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Goose by Molly Bang is a fantastic mentor text for presentation and accurate writing. It has an engaging storyline and illustrations to keep students interested.

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Honey, I Love is a great mentor text of poetry for students to find their voice in constructing poetic pieces of writing. There are great lessons within the poems to be learned and demonstrate how writing can be meaningful and personal.

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This award-winning poetry collection includes sixteen poems that tell of love and the simple joys of everyday life seen through the eyes of a child, by legendary author Eloise Greenfield with illustrations by Caldecott Medal-winning illustrators Diane and Leo Dillon.

Each of these sixteen poems is spoken straight from the perspective of a child. Riding on a train, listening to music, playing with a friend...each poem elicits a new appreciation of the rich content of everyday life. The poems are accompanied by both portrait and panorama drawings that deepen the insights contained in the words.

This beloved book of poetry is a Reading Rainbow Selection, an ALA Notable Children's Book, and the winner of George C. Stone Center for Children's Books' Recognition of Merit Award.

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Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems (Reading Rainbow Books)

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Dare To Dream To Change The World by Jill Corcoran

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Dare To Dream To Change The World by Jill Corcoran

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This poetry book is a great mentor text to model proper organization of writing. It also has a great message about inspiration and conquering dreams. It is suitable for Kindergarten- 2nd grade.

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From Jonas Salk, to Steven Spielberg, the subjects of these biographical-inspired poems invented, said and stood up for something. THEY DARED TO DREAM! This book makes a great graduation gift!

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Charlotte's Web has a great storyline and is a great introduction to chapter books. It is a good starter for students to see how stories can flow with more complexity.

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Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

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Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

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Brown Girl Dreaming is an award winning picture book that is a great way to demonstrate how great pieces are put together.

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Honey by David Stein is a great mentor text for word choice by demonstrating how words can enhance the meaning and message of a book.

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Bear is here to enjoy the gifts of each season, especially summer and HONEY!

Bear has awoken from his winter nap with only one thing on his mind: honey! Alas, it is too soon for honey, so Bear tries hard to be patient. Fortunately, the world around him is waking up, too. There is warm grass, berries, the smell of flowers. There is rain to dance in and a creek to swim in. Bear is almost content, until, one day, he hears a welcome buzzing sound . . . and finally it is time for Bear to delight in the thing he relishes above all others--and it is as warm, golden, sweet, and good as he remembered.

This sweet companion to David Ezra Stein's award-winning Leaves celebrates the joy of savoring something you love.

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Amazon.com: Honey: 9780593108208: Stein, David Ezra, Stein, David Ezra: Books

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This mentor text is great for demonstrating the use of punctuation/conventions and their influence on the meaning of pieces of writing. This is great for an engaging read-aloud and lesson for how punctuation works.

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Wow. My very first picture book -- PIGGIE PIE!, is celebrating

it's fifteenth anniversary this year! It tickles me to know that

'Gritch' is still giving giggles.

Visit her and my other characters on my website: www.margiepalatini.com

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As vegetables begin to vanish from all over the farm, Ducktective Web and his trusty partner Bill take on the case in order to stop the culprit from causing further havoc to their peaceful home. 25,000 first printing.

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The Girl's Like Spaghetti by Lynne Truss

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The Girl's Like Spaghetti by Lynne Truss

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This book puts a fun twist on how apostrophes impact the meaning of writing. This book is engaging but extremely helpful with teaching proper use of conventions.

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A comanion to the New York Times #1 best-seller Eats, Shoots & Leaves , this is punctuation play at its finest! Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference! , now Lynne Truss and Bonnie Timmons put their talents together to do the same for apostrophes. Everyone needs to know where to put an apostrophe to make a word plural or possessive (Are those sticky things your brother's or your brothers?) and leaving one out of a contraction can give someone the completely wrong impression (Were here to help you).

Just as the use of commas was hilariously demystified in

Full of silly scenes that show how apostrophes make a difference, too, this is another picture book that will elicit bales of laughter and better punctuation from all who read it.
A New York Times Bestseller Parents' Choice Silver Honor Winner

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The Girl's Like Spaghetti: Why, You Can't Manage without Apostrophes!

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This mentor text is great for demonstrating the Ideas category of writing.

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Chrysanthemum is a funny and honest school story about teasing, self-esteem, and acceptance to share all year round.

