{"id":5479,"date":"2012-05-02T01:18:22","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T06:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asuen.wordpress.com\/?p=5479"},"modified":"2012-05-02T01:18:22","modified_gmt":"2012-05-02T06:18:22","slug":"great-books-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/02\/great-books-28\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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I Will Try<\/a>
\nby\u00a0Marilyn Janovitz (Author, Illustrator)<\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> Ella is in awe of Jan, the star of her gymnastics class. Jan can spin and leap on the balance beam. Can Ella? (This I Like to Read<\/a> picture book is also a Level D easy reader! It has one short line of text on each page.)<\/p>\n

Snippet:<\/strong>
\nI pack my bag.<\/p>\n

TURN THE PAGE<\/p>\n

“Time to go,” says Dad.<\/p>\n

“Have fun,” says Mom.
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Chapter Book of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip<\/a>
\nby Jordan Sonnenblick (Author)
\n304 pages<\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> Meet Peter Friedman, high school freshman. Talented photographer. Former baseball star. When a freakish injury ends his pitching career, Peter has some major things to figure out. Is there life after sports? Why has his grandfather suddenly given him thousands of dollars worth of camera equipment? And is it his imagination, or is the super-hot star of the girls’ swim team flirting with him, right in front of the amazing new girl in his photography class?<\/p>\n

Snippet:<\/strong> If I had known it was goind to be the last baseball game I’d ever play, I would have asked my mom to bring the video camera or something. But you never know that kind of stuff in advance. All you can do is play every game like it’s your final shot at the World Series, and hope that for you, it isn’t.
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5 Great Books About Soldiers for Armed Forces Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Armed Forces Day<\/a> is May 19th, 2012.<\/p>\n

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D-Day Landings: The Story of the Allied Invasion<\/a>
\nby Karen Wallace and Richard Platt (Authors)
\nFind out more about this famous World War II event. Level 4 easy reader<\/em><\/p>\n

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From Slave to Soldier: Based on a True Civil War Story<\/a>
\nby Deborah Hopkinson (Author) and Brian Floca (Illustrator)
\nA slave boy runs away and joins the Union army. Level 3 easy reader<\/em><\/p>\n

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Hero Dad<\/a>
\nby Melinda Hardin (Author) and Bryan Langdo (Illustrator)
\nA young boy talks about his father, the soldier. Picture book<\/em><\/p>\n

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Pearl Harbor<\/a>
\nby Stephen Krensky (Author) and Larry Day (Illustrator)
\nSee how and why the U.S entered the World War II. Level 3 easy reader<\/em><\/p>\n

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Sam the Minuteman<\/a>
\nby Nathaniel Benchley (Author) and Arnold Lobel (Illustrator)
\nA boy helps his father fight the Battle of Lexington. Level 3 easy reader<\/em>
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Literary Links<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last call! May 2-June 20 (online) children’s book writing workshops<\/a> begin today!<\/p>\n

Study Links Dyslexia to Visual Attention Problems<\/a> in Preschool (via Education Week)
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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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