{"id":5443,"date":"2012-04-25T01:09:44","date_gmt":"2012-04-25T06:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asuen.wordpress.com\/?p=5443"},"modified":"2012-04-25T01:09:44","modified_gmt":"2012-04-25T06:09:44","slug":"great-books-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/25\/great-books-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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The Ugly Duckling Dinosaur: A Prehistoric Tale<\/a>
\nby\u00a0Cheryl Bardoe (Author) and Roy D. Kennedy (Illustrator)<\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> Once upon a time, seven tiny duck beaks pecked their way out of their eggs, but the eighth egg was a little bit different. What emerged wasn’t a duck at all–he was a dinosaur! (Real dino facts in the back of the book.)<\/p>\n

Snippet:<\/strong>
\nJust then the egg trembled
\nThump, thump, thump.
\nSMASH!<\/strong>
\nA huge claw burst out, followed by a gigantic foot. The newest duckling exploded from its shell.
\nThe mother duck gasped. Her other ducklings froze and stared.
\n“That is the ugliest ducking I’ve ver seen!’ the neghbor screeched.<\/p>\n

**Cheryl is one of my former students<\/a>!**<\/p>\n

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

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Irises<\/a>
\nby Francisco X. Stork (Author)
\n304 pages<\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> Kate is bound for Stanford and an M.D. — if her family will let her go. Mary wants only to stay home and paint. When their loving but repressive father dies, they must figure out how to support themselves and their mother, who is in a permanent vegetative state, and how to get along in all their uneasy sisterhood.<\/p>\n

Snippet:<\/strong>
\n“What do you means Father’s dead?” Kate shouted into the phone.
\n“I went to check on Moma after you left and he had died.”
\n“Oh, oh my–” Kate stopped herself. “Did you call 9-1-1?”
\n“No.”
\n“Do it now. Never mind, I’ll do it. I’ll be right over.”
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5 Great Mother’s Day Books<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Eloise’s Mother’s Day Surprise<\/a>
\nby Lisa McClatchy (Author) and Tammie Lyon (Illustrator)
\nEloise gets ready for Mother’s Day in this easy reader<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Fancy Nancy’s Marvelous Mother’s Day Brunch<\/a>
\nby Jane O’Connor (Author) and Robin Preiss Glasser (Illustrator)
\nNancy plans the perfect Mother’s Day. Lift-the-flap book<\/em><\/p>\n

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I Like Noisy Mom Likes Quiet: A Mother’s Day Story<\/a>
\nby Eileen Spinelli (Author) and Lydia Halverson (Illustrator)
\nThe title says it all! Picture book<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Mother’s Day Mice<\/a>
\nby Eve Bunting (Author) and Jan Brett (Illustrator)
\nThree mouse brothers try to find the perfect gift for their mother. Picture book<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Night Before Mother’s Day<\/a>
\nby Natasha Wing (Author) and Amy Wummer (Illustrator)
\nDad and the girls get ready for Mother’s Day. Picture book<\/em>
\n_____________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n

STEM Haiku<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Share your own haiku<\/a> about a STEM topic during National Poetry Month<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(STEM<\/strong> is S<\/strong>cience, T<\/strong>echnology, E<\/strong>ngineering, and M<\/strong>athematics)<\/p>\n

stand up<\/a><\/em>
\nsitting all day is
\nbad they say, so stand or walk
\nas you work today
\n\u00a9 2012 Anastasia Suen<\/em>
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\"Site<\/a> Read and Write Sports: Readers Theatre and Writing Activities for Grades 3-8<\/a><\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2012 Anastasia Suen All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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