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134. Presidential Pets by Laura Driscoll

Deeanna wrote 2 days ago: Retell: A history of presidents and their beloved pets. Topics: pets, presidents, fun, friendship, d … more →

Tags: Chapter Books, nonfiction, bo, Content Area, Dogs, Family, Friendship, Fun, interpretation

Best of the Year Lists

evanstonpubliclibrary wrote 3 days ago: It’s that time of the year again when the Best of the Year lists covering  a motley array of t … more →

Tags: Publisher's Weekly, top ten books

132. The Well by Mildred D. Taylor

Deeanna wrote 4 days ago: Retell: During a drought, the Logan family shares water from their well with anyone who needs it, be … more →

Tags: Chapter Books, African American authors, Bullying, Family, social issues, mutual respect, appreciations/no put-downs, Envisionment, inference

Worthy Writer

bekabeka wrote 1 week ago: A long standing bridge game ensues in a Junior Leaguer’s Mississippi dining room.  A black maid ente … more →

Tags: Book Review: Rebekah, Book Review, kathryn stockett, The help!

131. The First Thanksgiving by Jean Craighead George

Deeanna wrote 1 week ago: Retell: The story of the first Thanksgiving which addresses some former misconceptions. Topics: Than … more →

Tags: Picture Books, nonfiction, social issues, mutual respect, Personal Best, Envisionment, monitoring for sense, Synthesis, Content Area

131. Apple Country by Denise Willi

Deeanna wrote 2 weeks ago: Retell: A look into the history of apple-growing in the United States. Topics: apples, orchards, col … more →

Tags: nonfiction, Apples, Colonists, Content Area, determining importance, Farmers, Johnny Appleseed, Journalism, monitoring for sense

130. Planet Earth/Inside Out by Gail Gibbons

Deeanna wrote 2 weeks ago: Retell: Gail Gibbons imagines what we would see if we looked inside the earth. Topics: earth, gravit … more →

Tags: nonfiction, Picture Books, Content Area, Continents, determining importance, Earth, earth model, Earthquakes, Envisionment

127. The War Between the Vowels and the Consonants by Priscilla Turner

Deeanna wrote 2 weeks ago: Retell: The snooty vowels and the rough and tumble consonants have never gotten along with each othe … more →

Tags: Picture Books, appreciations/no put-downs, cliques, Consonants, Cooperation, fighting, Letters, Power, talking and writing about texts

125. Under the Lemon Moon by Edith Hope Fine

Deeanna wrote 2 weeks ago: Retell: One evening Rosalinda awakes to find a man stealing lemons from her lemon tree.  During the … more →

Tags: Picture Books, Community, empathy, Family, Fill in the Blank, Foreign Languages, inference, interpretation, kindness

The Weekly Whims Of HatManJim: I’ve Just Realised That I Seem To Have Stopped Reading Men

am1am2 wrote 2 weeks ago: A weather-beaten eye cast over the media: HatManJim looks at a story in the headlines and as a femin … more →

Tags: morning quickie, HatManJim, feminist, Books, Literacy, Male Authors, Bibliophile

124. A Picnic in October by Eve Bunting

Deeanna wrote 3 weeks ago: Retell: Each year Tony’s family boards the ferry to Liberty Island at grandma’s insisten … more →

Tags: Picture Books, Family, Grandparents, social issues, mutual respect, Envisionment, inference, New York, prediction

123. Urban Roosts: Where Birds Nest in the City by Barbara Bush

Deeanna wrote 3 weeks ago: Retell: Barbara Bush zooms in on gothic building structures, bridge towers and overpasses to describ … more →

Tags: Picture Books, nonfiction, Envisionment, Synthesis, Content Area, Cities, determining importance, Questioning, Habitats

122. Welcome to the Green House by Jane Yolen

Deeanna wrote 3 weeks ago: Retell: Jane Yolen poetically compares the rainforest to a green house. Topics: rainforest, animals, … more →

Tags: Picture Books, nonfiction, Poetry, Envisionment, inference, Personal Essay, Nonfiction / Poetry, repetition, Alliteration

121. Vote! by Eileen Christelow

Deeanna wrote 3 weeks ago: Retell: This book combines narrative and non-narrative text to describe how and why people vote. Top … more →

Tags: Picture Books, nonfiction, Making Connections, monitoring for sense, Synthesis, Content Area, determining importance, Protests, Voting

118. Hawk, I'm Your Brother by Byrd Baylor

Deeanna wrote 1 month ago: Retell: Rudy Soto yearns to fly.  He climbs up a cliff and captures a young hawk in the hope that he … more →

Tags: Poetry, social issues, mutual respect, inference, interpretation, Synthesis, Alliteration, talking and writing about texts, Questioning

117. Alfred Nobel: The Man Behind the Peace Prize by Kathy-Jo Wargin

Deeanna wrote 1 month ago: Topics: Alfred Nobel, Nobel Peace Prize, nitroglycerin, death, literature, art, dynamite, peace, leg … more →

Tags: Picture Books, nonfiction, prediction, interpretation, Art, Synthesis, Content Area, determining importance, empathy

114. The Gold Coin by Alma Flor Ada

Deeanna wrote 1 month ago: Retell: A thief discovers a woman who claims to be the “richest person in the world.”  H … more →

Tags: Picture Books, latino authors, character, social issues, mutual respect, inference, prediction, interpretation, (Hard) Work

112. Allie's Basketball Dream by Barbara E. Barber

Deeanna wrote 1 month ago: Retell: Allie wants to be a star basketball player like her cousin Gwen.  After receiving a brand-ne … more →

Tags: Picture Books, Basketball, character, developing a seed idea, Friendship, gender issues, inference, interpretation, Making Connections

110. Peppe the Lamplighter by Elisa Bartone

Deeanna wrote 1 month ago: Retell: Peppe and his family live in a tenement on Mulberry Street.  Though he is just a boy, he mus … more →

Tags: Picture Books, Family, social issues, appreciations/no put-downs, Envisionment, inference, New York, interpretation, Historical Fiction


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