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Let’s Hear it for Poetry!

April 29, 2012
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ShareCOWBOYS by David L. Harrison and illustrated by Dan Burr, give readers a close look at the tough experience of being a cowboy on the long cattle drives from Texas to Kansas. We follow a variety of wranglers from bunk house to “big-city”Abilene. Starting in 1866, over 40,000 cowpunchers signed on to ride cattle-drive trails, [...]

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Poetry Friday!

April 27, 2012
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Share EMILY AND CARLO by Marty Rhodes Figley, illustrated by Catherine Stock (Charlesbridge, 2012) Uncover another side to beloved American poet Emily Dickinson in this charming picture book about two best friends. With her sister, Vinnie, attending school in a different town and her brother away at college, Emily’s dad notices his daughter’s sadness and brings [...]

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Poem-In-Your-Pocket

April 26, 2012
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ShareToday is POEM IN YOUR POCKET DAY. What are some of your favorites? Please share titles/ links in the comments! Here’s a link to one of mine: “To Look at Anything” by John Moffitt. And don’t forget to check out Kristine O’Connell George’s “Every-S0-Often Poetry Plus Newsletter,” where you can read about Poem in Your [...]

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Step Into Poetry

April 22, 2012
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Share  STEP GENTLY OUT by Helen Frost, photographs by Rick Lieder (Candlewick, 2012) With words that convey a reverence for the natural world and stunning photographs by Rick Lieder, Helen Frost’s newest book, STEP GENTLY OUT immediately brought to mind two other favorite poems: “To Look At Anything” by John Moffitt and (the title of) [...]

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Celebrate Poetry!

April 15, 2012
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SharePlay ball!  The short snappy verses in POEM  RUNS by Douglas Florian will delight any reader who would prefer to have a baseball bat in his hands hoping to hit a homer. This poetry collection will be a winner with the youngest of baseball fans.  The author, Douglas Florian, is a poet and painter, an [...]

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Happy Birthday, Beverly Cleary!

April 10, 2012
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ShareWhat elementary student hasn’t loved THE MOUSE AND THE MOTORCYCLE, or laughed out loud while reading Beverly Cleary’s books about RAMONA QUIMBY and HENRY HUGGINS? For many young readers, Cleary’s books are among a short list of the “best of the best” books. For that reason, it seems appropriate that, across the nation, Cleary’s April [...]

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Crimes, Mysteries, and Outlaws

March 25, 2012
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ShareEDGAR ALLAN’S OFFICIAL CRIME INVESTIGATION NOTEBOOK by Mary Amato Poetry and mystery come together in this short chapter book for middle grade readers about a fishnapping in Ms. Hershel’s 5th grade classroom. Edgar Allan is determined to solve the case with the help of his crime investigation notebook. There, he’ll record his theories and the [...]

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