Happy Poem in Your Pocket Day!
This is one of my favorite books to read on this day. Click the book cover to hear the read aloud.
Thursday, April 30, 2020
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
April 29, 2020
Did you see that J. Paul Getty Museum created an online challenge to recreate a piece of art at home?
Here are a few examples:
Let's have our own challenge but with books and characters!
I challenge you to recreate a scene from your favorite book, or dress up and pose as your favorite character. It can be a picture book or a chapter book.
Take a picture and bring it to school in August. We will post the pictures on the bulletin board outside the library so we will be able to guess your book title or character. You may also email your picture to me, just one per student, please.
jwilliam@mccsc.edu
Did you see that J. Paul Getty Museum created an online challenge to recreate a piece of art at home?
Here are a few examples:
Let's have our own challenge but with books and characters!
I challenge you to recreate a scene from your favorite book, or dress up and pose as your favorite character. It can be a picture book or a chapter book.
This is my friend, Ms. Hamilton, librarian extraordinaire, from Binford Elementary:
Take a picture and bring it to school in August. We will post the pictures on the bulletin board outside the library so we will be able to guess your book title or character. You may also email your picture to me, just one per student, please.
jwilliam@mccsc.edu
jwilliam@mccsc.edu
I'm Worried
April 29, 2020
Another great book illustrated by Debbie Ridpath Ohi. Enjoy! Click on the book cover to hear me read it aloud.
Be sure to check out this author's youtube videos of cover to cover read alouds.
https://www.debbieohi.com/homelearn/
Or her Broken Crayon Gallery. Try some of your own!
https://www.debbieohi.com/broken-crayon-gallery/
Another great book illustrated by Debbie Ridpath Ohi. Enjoy! Click on the book cover to hear me read it aloud.
Be sure to check out this author's youtube videos of cover to cover read alouds.
https://www.debbieohi.com/homelearn/
Or her Broken Crayon Gallery. Try some of your own!
https://www.debbieohi.com/broken-crayon-gallery/
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Dragon Loves Tacos
April 28, 2020
Most of you know I am so proud of my nephew, Anthony, and he is graduating from Notre Dame soon with a masters in Global Health. Very soon. Besides studying hard for all of his classes, he also runs cross country and track for Notre Dame. Next year he will begin Medical School.
This is him running in a National Championship for Cross Country in which his team did well! Yay!
Notre Dame invited athletes from all sports to join in supporting Feeding America by reading books aloud for children to enjoy. Feeding America helps provide food to families who are in need. A great example of an act of Kindness
Tweet from Notre Dame:
Tweet from Feeding America:
And this is my nephew reading aloud, Dragon Loves Tacos, by Adam Rubin and illus by Daniel Salmieri. Listen to this hysterical story!
Most of you know I am so proud of my nephew, Anthony, and he is graduating from Notre Dame soon with a masters in Global Health. Very soon. Besides studying hard for all of his classes, he also runs cross country and track for Notre Dame. Next year he will begin Medical School.
This is him running in a National Championship for Cross Country in which his team did well! Yay!
Notre Dame invited athletes from all sports to join in supporting Feeding America by reading books aloud for children to enjoy. Feeding America helps provide food to families who are in need. A great example of an act of Kindness
Tweet from Notre Dame:
Tweet from Feeding America:
And this is my nephew reading aloud, Dragon Loves Tacos, by Adam Rubin and illus by Daniel Salmieri. Listen to this hysterical story!
Sam & Eva Read Aloud
April 28, 2020
Today's read aloud is by Debbie Ridpath Ohi. This is the first book Debbie has written & illustrated.
Today's read aloud is by Debbie Ridpath Ohi. This is the first book Debbie has written & illustrated.
Monday, April 27, 2020
Outside In Read aloud
April 27, 2020
Read aloud for today:
Outside In by Deborah Underwood and illus by Cindy Derby
Read aloud for today:
Outside In by Deborah Underwood and illus by Cindy Derby
Saturday, April 25, 2020
Dan Gutman on Story Seeds
April 27, 2020
Dan Gutman, author of series My Weird School series, is a guest on the famous Story Seeds Podcast.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to work with a famous author?! Well, Hannah gets the chance.
Click here to listen to the podcast.
