Included as a part of Rosanne Parry’s website is a trailer promoting her incredible Heart of a Shepherd. The trailer ends with a poignant question: “Have you ever made a promise you couldn’t keep?” Have you? Have you ever vowed to take on a task that was well beyond your capability to complete? Have family members depended upon your… Read more »
August 2011
Where Two or More Is Always Better
Working Together can mean different things to different people, but at the heart – and why we’ve chosen this theme for our Back-to-School posts – it’s really about the myriad ways people come together to sustain and strengthen bonds of friendship and family. And isn’t starting a new school year all about learning how to… Read more »
Leah’s Pony
This timeless, remarkable book can be incorporated into your classroom activities in a number of ways. The links below are packed with cross-curricular lessons which not only enhance the teach-ability of LEAH’S PONY, but will help keep the life lessons learned a part of the child’s memory for a long, long time. To access a website created by… Read more »
Working Together
Get ready… a new school year is coming up fast! A fun part of this time of year, besides gathering together school supplies and new-clothes shopping, is sharing books that get us reading and thinking. LEAH’S PONY and THE SUMMER OF HAMMERS & ANGELS are very different stories about how kids and friends, kids and… Read more »
The One and Only Stuey Lewis
The One and Only Stuey Lewis: Stories from Second Grade by Jane Schoenberg, illustrated by Cambria Evans Stuey Lewis is a boy’s boy. He’s having a hard time learning to read, but would rather have his teeth pulled than admit it. He’s afraid to play soccer because he knows he’ll never be as good as… Read more »
The Grand Plan to Fix Everything
Among many of the instructional and insightful activities such as writing fan letters, dancing Bollywood steps, and baking yummy curry puffs described in The Grand Plan to Fix Everything Activity Kit, young readers are asked to consider the statement “How I Want to Change the World.” Like Dini, readers are encouraged to think about the world as… Read more »
