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Review and Giveaway!: Who Eats Orange? by Dianne White

By On August 9, 2018 · 1 Comment · In Asking Questions, Classroom Library Buy, Compare/Contrast, Picture Book, Prediction, Read Aloud
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Who Eats Orange?
Author: Dianne White; Illustrator: Robin Page
Published August 14, 2018 by Beach Lane Books

Goodreads Summary: Who eats orange—a chicken? A bunny? A bear? Find out in this unique exploration of colors and animals’ favorite foods.

Animals eat a rainbow of different foods. Gorillas […]

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Hedgehog Needs a Hug by Jen Betton

By On July 19, 2018 · Leave a Comment · In Alliteration, Asking Questions, Characterization, Classroom Library Buy, Mood, Picture Book, Read Aloud
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Hedgehog Needs a Hug
Author: Jen Betton
Published June 19, 2018 by Putnam

Goodreads Summary: Everyone needs hugs, even if they’re prickly.

When Hedgehog wakes up feeling down in the snout and droopy in the prickles, he knows a hug will make him feel better. But none […]

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Penguin and Tiny Shrimp Don’t Do Bedtime! by Cate Berry

By On June 21, 2018 · Leave a Comment · In Asking Questions, Characterization, Classroom Library Buy, Mood, Picture Book, Read Aloud
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Penguin and Tiny Shrimp Don’t Do Bedtime
Author: Cate Berry; Illustrator: Charles Santoso
Published May 8, 2018 by Balzer + Bray

Goodreads Summary: Penguin and Tiny Shrimp will charm, amuse, but never put you to sleep in this meta bedtime tale in the vein of Goodnight Already.

Penguin and Tiny Shrimp […]

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Review and Giveaway!: What Do They Do With All That Poo? by Jane Kurtz

By On June 14, 2018 · 4 Comments · In Asking Questions, Classroom Library Buy, Compare/Contrast, Humor, Informational Nonfiction, Picture Book, Read Aloud
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What Do They Do With All That Poo?
Author: Jane Kurtz; Illustrator: Allison Black
Published: June 19, 2018 by Beach Lane Books

Goodreads Summary: Find out what happens to all of the poo at the zoo in this funny and factual picture book!

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Teaching Rescued by Eliot Schrefer in a Middle School Reading Classroom

By On June 8, 2018 · 1 Comment · In Alliteration, Allusion, Asking Questions, Cause/Effect, Characterization, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Compare/Contrast, Dialogue, Foreshadowing, Imagery/Descriptive Language, Inquiry, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Making Connections, Novel, Plot Development, Read Aloud, Realistic Fiction/Contemporary Fiction, Setting, Teaching, Text Structure, Theme
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Rescued
Ape Quartet #3
Author: Eliot Schrefer
Published April 26th, 2016 by Scholastic Press

Summary: They grew up together. Now they have to escape together.

Raja has been raised in captivity. Not behind the bars of a zoo, but within the […]

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Nocturnals: The Slithery Shakedown by Tracey Hecht

By On June 7, 2018 · Leave a Comment · In Asking Questions, Background Knowledge, Classroom Library Buy, Conflict, Fantasy, Picture Book, Read Aloud
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Nocturnals: The Slithery Shakedown
Author and Illustrator: Tracey Hecht
Published: April 10, 2018 by Fabled Films Press

Goodreads Summary: Discover the friendship and humor of the Nocturnals Brigade! In The Slithery Shakedown, three unlikely friends—Tobin, a sweet pangolin, Bismark a loud-mouthed sugar glider […]

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Lemur Dreamer by Courtney Dicmas

By On May 25, 2018 · Leave a Comment · In Cause/Effect, Classroom Library Buy, Picture Book, Prediction, Read Aloud, Sequence
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Lemur Dreamer
Author and Illustrator: Courtney Dicmas
Published February 1st, 2015 by Kane Miller

Summary: All the residents of 32 Pebbly Lane lead mostly unextraordinary lives…Except for Louis the Lemur. He’s a sleepwalker! After his night-time antics cause mischief, his friends decide to follow […]

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