5UcP4ZB3HVG9WUpKXpDWsRk_zTlLdYSWCYaB3UvtOkUKi-IgHyDm9pZG74eKWL0nfByfuopU9IJNU3VLnWlRs8ubQ=w496-h640" width="496" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And when you want to do more than admire this lovely book, you'll be in for a treat as you journey through its pages, across 4 intricately illustrated seasons. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The text in the book supports multiple levels of complexity. Want to keep it basic for your youngest? Read the text in the white box for a sweet and simple story. Want to dig in a little deeper? Add on the finer print for a bit more information about each scene.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0KygsWNoCQ2yeqGaAFIYXoN8O-I8pOqU4Lrh9a5j7L4PvSMfBtKlEGlu8bAp_e41EoEX_dtMLNMInCtG7uavPQtigFDgh8maDpidgFOMStjCMfdsay7ItG7k9PEWqAOdFxL9Q_Q639CsJPnvcvbJwEeNhvuCCP1elTdJzycIkxdPZkZl_YnggCjOjlQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="1516" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0KygsWNoCQ2yeqGaAFIYXoN8O-I8pOqU4Lrh9a5j7L4PvSMfBtKlEGlu8bAp_e41EoEX_dtMLNMInCtG7uavPQtigFDgh8maDpidgFOMStjCMfdsay7ItG7k9PEWqAOdFxL9Q_Q639CsJPnvcvbJwEeNhvuCCP1elTdJzycIkxdPZkZl_YnggCjOjlQ=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div>This standout title is an ideal selection for baby shower and birthday gifting. <br /></div></div></span><h2><span style="font-size: x-large;">Picture Books:</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJZpMXvbGIXEN_g6V7KNr61_5aKXQMDbP21sfTwZH7mBbkjHc7HYKmZWKFj8DHGKRRWklV-ZYET3Y4YC8d8w2NEwJTyJVwZSYv2iU7cFFMCMetTSklO089ExnE48gQ0r6zlHq1_6_NGAW2ALe11n1VEUqanbytrunkwiPzwyEBJJckaJDtUqKycE67Cg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="1525" height="627" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJZpMXvbGIXEN_g6V7KNr61_5aKXQMDbP21sfTwZH7mBbkjHc7HYKmZWKFj8DHGKRRWklV-ZYET3Y4YC8d8w2NEwJTyJVwZSYv2iU7cFFMCMetTSklO089ExnE48gQ0r6zlHq1_6_NGAW2ALe11n1VEUqanbytrunkwiPzwyEBJJckaJDtUqKycE67Cg=w640-h627" width="640" /></a></div></h2><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>No Nibbling! </i>words by Beth Ferry, art by A. N. Kang</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Roaring Brook Press, March 2022</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">A lively tromp through the growing garden, with enough vegetable play-on-words to make all you veggie lovers laugh!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Derwood goat is growing a garden, and taking it oh, so seriously. Tabitha the bunny has stars in her eyes when she sees all that luscious food growing. But Derwood has zero intentions of letting Tabitha get her chompers on a single nibble. Will their friendship grow as well as Derwood's garden?</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAudRw3shV2nKx8cNYC43F_HSaIagkYI7HohPclbQcsnUjC2XraBdKnc63roLv5amm1FDJapmnnhQF6N6bGkBLGiwZ9khfv7ilWn8cUzY07DMInpOk6aapBDZpcXORMImndMEZvMRGIMtYTvN0MD0Gsronkr9pBqy54izf5s7K9S2OuAoTDgm7KIvAlw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1486" data-original-width="1507" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAudRw3shV2nKx8cNYC43F_HSaIagkYI7HohPclbQcsnUjC2XraBdKnc63roLv5amm1FDJapmnnhQF6N6bGkBLGiwZ9khfv7ilWn8cUzY07DMInpOk6aapBDZpcXORMImndMEZvMRGIMtYTvN0MD0Gsronkr9pBqy54izf5s7K9S2OuAoTDgm7KIvAlw=w640-h632" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>This is a School</i> words by John Schu, illustrations by Veronica Miller Jamison</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Candlewick Press, March 2022</div><br />This book is giving me major <i>All Are Welcome</i> vibes. From the bright, vibrant colors, the pages chock full of diverse characters, set to the backdrop of a school setting that feels alive, all the way down to the jacket that doubles as a poster. I'll say they hit the mark with their poster cover because removing the jacket reveals the original cover underneath, which is key.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If you're looking for an upbeat and positive read aloud to kick off the school year, keep this one in mind! Would also make a wonderful end-of-year or Teacher Appreciation gift for the primary grades.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiS-csRBQONvUEDbjVSWRfgZiXKwbp0m5f3Rd5GVxBqM5ig4JrG_51TB8-bRPKC64xP7uo5j5fhSEEWVsCjgnZ32nrbFPKNNx3XMvETIoB41wkuEXuz0THO7iQLC2aqqfGc0emBQu1tA0K1X6aaz6GbRlbzLiDItatKZ4V07A2AqPKsOliMfjPhWCUcgQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1453" data-original-width="1502" height="619" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiS-csRBQONvUEDbjVSWRfgZiXKwbp0m5f3Rd5GVxBqM5ig4JrG_51TB8-bRPKC64xP7uo5j5fhSEEWVsCjgnZ32nrbFPKNNx3XMvETIoB41wkuEXuz0THO7iQLC2aqqfGc0emBQu1tA0K1X6aaz6GbRlbzLiDItatKZ4V07A2AqPKsOliMfjPhWCUcgQ=w640-h619" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Mel Fell</i> by Corey R. Tabor</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Balzer + Bray, Feb 2021</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Caldecott Honor Book</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Although this one certainly isn't new this season, it is new to me! And was sent to me recently, so I'm including it. Also including it because I love it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One day Mama is away from the nest and Mel decides she is ready to try flying. Her siblings are not ready to take the risk, but Mel launches with courage. Squirrels, spider, bees, and other tree top neighbors try to slow her down, afraid for the worst. But Mel surprises them all (readers included) with what happens next!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To read the book it must be held vertically, giving it an extra fun touch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhw2904i_NgPXcimfAb7wKTk2Yo81A8seyfkZVNhLAv05_ZTVVc_uv8uEd5hZwIHmruuHVxQGeamEtIjXieVa-fCneGMtIHVQV93inSn_TOYWPfzS_BG-wJA-aQhD2vWRadWFwmPPKsIznBxRiJ_yzNZDLKCvUFGPpRRYKx3sanESjB7t3-aE7jTBk9Vg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="1525" height="569" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhw2904i_NgPXcimfAb7wKTk2Yo81A8seyfkZVNhLAv05_ZTVVc_uv8uEd5hZwIHmruuHVxQGeamEtIjXieVa-fCneGMtIHVQV93inSn_TOYWPfzS_BG-wJA-aQhD2vWRadWFwmPPKsIznBxRiJ_yzNZDLKCvUFGPpRRYKx3sanESjB7t3-aE7jTBk9Vg=w640-h569" width="640" /></a></div></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1-Kca2scWPmGfBk4D4bSy6hYdzVyrwF9tCpYj_uJgMGbXBDE_N7uo4PiiFWRmVMxlv-i2889JOo0uvKpBT_cyvYNkWReRcSUozrkPWMwT02VyVcjOn0IhV-YukDOkxmyUz2j1yzNXPsOnMeKZoDsscOMsZU5rwumV5-BDNC0eF3jnFgbGWgcSeJTxSw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1529" data-original-width="1155" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1-Kca2scWPmGfBk4D4bSy6hYdzVyrwF9tCpYj_uJgMGbXBDE_N7uo4PiiFWRmVMxlv-i2889JOo0uvKpBT_cyvYNkWReRcSUozrkPWMwT02VyVcjOn0IhV-YukDOkxmyUz2j1yzNXPsOnMeKZoDsscOMsZU5rwumV5-BDNC0eF3jnFgbGWgcSeJTxSw=w483-h640" width="483" /></a></div><i>My Day in the Park</i> by Marta Orzel</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Blue Dot Kids Press, May 2022</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A concept book, elevated. Follow a child as a family spends a day at the park. All the everyday, simple pleasures are appreciated.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYsWPx_ihTs8iDGvgFAVgv25ch3qhmP8L2IWYH-kDmlDExSxM6zvqUl7zdeAhf77s5eJqpffj4deG8l916tx3ZrMHN9lLIc5RFummxv9QmluaYJ8tC2M5I0KyR_KrUI-8GA1vMOgdtip_FOmPS-AwNFar4kH8jMe3jwK64ueaOlQ_FUbNbZnPIXWtL-w" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1065" data-original-width="1486" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYsWPx_ihTs8iDGvgFAVgv25ch3qhmP8L2IWYH-kDmlDExSxM6zvqUl7zdeAhf77s5eJqpffj4deG8l916tx3ZrMHN9lLIc5RFummxv9QmluaYJ8tC2M5I0KyR_KrUI-8GA1vMOgdtip_FOmPS-AwNFar4kH8jMe3jwK64ueaOlQ_FUbNbZnPIXWtL-w=w640-h458" width="640" /></a></div>I love the art style, layout, and design. Kids will love talking through all the pages, and will likely crave to get outside after! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhqNQDFxgFSR-H_UWQ_T1o-Tdq1KeUZcr-oNSSjBO7DgPhV_Hv4DSywlP6EXox09k_wwyKuHPuKm5u-U8_cMfj--HXMaqR1fmJ3V_MocUJd014M6anmf-gQv8uRL-mqaPlOKoWbvJzDnsmczwazZwIRm5n8bwOtVpHkTFtunlLnSSAM3A2tJgwGfVm2Q" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="1467" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhqNQDFxgFSR-H_UWQ_T1o-Tdq1KeUZcr-oNSSjBO7DgPhV_Hv4DSywlP6EXox09k_wwyKuHPuKm5u-U8_cMfj--HXMaqR1fmJ3V_MocUJd014M6anmf-gQv8uRL-mqaPlOKoWbvJzDnsmczwazZwIRm5n8bwOtVpHkTFtunlLnSSAM3A2tJgwGfVm2Q=w640-h464" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhx2nVgeZyx4z8gOR-WbzzycACqJmsfB5s8-2ruIzI3waOP5yclR1Lq8T6claz9PME5YuBkwu1iB6a1sn5wz_ChLhz0Hdnw7IvX0mKVB40RuvDEPYZIHaO9I1wzWLEfXMvrI7A2JbqMaOe8vUPMgp7WDogFmAHdsEpgKI1a2SnP_fWV8pFmAZWElPXchw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1421" data-original-width="1520" height="598" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhx2nVgeZyx4z8gOR-WbzzycACqJmsfB5s8-2ruIzI3waOP5yclR1Lq8T6claz9PME5YuBkwu1iB6a1sn5wz_ChLhz0Hdnw7IvX0mKVB40RuvDEPYZIHaO9I1wzWLEfXMvrI7A2JbqMaOe8vUPMgp7WDogFmAHdsEpgKI1a2SnP_fWV8pFmAZWElPXchw=w640-h598" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Have You Ever Seen a Flower? </i>By Shawn Harris</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chronicle Books, May 2021 </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Caldecott Honor Book</div><br />Also not new, but I had to include this one in my spring round-up because have you <i>ever</i> seen such an eye-catching cover?! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Have you ever seen a flower? I mean <i>really...</i>seen a flower?"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQUg5U_6xpaZclZR7IcYW1Sx7PfIA_5Bqkq0CH42u-rmDAjU71A961d4ACn-tagITr5rvQQBPikoO41U47EgfMvB5dH_nitl8RinOqJbG95Ddkf_qhcv7twrk_Cj-ds56QgprLm3DgDBg1EbhvHdAODQZUpqorD5ZIl-qRFNyFbBREBLSs-5N6VkiHcg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1251" data-original-width="1560" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQUg5U_6xpaZclZR7IcYW1Sx7PfIA_5Bqkq0CH42u-rmDAjU71A961d4ACn-tagITr5rvQQBPikoO41U47EgfMvB5dH_nitl8RinOqJbG95Ddkf_qhcv7twrk_Cj-ds56QgprLm3DgDBg1EbhvHdAODQZUpqorD5ZIl-qRFNyFbBREBLSs-5N6VkiHcg=w640-h514" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When do we stop <i>really</i> seeing the amazingness of what is around us? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Follow a young child who has not forgotten what it means to notice and appreciate something as common and utterly mysterious to us as a flower. