Picture Book of the Day
Bambino and Mr. Twain
by Priscilla Maltbie (Author) and Daniel Miyares (Illustrator)
Booktalk: Grieving the death of his wife, America’s favorite author and humorist shuts himself up in his Fifth Avenue house and abandons his writing. Only his daughter’s cantankerous cat, Bambino, seems to understand Samuel Clemens and his moods. When the feisty cat disappears, Sam is determined to find him
Snippet: “Everyone wants to meet witty Mark Twain,” the man said. “But tell me, Bambino, would they want to meet sad, old Samuel Clemens?”
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Chapter Book of the Day
The Gods and Goddesses of Greek Mythology
by Don Nardo (Author)
64 pages
Booktalk: Discover the exploits of all-powerful Zeus, leader of the Olympians, the mightiest of all the gods. Relive the excitement of the Titanomachy, the colossal War of the Titans. See what motivated the gods and goddesses, and encounter the ultimate winners and losers in Greek mythology’s incredible battles.
Snippet: The ancient Greeks who lived between about 800 BC and 300 BC believed that the gods they worshipped had interacted with select humans during a period of the distant past. They called it the Age of Heroes.
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Nonfiction Monday
This week’s Nonfiction Monday Round-up host is The Nonfiction Detectives
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Nonfiction Book Blast 2012
Susan Stockdale booktalks Bring On the Birds
on the Nonfiction Book Blast blog today…
Save the date! June 23, 2012 Nonfiction Book Blast 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
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STEM Haiku
In honor of National Poetry Month, we invite you to share an original STEM haiku.
(STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
Share your original STEM haiku at the new STEM Friday blog.
byte-sized mail
emails fly across
cyberspace, ones and zeroes
become written words
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Read and Write Sports: Readers Theatre and Writing Activities for Grades 3-8
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