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Snow White: A Graphic Novel by Matt Phelan

By On July 13, 2017 · 1 Comment · In Classroom Library Buy, Compare/Contrast, Fantasy, Foreshadowing, Graphic Novels/Comics, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Mood, Mystery, Onomatopoeia, Sequence, Setting, Text Structure, Tone
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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 […]

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March Trilogy by John Lewis with Andrew Aydin (co-writer) and Nate Powell (illustrator)

By On July 12, 2017 · 4 Comments · In Background Knowledge, Biography/Autobiography/Memoir, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Conflict, Graphic Novels/Comics, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Making Connections, Multicultural, Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday, Point of View, Reflection, Teaching, Theme
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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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Listen to the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence This Fourth of July #WeThePeopleListen

By On July 4, 2017 · 1 Comment · In Audience
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Penguin Random House Audio Urges Americans to Listen to the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence This Fourth of July

The publisher will offer a free audio stream of both founding documents June 27‒July 31

NEW YORK, NY (June 23, 2017) – We can all agree that the Fourth […]

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Teaching Guide for Hazardous Tales: Alamo All-Stars by Nathan Hale

By On May 10, 2017 · 4 Comments · In Asking Questions, Cause/Effect, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Compare/Contrast, Conflict, Graphic Novels/Comics, Inferring, Inquiry, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Making Connections, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday, Point of View, Prediction, Setting, Text Structure, Vocabulary/Vocabulary Development
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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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Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty

By On April 13, 2017 · Leave a Comment · In Characterization, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Conflict, Historical Fiction, Imagery/Descriptive Language, Inferring, Mood, Onomatopoeia, Picture Book, Plot Development, Prediction, Read Aloud, Rhyme/Rhythm, Theme
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Rosie Revere, Engineer
Author: Andrea Beaty; Illustrated by: David Roberts
Published: September 3, 2013 by Abrams

A Guest Review by Jennifer Zafetti

Summary: Rosie is an ambitious young girl who aspires to be an engineer. She […]

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Teaching Guide for Ada’s Ideas: The Story of Ada Lovelace, the World’s First Computer Programmer by Fiona Robinson

By 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
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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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Stand Up and Sing!: Pete Seeger, Folk Music, and the Path to Justice by Susanna Reich

By On March 15, 2017 · 3 Comments · In Biography/Autobiography/Memoir, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Making Connections, Multicultural, Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday, Picture Book, Read Aloud, Theme
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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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