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTPhBCxU1xpmef2NfJEbabD4odNCbK0zOZ6r8p313_3mc4SpVR_Og5M-6elhuZm8qgQ8QMAK1yXg8NIMMje-RYZWq1a6GEXhf7eIBaYxoHt5wy-Qhj0lmBODmLzbdkJtBo5J7jKSy_zVqdxq5cK6BfSVRhF4XSyDN4ivI8KrKnDNCj20vsOUbIbv_ZEw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1503" data-original-width="1413" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTPhBCxU1xpmef2NfJEbabD4odNCbK0zOZ6r8p313_3mc4SpVR_Og5M-6elhuZm8qgQ8QMAK1yXg8NIMMje-RYZWq1a6GEXhf7eIBaYxoHt5wy-Qhj0lmBODmLzbdkJtBo5J7jKSy_zVqdxq5cK6BfSVRhF4XSyDN4ivI8KrKnDNCj20vsOUbIbv_ZEw=w603-h640" width="603" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I am Golden</i> written by Eva Chen, illustrated by Sophie Diao</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Feiwel and Friends, February 2022</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The front jacket-flap describes this story as "...joyful and lyrical picture book....a moving ode to the immigrant experience, as well as a manifesto of self-love for Chinese American Children." And it certainly is all that, but after reading the author's note I was moved even deeper to appreciate and feel for this experience. Please don't skip this author's note with your readers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh87y6NZfUeXTOHKNjkiDXofKXMHIYN-ETAoVvTFTY3zejcGMyfKXxnGRGyXX2ZqwZEgJWA2fph_Q2XgUwWGtwjY1n_ENGGUn3qBJeL0lp_SyFcYqW82f4oqaMMeRU76jGOdjGtvvQqlmSNCeqCBi9k2_fj1VM3UDCm__t8FU5qvyRXxc-914YMu1CQhg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1285" data-original-width="1518" height="541" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh87y6NZfUeXTOHKNjkiDXofKXMHIYN-ETAoVvTFTY3zejcGMyfKXxnGRGyXX2ZqwZEgJWA2fph_Q2XgUwWGtwjY1n_ENGGUn3qBJeL0lp_SyFcYqW82f4oqaMMeRU76jGOdjGtvvQqlmSNCeqCBi9k2_fj1VM3UDCm__t8FU5qvyRXxc-914YMu1CQhg=w640-h541" width="640" /></a></div>Honor where you have come from.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1vvvRprmyR4G0raJPxa1Cxh2v6skmFHMU2TwUuX4Mb1uMb6vJo21dogwcyirvs1lhF9OmBQBddcZyG-ePZV2NBYEJGiW1a3ARTRrqsRSCA67zT0et62t0qsNRSZTJtxV3Pn3enFm6FHvnKMNyAPxDWAqzcTXioQdBmPWN0-M4UuiNh60hMQ1NYM770w" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1147" data-original-width="1537" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1vvvRprmyR4G0raJPxa1Cxh2v6skmFHMU2TwUuX4Mb1uMb6vJo21dogwcyirvs1lhF9OmBQBddcZyG-ePZV2NBYEJGiW1a3ARTRrqsRSCA67zT0et62t0qsNRSZTJtxV3Pn3enFm6FHvnKMNyAPxDWAqzcTXioQdBmPWN0-M4UuiNh60hMQ1NYM770w=w640-h478" width="640" /></a></div>Revel in family traditions!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope you've enjoyed a peek at some new and noteworthy board and picture books. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There's more to come, and I hope you find something that speaks to you!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQTTMT4ZgmnAoFhWOiRgGLuWk7IP-RhRWK-vnqlTxb7GkTbM03VfxDmQlASAghPV5z9rDnJWw3utCv8bmh7Yh2myZvDI5aMcolQQRHXQy7ay0r64Ud7qmqib4aBjg80tZ7exRmpvb6bwYgPL2VvQ-fMkoiob9DUhm1vkN_LJhWWkFrpaO8P27eAb47qA/s254/0Signature.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="151" data-original-width="254" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQTTMT4ZgmnAoFhWOiRgGLuWk7IP-RhRWK-vnqlTxb7GkTbM03VfxDmQlASAghPV5z9rDnJWw3utCv8bmh7Yh2myZvDI5aMcolQQRHXQy7ay0r64Ud7qmqib4aBjg80tZ7exRmpvb6bwYgPL2VvQ-fMkoiob9DUhm1vkN_LJhWWkFrpaO8P27eAb47qA/s1600/0Signature.png" width="254" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><p></p>Nicole L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16803189343078878170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318945445088870128.post-2608193073536057562022-02-03T11:16:00.004-05:002022-02-03T11:16:48.462-05:00When I Draw a Panda<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOu9VZlN0NRsMI8g46ANIFpSUbBWTySYHCc8H9lO2g17hS_mpC_7n2uojSmtptzlba1xwTWtSSjdam2WPuD5vUhnBULykv9Dxd1zgqrLzW8uxgjnuVgSxEv3NHRhzNSHwquw-mRdeYO-L9/s1600/When+I+Draw+a+Panda.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1122" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOu9VZlN0NRsMI8g46ANIFpSUbBWTySYHCc8H9lO2g17hS_mpC_7n2uojSmtptzlba1xwTWtSSjdam2WPuD5vUhnBULykv9Dxd1zgqrLzW8uxgjnuVgSxEv3NHRhzNSHwquw-mRdeYO-L9/w632-h640/When+I+Draw+a+Panda.png" width="632" /></a></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">Watercolor, gouache, pastel, and colored pencil. I love this style of
whimsical drawing. You can see the action as the drawings unfold, and the
childlikeness of the room is so fitting. Full of both lovely images and wild
scribbles, the pictures help tell this story of drawing however and whatever
you want to!
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-weight: 800;">Author Website:
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">https://www.amyjbates.com/</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-weight: 800;">Publisher Activities:
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;"><a href="https://d28hgpri8am2if.cloudfront.net/tagged_assets/6031088/9781481451482_cg_when%20i%20draw%20a%20panda%20curric%20guide.pdf" target="_blank">Educator's Guide</a></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;"><a href="https://d28hgpri8am2if.cloudfront.net/tagged_assets/6142149/9781481451482_as_[when%20i%20draw%20a%20panda%20activities].pdf" target="_blank">Draw a Panda!</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-weight: 800;">Craft:
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">http://amyjunebates.blogspot.com/
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">https://artprojectsforkids.org/how-to-draw-a-panda/
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">https://www.parentmap.com/article/painted-rocks-treasure-hunt-kid-craze
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-weight: 800;">Videos:
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-weight: 800;">Outdoor Activities:
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">https://whatmomslove.com/kids/sidewalk-chalk-ideas/
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">https://www.thegardenglove.com/easy-sidewalk-chalk-art-ideas/
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">https://www.parentmap.com/article/painted-rocks-treasure-hunt-kid-craze
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-weight: 800;">Food Connections:
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">https://www.pinterest.com/pin/287597126178034294/
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-weight: 800;">Articles/Posts/Activities About the Author/Illustrator/Book:
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">http://www.letstalkpicturebooks.com/2019/01/lets-talk-illustrators-96-amy-
june-bates.html
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">http://www.kidlit411.com/2019/05/Kidlit411-Illustrator-Amy-June-
Bates.html
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">https://celebratepicturebooks.com/tag/when-i-draw-a-panda-book-review/
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curriculum connections)<br />
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</span><span style="color: rgb(25.098040%, 25.098040%, 25.098040%); font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-style: oblique;">Ish </span><span style="color: rgb(25.098040%, 25.098040%, 25.098040%); font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">by Peter Reynolds
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<p><span style="color: rgb(25.098040%, 25.098040%, 25.098040%); font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-style: oblique;">The Dot </span><span style="color: rgb(25.098040%, 25.098040%, 25.098040%); font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">by Peter Reynolds<br />
</span><span style="color: rgb(25.098040%, 25.098040%, 25.098040%); font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-style: oblique;">The Book of Mistakes </span><span style="color: rgb(25.098040%, 25.098040%, 25.098040%); font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">by Corinna Luyken<br />
</span><span style="color: rgb(25.098040%, 25.098040%, 25.098040%); font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-style: oblique;">Niko Draws a Feeling </span><span style="color: rgb(25.098040%, 25.098040%, 25.098040%); font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">by Robert Raczka, illustrated by Simone Shin
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-weight: 800;">Related Nonfiction Titles:
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<p><span style="color: rgb(25.098040%, 25.098040%, 25.098040%); font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-style: oblique;">Maybe Something Beautiful </span><span style="color: rgb(25.098040%, 25.098040%, 25.098040%); font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">by F. Isabel Campoy and Theresa Howell,
illustrated by Rafael López.<br />
</span><span style="color: rgb(25.098040%, 25.098040%, 25.098040%); font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-style: oblique;">The Noisy Paint Box; The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky’s Abstract Art
</span><span style="color: rgb(25.098040%, 25.098040%, 25.098040%); font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">by Barb Rosenstock, illustrated by Mary GrandPré
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<p><span style="color: rgb(25.098040%, 25.098040%, 25.098040%); font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-style: oblique;">Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos </span><span style="color: rgb(25.098040%, 25.098040%, 25.098040%); font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">by Monica Brown
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-style: oblique;">Wet Cement: A mix of concrete poems </span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">by Bob Rack<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-style: oblique;">A Poke in the I: A collection of concrete poems </span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">by Paul B. Janeczko
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-weight: 800;">Other Books by the Author/Illustrator:
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-style: oblique;">Joey<br />
Loving Hands<br />
My Old Pal, Oscar<br />
Gittel’s Journey<br />
Ketzel the Cat who Composed<br />
The Big Umbrella<br />
The Dog Who Belonged to No One
Bear in the Air<br />
Beach House<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">And more </span></p>
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</div><p></p>Nicole L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16803189343078878170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318945445088870128.post-26313639393895313712022-02-03T11:10:00.001-05:002022-02-03T11:10:08.618-05:00Old Rock (is not boring)<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgddCdaKdKF66hpV-RLciqrqKbITX_hRdbiPAkvxaRmZZ1ZuhfbnrQgPllHZInGRQ0ZhDLD0f_2FeOmLCo-MHTdssM85G9od2IYnw5OA9kcZ-0d4eEP2hi8WVFjM3MNjGl9EW6gav4sKRoL/s1600/Old+Rock+is+not+boring.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgddCdaKdKF66hpV-RLciqrqKbITX_hRdbiPAkvxaRmZZ1ZuhfbnrQgPllHZInGRQ0ZhDLD0f_2FeOmLCo-MHTdssM85G9od2IYnw5OA9kcZ-0d4eEP2hi8WVFjM3MNjGl9EW6gav4sKRoL/w638-h640/Old+Rock+is+not+boring.png" width="638" /></a></div><br />
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Cartoony style. Fairly plain backgrounds, not much depth. You focus on
the speaking characters. Broad range of colors.
