The June 2015 Carnival of Children’s Literature Roundup has just been posted. Find some new books for your #bookaday summer reading…
STEAM DIY Activity
Here’s a DIY find from this month’s carnival. Erica at eLeMeNO-P Kids has FREE Reading Calendars for the Summer Reading For Kids Book Challenge. Print one for each child in the family and have fun!
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#kidlit Book of the Day: Teaching with Story: Classroom Connections to Storytelling from August House
Teaching with Story: Classroom Connections to Storytelling
by Margaret Read MacDonald (Author), Jennifer MacDonald Whitman (Author), and Nathaniel Forrest Whitman (Author)
Booktalk: An invaluable resource book for using storytelling in the classroom, this book correlates with the Common Core Standards and covers “The Seven C’s” of Storytelling: Community, Character, Communication, Curriculum, Cultural Connections, Creativity, and Confidence.
Snippet: We will use the Common Core Standards as our guide and we will highlight the direct links that storytelling has with many of the standards we are already trying to teach. If someone ever questions the fact that you are spending time telling tales, you can explain how many different standards you are addressing every time you tell a story.
It’s Nonfiction Monday!
Literary Link:A new first for the Carnival of Children’s Literature–our May 2015 Carnival of Children’s Literature Roundup links to 2 #kidlit book tours!
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The end of the month is almost here, so it’s time to share what you have been reading (so we can read it too)! Use the Carnival Submission Form to share your May kidlit post by Saturday, May 30. The roundup post will go live on the Carnival of Children’s Literature blog on Sunday, May 31.
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May 2012 Online Workshops
The May 2012 workshops will begin on Wednesday, May 2nd.
Which workshop is best for you?
New to children’s books?
Learn about the different types of children’s books in the Children’s Book Genres Workshop.
Passionate about literacy?
Find out how you can write for children learning to read in the Children’s Literacy Workshop (for Writers).
Ready to write?
Write and edit your book in the
After you finish a writing workshop you can work through two more edits in a “work-in-progress” workshop, by rewriting your picture book or easy reader or working on the next chapter of your children’s chapter book or children’s novel.
The May workshop dates are May 2-June 20, 2012.
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Picture Book of the Day
Take Your Mama to Work Today
by Amy Reichert (Author) and Alexandra Boiger (Illustrator)
Booktalk: When Violet visits her mom’s office on Take Your Child to Work Day (April 26th this year), she is very helpful.
Snippet: Sometimes the boss won’t say hello because he’ll be getting ready for a presentation–that’s like show-and-tell for grown-ups. You’re probably an expert at show-and-tell, so be sure to offer to help.
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Chapter Book of the Day
Take Your Mama to Work Today
by Valerie Hobbs (Author) and Jennifer Thermes (Illustrator)
336 pages
Booktalk: Maggie is always full of questions. But a young maid in a fine lady’s house isn’t supposed to wonder so much, so one day Maggie is thrown out into the street with only a tiny heart-shaped locket for a keepsake. Who is the lady in the locket?
A little dog named Oliver is pushing his nose along an icy sidewalk searching for his lost mistress, or at least something to eat. No matter how hard he looks he can’t find either one, but he does see a girl with round blue eyes and a golden locket around her neck. The girl calls him “Lucky.”
Snippet: For once in his short life, Oliver was happy to be an ordinary mutt, with parts of many kinds of dogs all mixed together. The part of him that was bloodhound would help find Bertie. With one last look at the cozy house where he had been raised from a pup, Oliver headed into the wide open world.
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April 2012 Carnival Of Children’s Literature
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STEM Haiku
Share your own haiku about a STEM topic during National Poetry Month.
(STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
Percentages
A little of this
a little of that, bit by
bit, add up to one.
© 2012 Anastasia Suen
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Read and Write Sports: Readers Theatre and Writing Activities for Grades 3-8
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See you at TLA!
The Texas Library Association is meeting in Houston this week.
I’m signing these books on Wednesday, April 18, 2012. (That’s tomorrow!)
I’m signing Road Work Ahead from 10am-12pm at Overlooked Books Booth #2629
I’m signing All-Star Cheerleaders from 10am-12pm at Overlooked Books #2629
I’m signing Read and Write Sports from 1-3pm at ABC-Clio Booth #1502
I’m signing A Girl’s Guide to Volleyball from 3-4pm at Capstone Booth #1919
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Picture Book of the Day
A Hockey Story
by Richard L. Torrey (Author, Illustrator)
Booktalk: A young boy joins a new hockey team…
Snippet: Every Saturday morning I wake up really, really early and go to the ice rink.
