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Read Aloud Thursday–President’s Day Picks
This year I remembered in time to a.) get books before the holiday, not after and b.) get books in time to read them and review them here, so that you have a margin of a couple of days to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction, Picture Books, Read Aloud Thursday
Tagged historical fiction
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Read Aloud Thursday–”The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry
Somehow Louise brought not one but two illustrated versions of O. Henry’s short story “The Gift of the Magi” home from the library a few weeks ago. I’ll admit I put her off for several days about reading one of … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Fiction, Books, Holiday, Picture Books, Read Aloud Thursday
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Read Aloud Thursday
It’s a random pairing today, folks. I have a soft spot in my heart for anything by Patricia Polacco, although I will concede that perhaps her very detailed stories are more ”just the right book at just the right time for just the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Picture Books, Read Aloud Thursday
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Groundhog Day Read Alouds
This post is from the archives, but I thought I’d post it again, just in case anyone is making a quick trip to the library before Februrary 2. Enjoy! I serendepitously happened upon a few fun books about Groundhog Day last … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday, Picture Books, Read Aloud Thursday
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Read Aloud Thursday–music edition
This RAT post isn’t so much about books about music in a completely straightforward way, but there’s definitely a subtle theme going on. Enjoy! I picked The Really Awful Musicians by John Manders up out the new books bin at our of … Continue reading
Posted in Award Book, Books, Education, Picture Books, Read Aloud Thursday
Tagged Award Winning Books Challenge, history, Middle Ages
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Read Aloud Thursday::Armchair Cybils–picture fiction shortlisted titles
Of all the Cybils categories I’ve actively tried to read books from, the picture fiction shortlist is the one I’ve had the hardest time tracking down books in. (Grammar geeks, please ignore my loose-and-free use of prepositions in that … Continue reading
Read Aloud Thursday–The Book of Indians by Holling C. Holling
I’m going to do something today that I almost never do: I’m going to review a book that I don’t have in front of me right now, and in fact, haven’t even had in my possession for about a month. This … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Education, Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction, Picture Books, Read Aloud Thursday
Tagged history, Native Americans
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Read Aloud Thursday::The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich
I catalogued Louise Erdrich‘s The Birchbark House as our last chapter book read-aloud of 2011, though we actually just finished it up this week. I have mixed feelings about this chapter book which I will try to express in this review. … Continue reading
Posted in Award Book, Books, Juvenile Fiction, Read Aloud Thursday
Tagged National Book Award
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Read Aloud Thursday–Best of 2011
It’s time for end of the year posts in book bloggy land and here at Hope Is the Word. So far I’ve shared my 2011 read-alone book list, as well as my juvenile and YA fiction book list, complete with my … Continue reading
Posted in Best Books, Books, Juvenile Fiction, Read Aloud Thursday
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Read Aloud Thursday–Christmas around the World::Sweden
This year we continued with the tradition we began last year at Christmas time of studying a country’s Christmas traditions. I was overly ambitious last year and planned to study several countries. This year I lowered my expectations (which … Continue reading
Posted in Arts and crafts, Books, Education, Holiday, Picture Books, Read Aloud Thursday
Tagged Christmas around the World
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