{"id":5043,"date":"2011-12-28T01:15:43","date_gmt":"2011-12-28T07:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asuen.wordpress.com\/?p=5043"},"modified":"2011-12-28T01:15:43","modified_gmt":"2011-12-28T07:15:43","slug":"great-books-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/28\/great-books-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

Picture Book of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Snow Blew Inn<\/a>
\nby Dian Curtis Regan (Author) and Doug Cushman (Illustrator)<\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> Emma can’t wait until Cousin Abby arrives so their sleepover can begin. But a blizzard shows up instead of Abby. Other guests arrive and arrive and arrive. Soon the inn is full. But where is Abby?<\/p>\n

Snippet:<\/strong>
\nIs cousin Abby coming down the trail?<\/em>
\n“Not yet, not yet,” calls Mr. Owl. “Storm, storm!”<\/em>
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Chapter Book of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Masterwork of a Painting Elephant<\/a>
\nby Michelle Cuevas (Author) and Ed Young (Illustrator)
\n144 pages<\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> Ever since he was an infant, Pigeon Jones has lived on the back of an artistically gifted white elephant named Birch.<\/p>\n

Snippet:<\/strong> I was born a restless sort, a tumbleweed, a wanderer if you will, and the night my parents left me on the orphanage steps, I didn’t wait around to be found. I crawled right out of that basket and made my way into the world.<\/em>
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December 2011 Carnival Of Children’s Literature<\/strong><\/p>\n

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