Written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes, the nationally bestselling and celebrated creator of Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse , Owen , and Kitten's First Full Moon , Chrysanthemum is a don't-miss classic, especially for back to school.

Chrysanthemum thinks her name is absolutely perfect-until her first day of school. "You're named after a flower!" teases Victoria. "Let's smell her," says Jo. Chrysanthemum wilts. What will it take to make her blossom again?

This popular picture book has sold more than a million copies and was named a Notable Book for Children by the American Library Association. "Perfectly executed in words and illustration, Chrysanthemum exemplifies Henkes's talent for creating true picture stories for young audiences."- The Horn Book

This is an ideal break-the-ice book for the first week of school. It get children thinking about and bonding with their own names and the names of everyone else in the class, and it's the perfect vehicle for starting a discussion about treating classmates with tolerance, kindness, and compassion.

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Chrysanthemum: A First Day of School Book for Kids

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This great mentor text is great for demonstrating the impact of using personal ideas in writing.

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The debut picture book from the creator of the viral sensation Kid President is a moving take on how we can create bigger and bigger circles of community and connections as we grow-now a New York Times bestseller! In the circles all around us, everywhere that we all go, there's a difference we can make and a love we can all show. Circles as an Instagram video adorably narrated by his kids, and now this picture book adaptation is the perfect way to start a conversation about how to expand our worlds with kindness and inclusivity-even if it seems scary or uncomfortable. This book makes an ideal new-baby, first-day-of-school, or graduation gift, or any milestone that celebrates someone's world getting bigger.

This is the story of a circle. When we're first born, our circle is very small, but as we grow and build relationships, our circle keeps getting bigger and bigger to include family, friends, neighbors, community, and beyond. Brad Montague originally created

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The Circles All Around Us [Montague, Brad, Montague, Brad, Montague, Kristi] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Circles All Around Us

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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle

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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle

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Brown Bear is a great book with a repetitive and rhyming and text. It demonstrates how to follow a simple theme in a book.

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As each page is turned, a new animal and its color are introduced, accompanied by Bill Martin Jr.'s singsong, rhyming question-and-response text to read aloud or listen to. There are sliding doors throughout the book, which children will just love to open, so they can discover what the next animal in this engaging story will be.

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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Slide and Find (Brown Bear and Friends)

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Amazon.com: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Slide and Find (Brown Bear and Friends): 9780312509262: Martin Jr., Bill, Carle, Eric: Books

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Punctuation Takes a Vacation by Rob Pulver

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Punctuation Takes a Vacation by Rob Pulver

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This book is a great way to demonstrate the importance of proper use of conventions to change the meaning of writing.

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Oh, no! Mr. Wright's class can't believe it. All the punctuation marks in the classroom have disappeared. Where can they be? What will the class do without them?

After a lesson goes awry on the hottest, stickiest day of the year, Punctuation decides to go on vacation. Maybe if the kids have to live without punctuation for a while, they'll appreciate all the hard work commas, apostrophes, exclamation points, and question marks do!

Chaos erupts! The class can't read their book, and the letters they write to ask punctuation to come back home are a mess.

This clever and funny tale shows just how important punctuation is to reading and writing, and helps illustrate how different types work. From the question mark's inquisitive postcards to the quotations' constant chatter, this story is full of fun detail, elaborated on by bright acrylic illustrations, full of action and personality.

For more language-arts fun, check out Robin Pulver and Lynn Rowe Reed's other collaborations, including Me First, Happy Endings, and Silent Letters, Loud and Clear .

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Taste Your words is a great book for showing how to use your voice in writing to depict personal feelings, emotions, and experiences.

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Teach kids about the power of words and the importance of kindness with this charming picture book that cleverly illustrates why we should think before we speak.

Amera's having a bad day. Her best friend ruined her cupcake and they both said mean things. When Amera brings her bad mood home with her, her mom tells her to "taste her words." Amera's mean words taste like rotten eggs, spoiled milk, and lemons! As Amera realizes that her mean words make her feel bad and others feel worse, she starts saying the kindest, sweetest words she can find.

This picture book is an excellent resource for parents who want to teach their kids to think before they speak. With humorous text and lively illustrations, Clark and Bright make it easy for even the youngest children to understand the power of their words.

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Taste Your Words [Clark, Bonnie, Bright, Todd] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Taste Your Words

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Singing In The Rain shows how to use your voice to write about opinions and emotions.

