Picture Book of the Day
by Steven Kroll (Author) and Doug Holgate (Illustrator)
Booktalk: In this picture book comic, Drago wants to enter the Dragon Contest, but he doesn’t know how to fly yet…
Snippet:
Drago tried…
SFX: (sound effects) flap! flap! flap! flap! flap! flap! flap! flap!
DRAGO: HELP!!
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5 Great Books About Soldiers
D-Day Landings: The Story of the Allied Invasion
by Karen Wallace and Richard Platt (Authors)
Find out more about this famous World War II event. Level 4 easy reader
From Slave to Soldier: Based on a True Civil War Story
by Deborah Hopkinson (Author) and Brian Floca (Illustrator)
A slave boy runs away and joins the Union army. Level 3 easy reader
by Melinda Hardin (Author) and Bryan Langdo (Illustrator)
A young boy talks about his father, the soldier. Picture book
by Stephen Krensky (Author) and Larry Day (Illustrator)
See how and why the U.S entered the World War II. Level 3 easy reader
by Nathaniel Benchley (Author) and Arnold Lobel (Illustrator)
A boy helps his father fight the Battle of Lexington. Level 3 easy reader
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Chapter Book of the Day
by Joel Naftali (Author)
288 pages
Booktalk: Doug Solomon was a normal kid. But that ended once he became wanted for murder. Now he’s being hunted by VIRUS–an evil organization bent on world domination.
Snippet:
Would you do me a favor and leave me a comment saying how you found this blog? You probably searched for my name, except this website isn’t even in the top three thousand search results for “Doug Solomon.”
Maybe that’s why you’re here. You think I killed my aunt. You think I’m a fugitive from justice, a homicidal maniac, or a domestic terrorist.
A thirteen-year-old driven crazy by video games.
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Picture Book Month
November is Picture Book Month! Today’s host is Kelly Milner Halls.
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Literary Link
Cool Facts About Veterans for Grades K-5
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My NEW picture book is Road Work Ahead (Viking)
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