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-weight: 800;">Author Website:
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">https://debpilutti.com/
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-weight: 800;">Book Trailer:
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="301" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oXCTzKjvnX8" width="362" youtube-src-id="oXCTzKjvnX8"></iframe></div><br /><p></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-weight: 800;">Publisher or Author Activities:
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">https://debpilutti.com/OR.html
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-weight: 800;">Craft:
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">https://freshpatio.com/30-painted-rock-faces-ideas-for-kids-and-adults-
easy-and-not/
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">https://hobbyhelp.com/rock-tumbling/best-rock-tumblers/
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-weight: 800;">Videos:
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-weight: 800;">Outdoor Activities:
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">http://www.gatorgirlrocks.com/state-by-state/maine.html
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-weight: 800;">Food Connections:
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">https://www.thespruceeats.com/rock-candy-521016
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-weight: 800;">Articles/Posts/Activities About the Author or Book:
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">http://www.unleashingreaders.com/?p=20444
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">http://www.jamespreller.com/2021/01/04/a-conversation-with-deb-pilutti-
author-illustrator-of-old-rock-is-not-boring/
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">(Literature Connections Base on: Theme, topic, characters, setting,
curriculum connections)<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-weight: 800;">Related Fiction Titles:<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-style: oblique;">A Stone Sat Still </span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">by Brendan Wenzel
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-style: oblique;">Everybody Needs a Rock </span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">by Byrd Baylor<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-style: oblique;">Rhonda’s Rock Hunt </span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">by Molly Beth Griffin, illustrated by Jennifer A. Bell
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-style: oblique;">Grand Canyon </span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">by Jason Chin<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-style: oblique;">Geology for Kinds: A junior scientist’s guide to rocks, minerals, and the
earth beneath our feet </span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">by Meghan Vestal<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-style: oblique;">Rock Collecting Book for Kids and Toddlers </span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">by Black Rock Publishing
</span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-style: oblique;">National Geographic Kids Everything Rocks and Minerals </span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">by Steve
Tomecek<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-style: oblique;">A Rock is Lively </span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">by Dianna Hutts Aston<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-style: oblique;">If You Find a Rock </span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">by Peggy Christian, photographs by Barbara Hirsch
Lember<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-style: oblique;">A Rock Can Be... </span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">by Laura Purdie Salas, illustrated by Violeta Dabija
</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-style: oblique;">Haiku Hike </span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">by the 4th grade students of St. Mary’s Catholic School
</span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-style: oblique;">Earthshake: Poems from the ground up </span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">by Lisa Westberg Peters, illustrated
by Cathie Felstead
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-weight: 800;">Other Books by the Author/illustrator:
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-style: oblique;">Ten Steps to Flying Like a Superhero
Idea Jar<br />
The Secrets of Ninja School<br />
Bear and Squirrel are Friends
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-style: oblique;">Ten Rules of Being a Superhero<br />
The Twelve Days of Christmas in Michigan
The City Kid and the Suberb Kid </span></p>
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</div><p></p>Nicole L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16803189343078878170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318945445088870128.post-9228029602895547312022-02-03T11:08:00.003-05:002022-02-03T11:10:48.775-05:00Flight for Freedom<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDv_FISq2_1gRC1Yv_e6UzB3FY10HpihEKc04luKrTSzmh0-MTma5BCureYhl9-5TpMX7dUpSio7SPqom_G6Vqm_4hfMJwzwJnqz_6MchRMR2mIuteVWHc_hFW42PYr2j6UAW_5ayoLr1p/s1600/Flight+for+Freedom.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1146" data-original-width="1184" height="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDv_FISq2_1gRC1Yv_e6UzB3FY10HpihEKc04luKrTSzmh0-MTma5BCureYhl9-5TpMX7dUpSio7SPqom_G6Vqm_4hfMJwzwJnqz_6MchRMR2mIuteVWHc_hFW42PYr2j6UAW_5ayoLr1p/w640-h620/Flight+for+Freedom.png" width="640" /></a></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-weight: 800;">Illustration Style:
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">Ink and watercolor, realistic illustrations. So much detail, you are
transported to the time and place represented in the story. Each two page
spread is filled with a detailed illustration to immerse the reader.
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-weight: 800;">Author Website:
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">http://www.kristenfulton.org/
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-weight: 800;">Illustrator Website:
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">https://www.torben-kuhlmann.com/</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-weight: 800;">Craft:
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">https://iheartcraftythings.com/paper-hot-air-balloon.html
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-weight: 800;">Videos:
</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-weight: 800;">Articles/Posts/Activities About the Author/Illustrator/Book:
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">https://groggorg.blogspot.com/2014/04/nonfiction-archaeology-interview-
of.html
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_German_balloon_escape
https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Cold-War/352982
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">(Literature Connections Base on: Theme, topic, characters, setting,
curriculum connections)<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-weight: 800;">Related Fiction Titles:<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-style: oblique;">Between Us and Abuela: A family story from the border </span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">by Mitali Perkins,
illustrated by Sara Elena Palacios Gutíerrez
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-style: oblique;">The Day the War Came </span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">by Nicola Davies, illustrated by Rebecca Cobb
</span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-style: oblique;">Marwan’s Journey </span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">by Patricia de Arias, illustrated by Laura Borrás
</span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-style: oblique;">Cloud and Wallfish </span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">by Anne Nesbet
</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-style: oblique;">Catch You Later, Traitor </span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">by Avi
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-weight: 800;">Related Nonfiction Titles:
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-style: oblique;">Dreamers </span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">by Yuyi Morales<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-style: oblique;">Jars of Hope: How one woman helped save 2,500 children during the
Holocaust </span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">by Jennifer Rozines Roy, illustrated by Megan Owenson
</span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-style: oblique;">Simple History: The Cold War </span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">by Daniel Turner
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-weight: 800;">Related Poetry Titles:
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-style: oblique;">Carry On: Poetry by young immigrants
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-weight: 800;">Other Books by the Author:
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-style: oblique;">When Sparks Fly: The true story of Robert Goddard, the father of US
rocketry<br />
Long May She Wave<br />
A Royal Ride
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-weight: 800;">Other Books by the Illustrator:
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14.000000pt; font-style: oblique;">Lindbergh
Armstrong
Einstein
Edison
Maulwurfstadt </span></p>
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</div><p></p>Nicole L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16803189343078878170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318945445088870128.post-69808930060910969582022-02-03T11:06:00.007-05:002022-02-03T11:22:34.514-05:00Facts vs. Opinions vs. Robots<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-hzNXqk4s1a5FPkqGcvKwPM2U0Je7eYIxxmIu_veOXY1fXLVnY0Dx4731Olwja_QFHeZnpzhavEX1hzAz_caLg1Su6wibFktkm3EDgBT4-JngFYSleCrGT3vr2qeOrBmz50RzCGRyuapX/s1600/Fact+vs+Opinion+vs+Robots.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1168" data-original-width="1144" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-hzNXqk4s1a5FPkqGcvKwPM2U0Je7eYIxxmIu_veOXY1fXLVnY0Dx4731Olwja_QFHeZnpzhavEX1hzAz_caLg1Su6wibFktkm3EDgBT4-JngFYSleCrGT3vr2qeOrBmz50RzCGRyuapX/w626-h640/Fact+vs+Opinion+vs+Robots.png" width="626" /></a></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 800;">Illustration Style:
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt;">Artwork was created digitally using Photoshop. The style of artwork works
with this story because it is stark and robotic. Big bold words in banner
format highlight concepts. The robots are lively and at times little stars or
music notes add a fun background.
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 800;">Author Website:
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt;">http://mikerexbooks.blogspot.com/
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 800;">Book Trailer:
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BIq1Qvx6jYc" width="379" youtube-src-id="BIq1Qvx6jYc"></iframe></div><p></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 800;">Craft:
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt;">https://maistorybook.com/2021/01/20/maistorybook-facts-vs-opinions-vs-
robots-fact-vs-opinion-robot-activity/
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt;">https://artsycraftsymom.com/10-robot-crafts-for-kids/
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 800;">Videos:
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 800;">Outdoor Activities:
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt;">https://physedgames.com/robot-tag/
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 800;">Food Connections:
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt;">https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/edible-robots
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 800;">Articles/Posts/Activities About the Author/Illustrator/Book:
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt;">https://forum.teachingbooks.net/2020/07/michael-rex-on-facts-vs-
opinions-vs-robots/
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt;">https://maistorybook.com/2021/01/20/maistorybook-facts-vs-opinions-vs-
robots-fact-vs-opinion-robot-activity/
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt;">(Literature Connections Base on: Theme, topic, characters, setting,
curriculum connections)<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 800;">Related Fiction Titles:<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt; font-style: oblique;">I Wanna Iguana </span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt;">by Karen Kaufman, illustrated by David Catrow
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt; font-style: oblique;">I Wanna New Room </span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt;">by Karen Kaufman, illustrated by David Catrow
</span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt; font-style: oblique;">The Robot Book </span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt;">by Heather Brown<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt; font-style: oblique;">Stella Writes an Opinion </span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt;">by Daniel Wagstaff, illustrated by Dana Regan
</span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt; font-style: oblique;">The Perfect Pet </span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt;">by Margie Palatini
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt; font-style: oblique;">Cats Vs. Dogs </span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt;">by Elizabeth Carney (A book about facts and opinions)
</span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt; font-style: oblique;">Pick a Picture, Write an Opinion </span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt;">by Kristen McCurry<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt; font-style: oblique;">National Geographic: Robots </span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt;">by Melissa Stewart<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt; font-style: oblique;">Recycled Robots: 10 robot projects </span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt;">by Robert Malone
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt; font-style: oblique;">Bots! Robotics Engineering: With hands-on maker space activities </span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt;">by Kathy
Ceceri<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt; font-style: oblique;">You Can Write a Terrific Opinion Piece </span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt;">by Jennifer Lee Fandel, illustrated
by Terry Flaherty
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 800;">Related Poetry Titles:
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt; font-style: oblique;">A Hatful of Dragons: And more than 13.8 billion other funny poems </span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt;">by
Vikram Madan
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 800;">Other Books by the Author:
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt; font-style: oblique;">Goodnight Goon<br />
Fangbone<br />
Eat Pete!<br />
We’re Going on a Goon Hunt
With Any Luck I’ll Drive a Truck
Curious George Goes Bananas
Brooms are for Flying
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir'; font-size: 14pt; font-style: oblique;">The Painting Gorilla
</span></p>