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Tim Hopgood is an award-winning illustrator and author of books for children including the international best-seller What a Wonderful World, the hugely successful Wow! Said the Owl (recently adapted for the stage by Little Angel Theatre, London), and the award-winning 'Fabulous Frogs' written by Martin Jenkins. His books have been translated into over twenty different languages.

Born and raised in England, Hopgood studied graphic design, specialising in illustration, at Kingston Polytechnic and then established a career as a graphic designer and art director. Recently he has combined his love of music with his love of drawing to produce a series of picture books based on classic songs - What a Wonderful World, Walking in a Winter Wonderland, Moon River, and Singing in the Rain which received a starred Kirkus review and was named a Publishers' Association Best Book of 2017.

Hopgood's first own non-fiction title My Big Book of Outdoors, a large format gift book which celebrates the wonder of each season (Walker Books, Candlewick Studio) received a starred School Library Journal review and featured on the SLJ Best Books of 2022 list.

2023 sees three new titles from Hopgood. A collaboration with author Francis Stickley, Love, The Earth, publishes in March, The Happy Hut written and illustrated by Hopgood publishes in July and Wow! It's Snowing publishes in September.

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Singing in the Rain [Hopgood, Tim] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Singing in the Rain

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I have an Idea! is a great book for children to learn how to come up with creative and personal ideas to fuel writing with passion.

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An interactive picture book from Hervé Tullet the creator of the New York Times bestsellers Press Here and Mix It Up! Join the magical hunt for one little idea: From one of the true creative geniuses of this generation comes a unique meditation on and celebration of the magic of the birth of a simple idea. Sparkling with visual wit and bubbling with imagination, I Have an Idea! is a richly emotional exploration of the creative process: from an initial tentative inkling, to the frustration of chasing the wrong notion, to finally the exhilaration of capturing-and nurturing-just the right idea. I Have an Idea! is a scrumptious cloth-spined package of color and inspiration equally at home on a child's bookshelf, in a new graduate's backpack, or atop a creative's desk.

The perfect book of color and inspiration for children and those young at heart.

Answers the questions "how do you find an idea?", "what does it feel like?", "what can you do with an idea?" in a simple and inspiring way.

Known as the "Prince of Preschool," the versatile Hervé Tullet has been an art director at various ad agencies, a magazine illustrator, and for the past 15 years, a creator of children's books.

Fans of Beautiful Oops! , The Day the Crayons Quit , and Iggy Peck, Architect will love I Have an Idea !'s introduction to creative thought. The perfect gift to inspire creativity in young readers, new graduates, and budding artists.

Kids of all ages will turn the pages with anticipation trying to catch that elusive idea

Children's picture book for K-3

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Amazon.com: I Have an Idea! (Herve Tullet): 9781452178585: Tullet, Herve: Books

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This award winning children's book is impactful for teaching students that ideas take time and how to provide purpose to those ideas.

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A New York Times Best Seller and award-winning book, What Do You Do With an Idea? is for anyone who's ever had a big idea.Praise for The Children's Book Review

This is the story of one brilliant idea and the child who helps to bring it into the world. As the child's confidence grows, so does the idea itself. And then, one day, something amazing happens. This is a story for anyone, at any age, who's ever had an idea that seemed a little too big, too odd, too difficult. It's a story to inspire you to welcome that idea, to give it some space to grow, and to see what happens next. Because your idea isn't going anywhere. In fact, it's just getting started.

What Do You Do With an Idea?

National best seller, appearing in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly.

Gold medal winner of the Independent Publishers Award, the Washington State Book Award, and the Moonbeam Children's Book Award.

"What makes this message so unique is the simple but beautiful way it's delivered, in narrative and illustration, through the eyes and voice of an innocent and hopeful child. What Do You Do With An Idea? is a spectacular book for all ages and is a wonderful treasure for any home or school library."-

Publisher's Weekly
"Despite the fact that it's Yamada's first time writing a children's book, it's had breakout success, selling over 300,000 copies since its publication date of January 2014."-

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What Do You Do With an Idea? - New York Times best seller

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The Word Collector is a great book for teaching students how to strategically choose words to make a difference in the world.

