Picture Book of the Day
by Susan Stevens Crummel (Author) and Janet Stevens (Author, Illustrator)
Booktalk: An fun comic book style retelling of the Little Red Hen, as a Little Red Pen. She’s not baking a cake, she’s correcting homework… and the deadbeats are the other office supplies in the teacher’s desk.
Snippet: Where are my helpers?
Stapler, Scissors, Pencil
Eraser, Pushpin, Highlighter!
Are you hiding in the drawer?
Get up here now! Let’s get to work.
BONUS! See the video!
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlVSwfglD6g]
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Chapter Book of the Day
Till Death Do Us Bark: 43 Old Cemetery Road: Book 3
by Kate Klise (Author) and M. Sarah Klise (Illustrator)
144 pages
Booktalk: When a shaggy dog arrives at Spence Mansion, Seymour is overjoyed. His adoptive parents, Ignatuis B. Grumply and Olive C. Spence, are less enthusiastic — especially when Secret, the dog, begins barking all night long. (A story told in letters.)
Snippet: Dear Olive and Mr. Grumply,
A dog followed me home from the library today. I’ve always wanted a dog, and this one has a lot of personality. He even smiles!
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My Book of the Week
Road Work Ahead by Anastasia Suen
A transportation picture book
- Copyright: 2011
- Ages: 3-5
- Hardcover
- Publisher: Viking
“Suen’s sparse rhyming verse leads readers through the busy scenes and uses simple vocabulary that suits both the youngest listeners and those just beginning to read.” ~ Kirkus Reviews
“A batch of Grandma’s homemade oatmeal cookies beckons, but for this backseat narrator, the sights and sounds along the road to her house are equally compelling.” ~ Publishers Weekly
Activities:
Play the Road Signs Matching Game.
Take the online Traffic Sign Quiz for Kids.
Watch the construction site video.
Make a Traffic Light Necklace with yarn and stickers.
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Literary Links
How are picture book apps created? Editor Anne Hoppe shows us with @alyankovic’s WHEN I GROW UP (via @thepageturn)
Nominate a book for the Cybils awards!
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My NEW book, The Zombie Project (The Boxcar Children Mysteries #128)
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