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Rachel's Children's Literature Blog!!: Poetry
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Rachel's Children's Literature Blog! Sunday, April 20, 2008. The Great Frog Race and Other Poems. Written by Kristine O’Connell George. Illustrated by Kate Kiesler. Clarion Books, 1997. Poetry, Picture book K-5. Smelling of lavender,. Softly fluttering the curtains,. She looked inside,. She sat in the wing chair,. She whispered her thanks,. Lifted her silk skirts,. By Kristine O’Connell George. Illustrated by June Otani. Clarion Books, 1999. Little Dog’s cold nose. Is better than any. Our Class Blog Roll.
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Rachel's Children's Literature Blog!!: January 2008
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Rachel's Children's Literature Blog! Thursday, January 31, 2008. MOSES: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom". 2006 Caldecott Honor Book. 2006 Coretta Scott King Award Winner. MOSES: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom". Author: Carole Boston Weatherford. Hyperion Books for Children, 2006. Picture Book, Historical Fiction, Multicultural K-5. This book is absolutely breathtaking. I do not even know where to begin! Labels: MOSES: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom. Houghton Mu...
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Rachel's Children's Literature Blog!!: Weedflower
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Rachel's Children's Literature Blog! Monday, May 5, 2008. This broke and angered my heart as I realized the extravagent injustice the 120,00 Japanese Americans faced as they were placed in these internment camps. Something else I had troube understanding was that even though America was in war with Germany and Italy at the time, this order of relocation did not apply to German Americans and Italian Americans. Why is this? I do not think so. Students can learn a bit about the Buddhist religion through Sum...
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Rachel's Children's Literature Blog!!: The Mirror of Erised from Harry Potter
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Rachel's Children's Literature Blog! Sunday, April 20, 2008. The Mirror of Erised from Harry Potter. The Mirror was Erised is a mirror that is unlike any other mirror. When someone looks into this mirror, they see the desires of their heart. When Harry looked into the mirror of Erised, he saw his parents smiling and waving to him. This is what he had always desired, for his parents had died when he was just a baby. Labels: Mirror of Erised. I can tell that you have a huge heart! April 21, 2008 at 10:27 AM.
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Rachel's Children's Literature Blog!!: Poetry
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Rachel's Children's Literature Blog! Sunday, April 20, 2008. Hopscotch Love: A Family Treasury of Love Poems. Written by Nikki Grimes. Lothrop, Lee, and Shepard Books, 1999. 8220;Honey,” she said. 8220;All I want is you.”. But I’m way too big. To fit under the tree. So, when she. For scraps of velvet,. Gold ribbon, and lace. And got my tracing paper. From out of my desk. And grabbed the glue. Then two days later. I’d pasted my picture. Smack in the middle. And I could swear a little tear. When I said,.
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Emily's World Literature For Children Blog: March 2008
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Emily's World Literature For Children Blog. Monday, March 31, 2008. This book was quite different from the story of Cinderella that I am most familiar with. There are no evil stepsisters or an evil step mom. This is a European version of the classic story that most girls fall in love with when very, very young. Fractured Fairy Tales: Cinderella". Monday, March 17, 2008. Little Red Ridding Hood, Jerry Pinkney. Hachette Book Group 2007. Picture Book, Folklore. This is the classic story that everyone knows ...
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Emily's World Literature For Children Blog: May 2008
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Emily's World Literature For Children Blog. Friday, May 2, 2008. The Moon and I. Betsy Byers, The Moon and I. Simon and Schuster, 1991. Biography, Snake Stories. A week later Betsy's egg started to hatch, it took a whole day until it had finally hatched. It turned out to be a bull snake and she had to let it go, since it is posionus. . Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Thats basically it about me. View my complete profile. Database of Award-Winning Childrens Lit. The Moon and I.
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Emily's World Literature For Children Blog: February 2008
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Emily's World Literature For Children Blog. Wednesday, February 27, 2008. E: Realistic Fiction/Picture Book. F: preK-K, maybe 1st. A: Feathers and Fools. D: Harcourt Brace and Company. E: Picture Book, Animal Fiction, Fable. The Straight Line Wonder. A: The Straight Line Wonder. E: Picture Book, fiction. If I were a child I would absolutely love this book! C: Brenda Lynn Robinson. D:Ian Drakeford Publishing Pty. Ltd. E: Picture book, Multicultural. This is a very simple book with no more than 14 words pe...
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Emily's World Literature For Children Blog: Dragon
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Emily's World Literature For Children Blog. Monday, April 28, 2008. Let me tell you about me,. Children love me,. All my heads are green and handsome. All my eyes are red and wild. All my toes have claws upon them. All the claws have hooks. I blow smoke through all my noses. It is hotter than it looks. All my tails have points upon them. All my teeth are sharp and blue. I won't bite you very badly. I am fond of you. All my scales are shaped like arrows. They will hurt you if you touch. Hattie and the Fox.
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Emily's World Literature For Children Blog: A mouse with a lioness's voice
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Emily's World Literature For Children Blog. Monday, April 28, 2008. A mouse with a lioness's voice. Scholastic , 2004. 5th grade and older. Fiction, Realistic, Multicultural. What's in a name? A rosy by any other name would is still a rose"(Howard Trachtman, I believe). . The first thing that Naomi is worried about is her name, Naomi Soledad Le. Ón Outlaw. Naomi, Owen and Gram live in Baby Beluga, a Airstream trailer. Gram was an expert . I wonder why she. Things that she does not understand or want to r...