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Thanks for the tremendous support of my work which includes books I have written and illustrated, (The Dot, Ish, Happy Dreamer, The Word Collector) as well as collaborations, (Someday with Alisan McGhee, the Judy Moody series with Megan McDonald, Going Places with my twin brother, Paul, and the I AM series with Susan Verde)

My children's media company, FableVision, located in Boston, is dedicated to crafting "stories that matter, stories that move." I also make creativity tools for the classroom - FableVision LeanMy twin brother, Paul, and I founded an independent bookshop in Dedham Square, MA called The Blue Bunny. www.bluebunnybooks.com

Much of my work is designed to inspire all of us to navigate our true potential - to be brave, original, inspirational, inspired, and active.

My hope is that my work will also inspire YOU to make YOUR mark - and see where it takes you.

Let's stay connected - follow me on twitter - @peterhreynolds : )

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This book is an award winner for how it teaches students about the importance of using writing and impactful words to make a difference.

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Roni Schotter is the award-winning author of 30 books for children, including picture books, story picture books for early elementary school readers, as well as middle-grade and young adult novels. Her books are concerned with imagination and its power, and the extraordinary courage of children who think for themselves and "dare to reach out to the larger world." Her newest book, Go, Little Green Truck! will be published on February 16th by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

Born in New York City, Roni Schotter lived for a time in Brooklyn, New York, then moved to the state that had the smallest piece on her jig-saw puzzle map--Rhode Island. There she learned to love johnny cakes and the sea. She never knew she would grow up to be a writer, but she knew she loved words--their mystery, meaning and power. She was shy and spent a good amount of time watching and listening to the world, using her imagination to make sense of what she saw and heard. Grown up and an author now, she does the same thing today. Like a detective, she listens, looks and sniffs the world, then writes about whatever moves, excites or puzzles her.

Ms. Schotter's books have won various awards, including the Parents Choice Award (for The Boy Who Loved Words and Captain Snap and the Children of Vinegar Lane), the Hungry Mind Review Award (for A Fruit and Vegetable Man), and the Washington Irving Children's Choice Award (for F is for Freedom and Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street.) Dreamland and A Fruit and Vegetable Man were cited as Washington Irving Honor Book Awards. In 1991 Ms. Schotter received the National Jewish Book Award for Hanukkah! Passover Magic was cited by the National Council of Teachers of Social Studies as a "Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies." Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street was cited by the National Council of Teachers of English as a "Notable Children's Trade Book in Language Arts." Her first book, the young-adult novel, A Matter of Time, was made into an ABC After School Special and won an Emmy Award. Several other books have been adapted for the stage by Stages Theatre Company--Hopkins, Minn.

Many of her books have received starred reviews in School Library Journal, including The Boy Who Loved Words, Mama, I'll Give You the World, Captain Snap and the Children of Vinegar Lane and Dreamland (also cited by the Child Study Assoc. and named an Honor Book for the Irma Simonton Black Award by Bank Street College of Education). About Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street, SLJ said, "Schotter offers blocked young writers some savvy advice . . .[in a] fluently told tale." About The Boy Who Loved Words, SLJ said, "Schotter blends magical realism with a tongue-tingling narrative to create an ode to the power and purpose of language. An inspiring choice for wordsmiths and anyone who cherishes the variety and vitality of language."

In the past, Ms. Schotter worked as a children's book editor for several publishers. She has also taught writing at various colleges and privately. She has been a guest speaker at Vassar College's Summer Institute in Children's Publishing, at Dr. Lucy Calkins' Reading & Writing Project, at Pam Allyn's Litlife, and at annual conferences of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. These days, she does a good deal of speaking in schools to children--fellow writers--about the art and craft of writing and the importance and pleasure of using their imagination to tell their OWN stories.

Roni Schotter attended Carnegie Mellon University, graduating from New York University with a B.A. in English. She lives in a small village north of New York City with her husband, a playwright and professor. She has a grown son, Jesse, also a writer and professor, who loves writing and reading as much as she does.

Visit Roni at http://www.ronischotter.com

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Amazon.com: The Boy Who Loved Words: 9780375836015: Schotter, Roni, Potter, Giselle: Books

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This books is efficient for teaching students the importance of putting sentences together correctly in their writing.

