Happy Halloween! Here are some of my favorite stories to share on or around Halloween…
My favorite!
Posted in books, tagged books, children's books, halloween books, october children's books on October 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Happy Halloween! Here are some of my favorite stories to share on or around Halloween…
My favorite!
Posted in anderson's bookshop, books, tagged books, children's books, steve martin, roz chast, the alphabet from a to y with bonus letter z on October 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I go to Anderson’s Bookshop (Naperville) every Tuesday to check out the new releases. Tonight when I found The Alphabet from A to Y with Bonus Letter Z among the new releases I thought, “Oh, no! Yet another celebrity children’s book.” However, I left with my own copy because of the alliterative sentences and colorful illustrations! [...]
Posted in Hmm..., tagged food allergies, halloween, peanut allergies on October 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This is why I am giving out Play-doh and cans of Jones soda!
October 30, 2007
BY JIM RITTER jritter@suntimes.com
Posted in library on October 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In 2017, libraries will be… 89, originally uploaded by aliallovic.
Posted in Education, tagged Education, homework, needham high school, school stress, school yoga on October 30, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Less Homework, More Yoga, From a Principal Who Hates Stress
By SARA RIMER
NEEDHAM, Mass. — It was 6:30 p.m. The lights were still on at Needham High School, here in the affluent Boston suburbs. Paul Richards, the principal, was meeting with the Stress Reduction Committee.
On the agenda: finding the right time to bring in experts to [...]
Posted in library, tagged banned books on October 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Too bad I did not post this for Banned Books week…:(
Posted in Yay, books, library, tagged book blogs, children's literature blogs, esme codell, planet esme, readiologist on October 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Esme Codell, author and certified Readilogist, manages a wonderful website full of quality recommendations. I have known about this site for a few years but just discovered that she has a blog that opens with this message: Welcome to the Wonderful World of PlanetEsme! I hope this book-a-day plan will be a boon to anyone [...]
Posted in books, tagged books, children's books, diary of a fly, doreen cronin, harry bliss on October 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Today I FINALLY bought the third and final book in the “Diary” series, Diary of a Fly. Fly is always trying to get away from her 327 siblings and runs into even more problems when it comes to a science assignment. Diary teaches educational facts about flies through humor and visual jokes. Harry Bliss always brings such [...]
Posted in books, tagged books, chester, children's books, melanie watt on October 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This book is just too cute! I recommend it for ages 4 through third grade. I plan to use it to demonstrate organization and voice. I’m sure some awards will soon cover the ”Place award here.”
Chester is more than a picture book. It is a story told, and retold, by dueling author-illustrators.Mélanie Watt starts out [...]
Posted in Education, tagged laptops, one laptop per child, technology on October 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I found this great idea on Cindythelibrarian’s blog.
Great Christmas Gift Idea «
Here’s a great Christmas gift for two children: for $399 you can buy two very special laptops, one to be sent to a child in a developing country, one to be shipped to you in time for Christmas. These laptops are specially designed for [...]
Posted in Education, tagged Education, school silence on October 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I knew that this would create HUGE debates. My school takes 35 seconds for ‘reflection.’
School Silence Creates Big Fuss
By Tara Malone | Tribune staff reporter October 26, 2007 Dawn Sherman and her father, atheist and activist Rob Sherman, contend the law providing for “silent prayer or for silent reflection on the anticipated activities of [...]
Posted in books, library, tagged gary paulsen, young adult book prize on October 29, 2007 | 10 Comments »
Gary Paulsen spoke at the Harold Washington library yesterday. My friend, Donna, attended and said he was amazing and kind. He grabbed her hand when she told him that she used to teach in the some of the most remote parts of Alaska. The best line in the article is when Gary says, “I am [...]
Posted in library, tagged steven abram on October 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
(found on Dr. Stephen’s blog www.tametheweb.com)