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</div><p></p>Nicole L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16803189343078878170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318945445088870128.post-2368716551350627782022-01-27T10:45:00.012-05:002022-01-27T11:30:30.463-05:00Almost Time<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjITos3zXRVZ7lYbRSYON27HhNKnbGSX5cN4rija5q-OCo7HV3Om1nOX8kXk2FpR4yLHppHaEkHVjtkAEISLzMz6sXXG1XG5i2F1APkLcsJB1Uegs5gzOn99Yr3LQtgABy-z2y6xsR2e4_xD7VF5swyT62DZEE4EJCEU537DN5wMMFiqUKQy-rZDi2uKw=s1130" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1096" data-original-width="1130" height="621" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjITos3zXRVZ7lYbRSYON27HhNKnbGSX5cN4rija5q-OCo7HV3Om1nOX8kXk2FpR4yLHppHaEkHVjtkAEISLzMz6sXXG1XG5i2F1APkLcsJB1Uegs5gzOn99Yr3LQtgABy-z2y6xsR2e4_xD7VF5swyT62DZEE4EJCEU537DN5wMMFiqUKQy-rZDi2uKw=w640-h621" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">Illustration Style:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">Pencil and digital color. Sometimes they fill the entire page, sometimes they don’t. The focus of each page is narrow, but doesn’t feel lacking in content. The childlike style works with the point of view the story is told from.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">Author Website:</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.hmhbooks.com/author/Gary-Schmidt/2230485"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">https://www.hmhbooks.com/author/Gary-Schmidt/2230485</span></a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">Illustrator Website:</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.gbriankaras.com/"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">https://www.gbriankaras.com/</span></a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">Craft:</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://rhythmsofplay.com/fall-leaves-black-glue-watercolor-resist-art/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=pinterest&utm_campaign=tailwind_tribes&utm_content=tribes"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">https://rhythmsofplay.com/fall-leaves-black-glue-watercolor-resist-art/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=pinterest&utm_campaign=tailwind_tribes&utm_content=tribes</span></a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.firefliesandmudpies.com/graded-maple-syrup-playdough/"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">https://www.firefliesandmudpies.com/graded-maple-syrup-playdough/</span></a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">Videos:</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL0eXVkJ620"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="313" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SL0eXVkJ620" width="376" youtube-src-id="SL0eXVkJ620"></iframe></a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">Read Aloud</span></span></div><p></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B0iOyhkzi4"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;"></span></a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B0iOyhkzi4"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="305" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3B0iOyhkzi4" width="367" youtube-src-id="3B0iOyhkzi4"></iframe></span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B0iOyhkzi4"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;">How Maple Syrup is Made!</span></span></a></span></div><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B0iOyhkzi4"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></a></span><p></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">Outdoor Activities:</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.mainetourism.com/restaurants/maple-sugar-houses/"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">https://www.mainetourism.com/restaurants/maple-sugar-houses/</span></a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://kidsendehors.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Kids-Tree-Identification-Scavenger-Hunt-for-the-Northeast.pdf"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">https://kidsendehors.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Kids-Tree-Identification-Scavenger-Hunt-for-the-Northeast.pdf</span></a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">Food Connections:</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="http://adventuresinmommydom.org/canada-unit-elementary/"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">http://adventuresinmommydom.org/canada-unit-elementary/</span></a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">Articles/Posts/Activities About the Author/Illustrator/Book:</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://scbwikitetales.wordpress.com/2018/02/16/author-gary-schmidt-know-your-history-balance-your-time-and-write-the-hard-stuff/"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">https://scbwikitetales.wordpress.com/2018/02/16/author-gary-schmidt-know-your-history-balance-your-time-and-write-the-hard-stuff/</span></a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/?p=921"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/?p=921</span></a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">(Literature Connections Base on: Theme, topic, characters, setting, curriculum connections)</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">Related Fiction Titles:</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;"><i>Sugarbush Spring</i> by Marsha Wilson Chall, illustrated by Jim Daly</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;"><i>Sugaring </i>by Jessie Haas, illustrated by Jos. A. Smith</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">Related Nonfiction Titles:</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;"><i>Sap to Syrup</i> by Inez Snyder</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;"><i>A Kid’s Guide to Maple Tapping: Let’s make maple syrup</i> by Julie Fryer</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;"><i>Can You Hear the Trees Talking?</i> by Peter Wohlleben</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">Related Poetry Titles:</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;"><i>The Wisdom of Trees </i>by Lita Judge</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">Other Books by the Author:</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">(Gary D. Schmidt)</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">The Wednesday Wars</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">Okay for Now</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">What Came from the Stars</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">So Tall Within</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">A Long Road on a Short Day</span></i></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">(Elizabeth Stickney)</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">A Long Road on a Short Day</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">One Smart Sheep</span></i></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">Other Books by the Illustrator:</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">The Village Blacksmith</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">The Dinosaur Expert</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">Night Job</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">Make Way for Readers</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">A Hat for Mrs. Goldman</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">More-igami</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">As an Oak Tree Grows</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">Ivan: The remarkable true story of a shopping mall gorilla</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">I Like Fish</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">The Apple Orchard Riddle</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Slabo 27px'; font-size: medium;">And more</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Nicole L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16803189343078878170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318945445088870128.post-76589226782483470932021-10-18T09:07:00.001-04:002021-10-18T09:07:18.743-04:00The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy Blog Tour<p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMPaOhjXkF7PUJQexIHpMWQFyre0veOI5f1wwNM1f8YFpyRMKsgtiBh2aNvWMKrELrY5XxToWs2vMJOGWAFuPxNYJFKDLbY1zK2N6mhRIVPFarDyNL6V_cYkU_6AbATbsUN3CQvkdMHrlB/s2104/Troubled+Girls+of+Dragomir+Academy.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="904" data-original-width="2104" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMPaOhjXkF7PUJQexIHpMWQFyre0veOI5f1wwNM1f8YFpyRMKsgtiBh2aNvWMKrELrY5XxToWs2vMJOGWAFuPxNYJFKDLbY1zK2N6mhRIVPFarDyNL6V_cYkU_6AbATbsUN3CQvkdMHrlB/w640-h275/Troubled+Girls+of+Dragomir+Academy.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">This story began sliding onto bookshelves Tuesday, October 12th, and I imagine it began getting snatched back off just as quickly as it was stocked!</p><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47;">Welcome to the 8th stop in a Blog Tour celebrating Anne Ursu's latest adeventure, <i>The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy</i></span></h1><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">About the Book:</span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;"><span style="font-size: large;">I</span>f no one notices Marya Lupu, it’s likely because of her brother, Luka. And that’s because of what everyone knows: Luka is destined to become a sorcerer.</span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;">The Lupus might be from a small village far from the capital city, but that doesn’t matter. Every young boy born in Illyria may possess the rare ability to wield magic, to protect the country from the terrifying force known only as the Dread. For all the hopes the family has for Luka, no one has any for Marya, who can never seem to do anything right. But even so, no one is prepared for the day that the sorcerers finally arrive to test Luka for magical ability, and Marya makes a terrible mistake. Nor the day after, when the Lupus receive a letter from a place called Dragomir Academy — a mysterious school for wayward young girls. Girls like Marya.</span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;">Soon she is a hundred miles from home, in a strange and unfamiliar place, surrounded by girls she’s never met. Dragomir Academy promises Marya and her classmates a chance to make something of themselves in service to one of the country’s powerful sorcerers. But as they learn how to fit into a world with no place for them, they begin to discover things about the magic the men of their country wield, as well as the Dread itself — things that threaten the precarious balance upon which their country is built.</span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikKz6jRmy08pA1H09adK8yMdVXB13DDIqyfNbwByovCqlLP6YeOFdfPK28WWx1xx3rhqhEwG5ZYWLK98575xTs3eZAWeeHT-WXXGsDzXB4cmWd7BG1aBOFkUikgHVrsMmH9vjNt6bBSQSS/s1080/Dragomir+Praise.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikKz6jRmy08pA1H09adK8yMdVXB13DDIqyfNbwByovCqlLP6YeOFdfPK28WWx1xx3rhqhEwG5ZYWLK98575xTs3eZAWeeHT-WXXGsDzXB4cmWd7BG1aBOFkUikgHVrsMmH9vjNt6bBSQSS/s320/Dragomir+Praise.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">My Thoughts:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">As I began working my way through the beginning of this story, hearing about the upcoming testing of Marya's brother, the hope he possessed sorcerer's powers, and the mysterious Dread that consumed villages, and the lore of witches, I wondered and wondered, is any of it real?</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">In the story, I mean...</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Marya has been told all her life of these things, and she believes them. It all sounded so controlling though. The boys will save us, there is a horrible thing they keep at bay, and some dangerous women threaten them all.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">When Marya was whisked away to Dragomir Academy for Troubled Girls, things sped up. So many new mysteries and dangers and people to trust or not. And the more she learned and experienced, the more Marya questioned and noticed. "...everyone kept saying pretty words to her, but terrible things seemed to lie underneath." As we all must come to realize, sometimes it is only ourselves we can expect the truth from. This is a startling and lonely realization to be faced with. And when Marya begins to see through the stories and begins to feel the threats are not only from the dangerous Dread, she runs towards the frightening truth, not away from it.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: medium;">I loved this story!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: x-large;">About the Author:</span></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;">Anne Ursu is the author of the acclaimed novels <i>The Lost Girl, Breadcrumbs</i>, and <i>The Real Boy</i>, which was longlisted for the National Book Award. The recipient of a McKnight Fellowship Award in Children’s Literature, Anne is also a member of the faculty at Hamline University’s MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults. She lives in Minneapolis with her family and an ever-growing number of cats.</span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8slcaEwFd5BYNjo1iR_66ERFe8emeBQr9iInPEnecQwlBpT0y5Ya7rKZEnDrfDfg2rn6rKRDh3DH6TobYB0o7Qw2A_oaS3wrtowza6Zd-MGdQYAUKtqLkij0Nar8SrZhSho87nitovWDK/s640/Anne+Ursu+.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="457" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8slcaEwFd5BYNjo1iR_66ERFe8emeBQr9iInPEnecQwlBpT0y5Ya7rKZEnDrfDfg2rn6rKRDh3DH6TobYB0o7Qw2A_oaS3wrtowza6Zd-MGdQYAUKtqLkij0Nar8SrZhSho87nitovWDK/s320/Anne+Ursu+.jpeg" width="229" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://anneursu.com/" target="_blank">Visit Anne's site</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhciENcEvHVC3ImQZUaAwE177NeHhanTQkD6kf32P-268BUnnbsAo-x_nVAXseQPnRY6UG-ZiBEtC6GQGYieHVh82J5-h2NOAuJgMvsJmxeYhsMIiT9EutkTZR4PuXVkunarUYv4ysx3X6k/s2048/Troubled+GIrls+of+Dragomir+Academy.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1356" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhciENcEvHVC3ImQZUaAwE177NeHhanTQkD6kf32P-268BUnnbsAo-x_nVAXseQPnRY6UG-ZiBEtC6GQGYieHVh82J5-h2NOAuJgMvsJmxeYhsMIiT9EutkTZR4PuXVkunarUYv4ysx3X6k/w265-h400/Troubled+GIrls+of+Dragomir+Academy.jpeg" width="265" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gfYWM_PUm-ZfaSERKYqNDjchRAxeVPUW/view" target="_blank">Educator's Guide</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">More Stops on the Tour:</span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #103cc0; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display; font-size: medium;">October 12 <a href="http://www.foodiebibliophile.com/"><span class="s2" style="color: #103cc0;">A Nerdy Bibliophile in Wanderlust</span></a></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display; font-size: medium;"> <a href="http://www.unleashingreaders.com/"><span class="s2" style="color: #103cc0;">Unleashing Readers</span></a></span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display; font-size: medium;">October 13 <a href="http://readwonder.blogspot.com/"><span class="s2" style="color: #103cc0;">Read Wonder</span></a></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #103cc0; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display; font-size: medium;">October 14 <a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/"><span class="s2" style="color: #103cc0;">Nerdy Book Club</span></a></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #103cc0; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display; font-size: medium;">October 15 <a href="https://alibrarymama.com/"><span class="s2" style="color: #103cc0;">A Library Mama</span></a></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #103cc0; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display; font-size: medium;">October 16 <a href="http://www.mariaselke.com/"><span class="s2" style="color: #103cc0;">Maria’s Mélange</span></a></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #103cc0; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display; font-size: medium;">October 17 <a href="https://bysinginglight.wordpress.com/"><span class="s2" style="color: #103cc0;">By Singing Light</span></a></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #103cc0; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display; font-size: medium;">October 18 <a href="http://bluestockingthinking.blogspot.com/"><span class="s2" style="color: #103cc0;">Bluestocking Thinking</span></a></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #103cc0; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display; font-size: medium;">October 20 <a href="http://insatiablereaders.blogspot.com/"><span class="s2" style="color: #103cc0;">Insatiable Readers</span></a></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #103cc0; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><b>Don't miss this:</b></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp3S_JJBmgK8fHw62ym2F7nFjB9ZxWkQQIAChAcwh5lrpHZ3Tk2cJ0NdxZh_2wZ7KbrUdVzbrG73tD6UjGL4XuEpS0ecnKISvP0mgRCsKYQ-A7BGrP2vBCF6L8XUOjlqi3NsE6BeZTOaFE/s2000/Anne+Ursu+Event.