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A young boy wants to write a story, just like his big sister. But there's a problem, he tells her. Though he knows his letters, he doesn't know many words. "Every story starts with a single word and every word starts with a single letter," his sister explains patiently. "Why don't you start there, with a letter?" So the boy tries. He writes a letter. An easy letter. The letter I. And from that one skinny letter, the story grows, and the little boy discovers that all of us, including him, have what we need to write our own perfect story. This picture book from award-winning author Andrew Larsen playfully and imaginatively explores a young child's process of learning to express himself. It promotes the idea that stories are available for everyone to tell, whatever way we can, and will inspire pre-readers to try writing stories of their own. The lively, fun illustrations by Mike Lowery incorporate story panels with dialogue bubbles, adding visual texture. Also helpful, the boy's story is shown both as he actually writes it --- with just a few letters, some punctuation marks and typographical symbols --- and as he imagines it. Celebrating self-expression, self-discovery and imagination, this book would enhance an early language arts lesson on writing, particularly on the parts of a story. It beautifully highlights the exciting worlds that are opened up when children begin to read and write. In a sweet touch, the boy and his sister model a close and supportive sibling relationship.

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A young boy wants to write a story, just like his big sister. But there's a problem, he tells her. Though he knows his letters, he doesn't know many words. "Every story starts with a single word and every word starts with a single letter," his sister explains patiently.

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This book is a great resource for teaching voice as it demonstrates varying personalities among character with a dynamic storyline.

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"Designed with uncommon flair," said PW, this "gaily newfangled version of the classic tale" takes sides with the villain. "Imaginative watercolors eschew realism, further updating the tale." A Spanish-language reprint will be issued simultaneously ($4.99, -055758-X). Ages 3-8.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Jon Scieszka's The True Story of the Three Little Pigs (1989) turned the favorite porkers' story upside-down by allowing the grossly misjudged wolf to tell his side of the story. Wiesner's latest is a post-modern fantasy for young readers that takes Scieszka's fragmentation a step further: it not only breaks apart and deliciously reinvents the pigs' tale, it invites readers to step beyond the boundaries of story and picture book altogether.

The book begins predictably: the three pigs set out to seek their fortune, and when the first pig builds a house of straw, the wolf blows it down. Here's when the surprises start. The wolf blows the pig right out of the picture and out of the story itself. In the following frames, the story continues as expected: the wolf eats the pig and moves on to the other houses. But the pictures no longer match up. Frames show the bewildered wolf searching hungrily through the rubble as first one, then all the pigs escape the illustrations and caper out into open space with the loose pages of the wolf's tale swirling around them. After fashioning a paper airplane from a passing page, the emancipated pigs soar off on a sort of space flight through blank white spreads, ultimately discovering other picture-book "planets" along the way. Finally, the pigs wander through a near-city of illustrated pages, each suggesting its own story. Joined by the nursery rhyme Cat and Fiddle and a fairy-tale dragon, the pigs find and reassemble the pages to their own story and reenter to find the wolf still at the door. In the end, the story breaks down altogether, as the wolf flees, the text breaks apart, letters spill into a waiting basket, and the animals settle down to a bowl of . . . alphabet soup instead of wolf stew.

Wiesner uses shifting, overlapping artistic styles to help young readers envision the pigs' fantastical voyage. The story begins in a traditional, flat, almost old-fashioned illustrative style. But once the first pig leaps from the picture's frame, he becomes more shaded, bristly with texture, closer to a photographic image. As the pigs travel and enter each new story world, they take on the style of their surroundings--the candy-colored nursery rhyme, the almost comic-book fairy tale--until, in the end, they appear as they did at the beginning. Chatty dialogue balloons also help guide children through the story, providing most of the text once the characters leave the conventional story frames, and much of the humor ("Let's get out of here!" yells one pig as he leaps from a particularly saccharine nursery world). Despite all these clues, children may need help understanding what's happening, particularly with the subtle, open-ended conclusion. But with their early exposure to the Internet and multimedia images, many kids will probably be comfortable shifting between frames and will follow along with delight. Wiesner has created a funny, wildly imagined tale that encourages kids to leap beyond the familiar, to think critically about conventional stories and illustration, and perhaps to flex their imaginations and create wonderfully subversive versions of their own stories. Carolyn Phelan Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

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The True Story of the Three Little Pigs [Scieszka, Jon, Smith, Lane] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

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This book demonstrates organization of writing as it flips in between past and present in an organized manner.

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Gene Barretta is an award winning author and illustrator of children's books.