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Chapter Book of the Day
The Wood Queen
by Karen Mahoney (Author)
336 pages
Booktalk: To keep her best friend, Navin, from being killed at the hands of vicious wood elves, Donna Underwood stole the elixir of life. Now she’s facing an alchemist tribunal while her mother lies dying, succumbing to the elven curse that shattered her mind. In desperation, Donna seeks an audience with Aliette, the fierce and manipulative Wood Queen, who offers a deal: if Donna can use her strange and burgeoning powers to help the wood elves, Aliette will free her mother from the curse. Along with Navin and Xan, the half-fey guy she’s falling for, Donna struggles to unlock the secrets of her iron tattoos in time to save her mother’s life. But some secrets are better left untold.
Snippet: And the crows; so many of them. A murder of crows? Circling around and around in an indigo sky, shedding oly feather that look like black petals.
Maybe I’m just having anxiety dreams ahead of the trial. Aunt Paige gets mad when I call it that–my trial–but isn’t that what it is?
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April 2012 Carnival Of Children’s Literature
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STEM Haiku
Share your own haiku about a STEM topic during National Poetry Month.
(STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
Power
Zip, Zap! Electrons
move in a circuit, bringing
electricity.
© 2012 Anastasia Suen
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Read and Write Sports: Readers Theatre and Writing Activities for Grades 3-8
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Picture Book of the Day
Princess!
by Viviana Garofoli (Illustrator)
Booktalk: The rhythmic text in this board book follows a young “princess” from morning to night.
Snippet:
Princess wakes up!
Time to start the day.
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Chapter Book of the Day
Binky Under Pressure (A Binky Adventure)
by Ashley Spires (Author, Illustrator)
64 pages
Booktalk: In Binky’s third adventure, our intrepid, sometimes accident-prone hero is shaken out of his routine when he’s forced to contend with Gracie, a dainty striped foster kitty who comes to live at Binky’s space station (aka his home at 42 Sentinel Parkway). Binky instantly resents the new arrival, whose cute face and perfect manners are downright annoying. Indeed, Gracie seems too perfect. So Binky decides to do some undercover investigating and discovers a shocking truth about the family guest. Soon Binky is thrust full-throttle into a situation that puts all his Space Cat skills to the ultimate test!
Snippet:
Why would his humans do this to him?
Another cat? Wasn’t he good enough for them?
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The March 2012 Carnival Of Children’s Literature is up!
Have you visited the March Carnival Of Children’s Literature
at the Just Children’s Books! yet? Hop over and say hello to Nichole!
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STEM Friday is coming!
STEM Friday is coming! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
If you blog about science or math books tomorrow, come share your link!
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Literary Link
My March Quick Tips column: Hot Topics: Hatching Eggs with STEM is at Booklist Online.
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My NEW chapter book is Just So, Brianna (All-Star Cheerleaders)
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Picture Book of the Day
Surviving the Hindenburg
by Larry Verstraete (Author) and David Geister (Illustrator)
Booktalk: On May 6, 1937, the giant German airship the Hindenburg exploded in a ball of fire as it attempted to land at Lakehurst Navel Base in New Jersey. Of the 93 people on board, a remarkable 62 survived, including Werner Franz, the ship’s 14-year-old cabin boy.
Snippet: As the Hindenburg‘s cabin boy, 14-year-old Werner had many chores to do for the officers and crew–setting tables, washing dishes, making beds, cleaning boots and uniforms. Much of the time, Werner lived and worked below deck.
BONUS! Download the teacher’s guide!
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Chapter Book of the Day
Attack of the Killer Video Book Take 2: Tips and Tricks for Young Directors
by Mark Shulman and Hazlitt Krog (Authors) and Martha Newbigging (Illustrator)
76 pages
Booktalk: Originally published in 2004, Attack of the Killer Video Book has become indispensable for budding filmmakers and video production classes. This updated edition has been revised to include new technology, with hot tips on digital cameras and editing; shooting on a phone or webcam; adding cool and safe special effects; and much more. Aspiring directors will discover tricks and techniques for becoming a camera sharpshooter; lighting like a pro; making awesome music videos; and using social networking sites to post and promote their movies.
Snippet:
Let There Be Lighting:
Your camera can adjust to the color of light because it has an automatic light balance. That means it works to make white things look white, even if there’s yellowy light on them. Then all of the other colors shift, too.