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp3S_JJBmgK8fHw62ym2F7nFjB9ZxWkQQIAChAcwh5lrpHZ3Tk2cJ0NdxZh_2wZ7KbrUdVzbrG73tD6UjGL4XuEpS0ecnKISvP0mgRCsKYQ-A7BGrP2vBCF6L8XUOjlqi3NsE6BeZTOaFE/w640-h320/Anne+Ursu+Event.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><b style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Playfair Display"; font-size: large;">October 26 at 6 pm CT</b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Playfair Display"; font-size: large;"> Anne will be in conversation with Kelly Barnhill, hosted by </span><a href="https://www.wildrumpusbooks.com/" style="font-family: "Playfair Display"; font-size: large;"><span class="s1" style="color: #103cc0;">WILD RUMPUS BOOKS</span></a><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Playfair Display"; font-size: large;"> in Minneapolis.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Playfair Display"; font-size: large;"> </span><p></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display; font-size: medium;">Click <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furld"><span class="s1" style="color: #103cc0;">here</span></a> for more information.</span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display; font-size: medium;">Thanks for stopping by!</span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicBWm_d1Tbnds3xhKbnx0lDNPDV-Q-nf5xA6PSqjYHSGySJ4QAJ21K7xaAuVGgQ4eGhENJFYSGYWHON2X0B5MAKjWIVPiidozYekaf4GL8F4EmPqwxq7RGXGBW0iyR7qdXVECAczdZx10Q/s254/0Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="151" data-original-width="254" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicBWm_d1Tbnds3xhKbnx0lDNPDV-Q-nf5xA6PSqjYHSGySJ4QAJ21K7xaAuVGgQ4eGhENJFYSGYWHON2X0B5MAKjWIVPiidozYekaf4GL8F4EmPqwxq7RGXGBW0iyR7qdXVECAczdZx10Q/s0/0Signature.png" width="254" /></a></div><p></p>Nicole L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16803189343078878170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318945445088870128.post-63579016629660378622021-08-17T07:40:00.003-04:002021-08-27T20:43:35.595-04:00Cubs in the Tub<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2hBsZSxLS1tn3oVf4ZAzv7hr3E7cSD9qrTOzeew4p7LFF6KsDyg1cw38RdlO-JKu2nvrKi6DI80gDMqJ8aUNYahWBRZZUMDWjap0w7ZOwYndtSDB_v7l6JwJsjoVUduxTsK3yljwNRKHJ/s1600/Cubs+in+the+Tub.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1174" data-original-width="1146" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2hBsZSxLS1tn3oVf4ZAzv7hr3E7cSD9qrTOzeew4p7LFF6KsDyg1cw38RdlO-JKu2nvrKi6DI80gDMqJ8aUNYahWBRZZUMDWjap0w7ZOwYndtSDB_v7l6JwJsjoVUduxTsK3yljwNRKHJ/w624-h640/Cubs+in+the+Tub.png" width="624" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><b>Thoughts on the Story: </b>One of my favorites on this year's Chickadee list! There is so much to love here. Our central character, Helen Matini is a hero we can look-up to. A hero that did something that didn't immediately effect masses of people, but a hero that worked quietly to make a difference to the lives of baby animals. And though her work seemed centrally located to her place in the world, we know that each woman in history that stepped outside her expected role in society helped change the lives of those that followed. So the book can go broad in discussion with older readers, or stay focused on an adorable and heartwarming story about Helen's love of her foster babies.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><b>Illustration Style: </b>This artwork is described as being created with “TK”. I have looked online, asked an art teacher, and still can’t figure out what that means exactly. The illustrations look like they are made with pencil, watercolor, and perhaps some digital altering. The illustrations transport you to the time period through the clothing styles and patterns used. The colors are soft, giving the the story a gentle feel. Realistic with a touch of whimsy.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Author Website:</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><a href="https://www.candacefleming.com/" target="_blank">https://www.candaceflem</a><a href="http://ing.com/">ing.com/</a></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Illustrator Website:</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.juliedowning.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">https://www.juliedowning.com/</span></a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Book Trailer:</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="358" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HT7cDJkXNDQ" width="477" youtube-src-id="HT7cDJkXNDQ"></iframe></div><br /><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><br /><b>Publisher Activities:</b></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><a href="https://holidayhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Cubs_In_the_Tub_Educators_Guide_FINAL.pdf" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="255" data-original-width="197" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVrZo9j5_H6yFNFyMo3ZSsHnW5fsurWK00CkkSH0BENnJlaOi4fHoNgv9CFCgEoKbvAZmulXxyKP0ySEHM0cTa_cduiqGhg8toHQCf0hh-TEXiW4OWfnJxfQI_6IILkWeYyugBC8j6toBI/s0/cubs+in+the+tub.jpeg" width="197" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Educator's Guide!</span></div><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Craft:</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Paint a tiger: tutorial for kids</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="400" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LkD3hJPd2eE" width="481" youtube-src-id="LkD3hJPd2eE"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Draw a tiger face: step-by-step:</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://artprojectsforkids.org/draw-a-tiger-face/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="866" data-original-width="1652" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtudZl2yqiSUp_zjDWk0v3TkviajLXkglu-LtebhZ51Rx7LktMYtCCL-F0DemF1cy12l2OmRldnCiu2nYwIkAYjlSkhgkcw94h0SEZkFSHdZ7lhj5GxKaaE5pm1M0Ca6EofkkcRO5VRuOw/s320/Screen+Shot+2021-08-17+at+7.29.54+AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Videos:</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Meet the illustrator and listen to the story:</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="342" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RBc2fQiznY4" width="437" youtube-src-id="RBc2fQiznY4"></iframe></div><br /><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font: 400 medium Times; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></p><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font: 400 medium Times; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Listen to the illustrator discuss her career in kid lit illustration:</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font: 400 medium Times; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="298" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_Dt-dRkyYwU" width="327" youtube-src-id="_Dt-dRkyYwU"></iframe></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Meet author Candace Fleming:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bJ_WZ0NCSy0" width="320" youtube-src-id="bJ_WZ0NCSy0"></iframe></div><br /><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Outdoor Activities:</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><a href="https://visitmaine.com/things-to-do/family-attractions/animal-parks-zoos">Animal Parks & Zoos in Maine</a></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Food Connections:</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><a href="https://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/tiger-brownies/6a001e74-c7cf-451d-bf30-aad6d65e0cf6?epik=dj0yjnu9qkxstu5kdtkzbe80uxliwlricdg2nvlvdhdxa3nwc3mmcd0wjm49mtvesdnqc3dovw80ue1czzficmvousz0pufbqufbr0nrsfjn">Make tiger brownies. Yum!</a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Literature Connections Base on: Theme, topic, characters, setting, curriculum connections</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Related Fiction Titles:</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><i>The Wolf Keepers</i> by Elise Broach</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><i>The One and Only Ivan</i> by Katherine Applegate</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><i>The Secret Zoo</i> by Bryan Chick</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><i>The View at the Zoo </i>by Kathleen Bostrom</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Related Nonfiction Titles:</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><i>When Sue Found Sue: Sue Hendrickson Discovers Her T. Rex </i>by Toni Buzzeo, illustrated by Diana Sudyka</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><i>Spring After Spring: How Rachel Carson INSIPIRED the Environmental Movement </i>by Stephanie Roth Sisson</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><i>The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever</i> by H. Joseph Hopkins, illustrated by Jill McElmurry</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><i>Wangari’s Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa</i> by Jeannette Winter</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><i>Evelyn the Adventurous Entomologist</i> by Christine Evans, illustrated by Yasmin Imamura</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><i>Shark Lady</i> by Jess Keating, illustrated by Marta Álvarez Miguéns</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><i>Joan Proctor, Dragon Doctor: The woman who loved reptiles</i> by Partricia Valdez, illustrated by Felicita Sala</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><i>Tigress</i> by Nick Dowson, illustrated by Jane Chapman</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Related Poetry Titles:</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><i>The Beauty of the Beast</i>: <i>Poems from the animal kingdom</i> selected by Jack Prelutsky, illustrated by Meilo So</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><i>Book of Animal Poetry</i> edited by J. Patrick Lewis</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><i>Mammalabilia</i> by Douglas Florian</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Other Books by the Author:</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Amelia Lost</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Ben Franklin’s Almanac</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Clever Jack</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Emma’s Circus</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Giant Squid</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Presenting Buffalo Bill</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Papa’s Mechanical Fish</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Seven Hungry Babies</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Smile, Lily</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">and many more.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Other Books by the Illustrator:</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Baby Moses in a Basket</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Hello Moon</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Lotus and Feather</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Spooky Friends</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Tessa Takes Wing</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i><span style="font-family: Poppins;">First Mothers</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i><span style="font-family: Poppins;">The Firekeeper’s Son</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i><span style="font-family: Poppins;">A Ride on the Red Mare’s Back</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i><span style="font-family: Poppins;">No Hugs Till Saturday</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">and many more.</span></p></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://bluestockingthinking.blogspot.com/2021/08/chickadee-award-title-list-2021-22.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="808" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS6BAdQombTmbYwXzA2RDL6WZddWkTK7eZS6l2LRz3TeJalG6m_qMj1uooQnqg0BqUwhuwEH74NtJJ_JT-AJZWg0oAN5JjljkvVO4sH5pjTrfN4pDZmTWDejW7d8eo2yDpkRlzRS1h393M/s320/Screen+Shot+2021-08-27+at+8.38.09+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Thanks for stopping by!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicBWm_d1Tbnds3xhKbnx0lDNPDV-Q-nf5xA6PSqjYHSGySJ4QAJ21K7xaAuVGgQ4eGhENJFYSGYWHON2X0B5MAKjWIVPiidozYekaf4GL8F4EmPqwxq7RGXGBW0iyR7qdXVECAczdZx10Q/s254/0Signature.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="151" data-original-width="254" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicBWm_d1Tbnds3xhKbnx0lDNPDV-Q-nf5xA6PSqjYHSGySJ4QAJ21K7xaAuVGgQ4eGhENJFYSGYWHON2X0B5MAKjWIVPiidozYekaf4GL8F4EmPqwxq7RGXGBW0iyR7qdXVECAczdZx10Q/s0/0Signature.png" width="254" /></a></div></div>Nicole L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16803189343078878170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318945445088870128.post-71727972841174600552021-08-08T12:42:00.003-04:002021-08-27T20:46:36.346-04:00Fussy Flamingo<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvtlNLuzY5RsIEFvX42lsyvZezaVwIJQ6ZB35Yxp-uEZ9q8Yfbu-jt4RvCXDUarA5V7eN-hcjq5JQYgb3dKzWmsYz7Grz4gZzNTt0t9kb_wXzni52kI0O_9AxDjuI71kx883FX4rzD6FU/s1118/Fussy+Flamingo.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1114" data-original-width="1118" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvtlNLuzY5RsIEFvX42lsyvZezaVwIJQ6ZB35Yxp-uEZ9q8Yfbu-jt4RvCXDUarA5V7eN-hcjq5JQYgb3dKzWmsYz7Grz4gZzNTt0t9kb_wXzni52kI0O_9AxDjuI71kx883FX4rzD6FU/w640-h638/Fussy+Flamingo.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Avenir;">Thoughts on the Story:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Comfortaa;">It’s a cute story about not turning your nose up at food, with some silliness and repetition that young children might enjoy, but it fell flat to me. The entire story seemed predictable in a way that lost my interest in finishing the book. The best part of the book to me was the Flamingo Facts section in the back. The good news, I'm an adult and clearly reading this from a different lens than the kids will be, so I do see this one being a fan fave among the young ones.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b style="font-family: Avenir;">Illustration Style:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Comfortaa;">Created using watercolor and digital tools. Cute and lively, I can see young children enjoying this style of artwork. The watercolor base layers of the water or leaves on the trees is a lovely backdrop throughout the book.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b>Author Website:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://shellyvaughanjames.com/" target="_blank">https://shellyvaughanjames.com/</a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b>Illustrator Website:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="http://www.matthewdidit.com/" target="_blank">http://www.matthewdidit.com/</a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b>Get Crafty:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/bird-feeders-for-kids-to-make-2764688" target="_blank">Make a birdfeeder!</a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://artsycraftsymom.com/10-fancy-flamingo-crafts-for-kids/" target="_blank">10 Fancy Flamingo Crafts from Artsy Crafty Mom</a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://blissfuldomestication.com/flamingo-corner-book-mark/" target="_blank">Flamingo Corner Bookmark (adorable!)</a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Avenir;"><a href="https://thechirpingmoms.com/flamingo-handprint/" target="_blank">Craft and a snack! (Flamingo handprint paintings and pink popcorn!)</a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b>Videos:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;">Flamingo facts for kids:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="395" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/b2AN1cPn3zY" width="475" youtube-src-id="b2AN1cPn3zY"></iframe></div><br /><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b>Outdoor Activities:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.audubon.org/news/easy-ways-get-kids-birding" target="_blank">Easy ways to get kids birding.