Among his honors are an NAACP Image Award nomination, winner of the Carolyn W. Field Award and the Bank Street Cook Prize Honor.

His books include, "Starring Steven Spielberg: The Making of a Young Filmmaker," "The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver," "Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin," "The Bat Can Bat: A Book of True Homonyms," "Lincoln and Kennedy: A Pair to Compare," "Neo Leo: The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo Da Vinci," "Muhammad Ali: A Champion is Born," "Dear Deer: A Book of Homophones," and "Timeless Thomas: How Thomas Edison Changed Our Lives."

Gene has contributed illustration and animation to Sesame Street and Between the Lions. He has also designed characters for The Jim Henson Company.

He lives in Bryn Mawr, PA.

For more information on Gene and his work, please visit:

www.genebarretta.com

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Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

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This series demonstrates how to use voice in writing to depict personal experiences and emotions.

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Jeff Kinney is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' and 'Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid' series. He is a six-time Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award winner for 'Favorite Book' and has been named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World. He is also the creator of Poptropica, which was named one of Time's 50 Best Websites. He spent his childhood in the Washington, D.C., area and later moved to New England where he and his wife own a bookstore, 'An Unlikely Story'.

LATEST BOOK:

'Diary of a Wimpy Kid: No Brainer' (book 18) is available now!

COMIN' IN HOT THIS FALL:

'Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess' (book 19) will be served on 10/22/24!

PRAISE FOR WIMPY KID:

"Parents and educators applaud it as a visually friendly gateway for unwilling readers."

NEW YORK TIMES.

"One of the most successful authors in the world."

FORBES.

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The Getaway (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 12)

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Greg Heffley and his family are getting out of town. With the cold weather and the stress of the approaching holiday season, the Heffleys decide to escape to a tropical island resort for some much-needed rest and relaxation. A few days in paradise should do wonders for Greg and his frazzled famil...

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This book shows how to organize texts that extend over long periods of time.

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A 2013 Caldecott Honor Book

In this magical bedtime story, the lyrical narrative echoes a Runaway Bunny - like cadence: "Does everything in the world go to sleep?" the little girl asks. In sincere and imaginative dialogue between a not-at-all sleepy child and understanding parents, the little girl decides "in a cocoon of sheets, a nest of blankets," she is ready to sleep, warm and strong, just like a tiger. The Caldecott Honor artist Pamela Zagarenski's rich, luminous mixed-media paintings effervesce with odd, charming details that nonsleepy children could examine for hours. A rare gem.

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Sleep Like a Tiger: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner (Caldecott Medal - Honors Winning Title(s))

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Amazon.com: Sleep Like a Tiger: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner (Caldecott Medal - Honors Winning Title(s)): 9780547641027: Logue, Mary, Zagarenski, Pamela: Books

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This book teaches students how to use creativity to spark their writing ideas.

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New York Times bestseller and Caldecott Medal winner They All Saw a Cat is a visual delight and a charming read-aloud that invites kids and parents to explore the concept of perception. New York Times bestselling author and illustrator. In addition to the Caldecott Honor-winning They All Saw a Cat , and he has illustrated a number of other picture books focused on animals and nature., starred review

The cat walked through the world, with its whiskers, ears, and paws . . . In this glorious celebration of observation, curiosity, and imagination, author and illustrator Brendan Wenzel shows us the many lives of one cat, and how perspective shapes what we see. When you see a cat, what do you see?

ENGAGING AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING: Children will love following along with the simple, fun story, while parents will appreciate the book's clever and thoughtful lessons about how everyone has a unique perspective.

INCREDIBLE TALENT: Brendan Wenzel is a , he's also the creator of Hello, Hello! and A Stone Sat Still Shelf Awareness The Huffington Post

Parents, grandparents, and educators

Preschool and kindergarten level readers

Gift givers looking for a fun, interactive family read-aloud book

Fans of picture books like I Want My Hat Back , Ricky the Rock That Couldn't Roll , The Wonderful Things You Will Be , What Do You Do With a Problem? and The Day the Crayons Quit

RAVE REVIEWS: This bestselling book has earned multiple honors and starred reviews. Highlights include:

"An ingenious idea, gorgeously realized."-

"Both simple and ingenious in concept, Wenzel's book feels like a game changer."-

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Amazon.com: They All Saw a Cat (Brendan Wenzel): 9781452150130: Wenzel, Brendan: Books

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This funny and engaging children's book is a great resource for teaching about presentation and imagination in writing.

