Picture Book of the Day
Baby Happy Baby Sad
by Leslie Patricelli (Author, Illustrator)
Every right hand page says…
Baby HAPPY
And on the left it says…
Baby SAD
The story in art, however, changes on each page, so young children will memorize the story and “read” along.
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Chapter Book of the Day
The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale
by Carmen Agra Deedy (Author), Randall Wright (Author), and Barry Moser (Illustrator)
256 pages
Booktalk: Skilley, an alley cat with an embarrassing secret, longs to escape his street-cat life. Tired of dodging fishwives’ brooms and carriage wheels, he hopes to trade London’s damp alleyways for the warmth of ye olde Cheshire Cheese Inn. He strikes a bargain with Pip, an erudite mouse: Skilley will protect the mice who live at the inn, and in turn, the mice will provide Skilley with the thing he desires most.
But when Skilley and Pip are drawn into a crisis of monumental proportions involving a tyrannical cook, an unethical barmaid, and a malevolent tomcat, their new friendship is pushed to its limits. The escalating crisis threatens the peace not only of the Cheshire Cheese Inn but also the British Monarchy!
Unbeknownst to Skilley and Pip, however, they have a secret ally: a famous author who scribbles away many an afternoon in ye olde Cheshire Cheese Inn…
Snippet: He was the best of toms. He was the worst of toms.
Fleet of foot, sleek and solitary, Skilley was a cat among cats. Or he would have been, but for a secret had carried since his early youth. A secret that caused him to live in hidden shame, avoiding even casual friendship lest anyone discover–
The 2011 Cybils Fantasy & Science Fiction Winner!
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Austin SCBWI Regional Conference
I’ll see you this weekend at the Austin SCBWI Regional Conference
February 17-19, 2012
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STEM Friday on February 17, 2012
STEM Friday is coming! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
The STEM Friday Round-up on February 17, 2012
is at Nomad Press.
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Literary Link
My February Quick Tips column: Hot Topics: Telling Time with STEM is at Booklist Online.
Science, math, geography—these titles about telling time cover the curriculum!
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My NEW chapter book is Save the Best for Last, Abby (All-Star Cheerleaders)
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