</a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b>Food Connections:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;">Students can write about their favorite foods, compile a recipe book of classroom favorites, draw pictures of favorite foods, etc. Send home an easy recipe to make at home.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b>Extension:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.audubon.org/get-outside/activities/audubon-for-kids?gclid=Cj0KCQjw4cOEBhDMARIsAA3XDRinKqR6ZguXrq7oc9ROkssQbTko8C2nAyGbOdH3YPDOhpiiG-ye12IaAsp6EALw_wcB" target="_blank">Amazing site from Audubon for kids!</a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Literature Connections Base on: Theme, topic, characters, setting, curriculum connections</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b>Related Fiction Titles:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>Gregory the Terrible Eater</i> by Mitchell Sharmat, illustrated by José Aruego and Ariane Dewey</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato</i> by Laruen Child</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>The Luck of the Loch Ness Monster</i> by Alice Flaherty</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>Flora the Flamingo </i>by Molly Idle</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>Sylvie</i> by Jennifer Sattler</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>Mingo the Flamingo</i> by Pete Oswald, illustrated by Justin K. Thompson</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><i></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b>Related Nonfiction Titles:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>Flamingo Sunset</i> by Jonathan London, illustrated by Kristina Rodanas</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>Safari Readers: Flamingos</i> by Tristan Walters</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>Flamingos</i> by Victoria Blakemore</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>My Very First Cookbook</i> by Daniel Kartes, illustrated by Annie Wilkinson</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>Bird Watching for Kids</i> by George H. Harrison</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><i></i><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b>Related Poetry Titles:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>Feathers: Poems about birds</i> by Eileen Spinelli</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>The Robin Makes a Laughing Sound</i> by Sallie Wolf</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>Follow the Recipe: Poems about imagination, celebration, and cake</i> by Marilyn Singer</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><i></i><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b>Other Books by the Author:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;">Debut picture book, she has written some adult cook books.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b>Other Books by the Illustrator:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>Oh No! The Talent Show</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>Brains! Not Just a Zombie Snack</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>Roxy, the Last Unisaurus Rex</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>Dinosaur Yoga</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>Operation Photobomb</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>I’m Happy-Sad Today</i></p></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://bluestockingthinking.blogspot.com/2021/08/chickadee-award-title-list-2021-22.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="808" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitEqvFxucYHNR8CR4gE5KzN_fx7wmrSJ1aQaXAG_IR9F9i0CiTg8QdXYGAwLqCjZ0b0OkLRzjH9CKd39UX4dUgXkvIId3eHN5-ACVJNK_b20I8jwFcImxtnBVHyhlV81DNY_I5AwS3DNge/s320/Screen+Shot+2021-08-27+at+8.38.09+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Thanks for stopping by!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicBWm_d1Tbnds3xhKbnx0lDNPDV-Q-nf5xA6PSqjYHSGySJ4QAJ21K7xaAuVGgQ4eGhENJFYSGYWHON2X0B5MAKjWIVPiidozYekaf4GL8F4EmPqwxq7RGXGBW0iyR7qdXVECAczdZx10Q/s254/0Signature.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="151" data-original-width="254" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicBWm_d1Tbnds3xhKbnx0lDNPDV-Q-nf5xA6PSqjYHSGySJ4QAJ21K7xaAuVGgQ4eGhENJFYSGYWHON2X0B5MAKjWIVPiidozYekaf4GL8F4EmPqwxq7RGXGBW0iyR7qdXVECAczdZx10Q/s0/0Signature.png" width="254" /></a></div><p></p>Nicole L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16803189343078878170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318945445088870128.post-36692892610691354282021-08-08T11:40:00.003-04:002021-08-27T20:41:14.734-04:00Evelyn Del Rey is Moving Away<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMMo0OEmGcNPy32bv6hiDAdPXLNzKjR-njILpSj8XuTlPjy2pMSAzhfOGmWjyBiq4mOlmqoAjl-52WDfd7HJFO42QQ79tfN-qKm28tvfSI1RDAkF1yxRx9l5j7C9_uqY8LIn2WdoLu9-C/s1180/Evelyn+Del+Rey+is+Moving+Away.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1180" data-original-width="1168" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMMo0OEmGcNPy32bv6hiDAdPXLNzKjR-njILpSj8XuTlPjy2pMSAzhfOGmWjyBiq4mOlmqoAjl-52WDfd7HJFO42QQ79tfN-qKm28tvfSI1RDAkF1yxRx9l5j7C9_uqY8LIn2WdoLu9-C/w634-h640/Evelyn+Del+Rey+is+Moving+Away.png" width="634" /></a></p><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Thoughts on the Story:</b> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;">Diverse creators and characters. Spanish text interspersed. The story of moving away/watching a friend move away is probably one more kids than ever can relate to after this year of transition for many. Sweet ending that shows the girls kept in touch. What's not to love about this story?!</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Illustration Style:</b> Digitally created drawings, they look like rough sketches with quick coloring, sometimes with pattern collage. It’s a wild, sometimes messy job, but it looks lovely and absolutely works. A wide range of colors makes each page a new experience.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b>Author Website:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://megmedina.com/" target="_blank">https://megmedina.com/</a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b>Illustrator Website:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://bookmarkliterary.com/2019/12/10/soniasanchez/" target="_blank">https://bookmarkliterary.com/2019/12/10/soniasanchez/</a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b>Book Trailer:</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="375" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/c9UnwuSuU-U" width="451" youtube-src-id="c9UnwuSuU-U"></iframe></div><br /><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b>From Candlewick Press:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.candlewick.com/book_files/1536207047.kit.2.pdf" target="_blank">Activity Kit</a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.candlewick.com/book_files/1536207047.btg.1.pdf" target="_blank">Discussion Tips</a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b>Craft:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://sarahmaker.com/how-to-make-friendship-bracelets/" target="_blank">Make friendship bracelets!</a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://artprojectsforkids.org/draw-country-house/" target="_blank">How to draw a house.</a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b>Videos:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><br /></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b>Author Interview:</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="302" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6FBqVCZ_JNI" width="363" youtube-src-id="6FBqVCZ_JNI"></iframe></div><br /><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><b>Meg Medina on keeping in touch with friends:</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="295" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vx6wvu-f4Ng" width="355" youtube-src-id="vx6wvu-f4Ng"></iframe></div><br /><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><b>Meg Medina on Evelyn Del Rey is Moving Away:</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="289" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CTYOJN03USY" width="348" youtube-src-id="CTYOJN03USY"></iframe></div><br /><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b>Outdoor Activities:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.scarymommy.com/ways-to-explore-your-neighborhood-adventure/" target="_blank">Get out and explore your neighborhood!</a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b>Articles/Posts/Activities About the Author/Illustrator/Book:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="http://www.abbythelibrarian.com/2020/10/evelyn-del-rey-is-moving-away.html" target="_blank">Abby the Librarian reviews the book.</a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Literature Connections Base on: Theme, topic, characters, setting, curriculum connections</b></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b>Related Fiction Titles:</b></p><p class="p3" style="background-color: white; color: #313131; font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>A New Home</i> by Tania de Regil</p><p class="p3" style="background-color: white; color: #313131; font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>The Blue House</i> by Phoebe Wahl</p><p class="p3" style="background-color: white; color: #313131; font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>Marshall Armstrong is New to Our School </i>by David Mackintosh</p><p class="p3" style="background-color: white; color: #313131; font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>A New Home</i> by Tania de Regil</p><p class="p4" style="background-color: white; color: #313131; font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b>Related Nonfiction Titles:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>If You Lived Here: Houses of the world</i> by Giles Laroche</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>First Times: Moving House</i> by Rebecca Hunter</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><i></i><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b>Related Poetry Titles:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>My Village: Rhymes from around the world</i> by Danielle Wright, illustrated by Mique Moriuchi</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><i></i><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b>Other Books by the Author:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>Merci Suárez Changes Gears</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>Sonia Sotomayor</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>Tía Isa Wants a Car</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>Merci Suárez Can’t Dance</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>Mango, Abuela and Me</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;">And more</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: start;"><b><i></i></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><b>Other Books by the Illustrator:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>The Little Blue Bridge</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>Bubbles…Up!</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>A Crazy-Much Love</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>The Little Red Fort</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>Raisins and Almonds</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>My Quiet Ship</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><i>Sister Day!</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;">And more</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://bluestockingthinking.blogspot.com/2021/08/chickadee-award-title-list-2021-22.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="808" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi50_sxS480Mt-U-jMPeQC5HQmL-NrNfCe8ADVchFdkbEBv3ksYMtm66hzsbVzU7yWj8V_aLA9J07XpFdP96zAPaUYHgn6nCLOZje_Jp8GlCyvN7mEIG1BS6yn6HFCUugDkBmO-sOffPp02/s1260/Screen+Shot+2021-08-27+at+8.38.09+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Thanks for stopping by!</span></p></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicBWm_d1Tbnds3xhKbnx0lDNPDV-Q-nf5xA6PSqjYHSGySJ4QAJ21K7xaAuVGgQ4eGhENJFYSGYWHON2X0B5MAKjWIVPiidozYekaf4GL8F4EmPqwxq7RGXGBW0iyR7qdXVECAczdZx10Q/s254/0Signature.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="151" data-original-width="254" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicBWm_d1Tbnds3xhKbnx0lDNPDV-Q-nf5xA6PSqjYHSGySJ4QAJ21K7xaAuVGgQ4eGhENJFYSGYWHON2X0B5MAKjWIVPiidozYekaf4GL8F4EmPqwxq7RGXGBW0iyR7qdXVECAczdZx10Q/s0/0Signature.png" width="254" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span><p></p>Nicole L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16803189343078878170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318945445088870128.post-22690084272936166752021-08-08T11:26:00.009-04:002021-08-27T20:46:23.261-04:00This Way, Charlie<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBzLIB2HmaDQOt8wPhpZ02aVqpGRAzac4Q1q1Vxbp1B9o_y2zsMzEYSt-TyLMiHzqWIL1pRsDHhQRCHSbTlKIOzBcXx6OG03PNeI8-r5hSepDDP3M29rxw11JzY0ldMEQ38Xc7YzrmUyc5/s1600/This+way+Charlie.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="1138" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBzLIB2HmaDQOt8wPhpZ02aVqpGRAzac4Q1q1Vxbp1B9o_y2zsMzEYSt-TyLMiHzqWIL1pRsDHhQRCHSbTlKIOzBcXx6OG03PNeI8-r5hSepDDP3M29rxw11JzY0ldMEQ38Xc7YzrmUyc5/w640-h632/This+way+Charlie.png" width="640" /></a></div><p><b style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px;">Thoughts on the Story:</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;">I think kids are going to love this book. Animal relationships is an interesting theme, and could tie in with other wonderful stories that highlight that theme (Owen and Mzee is a favorite). I enjoyed the gentle unfolding of the story and the animals’ relationships. Though I did find the rescue scene during the storm to be a bit too sweet and perfect. Kids don’t need cutesy all the time. A realistic rescue scene would have felt more authentic than a barnyard full of animals working together to pull the broken tree off the horse. One thing that tugs at me is that the story is based on a real animal relationship, but the setting is drastically changed. I know the story is only inspired by the real Jack and Charlie, but it felt like the blend of creative license and reality of their situations was altered too much.</span></p><p><b style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px;">Illustration Style:</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Avenir;">Digitally created "paintings". The illustrations match the moment in the story. The pages do not all follow the same format, which keeps it interesting to look at. The soft daylight that shows in gentle moments truly looks like it could warm you. I find the illustrations to be sweet, engaging, and thought provoking.