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Picture Book of the Day

How Do Dinosaurs Laugh Out Loud?

by Jane Yolen (Author) and Mark Teague (Illustrator)

Booktalk: A lift-the-flap board book to answer the age old question, once and for all, How Do Dinosaurs Laugh Out Loud?

Snippet:

Where do dinosaurs shop?

LIFT THE FLAP

At the dino-store!

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Chapter Book of the Day

Nana Takes the Reins

by Kathleen Lane (Author), Sarah Home (Illustrator) and Cabell Harris (Contributor)

142 pages

Booktalk: Nana decides she wants to go to the rodeo to become a bull rider. But a run-in with bad guys Tuff and the Ruffies spins her day in a new direction. Before you can say “yee-haw,” Nana’s grandchildren, Eufala and Bog, join in on the wild adventure.

Snippet: “Bull riding!” exclamed Nana. “What fun! I haven’t ridden a bull in years. Nana felt around on the table for her scissors and accidently picked up a Fudge Freezie wrapper instead.

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September 2011 Carnival Of Children’s Literature

The September 2011 Carnival Of Children’s Literature
is online at Texas Librarian.

Thanks, Elaine! It looks great!

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Literary Links

Lowe’s Toolbox for Education Grants = $2,000-$5,000 per school! (deadline Oct 14)

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Read and Write Sports: Readers Theatre and Writing Activities for Grades 3-8

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