Thursday, September 27, 2018
Monday, September 17, 2018
Who's Ready for Fall?
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#porcupine'spie |
We have a few leaves thinking
about turning here in northeastern Oklahoma.
As fall edges nearer, our thoughts begin to drift toward the tastes of the
season.
Porcupine’s Pie by Laura
Renauld is the perfect fall book to read to PreK to third graders. Fall Feast Day has come, and Porcupine is
excited to make her famous Cranberry Pie. She must walk to the river to wash the cranberries,
so she can make her pie. Along the way she meets three different friends, who
are each missing an ingredient to make their own special dish.
Porcupine displays the book’s
theme of friendship as she generously offers her friends the needed items from
her own home. By the time she gets back
home, however, she finds she is missing the key ingredient to her special
recipe. Because her friends return her
kindness, Porcupine can make a Festive Friendship Pie. The author even includes the recipe for the
pie. I plan to try it out as it sounds
delicious!
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#laurarenauld |
Author, Laura Renauld, is a former
third-grade teacher and makes her home in Virginia with her family. Jennie Poh, uses fall tones and her unique
illustrative style to enhance this precious story. She and her family reside in England.
For your chance to win this
delightful picture book, leave a comment with your favorite fall pie. Check back 9/23/18 to see if you are the winner.
UPDATE
Kara Snider, you're the winner!!
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Tuesday, September 11, 2018
Spectacular Space Book and Give Away
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#maxgoestojupiter |
If you/your child/your class like
space, you must get your hands on this book!
This is the third in the series of Max in Space books. Max the Dog was following in the paw steps of
his grandfather Max, who went to the Moon and Mars. Max, the younger, was headed for Jupiter,
however. His human friends accompanied
him up, up, up the Space Elevator 60,000 miles above Earth where the Jupiter
ship was docked. The children wished Max
and the crew a fond farewell and took the elevator back to Earth.
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#jupiter |
In an imaginative story the
reader follows Max and the crew where they explore two of Jupiter’s moons, Io
and Europa. They can’t land on Jupiter
itself because it doesn’t have a solid surface and the winds are too
terrible. However, they dropped a probe
on the planet which sent pictures and data back to Earth. On their trip home they passed close to
Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon.
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#jeffreybennett |
Not only was lots of scientific
information tucked seamlessly throughout the story, but generous
sidebars on
each page presented even more. Your
space-geek heart will be totally satisfied in reading this book! Rest assured they’re all accurate facts. Authors Jeffrey Bennett and Erica Ellingson
are astrophysicists while Nick Schneider is a planetary scientist. They give information about how you can best view
Jupiter for yourself. They also have a
page of notes for parents and teachers.
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#ericaellingson |
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#nickschneider |
Space artist, Michael Carroll,
created beautiful paintings for this book.
The gray-tone end pages make you feel like you are right there with Max
as he romps across the surface of Io. There
is also a photo of Galileo’s notebook entry of 1610 about the four “stars” he
had discovered near Jupiter. Later he
figured out these were moons of the planet.
Another photo is of the planet Jupiter taken from the Cassini spacecraft.
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#artistmichaelcarroll |
A wide range of ages will enjoy
this book. If you’d like to win a copy
of this fascinating book, leave a comment telling who you’d like to share it
with.
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Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Home and a Give-Away
Home, by Adam Leitman Bailey, is the story of a young boy who lives in a very small apartment in a very large city. Looking out his window causes him to wonder if there were better places to live. This starts his adventure of homes. From a mansion to an igloo to a farm to a mobile home and even a bird’s nest containing two eggs, the boy looks at what it was like to live there. His journey leads him to the conclusion his own home with him with his own family is the best place to live.
Lovely pastel-toned drawings support this sweet story well. Sentence length may be a little daunting for beginning readers, so they may need a little support to read it alone. Home makes a nice read-aloud.
Bailey’s inspiration for this story was his young sons. Proceeds from Home go to Building Foundations andDreams, the author’s non-profit with the mission of assisting students of all ages in pursuing their professional and personal dreams. The illustrator generously donated the drawings and chose to remain anonymous.
If you'd like to WIN a copy of this book, follow my blog and leave a comment below about who you'd like to read this book to.
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