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A children's literature blog: Jazzmatazz!
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A children's literature blog. Because every good book must be passed on. Author: Carole Boston Weatherford; Illustrator: Laura Freeman. Published by: Lee and Low Books Inc. It starts out with an assembly of ethnically diverse children ready to make music and dance. Some of them. Swing and sway, jiggle and wiggle, bounce and boogie. When I wrote this swinging nursery rhyme, I set out to write a jazz pat-a-cake. And I hear the diaper and toddler find the rhythm infectious. Jazz baby Jazz baby. When cats pl...
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A children's literature blog: Back of the Bus - For MLK Jr.day
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A children's literature blog. Because every good book must be passed on. Back of the Bus - For MLK Jr.day. Back of the bus. Last year my daughter and I had read Woodson's "The other side". A child is riding the bus that Rosa Parks rode on December 1, 1955, Montgomery, Alabama. And the last trail of italicized words is how the book begins - verbatim. The combination of a boy's perspective of the historical incident while the boy is a piece of fiction, makes it a good book for young children. Getting back ...
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A children's literature blog: Baseball Saved Us
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A children's literature blog. Because every good book must be passed on. Title: Baseball Saved Us. Author: Ken Mochizuki; Illustrator: Dom Lee. Published by: Lee and Low Books. However, the boyâs track record at school, before camp, is not very impressive. Tarnished by experiences of name calling because of his smallish stature which was even more accentuated amidst American boys, he is diffident and shy at his game. He was. The Japâs no good, Shorty, Easy out. The boys scream at him, when it is his ...
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A children's literature blog: Paddle-to-the-sea
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A children's literature blog. Because every good book must be passed on. By Holling.C.Holling. Caldcott Honor in 1942. I am grateful to destiny for leading us to this book. I am duly presenting it here. As my 7 year old promptly adds. To her list of favorites, I see us both recommending and reading this book several times in the future, and not many books are. The book was published in 1941. It was a Caldecott Honor Winner. The movie version was an Oscar nominee as well. Minn of the Mississippi. I doubt ...
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A children's literature blog: When Mommy Was Mad
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A children's literature blog. Because every good book must be passed on. When Mommy Was Mad. TITLE: When Mommy was mad. AGE GROUP: 3-5 yrs. PUBLISHER: G.P.Putnam's Sons. Picture: fantasticfiction.co.uk. Don't some of us, sometimes, hang up on an annoying telemarketer and carry over the frown to the innocent one demanding a snack? For a multitude of reasons, and sometimes not involving kids, we just don't seem to be our usual selves. And to make it worse, we are made to realize this by our own children.
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A children's literature blog: An Ode to a baby
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A children's literature blog. Because every good book must be passed on. An Ode to a baby. Etymology From Middle English lullen, to lull bye. First recorded circa 1560. Says an online resource. Some lullabies, I think, are intentionally devoid of logic. Some are intelligently crafted to educate. While some are soaked in love, some others are plain funny. But interestingly most lullabies carry meaningful particulars of the land and its culture. Title: Hush Little Baby. Author and Illustrations: Sylvia Long.
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A children's literature blog: Snowboard Twist - Winter Sports I
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A children's literature blog. Because every good book must be passed on. Snowboard Twist - Winter Sports I. AUTHOR: Jean Craigbead Geroge. AGE GROUP: 4-8 yrs. PUBLISHER: Katherine Tegen Books. Has an energizing website: http:/ www.jeancraigheadgeorge.com/. Now where is that backpack? Posted by Meera Sriram. My recommendations on InCultureParent.com, a magazine for parents raising little global citizens. One City, Two Brothers. 5 multicultural picture books for very young children. A Swahili Alphabet book.
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A children's literature blog: TO SCHOOL, TO A NEW SCHOOL, BACK TO SCHOOL OR JUST ANOTHER DAY AT SCHOOL
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A children's literature blog. Because every good book must be passed on. TO SCHOOL, TO A NEW SCHOOL, BACK TO SCHOOL OR JUST ANOTHER DAY AT SCHOOL. We certainly can't prepare ourselves or the little ones enough, to let go and step out. Back to school or in the thick of it, we can always turn to books, picture books, for substantial help. By Martin Waddell gives the much needed reassurance to toddlers and preschoolers. Mother owl is away. The babies wonder and worry. Mama swoops in asking. We get the pictu...
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A children's literature blog: A Tree is nice
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A children's literature blog. Because every good book must be passed on. A Tree is nice. A Tree is nice. A Tree is nice. Seems rather too plain for a title for children. Nothing fancy or funny. But its this quality that's held in all earnestness up until the end that also makes the book enjoyable, without laboring to interpret or analyze. Trees are very nice. They fill up the sky. Even if you have just one tree, it is nice too. A tree is nice to plant. You say to people, "I planted that tree.". 5 multicu...
