Picture Book of the Day
by Michael Garland (Author, Illustrator)
Booktalk: Grandpa Joe brings his grandson Timmy back to the old family farm…
Snippet: Grandpa Joe and Timmy were going to see the old farm where Grandpa Joe used to live when he was a boy.
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Chapter Book of the Day
Dear Bully: 70 Authors Tell Their Stories
edited by Megan Kelley Hall and Carrie Jones
384 pages
Booktalk: Read your favorite authors’ stories about bullying–as silent observers on the sidelines of high school, as victims, as perpetrators.
Snippet:
End of the World
by Jessica Brody
Everybody asks
But no one wonders why.
I laugh as you pretend
to take interest in my life,
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5 Great Firehouse Books
by Norman Bridwell (Author, Illustrator)
Clifford helps out his brother, the firehouse dog. Picture book
Dear Dragon Goes to the Fire House
by Margaret Hillert (Author) and David Schimmell (Illustrator)
A boy and his class (and his pet dragon) visit the firehouse. Level 1 easy reader
by Mark Teague (Author, Illustrator)
Edward the dog visits the firehouse and tries to become a firefighter. Picture book
Flat Stanley and the Firehouse
by Jeff Brown (Author) and Macky Pamintuan (Illustrator)
Flat Stanley wins a trip to the firehouse. Level 2 easy reader
Little Critter: Going to the Firehouse
by Mercer Mayer (Author, Illustrator)
Little Critter and his class go on a trip to the firehouse. Level 1 easy reader
BONUS! See the Firehouse! video!
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Literary Links
My new book Road Work Ahead (Viking) is on tour at Great Kid Books today!
EverythingMom reviews Road Work Ahead. “The text uses simple vocabulary in a fun rhyme making it easy for beginner readers.”
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Read and Write Sports: Readers Theatre and Writing Activities for Grades 3-8
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