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Oct 25, 2009, 7:54 pm
Information on the reclusive, but dearly loved, Shel Silverstein is rare. Students seeking information on the author will find few interviews given and little written about him. Shel Silverstein would... Comment - Like
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Oct 24, 2009, 2:08 am
The Thirteen Days Of Halloween is the perfect Halloween picture book for the little ghouls and goblins in your life. The text follows the same rhyme scheme as the famous Christmas song (12 Days of Chr... Comment - Like
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Oct 8, 2009, 6:48 am
Students are going to pour over the fabulously stuffed-to-the-brim National Geographic Kids Almanac 2010. Is it possible to pack any more animals, geography and culture into a book? This book is... Comment - Like
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Oct 7, 2009, 6:37 am
There's a new review of Ghost In The Machine up at my Reading Education post on Examiner.com.
Basically, I just restated my interest in the story and linked to my original thoughts on the fantas... Comment - Like
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Oct 4, 2009, 9:27 pm
Back in May, Henry had just landed on the Reading Rumpus doorstep, but it was instant love. The Horrid Henry series is aimed toward the early independent reader. However, it's also an excellent re... Comment - Like
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Sep 29, 2009, 3:26 pm
I seem to be reading nothing but supernatural stories lately. First I read, Evermore. Then, Hush Hush. And now, I’ve just finished Once a Witch. Evermore is the story of a teen girl and a cute immor... Comment - Like
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Sep 18, 2009, 5:59 am
Part mystery thriller, part romance, part paranormal-fantasy, Hush, Hush, from debut author Becca Fitzpatrick, is going to be snatched up by the Twilight-styled girls of middle and high school and mig... Comment - Like
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Sep 17, 2009, 6:39 am
The International Reading Association has posted the second draft of the revised Standards for Reading Professionals. I was lucky enough to graduate from a university with strict adherence to these re... Comment - Like
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Sep 16, 2009, 12:54 pm
I've written a commentary over on Examiner discussing the dust up over the New York Times article on students self-selecting reading materials.
Basically, I'm worried that in all the tweeting... Comment - Like
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Sep 10, 2009, 5:31 am
There are three ways of examining Cleopatra's Daughter. One might view the story as an overlooked appendage to the famous story of Marc Antony & Cleopatra. One might also marvel at the novel’s ... Comment - Like
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Sep 7, 2009, 1:59 pm
I've got a new post up as the National Reading Examiner featuring 10 reasons you should get and use a library card.
#2 (Save money. While you may want to own a few favorite titles, do you really ... Comment - Like
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Sep 2, 2009, 4:41 am
Bran Hambric is a boy without a past. He was found inside a bank vault at the age of six and now lives with the Wilomas family, basically acting as their servant. They all live in the town of Dunce w... Comment - Like
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Sep 1, 2009, 5:00 am
I don't usually go into the personal realm on Reading Rumpus as I consider this a professional site where teachers and parents can find good books and reading ideas. However, when Travels With Tar... Comment - Like
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Aug 22, 2009, 5:14 pm
I have two reasons for reading The Lace Makers of Glenmara, a chick lit novel I’d probably never choose otherwise. One, I long to visit Ireland. No ancestors, no stories, it’s just one of my bucke... Comment - Like
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Aug 22, 2009, 9:23 am
Perhaps Shandi Mitchell best sums up the premise of her debut novel, Under This Unbroken Sky. In an interview she says it’s about, “two families consumed by the land that they yearned to possess.â... Comment - Like
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Aug 22, 2009, 9:14 am
Perhaps Shandi Mitchell best sums up the premise of her debut novel, Under This Unbroken Sky. In an interview she says it’s about, “two families consumed by the land that they yearned to possess.â... Comment - Like
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Aug 21, 2009, 12:34 am
Though it is no fantastical wonder, I designed this site all by my lonesome. THIS SITE is taking credit for designing Random Wonder. I am slightly angry, but will wait and see if they comply with my r... Comment - Like
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Aug 16, 2009, 10:20 am
It’s so much better when you have low expectations for a novel. I didn’t really think I’d like the premise of Undiscovered Gyrl, thought it would be forced metafiction. The worst. But Undiscover... Comment - Like
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Aug 16, 2009, 10:15 am
It’s so much better when you have low expectations for a novel. I didn’t really think I’d like the premise of Undiscovered Gyrl, thought it would be forced metafiction. The worst. But Undiscover... Comment - Like
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Aug 16, 2009, 5:07 am
It’s so much better when you have low expectations for a novel. I didn’t really think I’d like the premise of Undiscovered Gyrl, thought it would be forced metafiction. The worst. But Undiscover... Comment - Like
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Aug 15, 2009, 12:06 pm
Evermore: The Immortals, begins with seventeen-year-old Ever having just lost her entire family in a horrible car accident. Now she can see people’s auras and psychically know their life story at th... Comment - Like
