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Blog Tour with Review and Giveaway!: Garbage Island by Fred Koehler

By On October 12, 2018 · 6 Comments · In Cause/Effect, Characterization, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Compare/Contrast, Fantasy, Illustrated Novel, Inquiry, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Novel, Plot Development, Read Aloud, Theme
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Garbage Island
Author and Illustrator: Fred Koehler
Published October 9th, 2018 by Boyds Mills Press

Summary: Mr. Popli, the mouse mayor of Garbage Island, is always at odds with Archibald Shrew, a brilliant but reckless inventor. When Garbage Island, their home in the Great Pacific […]

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Be Light Like a Bird by Monika Schröder

By On December 9, 2016 · Leave a Comment · In Asking Questions, Author's Purpose/Perspective/Bias, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Multicultural, Novel, Prediction, Theme
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Be Light Like a Bird
Author: Monika Schröder
Published September 1st, 2016 by Capstone Young Readers

Summary: After the death of her father, twelve-year-old Wren finds her life thrown into upheaval. And when her mother decides to pack up the car and forces Wren to […]

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National Geographic Kids Ocean Animals: Who’s Who in the Deep Blue by Johnna Rizzo

By On July 20, 2016 · 1 Comment · In Asking Questions, Classroom Library Buy, Informational Nonfiction, Inquiry, Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday, Text Features, Text Structure
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Nonfiction Wednesday

Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday is hosted by Kid Lit Frenzy and was started to help promote the reading of nonfiction texts. Most Wednesdays, we will be participating and will review a nonfiction text (though it may not always be a picture book).
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Please Be Nice to Sharks: Fascinating Facts about the Ocean’s Most Misunderstood Creatures by Matt Weiss

By On July 13, 2016 · 4 Comments · In Asking Questions, Classroom Library Buy, Informational Nonfiction, Inquiry, Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday, Point of View, Text Features, Text Structure
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Nonfiction Wednesday

Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday is hosted by Kid Lit Frenzy and was started to help promote the reading of nonfiction texts. Most Wednesdays, we will be participating and will review a nonfiction text (though it may not always be a picture book).
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Earth Day Recommended Reads: Gaia Warriors by Nicola Davies & 31 Ways to Change the World by 4,386 Children, We Are What We Do, and YOU!

By On April 20, 2016 · 11 Comments · In Asking Questions, Author's Purpose/Perspective/Bias, Background Knowledge, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Informational Nonfiction, Inquiry, Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday
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Nonfiction Wednesday

Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday is hosted by Kid Lit Frenzy and was started to help promote the reading of nonfiction texts. Most Wednesdays, we will be participating and will review a nonfiction text (though it may not always be a picture book).
[…]

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Author Guest Post!: “Cross Curricular Integration of Climate Change Education Using Middle Grade Fiction” by Michael J. Bowler, Author of Warrior Kids

By On February 7, 2016 · 1 Comment · In Novel
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Cross Curricular Integration of Climate Change Education Using Middle Grade Fiction

With pollution and climate change being, arguably, the most serious issue facing the youth of this century, I authored a book, Warrior Kids, that’s suitable for middle grade through high school. The storyline educates and empowers kids to lead the […]

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The Perfect Tree by Chloe Bonfield

By On January 29, 2016 · Leave a Comment · In Cause/Effect, Classroom Library Buy, Picture Book, Read Aloud, Reflection, Setting, Simile/Metaphor, Theme
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The Perfect Tree
Author and Illustrator: Chloe Bonfield
Published January 5th, 2016 by Running Press Kids

Summary: Jack is searching for the perfect tree—one that he can chop, hack, and stack! But when it becomes too hard to find, Jack stumbles across three unlikely friends who […]

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