Picture Book of the Day
Polar Bears
by Mark Newman (Author, Illustrator)
Booktalk: Explore the world of the polar bear on land and under water with wildlife photographer Mark Newman.
Snippet:
Polar bears are not really white.
Despite what they look like and what most people think, polar bears are black, not white. Under all that warm thick fur, their skin is totally dark.
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Chapter Book of the Day
Sky Sailors: True Stories of the Balloon Era
by David L. Bristow (Author)
144 pages
Booktalk: For more than a century before airplanes, people explored the sky in balloons. From 1783 to the early 1900s, aeronauts flew into storms, crossed large bodies of water, sailed over enemy armies, and soared to deadly altitudes.
Snippet: Strange creatures lurk in the dark corners of the world, and sometimes they come out to get you. Countless stories tell it that way. On August 27, 1783, the villagers of Gonesse, France, saw the stories come true.
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Nonfiction Monday
This week’s Nonfiction Monday Round-up host is Wendie’s Wanderings
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January 2012 Carnival Of Children’s Literature
- Our January 2012 host is Delightful Children’s Books.
- The carnival is now open! Come by for a visit…
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Children’s Book Genres Workshop
A children’s book isn’t just one kind of book – there are 6 very different children’s book genres. Each genre meets the needs of a different stage of childhood. How are books for the stages of childhood structured? What story layers do the books have? What promises do they make?
In the Children’s Book Genres Workshop you will begin at the beginning with a child’s everyday world (realistic fiction) as you read 3 books for each stage of childhood and look beneath the surface to see how each children’s book genre is put together.
The next Children’s Book Genres Workshop begins on February 1st. This online workshop does not have a physical meeting place or classroom hours. You will have 8 weeks to complete the 6 lessons in this online workshop. Turn your lessons in as you complete them, the next day…or on the due date two weeks later.
After you discover the genre that is right for you, take the Intensive Picture Book Workshop, the Children’s Literacy Workshop (for Writers), the Children’s Chapter Books Workshop or the Children’s Novels Workshop and begin writing your own children’s book!
The February workshop dates are February 1-March 14, 2012.
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My NEW chapter book is Save the Best for Last, Abby (All-Star Cheerleaders)
Copyright © 2012 Anastasia Suen All Rights Reserved.
I can’t imagine how perilous being in the sky in a balloon must have been during that time period. The book Sky Sailors looks great! And thanks for all the other information too.