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Aug 15, 2009, 11:51 am
Evermore: The Immortals, begins with seventeen-year-old Ever having just lost her entire family in a horrible car accident. Now she can see people’s auras and psychically know their life story at th... Comment - Like
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Aug 15, 2009, 4:45 am
Evermore: The Immortals, begins with seventeen-year-old Ever having just lost her entire family in a horrible car accident. Now she can see people’s auras and psychically know their life story at th... Comment - Like
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Aug 14, 2009, 12:58 am
Picture books and easy reader going-back-to school titles for beginning readers:
Pinky Dinky Doo: Back to School Is Cool by Jim Jinkins
Mrs. Watson Wants Your Teeth by Alison McGhee, Harry Bliss, an... Comment - Like
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Aug 14, 2009, 12:46 am
Scared? Anxious? Excited? All normal feelings for a child entering a classroom for the very first time. Parents can help their child overcome these feelings by talking and sharing a good book or two (... Comment - Like
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Aug 7, 2009, 12:34 pm
There are 13 reasons to use Thirteen Reasons Why, 13 supporting resources links, 13 discussion starters, 13 story extending activities, 13 other books about teens struggles and 13 facts about the auth... Comment - Like
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Aug 7, 2009, 9:30 am
Thirteen Reasons Why Website Synopsis: “Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by ... Comment - Like
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Aug 5, 2009, 6:34 pm
The Well and the Mine is the story of an Alabama depression-era family told in five alternating voices. Father Albert is a hard working miner and his wife Leta is a practical mother who puts the inter... Comment - Like
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Aug 5, 2009, 5:56 pm
The Well and the Mine is the story of an Alabama depression-era family told in five alternating voices. Father Albert is a hard working miner and his wife Leta is a practical mother who puts the inter... Comment - Like
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Aug 5, 2009, 3:14 pm
Some new children's literature and reading education stuff up on what is fast becoming my unpaid job. Click over for reviews and all sorts of teaching links with each book:
Speak,
The Sisters Cl... Comment - Like
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Aug 5, 2009, 11:24 am
Ask a kid what he wants to be when he grows up. What will you hear? Race car driver? Ballerina? Doctor? Astronaut? Historian… Huh?
In Ain't Nothing but a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John He... Comment - Like
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Aug 5, 2009, 3:42 am
Ask a kid what he wants to be when he grows up. What will you hear? Race car driver? Ballerina? Doctor? Astronaut? Historian… Huh?
In Ain't Nothing but a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John He... Comment - Like
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Jul 31, 2009, 4:59 pm
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Also worth checking out:
We Love You So: Spike Jonze's artistic blog, mostly about making Where The Wild Things Are.
Terrible Yellow Eyes: Artwork inspired by the book.
And my own thoughts ... Comment - Like
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Jul 27, 2009, 9:32 am
In the previous summer literacy article, we examined the importance of field trips for building vital background knowledge. An extension on the summer field trip is to buy the child a cheap disposable... Comment - Like
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Jul 22, 2009, 7:07 pm
I had a chance to read Sylvan-Dell Publishing‘s Little Skink's Tail from author Janet Halfmann back in February and thought it was great. So when Sylvan-Dell offered another title in their serie... Comment - Like
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Jul 22, 2009, 3:19 pm
I'm going to toot away here:
I am now the National Reading Examiner for Examiner.com. I'm also revamping some things around here, so please check back often.
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Jul 15, 2009, 9:11 am
If the measure of a good story is the desire to turn each next page, then Sweeping Up Glass is a good story. Told in the first person by Olivia Harker, an authentic and relatable voice, and set in Sou... Comment - Like
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Jul 15, 2009, 8:52 am
If the measure of a good story is the desire to turn each next page, then Sweeping Up Glass is a good story. Told in the first person by Olivia Harker, an authentic and relatable voice, and set in Sou... Comment - Like
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Jul 14, 2009, 3:15 pm
Assigning a genre to Of Bees and Mist is difficult. Part fable, part magical realism set in an imaginary world, Of Bees and Mist believes in fortune tellers, ghosts and mysterious occurrences while si... Comment - Like
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Jul 14, 2009, 2:58 pm
Assigning a genre to Of Bees and Mist is difficult. Part fable, part magical realism set in an imaginary world, Of Bees and Mist believes in fortune tellers, ghosts and mysterious occurrences while si... Comment - Like
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Jul 13, 2009, 8:09 am
Max Quigley, Technically Not a Bully is following a trend in children’s literature. Much like Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life (previously reviewed here), Max... Comment - Like
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Jul 13, 2009, 4:24 am
Here are few more books that I couldn't get into for one reason or another. Perhaps you might like them...
The Dangerous Joy of Dr. Sex and Other True Stories by Pagan Kennedy
Synopsis from the ... Comment - Like
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