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Author Website:</b> </p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.caronlevis.com/" target="_blank"><span class="s1">https://www.caronlevis.com/</span></a></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Illustrator Website:</b> </p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.charlessantoso.com/wp/" target="_blank"><span class="s1">https://www.charlessantoso.com/wp/</span></a></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Created by the Author:</b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><a href="https://12a42d98-e3a0-faba-4e64-994574e49625.filesusr.com/ugd/c0e481_8b4955a023684ebba3ad9cde42138388.pdf">Activity Guide</a></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Craft:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/simplemomproject/horse-crafts-for-kids/" target="_blank">Make a paper horse</a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.simpleeverydaymom.com/goat-paper-bag-puppet-craft/" target="_blank">Make a paper goat</a></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Videos:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Author reads aloud the book:</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OkQwDW0G18c" width="472" youtube-src-id="OkQwDW0G18c"></iframe></div><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Author interview/book explanation:</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="397" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/o3Ji3dBQPeI" width="476" youtube-src-id="o3Ji3dBQPeI"></iframe></div><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Illustrator teaching how to draw facial expressions: </b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="396" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eQrC38to218" width="477" youtube-src-id="eQrC38to218"></iframe></div><br /><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Outdoor Activities:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The two friends go on daily walks together: <span class="s1"><a href="https://www.alltrails.com/us/maine/kids" target="_blank">Click here to find a list of kid friendly trails in Maine.</a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Q & A Between Author and Illustrator:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.kidlit.tv/2019/08/this-way-charlie-cover-reveal/" target="_blank">Kid Lit TV</a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">(Literature Connections Base on: Theme, topic, characters, setting, curriculum connections)</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Related Fiction Titles:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>The One and Only Ivan</i> by Katherine Applegate</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Charlotte’s Web</i> by E.B. White</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Related Nonfiction Titles:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Owen & Mzee: The true story of a remarkable friendship</i> by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, and Paula Kahumbu, illustrated by Peter Greste</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Owen & Mzee: Language of friendship</i> by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, and Dr. Paula Kahumbu, illustrated by Peter Greste</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Tarra & Bella: The elephant and dog who became best friends</i> by Carol Buckley</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Animal Helpers: Sanctuaries</i> by Jennifer Keats Curtis</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>A Home Away from Home: True stories of wild animal sanctuaries</i> by Nicholas Read</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Related Poetry Titles:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Animal Poems </i>by Valerie Worth, illustrated by Steve Jenkins</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Boom! Bellow! Bleat! Animal Poems for Two or More Voices</i> by Georgia Heard, illustrated by Aaron DeWitt</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><i></i><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Other Books by the Author:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Ida, Always</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Mama’s Work Shoes</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Stop that Yawn!</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Stuck with the Blooz</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>May I have a Word?</i></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Other Books by the Illustrator:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Ida, Always</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Dandy</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>The Snurtch</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>I Don’t Like Koala</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Happy Hippo</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Peanut Butter and Brains</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Cover Illustrations<i>:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>A Boy Called Bat</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Absolutely Truly</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Quicksand Pond</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Wishtree</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://bluestockingthinking.blogspot.com/2021/08/chickadee-award-title-list-2021-22.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="808" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimkREc8Vuv6X8_rqT4YuUkJZP_TUidRr0AU9VC9vljv2YG0GZLQ3k3Ag2NJSFjzm0TyRHtkZhYEvcVSVLvwFIDTbiUiJRP0M62WumIFITlimC21wdIYvXHN3HfokWiJyFuPyElEpUrbLXB/s320/Screen+Shot+2021-08-27+at+8.38.09+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Thanks for stopping by!</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicBWm_d1Tbnds3xhKbnx0lDNPDV-Q-nf5xA6PSqjYHSGySJ4QAJ21K7xaAuVGgQ4eGhENJFYSGYWHON2X0B5MAKjWIVPiidozYekaf4GL8F4EmPqwxq7RGXGBW0iyR7qdXVECAczdZx10Q/s254/0Signature.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="151" data-original-width="254" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicBWm_d1Tbnds3xhKbnx0lDNPDV-Q-nf5xA6PSqjYHSGySJ4QAJ21K7xaAuVGgQ4eGhENJFYSGYWHON2X0B5MAKjWIVPiidozYekaf4GL8F4EmPqwxq7RGXGBW0iyR7qdXVECAczdZx10Q/s0/0Signature.png" width="254" /></a></div><p></p>Nicole L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16803189343078878170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318945445088870128.post-60564596956436260002021-08-08T11:01:00.006-04:002021-08-27T20:46:11.807-04:00Crossings: Extraordinary Structures for Extraordinary Animals<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4Nu7oPl9YFRdOtrSPu_399PFfyZ1AGoNSYdlRmCPqLd_wRllCpx4eEIR2WroJ_7-btSousaiuB9MEo9oQ6HwtulBVIbrzouxHWTKoqN1JOzZai29hqEPdy8QRtaxpMnrkA32rxCzjrud/s1600/Screen+Shot+2021-06-09+at+1.49.11+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1178" data-original-width="1194" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4Nu7oPl9YFRdOtrSPu_399PFfyZ1AGoNSYdlRmCPqLd_wRllCpx4eEIR2WroJ_7-btSousaiuB9MEo9oQ6HwtulBVIbrzouxHWTKoqN1JOzZai29hqEPdy8QRtaxpMnrkA32rxCzjrud/w640-h632/Screen+Shot+2021-06-09+at+1.49.11+PM.png" width="640" /></a></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b style="font-family: georgia;">Thoughts on the Writing:</b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> It's easy to see how this book can be enjoyed by a wide range of ages. Large text on each page conveys a main description of how animals are crossing over, under, or through a man-made passageway. Smaller print paragraphs expand with additional information for readers ready for more. </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOJaqOtnpxZu1054PWraKfcxXF5vemFsVG_PAGPpn2LUJxvxkHo7Pr3Cglqt6P6RO_pdjZ0gZE6loKFZkP0V4KryNounwgUSbfulillYhzokCnfmUNEM2gAXowCC6S2uJJhkwChHKIoAbk/s2048/IMG_5285.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1463" data-original-width="2048" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOJaqOtnpxZu1054PWraKfcxXF5vemFsVG_PAGPpn2LUJxvxkHo7Pr3Cglqt6P6RO_pdjZ0gZE6loKFZkP0V4KryNounwgUSbfulillYhzokCnfmUNEM2gAXowCC6S2uJJhkwChHKIoAbk/w640-h458/IMG_5285.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Illustration Style:</b> Digitally created illustrations look almost glossy and stark, not full of depth, but not without detail. The illustrations keep the reader focused on the primary subject of each page, and the colors vary to match the various settings around the world.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Author Website:</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.katyduffield.com/"><span style="font-family: georgia;">https://www.katyduffield.com/</span></a></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>STEM Extension Idea: </b>Research or discuss an animal (local or not) that needs protecting. Design a bridge to help that animal cross safely. </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.sciencebuddies.org/teacher-resources/lesson-plans/paper-bridge-design" target="_blank">Design a Paper Bridge</a></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Videos: Examples of Animal Crossings:</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9JX6cqME6Hw" width="320" youtube-src-id="9JX6cqME6Hw"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ypeh2ZdbF1Q" width="320" youtube-src-id="ypeh2ZdbF1Q"></iframe></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Get Outside!:</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.maine.gov/ifw/docs/Scavenger%20Hunt%20-%20Early%20Autumn.pdf" target="_blank">Maine Gov Scavenger Hunt</a></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://visitmaine.com/things-to-do/family-attractions/animal-parks-zoos" target="_blank">Animal Parks & Zoos in Maine</a></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Food Connections: </b>For when you want to add refreshments to your book events!</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.allrecipes.com/recipes/1654/holidays-and-events/events-and-gatherings/special-themes/animals/" target="_blank">Animal Themed Snacks</a></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Literature Connections Base on: Theme, topic, characters, setting, curriculum connections</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Related Fiction Titles:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>The Most Magnificent Thing</i> by Ashley Spires</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Related Nonfiction Titles:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Winter’s Tail: How one little dolphin learned to swim again</i> by Juliana Hatkoff, Isabella Hatkoff, and Craig Hatkoff</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Great Migrations: Whales, wildebeests, butterflies, and other amazing animals on the move </i>by Elizabeth Carney</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>If Sharks Disappeared </i>by Lily Williams</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>The Great Leopard Rescue: Saving the Amur Leopards</i> by Sandra Markle</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Bridges are to Cross</i> by Philemon Sturges, illustrated by Giles Laroche</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Pop’s Bridge</i> by Eve Bunting, illustrated by C.F. Payne</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Engineering Feats and Failures</i> by Stephanie Paris</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Related Poetry Titles:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry </i>edited by J. Patrick Lewis</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>The Beauty of the Beast</i>: <i>Poems from the animal kingdom</i> selected by Jack Prelutsky, illustrated by Meilo So</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Mammalabilia</i> by Douglas Florian</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Other Books by the Author:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Aliens Get the Sniffles, Too!</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Loud Lila</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Farmer McPeepers and His Missing Milk Cows</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>California History for Kids</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Ken Kutaragi: PlayStation Developer</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Chad Hurley, Stev Chen, Jawed Karim: YouTube Creators</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Mysterious Encounters: The Bermuda Triangle</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Mysterious Encounters: Polergeists</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Earth’s Biomes</i></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><i></i><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Other Books by the Illustrator:</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Peek-a-Baby: Ocean</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Peek-a-Baby: Farm</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://bluestockingthinking.blogspot.com/2021/08/chickadee-award-title-list-2021-22.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Nicole L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16803189343078878170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318945445088870128.post-80080542352254943762021-08-02T06:05:00.001-04:002021-08-02T06:08:49.969-04:00Mightier than the Sword: Rebels, Reformers, and Revolutionaries Who Changed the World Through Writing<p style="text-align: center;">I'm pleased to offer my space to a special guest today! Rochelle Melander is stopping by the blog to tell you about her new book, <i>Mightier than the Sword: Rebels, Reformers, and Revolutionaries Who Changed the World Through Writing</i>. As fans of the written word, I think we will all find room in our hearts and libraries for this title! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRe9q4AZnAWbwu3QOsNRZAAQARZqJk8EUF6qXX2FBM4LRh48Sxz7K7z85UpxNpUHSI1gBP2IIj93ENagFraFtOiSFPS3m4qkATk2-0Pnxf0Pv7eMa-M4yFF8J5WRbaAFSPEvBFyL5gn4lk/s618/Mightier+Than+the+Sword+Book+Cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="481" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRe9q4AZnAWbwu3QOsNRZAAQARZqJk8EUF6qXX2FBM4LRh48Sxz7K7z85UpxNpUHSI1gBP2IIj93ENagFraFtOiSFPS3m4qkATk2-0Pnxf0Pv7eMa-M4yFF8J5WRbaAFSPEvBFyL5gn4lk/w311-h400/Mightier+Than+the+Sword+Book+Cover.jpeg" width="311" /></a></div><br /><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">How Young Writers Can Change the World</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">By Rochelle Melander</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">About the book:</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Mightier Than the Sword: Rebels, Reformers, and Revolutionaries Who Changed the World through Writing</i> is a middle grade social justice book that tells the stories of historical and contemporary writers, activists, scientists, and leaders who used writing to make a difference in their lives and the world. Readers will meet several young people who used writing to change the world. Sophie Cruz was five years old when she wrote and delivered a letter to the pope pleading for immigration reform. Sonita Alizadeh wrote and performed a rap song to protest child marriage—and saved herself from becoming a teenaged bride. And Anne Frank, writing while in hiding during World War II, hoped that her diary might be published to educate people about the injustices faced by Jewish people.</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 72px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">When They Were Young</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">When I wrote <i>Mightier than the Sword</i>, I was surprised and delighted to discover how many of the people I admired had wanted to be writers when they were children. Here are three of their stories:</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">George Orwell: From Young Poet to Police Officer</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As a young person, George Orwell admired the book <i>A Modern Utopia</i> by H. G. Wells and wanted to someday write a novel in the same style. As a middle grade student at a boarding school, he wrote poetry, getting two pieces published in the local newspaper. Although he went to college and helped produce a college magazine, he wasn’t a very good scholar. His family encouraged him to join the police. Although he worked for several years in India as a police officer, the job wasn’t a good fit. He decided to try his hand at writing. He wrote essays and literary criticism before turning to novels. When Orwell wrote <i>1984</i>, he took the idea of a utopia and distorted it, creating a dystopian society.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Rachel Carson: From Stories to Science</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">When she was ten, Rachel Carson won a short story contest. She knew she wanted to be a writer and went to college to study literature. When she took biology, she fell in love with the natural world. She studied science, earning a master’s degree from John Hopkins University. Carson got her big break when the head of the Bureau of Fisheries asked her to revise a bad script about sea life. That writing assignment led to a full-time job as a biologist. She published an article about sea life in <i>The Atlantic</i>, which led to her first book, <i>Under the Sea-Wind: A Naturalist’s Picture of Ocean Life. </i>Her second book, <i>The Sea Around Us</i>, became a New York Times bestseller and she was able to quit her job to write full time. Later in life, Carson investigated the effects of pesticides on wildlife and humans, becoming a tenacious advocate for the earth through her writing.