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The Girl Who Ran: Bobbi Gibb, The First Woman to Run the Boston Marathon by Frances Poletti & Kristina Yee

By On August 9, 2017 · 3 Comments · In Asking Questions, Background Knowledge, Biography/Autobiography/Memoir, Classroom Library Buy, Inquiry, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Making Connections, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday, Picture Book, Read Aloud, Text Features, 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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Exclusive Reveal!: Teaching Guide for Charlie and Mouse by Laurel Snyder

By On January 13, 2017 · 1 Comment · In Asking Questions, Characterization, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Compare/Contrast, Read Aloud, Sequence, Text Features, Vocabulary/Vocabulary Development
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Charlie & Mouse
Author: Laurel Snyder
Illustrator: Emily Hughes
Expected Publication April 11th, 2017 by Chronicle Books
http://www.chroniclebooks.com/charlie-mouse.html

Yesterday we revealed the Barkus teaching guide, today we get to share another new guide I wrote for another must-get early chapter book from Chronicle […]

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Just Imagine by Nick Sharratt (Pictures) and Pippa Goodhart (Words)

By On November 17, 2016 · Leave a Comment · In Asking Questions, Author's Purpose/Perspective/Bias, Cause/Effect, Classroom Library Buy, Compare/Contrast, Picture Book
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Just Imagine
Illustrator: Nick Sharratt; Author: Pippa Goodhart
Published: August 30, 2012 by Kane Miller Books

Goodreads Summary: Just imagine what it would be like to be as small as a mouse; or as big as a house. Imagine exploring the depths of the ocean, traveling into the past […]

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Teaching Guide for The Hat Trilogy by Jon Klassen

By On October 11, 2016 · 2 Comments · In Cause/Effect, Characterization, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Compare/Contrast, Inferring, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Picture Book, Point of View, Prediction, Read Aloud, Setting, Symbolism, Text Structure, Theme
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Happy book birthday to We Found a Hat by Jon Klassen!

We Found a Hat
Published October 11, 2016 by Candlewick Press

  

I Want My Hat Back
Published September 27th, 2011 by Candlewick Press

This Is Not […]

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Bea Garcia: My Life in Pictures by Deborah Zemke

By On July 29, 2016 · 3 Comments · In Classroom Library Buy, Illustrated Novel, Multicultural, Read Aloud, Text Structure, Visualizing, Voice
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Bea Garcia: My Life in Pictures
Author and Illustrator: Deborah Zemke
Published March 8th, 2016 by Dial Books

Summary: Bea Garcia is an artist. She draws anywhere and everywhere—but mostly in her own notebook.  When Bea’s first and only best friend Yvonne moves to […]

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Review and Giveaway!: Journey Trilogy by Aaron Becker

By On July 22, 2016 · 4 Comments · In Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Compare/Contrast, Conflict, Fantasy, Language/Style, Mood, Mystery, Picture Book, Plot Development, Prediction, Read Aloud, Sequence, Setting, Text Structure
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Journey Trilogy
Author and Illustrator: Aaron Becker
Journey Published August 6th, 2013
Quest Published August 26th, 2014
Return Published August 2nd, 2016
By Candlewick Press

Journey Summary: Follow a girl on an elaborate flight of fancy in a wondrously illustrated, […]

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The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial by Susan E. Goodman

By On June 15, 2016 · 4 Comments · In Asking Questions, Background Knowledge, Biography/Autobiography/Memoir, Cause/Effect, Classroom Library Buy, Informational Nonfiction, Inquiry, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Making Connections, Multicultural, Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday, Picture Book, Read Aloud, 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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