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Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Jarrett Krosoczka's At It Again!

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Here is the making of a book Krosoczka style. Bonus points to you if you can name the authors and illustrators in the cameos BEFORE the cred...
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Monday, February 02, 2009

Monday Poetry Stretch - Diminishing Rhyme

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I am still working my way through The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises From Poets Who Teach , jotting ideas in one of the many journals...
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Nonfiction Monday - Bubble Homes and Fish Farts

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I live with an almost 8-year old who is crazy for nonfiction, particularly about animals. While "traditional" books about animals ...
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Sunday, February 01, 2009

Sunday Scribblings - Regrets

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This week the Sunday Scribblings prompt is on regrets. Regrets - Got any? Things you wish you'd done differently? Things you wish you...
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Friday, January 30, 2009

2009 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize-winning Books Announced

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The winners of the 2009 AAAS /Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books have been announced. This prize "celebrates outsta...
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Poetry Friday - The Seedling

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I have been reading The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar courtesy of my Daily Lit subscription . Every day I get a nice little morse...
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Thursday, January 29, 2009

Poetry Stretch Results - Lipogram

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The challenge this week was to write a lipogram . This is writing in which one or more letters of the alphabet are excluded from the work. H...
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Old, New and Everything In Between - What Should Children Read?

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Yesterday in the Guardian books blog, Tim Martin asked the question " how close can we get to a canon in children's literature? ...
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

A Hurrah and A Big, Big Question

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In the Guardian books blog , Tim Martin ponders the meaning of a Newbery win and writes: So although it'd be foolish to claim that liter...
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Outstanding Nonfiction for Children - 2009 Orbis Pictus

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The National Council for Teachers of English (CTE) has announced this year's Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children ...
Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Terra Cotta Warriors of Xi'an

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I did not get to Xi'an when I traveled to China in 2007. I did, however, get to see a small exhibit of the warriors in Taipei. I was am...
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The Guardian's Take on Gaiman's Medal

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Here is the latest from the Guardian blog. Yesterday's news that Neil Gaiman won the Newbery Medal, America's most prestigious awar...
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Monday, January 26, 2009

One Author's View

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From John Green's twitter feed at ALA midwinter: I'll say it right now: The best Newbery list in decades. Read Neil Gaiman's ac...
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*Swoon* - Did I REALLY Write That?

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This appears in a review I wrote this morning for Nonfiction Monday . *Swoon* Beautiful images and beautiful words—what better tools are th...
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Nonfiction Monday - Bees, Snails, & Peacock Tails

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Bees, snails, & peacock tails: patterns & shapes . . . naturally , written by Betsy Franco and illustrated by Steve Jenkins explores...
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Monday Poetry Stretch - Lipogram

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I so enjoyed the challenge of writing my OULIPO last week that I think we should try writing lipogram poems. A lipogram is a piece of wri...
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Poetry Stretch Results - OULIPO

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Last week's stretch was to write an OULIPO , a poetic form created by a writer and mathematician that examines verse written under stric...
Friday, January 23, 2009

To the Top of the TBR

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My TBR pile is growing by the minute. The most recent additions are more generally related to my day job. The first won't be released un...
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Poetry Friday - Whitman

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I've been rereading my tired and worn copy of Leaves of Grass since the end of winter break. At points in the semester when my mind won...
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Book Lists, Best Of and Must Reads

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More than ten years ago my mother mailed me a newspaper clipping that listed the 100 best novels . Knowing that I am a reader, she thought I...
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