BONUS! See inside the book!
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Nonfiction Monday
This week’s Nonfiction Monday Round-up is here at Booktalking.
Kidlit celebrates Women’s History Month
All About Books with Janet Squires
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Spring 2012 Call for Nonfiction Monday Hosts
We’re looking for Spring 2012 Nonfiction Monday Round-up hosts.
Go here to sign up.
Edited to add: The list filled up before noon!
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Nonfiction Book Blast 2012
Susan Goldman Rubin booktalks Music Was IT: Young Leonard Bernstein
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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March 2012 Carnival Of Children’s Literature
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My NEW chapter book is Just So, Brianna (All-Star Cheerleaders)
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March 2012 Carnival Of Children’s Literature
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Spring Break
Booktalking will be on Spring Break until March 26th.
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My NEW chapter book is Just So, Brianna (All-Star Cheerleaders)
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Picture Book of the Day
Bright Baby Touch & Feel Colors
by Roger Priddy (Author, Illustrator)
Booktalk: Each page in this board book has a new color and a new object to touch and feel.
Snippet:
yellow
banana
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Chapter Book of the Day
Mercy Lily
by Lisa Albert (Author)
240 pages
Booktalk: Lily’s mother has slowly been losing herself to multiple sclerosis. After traditional treatment fails, she uses bee sting therapy, administered by Lily, to alleviate her pain. Lily is trained as a veterinary assistant, so she can easily handle the treatments. What she can’t handle is what happens when the bee sting therapy fails and it becomes clear that her mom wants to die.
One beautiful spring day, Lily’s mother asks her for the most impossible thing of all—mercy. While navigating first love, friendship, and other normal worries faced by high school sophomores, Lily also has to choose: help her mom go, or cling to her fading life for all it’s worth.
Snippet:
I take the bees outside, unscrew the lid of the bee jar, and listen to their angry buzzing.
“I hate you,” I whisper.
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March 2012 Carnival Of Children’s Literature
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STEM Friday on March 9, 2012
STEM Friday is coming! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
The STEM Friday Round-up on March 9, 2012
is at Practically Paradise.
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Literary Link
Create a Query that Gets a ‘Yes’ (via @CBIClubhouse)
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My NEW chapter book is Just So, Brianna (All-Star Cheerleaders)
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Picture Book of the Day
Chicken Butt’s Back!
by Erica S. Perl (Author) and Henry Cole (Illustrator)
Booktalk: As Mom shops for groceries, she falls victim to a flurry of jokes using homonyms and homophones…
Snippet:
BOY: You know what?
MOM: What?
BOY: Chicken butt!
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Chapter Book of the Day
Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life
by James Patterson (Author), Chris Tebbetts (Contributor) and Laura Park (Illustrator)
288 pages
Booktalk: Rafe Khatchadorian has enough problems at home without throwing his first year of middle school into the mix. Luckily, he’s got an ace plan for the best year ever, if only he can pull it off: With his best friend Leonardo the Silent awarding him points, Rafe tries to break every rule in his school’s oppressive Code of Conduct.
Snippet: It feels as honest as the day is crummy that I begin this tale of total desperation and woe with me, my pukey sister, Georgia, and Leonardo the Silent sitting like rotting sardines in the back of a Hills Village Police Department cruiser.
BONUS! See the video!
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5 MORE Great Books About Spring
And the Spring Grass Grew All Around
by Emily Bolam (Illustrator)
The classic children’s song is now a Level 1 easy reader.
Spring?
by Patricia Whitehouse (Author)
The sights, sounds, tastes, and smells of spring in a simple easy reader.
Spring Is Here!: A Story About Seeds
by Joan Holub (Author) and Will Terry (Illustrator)
The Ant Hill kids plant their own garden. Pre-Level 1 easy reader
Spring Showers
by Samantha Brooke (Adapter) and Mike Giles (Illustrator)
It’s spring in Gabba Land, and that means spring showers. Pre-Level 1 easy reader
The Busy Spring
by Carl Emerson (Author) and Cori Doerrfeld (Illustrator)
Emma and Owen visit Old Oak at the park in the spring. Science easy reader
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February 2012 Carnival Of Children’s Literature
Have you visited the February Carnival Of Children’s Literature
at the The Fourth Musketeer yet? You’re in for a treat!
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Literary Link
If you are worried about how your images are shared, you can keep your work off Pinterest (via @GalleyCat)
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My NEW chapter book is Save the Best for Last, Abby (All-Star Cheerleaders)
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