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Snow White: A Graphic Novel
Author: Matt Phelan
Published: September 21, 2016 by Candlewick
A Guest Review by Emily Baseler
GoodReads Summary: Award-winning graphic novelist Matt Phelan delivers a darkly stylized noir Snow White set […]
Highly Illogical Behavior
Author: John Corey Whaley
Published: May 10, 2016 by Dial
Summary: Sixteen-year-old Solomon is agoraphobic. He hasn’t left the house in three years, which is fine by him.
Ambitious Lisa desperately wants to get into the second-best psychology program for college […]
Grandma in Blue with Red Hat
Author: Scott Menchin
Illustrator: Henry Bliss
Published April 14, 2015 by Abrams
Guest Post by: Sarah Mangiafico
Summary: When a young boy learns about what makes art special—sometimes it’s […]
The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm
By Ricki On May 11, 2017 · Leave a Comment · In Asking Questions, Author's Purpose/Perspective/Bias, Background Knowledge, Cause/Effect, Characterization, Classroom Library Buy, Conflict, Dialogue, Foreshadowing, Humor, Inferring, Inquiry, Language/Style, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Making Connections, Novel, Plot Development, Point of View, Prediction, Read Aloud, Science Fiction, Sequence, Theme, Voice
The Fourteenth Goldfish
Author: Jennifer L. Holm
Published: April 5, 2016 by Yearling
A Guest Review by Kelsey Iwanicki
Summary: The Fourteenth Goldfish follows the story of Ellie, an 11-year-old girl, who is currently struggling to […]
Teaching Guide for Ada’s Ideas: The Story of Ada Lovelace, the World’s First Computer Programmer by Fiona Robinson
By Kellee On March 29, 2017 · 5 Comments · In Asking Questions, Biography/Autobiography/Memoir, Cause/Effect, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Compare/Contrast, Inferring, Inquiry, Making Connections, Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday, Picture Book, Read Aloud, Text Features, Vocabulary/Vocabulary Development
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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Review and Giveaway!: Brobarians by Lindsay Ward
By Kellee On March 22, 2017 · 3 Comments · In Cause/Effect, Conflict, Humor, Picture Book, Prediction, Read Aloud, Setting, Simile/Metaphor
Brobarians
Author & Illustrator: Lindsay Ward
Published March 28th, 2017 by Two Lions
Summary: This is the tale of the mighty Brobarians. Two warriors, once at peace…now at odds.
Iggy the Brobarian has taken over the land. Can Otto the […]
5 Little Ducks by Denise Fleming
By Ricki On March 16, 2017 · 1 Comment · In Classroom Library Buy, Foreshadowing, Picture Book, Prediction, Read Aloud, Rhyme/Rhythm, Sequence
5 Little Ducks
Author: Denise Fleming
Published November 8, 2016 by Beach Lane Books
A Guest Review by Kathryn O’Connor
Summary: Papa Duck and his ducklings go on adventures through the woods and over the hills everyday. Each time Papa […]
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