Dan Gutman, author of series My Weird School series, is a guest on the famous Story Seeds Podcast.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to work with a famous author?! Well, Hannah gets the chance.
Click here to listen to the podcast.
Click here to open up the Imagination Lab that has great writing activities.
Friday, April 24, 2020
Kwame Alexander Presents Picture Book Week
April 25, 2020
And now there is this! You will need a grownup's help with this, but if you can, tune into facebook April 27 - May 1. It's gonna be spectactular!
Coronavirus Information
April 24, 2020
Happy Friday!
Two great e-books have caught my eye. These two ebooks are fantastic and provide so much great information about the Coronavirus and what we can do to stay healthy.
I am sure that in time each of the ebooks will be made into paper books, but it takes time to publish paper books. I will be on the look out for them!
Happy Friday!
Two great e-books have caught my eye. These two ebooks are fantastic and provide so much great information about the Coronavirus and what we can do to stay healthy.
I am sure that in time each of the ebooks will be made into paper books, but it takes time to publish paper books. I will be on the look out for them!
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Earth Day/Week
April 22, 2020
Happy Earth Day!
Of course bugs!!!
Happy Earth Day!
The first Earth Day was on April 22, 1970. Americans wanted to become smarter about the environment and begin a new way to go forward for our planet.
So much great information on one of my favorite websites, Wonderopolis. You can scroll through the daily wonders or do a search for something in particular. This post is about Earth Day. You can even have it read to you if you choose "Listen".
My Friend Earth, by Patricia MacLachlan and illustrated by Francesca Sanna, is a beautiful book about our earth. And it has cut-outs and flappy things which you know I love.
I started working in my flower gardens and I looked for worms in the dirt, because I know how good they are for my plants I didn't see any and I wondered why which took me back to Wonderopolis. I did a search for worms and I learned so much. Click below to discover why I didn't find any worms.
Listen to this great story written and illustrated by Tina Kugler about two great friends:
Homes in the Wild: Where Baby Animals and Their Parents Live, written and illustrated by Lita Judge, is a nonfiction book. You are going to be amazed at what these animals build. As you know the reader doesn't always have to read a nonfiction from beginning to end. I chose some of my favorite pages to share.
Kate Messner is one of my favorite authors. She writes a nonfiction series. These are two of the titles in the series.
My read aloud:
These fun activities are from Jarrett Lerner's webpage.
Of course bugs!!!
Activities for Earth Day
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and don't forget...
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
I Want My Hat Back
April 21, 2020
Jon Klassen is a spectacular well-known author and illustrator.
One of our favorite books he has written and illustrated is:
Little Angel Theatre presents, I Want My Hat Back. This will only be available through April 27.
Watch Ian Nicholson and Samuel Wilde’s puppet-filled adaptation of Jon Klassen’s beautiful picture book ‘I Want My Hat Back’. This is done from their home.
Jon Klassen is a spectacular well-known author and illustrator.
Little Angel Theatre presents, I Want My Hat Back. This will only be available through April 27.
Watch Ian Nicholson and Samuel Wilde’s puppet-filled adaptation of Jon Klassen’s beautiful picture book ‘I Want My Hat Back’. This is done from their home.
Monday, April 20, 2020
Graphic Novels.
April 20, 2020
Do you love graphic novels? Have you thought about trying them some day? This blog post might have something for you then...
TIME for Kids has a great article about graphic novels. You might love them already, or you might want to try one. There are graphic novels written for all ages!
TIME for Kids has a great article about graphic novels. You might love them already, or you might want to try one. There are graphic novels written for all ages!
TIME for Kids Link. Great read!
Cece Bell, author of El Deafo, reads her entire book, chapter by chapter. She gives us the inside scoop of her autobiography. It's worth a listen even if, maybe especially if, you have read this book. She says she is, "giving you the inside story." I love hearing what she shares and I think you will, too!
And...
This guy, Kazi Kabuishi 
He is the author of the Amulet Series. Click below to read about his process of making this wildly popular series. The pictures he shares of his steps in drawing the cartoons are worth the click.
And a tweet from Kazu about Book 9. We will wait for his perfection. It's hard, but we will wait because it will be worth it.
Kazu talks about his team that helped to create book 8.
Watch the book trailer for book 8 in this series.
Here are links to 2 fabulous graphic novel authors/artists.
Raina Telgemeier:
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