Picture Book of the Day
New Year at the Pier: A Rosh Hashanah Story
by April Halprin Wayland (Author) and Stephane Jorisch (Illustrator)
Booktalk: A boy named Izzy celebrates Jewish New Year at the water’s edge…
Snippet: Izzy loves this changing time of year. Some days sunglasses, someday sweaters. Apples, honey, the sound of the shofar, and his favorite part of Rosh Hashanah:
Tashlich!
BONUS! See the video!
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1tgkBMiBGM]
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Chapter Book of the Day
by Krista Russell (Author)
208 pages
Booktalk: Fourteen-year-old Lucky Valera is a seasoned sailor on the crew of the whaling ship, Nightbird. But when his estranged older brother suddenly kidnaps him off the docks and forces him into servitude at the mill, his life takes a dramatic turn for the worse. The Underground Railroad looks like the answer, but plans go awry. How can Lucky find freedom?
Snippet:
New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1851
If it were true that seagulls possessed the souls of dead sailors, Lucky Valera wondered which of his shipmates was diving at him from the June morning sky.
BONUS! See the video!
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzGQnZBGVZ0]
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Road Work Ahead blog tour underway!
September 19-23 Road Work Ahead blog tour
- Monday 9/19 – Fiction Notes, EverythingMom
- Tuesday 9/20 – The Reading Tub
- Wednesday 9/21 – Great Kid Books
- Thursday 9/22 – Imagination Soup
- Friday 9/23 – Check It Out
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Literary Link
The Children’s Authors Who Broke the Rules (via New York Times)
Banned Books Week is 9/24 – 10/1 — check the YouTube page for new videos throughout the week! (via @harpercollins)
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My NEW book is here!
Read and Write Sports: Readers Theatre and Writing Activities for Grades 3-8
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