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From bestselling and award-winning author Mac Barnett and illustrator Jon Klassen comes Extra Yarn , a Caldecott Honor Book, Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner, and a New York Times bestseller.

A young girl and her box of magical yarn transform a community in this stunning picture book. With spare, gently humorous illustrations and a palette that moves from black-and-white to a range of color, this modern fairy tale has the feel of a new classic.

Fans of Oliver Jeffers and Peter Brown will love this book.

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Extra Yarn: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner

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Extra Yarn: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner [Barnett, Mac, Klassen, Jon] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Extra Yarn: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner

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This book is useful for teaching students the importance of conventions and sentence meaning.

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Joanne is the award-winning illustrator of such books as Beautiful, Brave, Love and Hilde Cracks the Case series, Another Day as Emily and The Dancing Pancake by Eileen Spinelli and Peace, Baby! by Linda Ashman. She lives in Amsterdam with her family.

Now we are done with all the formality, let's get to the good stuff. I was born in Malaysia but grew up in Los Angeles. I've had all kinds of adventures, good, bad and the crazy and it had a big influence in my art since I was a very young kid. I love traveling and going to new places. Luckily I have a family who loves it just as much as I do. I am terrible at cooking but I love to eat and luckily my husband is a great cook. Photography, hiking in the mountains and being in nature are my favorite things to do. .

My favorite mediums are pen and pencil. I don't like using sketch books because it makes me feel confined to a space. Which also means, my house is full of loose sketches everywhere. I mean everywhere. My children are my greatest pride . Usually I don't talk this much because I'm an introvert but I think it's okay to share just a little bit of myself with the moms, dads and kids out there.

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The Punctuation Station [Cleary, Brian P., Lew-Vriethoff, Joanne] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Punctuation Station

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This goofy and engaging book is great for teaching kids about all the punctuation marks.

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Language play iincludes many punctuation marks in this companion to the New York Times #1 bestseller Eats, Shoots & Leaves !

Commas and apostrophes aren't the only punctuation marks that can cause big trouble if they're put in the wrong place.

"Twenty-odd ducks" is an estimate of how many are waddling by, but "twenty odd ducks" would not only be a big group, but they'd look very strange! Imagine this without the middle period and the comma: "The king walked and talked. A half hour after, his head was cut off." Oh no-a beheaded king that can still walk and talk!

Truss and Timmons put hyphens, parentheses, quotation marks, periods, and more in the spotlight, with silly scenes showing how which marks you choose and where you put them can cause hilarious mix-ups.

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Twenty-Odd Ducks: Why, every punctuation mark counts!

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Twenty-Odd Ducks: Why, every punctuation mark counts! [Truss, Lynne, Timmons, Bonnie] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Twenty-Odd Ducks: Why, every punctuation mark counts!

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This book is valuable for teaching students how to incorporate new and old words into their writing to enhance meaning.

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A touching tale of a grandmother and her granddaughter exploring and cherishing the natural world. Words, the woods, and the world illuminate this quest to save the most important pieces of our language-by saving the very things they stand for. The Keeper of Wild Words is ideal for educators and librarians as well as young readers. is a poet and children's book author. She lives in Bend, Oregon, at the end of a long cinder lane. Brooke writes daily from her studio, looking at the meadow and many of the wild words she cherishes.

When Mimi finds out her favorite words-simple words, like apricot, blackberry, buttercup-are disappearing from the English language, she elects her granddaughter Brook as their Keeper. And did you know? The only way to save words is to know them.

* With its focus on the power of language and social change,
* For any child who longs to get outside and learn more about nature and the environment
* A loving portrait of the special relationship that grandparents have with their grandchildren

For children who love such books as Outside Your Window: A First Book of Nature , And Then It's Spring , and Finding Wild . Brooke Smith Madeline Kloepper is a Canadian artist with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Major in Illustration from Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Her work is influenced by childhood, nostalgia, and the relationships we forge with nature. She lives in Prince George, British Columbia.

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The Keeper of Wild Words: (Nature for Kids, Exploring Nature with Children)

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The Keeper of Wild Words: (Nature for Kids, Exploring Nature with Children) [Smith, Brooke, Kloepper, Madeline] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Keeper of Wild Words: (Nature for Kids, Exploring Nature with Children)