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We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March by Cynthia Levinson

May 10, 2012
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ShareCynthia Levinson’s powerful We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March may well be one of the most fascinating books about the Civil Rights Movement  because she sets her focus on the most unsuspecting yet influential group of individuals – kids. Levinson’s work is founded on solid research and poignant interviews with the actual children, now grown adults, who risked their [...]

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In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb

March 30, 2012
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ShareIN LIKE A LION, OUT LIKE A LAMB by Marion DaneBauer, illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully, Holiday House, 2011. What a delightful, rhythmic book to read out loud with a child. Where you live, did March come roaring, tumbling in like an exuberant lion? How shall March tip-toe out?  With sheepish rhymes filled with sunshine and [...]

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Mama Miti by Donna Jo Napoli

March 28, 2012
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Share“Plant a tree!” Celebrate spring. Share the activity of planting a tree and reading this book:  MAMA MITI by Donna Jo Napoli, illustrated by Kadir Nelson.  Mama Miti is the beloved name of Wangari Muta Maathai the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize – just one of Mama Miti’s many “firsts.”  This [...]

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Chronal Engine by Greg Leitich Smith

March 20, 2012
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ShareIf ever there were a smartly-written, fascinating, action-packed, high-stakes mystery Chronal Engine is the one.  Greg Leitich Smith’s fast-paced prose, paired with Blake Henry’s graphic novel-like illustrations, will wow even the most dire of reluctant readers. An intriguing time travel adventure, cleverly crafted characters which appeal to both genders, and dinosaurs! Reader, you can’t go wrong with Chronal [...]

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Mrs. Harkness and the Panda

March 15, 2012
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ShareWhen her husband, William Harkness, set off for China in hopes of bringing the first live panda to the U.S, Ruth Harkness had no idea how this dangerous expedition would change her life. Working as a dress designer in New York, Mrs. Harkness hadn’t intended to join the treacherous journey to the mountains of China [...]

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Here Come the Girl Scouts by Shana Corey

March 8, 2012
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ShareHere Come the Girl Scouts celebrates the vision of the one of the most influential feminists of all time, Juliette “Daisy” Gordon Low, the founder of the Girl Scouts. Author Shana Corey tells the 100 year-old-story of a young woman’s vision to establish an organization that developed a girl’s character through physical activity, a love of nature, and public [...]

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Read Across America!

March 2, 2012
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ShareIt’s Read Across America Day, and classes all over the country will be celebrating Dr. Seuss’s birthday by sharing their love of reading. In honor of the day, Sylvan Dell Books is offering free access to all their ebooks. Here’s the info from the publisher: “Sylvan Dell Publishing will be participating in Read Across America [...]

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