2 Dec
When I Love You at Christmas
by David Bedford (Author) and Tamsin Ainslie (Illustrator)
Booktalk: Christmas time is giving time, baking time and singing time. But best of all, it’s loving time!
Snippet:
When you make your cards
When you spell your words
That’s when I love you
This week’s Poetry Friday Round-up is hosted by Carol’s Corner
My NEW picture book is Road Work Ahead (Viking)
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18 Nov
When I Woke Up I Was a Hippopotamus
by Tom MacRae (Author) and Ross Collins (Illustrator)
Booktalk: A little boy transforms into different creatures as his moods change throughout the day, until finally he goes a little too far and discovers his parents have transformed too!
Snippet:
When I woke up I was a
Hippopotamus!
Yawning in the morning, I raised up my sleepy head,
then took one look out of the window
and got straight back into bed.
This week’s Poetry Friday Round-up is hosted by The Opposite of Indifference
My NEW picture book is Road Work Ahead (Viking)
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9 Nov
Without You
by Genevieve Cote (Author, Illustrator)
Booktalk: Two friends disagree…
Snippet:
I don’t want to play with you anymore.
Fine! I won’t miss you at all.
My NEW picture book is Road Work Ahead (Viking)
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27 Oct
You Are My Sunshine
by Jimmie Davis (Author) and Caroline Church (Illustrator)
Booktalk: The classic song in a cute board book.
Snippet:
You are my sunshine
My only sunshine
My NEW book, The Zombie Project (The Boxcar Children Mysteries #128)
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25 Oct
by Doreen Cronin (Author) and Laura Cornell (Illustrator)
Booktalk: Take care of MOM and she’ll take care of YOU. Kids can see how in this detailed “Mom Operating Manual.” The snippet below is on the If All Else Fails Page where it recommends “a spontaneous song and dance routine” to override a “malfunction.”
This book is a MUST BUY for kids with busy moms!
Snippet:
Cranky Pants
(sung to the tune of Mary Had a Little Lamb)
Why do you wear cranky pants?
Cranky pants?
Cranky pants?
Why do you wear cranky pants?
Breathe deep and count to ten.
My NEW book, The Zombie Project (The Boxcar Children Mysteries #128)
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17 Oct
Red Bird Sings: The Story of Zitkala-Sa, Native American Author, Musician, and Activist (Exceptional Social Studies Titles for Intermediate Grades)
by Gina Capaldi (Adapter, Illustrator) and Q. L. Pearce (Adapter)
Booktalk: Gertrude Simmons, also known as Zitkala-Sa (which means Red Bird) was born in 1876 on the Yankton Sioux reservation in South Dakota. She willingly left her home at age eight to go to a boarding school in Indiana. But Zitkala-Sa soon found herself caught between two worlds–white and Native American.
Snippet:
The IRON HORSE
February 1884
From my playmates I heard that two paleface missionaries from the Land of Red Apples were in our village. They were from that class of white men who wore big hats and carried large hearts. When they came to our house, an interpreter who knew a smattering of my language joined them.
This week’s Nonfiction Monday Round-up host is Simply Science
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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21 Sep
Grandpa’s Tractor
by Michael Garland (Author, Illustrator)
Booktalk: Grandpa Joe brings his grandson Timmy back to the old family farm…
Snippet: Grandpa Joe and Timmy were going to see the old farm where Grandpa Joe used to live when he was a boy.
My new book Road Work Ahead (Viking) is on tour at Great Kid Books today!
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15 Sep
The Busy Life of Ernestine Buckmeister
by Linda Ravin Lodding (Author) and Suzanne Beaky (Illustrator)
Booktalk: Ernestine is in over her head. Monday through Sunday, Ernestine’s week is packed with after-school lessons—tuba, knitting, sculpting, water ballet, yoga, yodeling, and karate. Overwhelmed and exhausted, Ernestine decides to take matters into her own hands…
Snippet:
On Mondays she sculpted with Clay Lumpkin.
On Tuesdays she did water ballet with Miss Goldfisher.
On Wednesdays she knitted with Mrs. Pearl Stitchem.
On Thursdays she took tuba lessons with Mr. Oompah.
On Fridays she yodeled with Little Old Lady Hoo.
On Saturdays she studied karate with Grand Master HiYa!
And on Sundays she practiced yoga with Guru Prakash Pretzel.
BONUS! See the video!
**Linda is one of my former students!**
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25 Aug
Sea Monster’s First Day
by Kate Messner (Author) and Andy Rash (Illustrator)
Booktalk: Starting school is a big job, and it’s an even bigger job you’re a sea monster!
Snippet: “This is it,” my mother said. “You’re a big sea monster now, Ernest. Remember to introduce yourself, play nicely, and use your imagination. I’m sure you’ll have lots of fun.”
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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.
