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Hope Is the Word

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Children’s Fiction

Read Aloud Thursday

January 8, 2009 by Amy 13 Comments

This week our library basket contained some interesting and very quirky books.  Among them was One Potato, Two Potato, written by Cynthia DeFelice and illustrated by Andrea U’Ren.  This is the story of Mr. and Mrs. O’Grady, who are poor both physically and materially.  The discovery of a magic pot, however, changes all of that.  … [Read more…]

Posted in: Picture Books Tagged: Children's Fiction, Easy Books, folk tales, Picture Books, Preschool, Read Aloud Thursday, Read-Aloud, Rhyme, social studies

Book Review–My Father's Dragon

October 21, 2008 by Amy 1 Comment

Title:  My Father’s Dragon Author:  Ruth Stiles Gannett Illustrator:  Ruth Chrisman Gannett Publisher:  Random House Pages:  87 ISBN:  0394890485 I think this book might replace Charlotte’s Web as my favorite read-aloud to date!  Now I am in no way suggesting that this book could possibly take the place of E.B. White’s masterpiece in the canon … [Read more…]

Posted in: Juvenile Fiction, Newbery Award Tagged: Children's Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Newbery Award, Preschool, Read-Aloud

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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
News of the World
A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society
I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer


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