1 Nov
The Woods
by Paul Hoppe (Author, Illustrator)
Booktalk: When a boy can’t find his favorite stuffed bunny, he bravely heads into the woods to look for it. Instead, he finds a big, scary brown bear!
Snippet: Every night before bed, I turn on my night-light, read a story, curl up under a blanket, and give my bunny a hug. But last night, I couldn’t find my bunny anywhere!
My NEW book, The Zombie Project (The Boxcar Children Mysteries #128)
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11 Oct
Ladder to the Moon
by Maya Soetoro-Ng (Author) and Yuyi Morales (Illustrator)
Booktalk: A little girl climbs a golden ladder to visit her late Gramdmother on the moon…
Snippet:
One cool new evening,
Suhaila asked her mama,
“What was Grandma Annie like?”
She was like the moon,” her mother replied.
“Full, soft, and curious.
Your grandma would wrap her arms
around the whole world if she could.”
My NEW book, The Zombie Project (The Boxcar Children Mysteries #128)
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2 Sep
Animal Naps
by Catherine Ham (Author)
Booktalk: Poems about animals taking a nap!
Snippet:
Snore
A polar bear
Will nap anywhere.
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It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
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17 Aug
Tell Me the Day Backwards
by Albert Lamb (Author) and David McPhail (Illustrator)
Booktalk: Just before going to bed, Timmy Bear and his mama play a game they call Tell Me the Day Backwards. Timmy tries to remember everything that happened to him that day in reverse…
Snippet:
“Let’s play that game we used
to play last summer,” said
Timmy Bear as he got into
bed for the night. “Let’s play
Tell Me the Day Backwards.
My NEW book is here! Read and Write Sports: Readers Theatre and Writing Activities for Grades 3-8
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3 Jun
Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site
by Sherri Duskey Rinker (Author) and Tom Lichtenheld (Illustrator)
Booktalk: After all their work is done, the machines on the construction site go to sleep one by one.
Snippet:
The sun has set, the work is done;
It’s time for trucks to end their fun.
So one by one they’ll go to bed
To yawn and rest their sleepy heads,
BONUS! See the video and and download an activity kit!
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20 May
Last Song
by James Guthrie (Author) and Eric Rohmann (Illustrator)
Booktalk: An old Scottish lullaby (11 lines in all) with a die-cut board book cover is lushly illustrated with a friendly family of squirrels.
Snippet:
To the sun
Who has shone
All day,
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10 May
Sleepy, Oh So Sleepy
by Denise Fleming (Author, Illustrator)
Booktalk: All of the baby animals are going to sleep. Where is my sleepy baby?
Snippet:
Tiny baby lion,
sleepy, oh so sleepy.
Where is my sleepy baby?
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18 Mar
It’s Time to Sleep, My Love
by Eric Metaxas (Author) and Nancy Tillman (Illustrator)
Booktalk: Everyone in the world is going to sleep in this beautifully illustrated board book.
Snippet:
“It’s time to sleep, it’s time to sleep,”
the fishes croon in waters deep.
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1 Mar
The Boy and the Moon
by James Christopher Carroll (Author, Illustrator)
Booktalk: At midnight, a small boy watches as animals dance and howl at the moon…
Snippet:
But that night was dusky dark
and the moon got stuck in a tree.
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23 Feb
Little Diva
by LaChanze (Author) and Brian Pinkney (Illustrator)
Booktalk: What is a diva’s life like? See her daughter’s day from morning til night…
Snippet:
Divas can act and sing and dance. And when I grow up, I want to be a diva just like my mommy!
BONUS! This book comes with a CD of the author singing and reading.
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Anastasia Suen is the author of 160 books for children and adults, a literacy blogger, a children's literature consultant for several publishers, a former K,1,5, & 6 teacher who visits schools to teach the six traits of writing, and a former Staff Development for Educators, UNT and SMU instructor who teaches writing workshops online for adults who write for children.