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mary Garber: From Newspaper Reporter to Advocate</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mary Garber, who was one of the first female sportswriters in the country, was eight years old when she decided she wanted to be a newspaper reporter. When her parents asked her to write to her grandparents, she created a newspaper. She said, <span class="s1" style="background-color: white;">“I took a piece of notebook paper and drew out a newspaper. Then I put all the things that children would usually write to their grandparents in as news stories and wrote headlines on them and reported all that went on in our family that I would ordinarily have written in a letter. I called it the Garber News.” She wrote for her college newspaper and, after much persistence, finally got a job working for her hometown paper. When she got her big break as a sportswriter, she became known for covering all of the high school games, including at the Black high schools (something the paper hadn’t done before). Garber became known as an advocate for Black athletes and coaches. She was the first woman to win sports journalism’s highest honor, the Red Smith Award.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p4" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Young readers: It’s your turn</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I hope young readers will be inspired by the tales of people just like them who used writing to change the world. Young people may not know or believe that writing their stories and speaking up for others can change the course of history. But it has. And it will. I hope readers will try the exercises in the book and then use their voices to change the world—within and around them.</span></p><p class="p6" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; min-height: 14px; text-indent: -36px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">About the Author:</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Rochelle Melander wrote her first book at seven and has published 11 books for adults, including <i>Write-A-Thon: Write Your Book in 26 Days (and Live to Tell About It) </i>and<i> Level Up: Quests to Master Mindset, Overcome Procrastination and Increase Productivity.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>She’s a professional certified coach, an artist educator and the founder of <i>Dream Keepers</i>, a writing workshop for young people. <i>Mightier Than the Sword: Rebels, Reformers, and Revolutionaries Who Changed the World through Writing</i> is her debut book for children. She lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with her husband, children, and two dogs. Visit her online at <a href="http://writenowcoach.com">writenowcoach.com</a> or <a href="http://rochellemelander.com">rochellemelander.com</a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV-JbonGC44I5s9KA2iZ2xb5cncGJnpvpBAaJGS22XacV8pmi8wxlrSnPHFRV_gKy7UI5z9E7dPCtbrf3u68s5sqKlBN4BB9I9AUkVpPgAyzhdl3YllAQCftZ2O3-3CBrBtByhZyNtlRmG/s640/Rochelle+Melander.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV-JbonGC44I5s9KA2iZ2xb5cncGJnpvpBAaJGS22XacV8pmi8wxlrSnPHFRV_gKy7UI5z9E7dPCtbrf3u68s5sqKlBN4BB9I9AUkVpPgAyzhdl3YllAQCftZ2O3-3CBrBtByhZyNtlRmG/s320/Rochelle+Melander.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">Thanks for stopping by!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicBWm_d1Tbnds3xhKbnx0lDNPDV-Q-nf5xA6PSqjYHSGySJ4QAJ21K7xaAuVGgQ4eGhENJFYSGYWHON2X0B5MAKjWIVPiidozYekaf4GL8F4EmPqwxq7RGXGBW0iyR7qdXVECAczdZx10Q/s254/0Signature.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="151" data-original-width="254" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicBWm_d1Tbnds3xhKbnx0lDNPDV-Q-nf5xA6PSqjYHSGySJ4QAJ21K7xaAuVGgQ4eGhENJFYSGYWHON2X0B5MAKjWIVPiidozYekaf4GL8F4EmPqwxq7RGXGBW0iyR7qdXVECAczdZx10Q/s0/0Signature.png" width="254" /></a></div>Nicole L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16803189343078878170noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318945445088870128.post-86854282978655558002021-07-04T06:42:00.005-04:002021-07-04T06:42:56.726-04:00Jeff Gottesfeld Author Interview<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Acme; font-size: x-large;">Happy Fourth of July!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display; font-size: medium;"> Thank you for stopping by for a special author interview with Jeff Gottesfeld, author of <i>Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. </i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display; font-size: medium;">When I opened this gorgeous book from Candlewick Press I knew that I'd be sharing it between home and the classroom. I began with a reading at home to my 6 year-old. He requested it night after night after night. I finally dared to sneak the book to school to read aloud at the end of May, in honor of Memorial Day. My fourth graders sat in silent awe as they learned, many for the first time, about the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Told in serious tones through the narration of the first Unknown, and set to the stunning visuals created by Matt Tavares, the book commands the respect of its audience. And one read through won't be enough.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf5m3w1aSc5VozxoRGlQAsC-aisUVyBcYop4WG1X_9U_IBolw8PczcTaiwaKMT8MzQSjP31wHtHCTUiiBwCJZWpe0TOV_ybtYK5AUHWGp_FY_NQdgSB362AGoMxvMkb69MlLE1MkkP7lFU/s2048/IMG_4851.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf5m3w1aSc5VozxoRGlQAsC-aisUVyBcYop4WG1X_9U_IBolw8PczcTaiwaKMT8MzQSjP31wHtHCTUiiBwCJZWpe0TOV_ybtYK5AUHWGp_FY_NQdgSB362AGoMxvMkb69MlLE1MkkP7lFU/w640-h444/IMG_4851.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJ8Oj7YQErBrKID6EIEDPuvoLUZggfurtTgPGE0gMFLVep34byuywkH4wiaH5rWeel2Mn_aTgDVd74YfCM84DSeT8j6NwfwRII4EZ0leye82ai3BtzBLXCE91rLsGG3jpT0k-rhv8L76-/s177/Jeff+Gottesfeld.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="177" data-original-width="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJ8Oj7YQErBrKID6EIEDPuvoLUZggfurtTgPGE0gMFLVep34byuywkH4wiaH5rWeel2Mn_aTgDVd74YfCM84DSeT8j6NwfwRII4EZ0leye82ai3BtzBLXCE91rLsGG3jpT0k-rhv8L76-/s0/Jeff+Gottesfeld.jpeg" /></a>Welcome, Jeff Gottesfeld! My questions will appear in <span style="font-family: Acme;">bold.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Acme;"><br /></span></div><p></p><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Acme; font-size: large;">You've said that you have walked National Cemeteries for Memorial Day for many years. Tell me a little about how this tradition came to be.</span></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">I've been doing it for so many years that it is hard to remember the first time. But I would imagine that the first time was in Nashville, TN when I lived there. My home was on one hill south from famed Shy's Hill, which played a big part during the Battle of Nashville in the Civil War (mid-December, 1864). There was something imagining the conflict taking place under my feet. On Memorial Day, things felt especially real. Then came September 11th, 2001, which reminded me that freedom is not free. And after I adopted my son from Russia in 2003 -- he was 10 at the time - I wanted him to understand that his new country also had a powerful tradition of military service and sacrifice, like Russia. We visited national cemeteries together. I've been to national cemeteries now so many places -- here in Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, and of course Arlington. It always feel like I am walking on hallowed ground.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW5qbFGbBkPRvC857KXnRA9HBrEgROSedT9JH-WnzhFG-73QjwRVU4cUU74FZsis3bA76Wi_A7OQGS9r3J0XPSf90nr4Uz1GVJjui-vtFFnclJgggR4-7SMl_i1OfQpC3LTEdeVcFFpH0v/s2048/IMG_4853.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW5qbFGbBkPRvC857KXnRA9HBrEgROSedT9JH-WnzhFG-73QjwRVU4cUU74FZsis3bA76Wi_A7OQGS9r3J0XPSf90nr4Uz1GVJjui-vtFFnclJgggR4-7SMl_i1OfQpC3LTEdeVcFFpH0v/w480-h640/IMG_4853.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: Acme; font-size: large;">You wrote this book for young people; at points during the process did you pause to imagine what they would feel as they experienced your words? And what hopes did you have beyond the reader closing your book after a first read?</span></div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">I had that feeling from the first word of the first paragraph, which is the word "I." It starts, "I am an Unknown. I am one of many." For the longest time, I didn't tell this story in first person, through the eyes and soul of the first Unknown returned from Europe 100 years ago, and interred at the Tomb on Armistice Day (now Veterans Day), November 11, 1921. The narrative was a lot more conventional. It was also not very good. The moment I shifted to first person, it was all about the feelings the book would evoke, because it's a natural thing for readers to put themselves in the shoes of a first-person narrator. But here's the thing: This narrator has <i>no </i>identity, beyond being an Unknown. One reader's imagining of him is as valid as any other, which is exactly the point that I hope the reader would come to understand: the Unknown, through the sacrifice of his name and face, belongs to all of us. And the Tomb Guards, on the mat, strive for just one thing: perfection in service to the three Unknowns (from World War I, World War II, and Korea). Though they have been from all races, religions, and creeds, male and female, on the mat they are only Americans. These are rare foci in children's literature these days. Self-effacement, sacrifice, discipline, and devotion are not common themes. But kids' responses to TWENTY-ONE STEPS tell me that they resonate.</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: Acme; font-size: large;">When writing a book about a standard of perfection, how did you carry on without doubting that you might miss something? Is there something you wish you had included that still tugs at you?</span></div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">Omigosh, I love this question. All I could do was to do in my writing was what the Tomb Guards do as a matter of course, which is not just to strive for perfection, but take specific action in that question. If a Tomb Guard can shine her or his shoes for five hours before going out on the mat, I surely was going to go over every word of every sentence again and again and again, and do the same with Matt's art. Not only that, Matt did the same with Matt's art. So did I carry on without doubting that I would miss something? Heck no, I had that doubt all the time, and still do. I took some solace in how much Tomb Guards help each other when their Relief is on duty -- they dress each other, check each other, and work as a team as much as they do as individuals. Every word of this book was checked by Tomb Guards past and present, including the Society of the Honor Guard, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which has endorsed it. As for whether there's something I left out that I wish I had included, I can only say that I<i> </i>typically cringe when I read anything I've written aloud, because I always want to change it. But this book, that hasn't happened. So far, anyway. If I'd had another 200 words to work with, maybe I would have written about the selection process for the first Unknown (<a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/story-first-official-unknown-soldier-arlington-national-cemetery" target="_blank">https://www.pbs.org/newshour/<wbr></wbr>nation/story-first-official-<wbr></wbr>unknown-soldier-arlington-<wbr></wbr>national-cemetery</a>). But at its current length, I was happy by, "The End." I'm still happy.</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: Acme; font-size: large;">Have you been present when a Guard of the Unknown Soldier has held your book for the first time?</span></div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">Not in person, not yet. I look forward to it, a lot. I've gotten emails and calls afterward, though. This may well change in mid-July 2021, when I go to Washington D.C. to be part of the United Through Reading program Tribute to Military Families. If not then, it will surely happen around Veterans Day, 2021, because I've been invited by the Society of the Honor Guard to speak at the centennial convocation for the Tomb. I like public speaking. It generally does not faze me. But I'm scared to death by what is going to be the biggest honor of my life.<br /></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: Acme; font-size: large;">Any last thoughts you'd love to share with readers?</span></div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">The only thing I would add is that in some ways I'm an unlikely person to write this book. I didn't serve in the military, no one in my family served, and when I was younger, my attitude about the American military -- many American institutions, in fact -- was skeptical. Skeptical, at best. As I've gotten older, that skepticism has most often changed to respect. For all our problems (and there is no nation that does not have problems) we've got a pretty good thing going here in the United States, and the military's high respect has been earned. I hope when kids and grownups read TWENTY-ONE STEPS, they'll appreciate that the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Tomb Guards represents the best of our country. It's right in front of us. All we have to do is appreciate, honor, and remember.</div></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxXwsjYIhrBJhQWGeS8ely_QdEVuzcNLcG2jrDisj2jocSri4jB4W1yLKYjmfDuebKKnR-19qWjkYqDVu2-WtKr00Qct1kFXfDxmBt3cq1wqssRJAAsCx5KMdjAdGJMenGGuYNBS0MxBGb/s2048/IMG_4852.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxXwsjYIhrBJhQWGeS8ely_QdEVuzcNLcG2jrDisj2jocSri4jB4W1yLKYjmfDuebKKnR-19qWjkYqDVu2-WtKr00Qct1kFXfDxmBt3cq1wqssRJAAsCx5KMdjAdGJMenGGuYNBS0MxBGb/w480-h640/IMG_4852.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Playfair Display; font-size: medium;">Thank you for stopping by. My hope is that you've either gained new insight and created a deeper connection with the story and its creator, or that you have discovered a new book to add to your home and classroom libraries.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display; font-size: medium;">For an educator's discussion guide visit: </span><span style="font-family: Acme; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://wixlabs-pdf-dev.appspot.com/assets/pdfjs/web/viewer.html?file=%2Fpdfproxy%3Finstance%3Dq7dyCefXiS-tYnc3ZqnMGSJe8tnzo94BQ78yH51vtRU.eyJpbnN0YW5jZUlkIjoiZjJmNDFjNWItOWZiOS00ZGM0LThhYWUtMzQzMGFkODM2NTE4IiwiYXBwRGVmSWQiOiIxM2VlMTBhMy1lY2I5LTdlZmYtNDI5OC1kMmY5ZjM0YWNmMGQiLCJtZXRhU2l0ZUlkIjoiZmJhZjA1NTktZTcwZS00NWUzLTkyYmUtYjRkZjJkNThlNDFjIiwic2lnbkRhdGUiOiIyMDIxLTA3LTA0VDEwOjA3OjIwLjM3OFoiLCJkZW1vTW9kZSI6ZmFsc2UsImFpZCI6ImQyODZhNjRiLWY0YTAtNGYwNi05NWY4LTI0MjA1MDBmZDRiMCIsImJpVG9rZW4iOiIwOTViMTkwMi03OGI3LTA4MjctMTgxMC04MGVmODBkYjgxMDQiLCJzaXRlT3duZXJJZCI6IjM3ODFiOGFjLTE1MGItNDE1NC1iMzg2LTdjZGJmMWNkNGQwZSJ9%26compId%3Dcomp-kmwc2lbw%26url%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fdocs.wixstatic.com%2Fugd%2Fb1856b_f70556e3678d4daf9689bfb70daeeafd.pdf#page=1&links=true&originalFileName=Twenty-One_Steps_Discussion_Guide&locale=en&allowDownload=true&allowPrinting=true" target="_blank">Here</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Learn more about Jeff Gottesfeld<span style="font-family: Acme;"> <a href="https://www.jeffgottesfeldwriter.com/about-jeff" target="_blank">Here</a></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicBWm_d1Tbnds3xhKbnx0lDNPDV-Q-nf5xA6PSqjYHSGySJ4QAJ21K7xaAuVGgQ4eGhENJFYSGYWHON2X0B5MAKjWIVPiidozYekaf4GL8F4EmPqwxq7RGXGBW0iyR7qdXVECAczdZx10Q/s254/0Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="151" data-original-width="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicBWm_d1Tbnds3xhKbnx0lDNPDV-Q-nf5xA6PSqjYHSGySJ4QAJ21K7xaAuVGgQ4eGhENJFYSGYWHON2X0B5MAKjWIVPiidozYekaf4GL8F4EmPqwxq7RGXGBW0iyR7qdXVECAczdZx10Q/s0/0Signature.png" /></a></div>Nicole L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16803189343078878170noreply@blogger.com0