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Nonfiction Writers Dig Deep: 50 Award Winning Children’s Book Authors Share the Secret of Engaging Writing Edited by Melissa Stewart

By Kellee On January 28, 2021 · 1 Comment · In Asking Questions, Close Reading/Analysis, Informational Nonfiction, Inquiry, Language/Style, Narrative Nonfiction, Teaching, Writing

Nonfiction Writers Dig Deep: 50 Award Winning Children’s Book Authors Share the Secret of Engaging Writing
Editor: Melissa Stewart
Published November 2020 by National Council of Teachers of English

Summary: In Nonfiction Writers Dig Deep: 50 Award-Winning Children’s Book Authors Share the Secret of Engaging […]

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The Memory Book: A Grief Journal for Children and Families by Joanna Rowland

By Ricki On March 26, 2020 · 1 Comment · In Asking Questions, Classroom Library Buy, Writing

The Memory Book: A Grief Journal for Children and Families
Author: Joanna Rowland; Illustrator: Thea Baker
Published: January 14, 2020 by Beaming Books

You might recognize the book which inspired this journal, The Memory Box: A Book About Grief:

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Growing to Greatness Series: Just Like Beverly: A Biography of Beverly Cleary by Vicki Conrad

By Kellee On September 25, 2019 · 1 Comment · In Asking Questions, Author's Purpose/Perspective/Bias, Biography/Autobiography/Memoir, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Compare/Contrast, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday, Picture Book, Read Aloud, Writing

Just Like Beverly: A Biography of Beverly Cleary (Growing to Greatness)
Author: Vicki Conrad
Illustrator: David Hohn
Published August 13th, 2019

Summary: Just Like Beverly follows the life of beloved children’s author Beverly Cleary from her early years in Oregon to […]

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Creative Writing Prompts for Tomorrow Most Likely by Dave Eggers

By Kellee On September 11, 2019 · 4 Comments · In Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Read Aloud, Teaching, Theme, Writing

Tomorrow Most Likely
Author: Dave Eggers
Illustrator: Lane Smith
Published: April 2nd, 2019 by Chronicle Books

Summary:Rather than focusing on going to bed—and what kid wants to think about going to bed?—this book explores all of the dreamy, wonderful, strange things the next day might bring.

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Author Guest Post: “The Picture Book That Started As An Assignment” by Stephanie Ward, Author of Arabella and the Magic Pencil

By Kellee On September 8, 2019 · 2 Comments · In Picture Book, Teaching, Writing

“The Picture Book That Started As An Assignment”

I still remember sitting at my school desk wondering what to write about. It was eighth grade and my teacher, Ms. Ribar, had asked her English class at All Saints Middle School to write a creative story. My classmates were scribbling away, but I was stuck. […]

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Review and Educators’ Guide: Taking Cover: One Girl’s Story of Growing Up During the Iranian Revolution by Nioucha Homayoonfar

By Kellee On March 27, 2019 · 2 Comments · In Biography/Autobiography/Memoir, Classroom Library Buy, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Multicultural, Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday, Novel, Plot Development, Reflection, Setting, Voice, Writing

Taking Cover: One Girl’s Story of Growing Up During the Iranian Revolution
Author: Nioucha Homayoonfar
Foreward by Firoozeh Dumas
Published January 1st, 2019 by National Geographic Children’s Books

Summary: In the mid 1970’s Nioucha Homayoonfar’s French mother and Iranian father made a decision […]

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Daring Dreamers Club: Milla Takes Charge by Erin Soderberg

By Kellee On July 27, 2018 · 1 Comment · In Allusion, Asking Questions, Characterization, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Illustrated Novel, LGBTQ, Making Connections, Multicultural, Realistic Fiction/Contemporary Fiction, Reflection, Text Structure, Writing