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You Wonder All the Time

You Wonder All the Time
by Deborah Farmer Kris (Author) and Jennifer Zivoin (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Asking questions is an important part of learning that helps children grow and understand the world. Rhyming verse shares many questions children ask.

Snippet:
“Where do nightmares come from?
Why do we need sleep?”

“Where do colors go at night,
and why do shadows creep?”

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Be a Bridge

Be a Bridge
by Irene Latham (Author), Charles Waters (Author), and Nabila Adani (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Rhyming verse describes different ways in which readers can “be a bridge,” from welcoming a new student and listening respectfully when someone else is talking to standing up to a bully and comforting a classmate who is upset.

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The author, Irene Latham, is one of my former students.
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