Picture Book of the Day

Welcome to the Nonfiction Monday Round-up!

Here’s what the kidlitosphere is reading this week…

1. Picture Book of the Day (Art from Her Heart) 
2. Read. Imagine. Talk. (Nonfiction Magazines)
3. Laura Salas (Picture Book Dedications)
4. Jama Rattigan (Surfer of the Century)
5. Karen’s Slice of Life (Keepers)
6. The Well-Read Child (A Song for Cambodia)
7. Lori Calabrese Writes (Sisters and Brothers)
8. Just One More Book! KidLit Podcast (Priscilla and the Hollyhocks)
9. I.N.K. (Don Brown on Take That, You Scoundrel!)
10. Nancy I. Sanders (Research Tips)
11. Kelly Fineman - Laurie Halse Anderson interview (Independent Dames)
12. propernoun.net (Question and Answer Books)
13. Becky (See How They Run)
14. A Wrung Sponge (Dr. Rob’s Guide to Raising Fit Kids)
15.  Wendie’s Wanderings (I.N.K.)
16. Original Content (nonfiction speakers)
17. The Reading Zone(Independent Dames)
18. Abby the Librarian (In Our Village)
19. Fiona at Books and ‘Rocks (A Peek at Kids’ Nonfiction from the 1800s)

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Art From Her Heart by Kathy Whitehead (Author) and Shane W. Evans (Illustrator) tells the real life story of folk artist Clementine Hunter.

Clementine waited until her work in the Big House was done and the twinkle of stars filled the night sky above the Cane River. She was ready to paint, like the artists she cooked and cleaned for on Melrose Plantation.

Teach the traits of ideas and word choice as students write and paint what they see in their world.

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I Love My Pirate Papa by Laura Leuck (Author) and Kyle M. Stone (Illustrator) begins…

I love my pirate papa!
He’s the bravest buccaneer.
He helps me put my earring on
and buckles up my gear.

Teach the traits of word choice and voice as students write a treasure hunt story.

This week’s Poetry Friday Round-up is hosted by Two Writing Teachers.

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In Minji’s Salon by Eun-hee Choung, Minji imitates her mother at work and gives the family dog a salon treatment!

Good morning, madam.
What would you like today?

Teach the traits of organization and sentence fluency as students write their own “job” story. (Also available in Spanish: El salon de Minji/ Minji’s Salon )

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The Searcher and Old Tree by David McPhail is an allegory about a safe place…

While the Searcher sleeps, the wind starts to blow.

Teach the traits of ideas and sentence fluency as students write about a safe place they know.

 
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In Trouble Talk by Trudy Ludwig (Author) and Mikela Prevost (Illustrator), Bailey loves to gossip…

“I know a girl who has a really big mouth. Her name is Bailey. Big Mouth Bailey. She doesn’t know I’ve called her that because I’ve never said it out loud. But that’s what I think.

Teach the traits of ideas and word choice as students write a “gossip” story.

(Teaching Tolerance Tuesday was created by Read. Imagine. Talk.)

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 Welcome to the Nonfiction Monday Round-up!

 Here’s what the kidlitosphere is reading this week…

1. Picture Book of the Day (Making Cents) 
2. Franki (Adventures in Graphica)
3. Sarah N. (Bird)
4. Literate Lives (A Home for Dixie)
5. Read. Imagine. Talk. (Things To Do On a Rainy Monday)
6. Jules, 7-Imp (Manfish and Pale Male)
7. Abby the Librarian (Deadly Invaders)
8. Lori Calabrese Writes (When Mr. Jefferson Came to Philadelphia)
9. Wild Rose Reader (Poetry & Science, Part II)
10. Guinea Pig Scientists (Becky)
11. I.N.K. (Kathleen Krull on Can Informational Books Be Sexy)
12. The Reading Zone(The Young Birder’s Guide)
13. propernoun.net (Thanksgiving)
14. Wendie’s Wanderings (Meet the Meerkat) 

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Making Cents by Elizabeth Keeler Robinson (Author) and Bob McMahon (Illustrator) is about counting and earning money.

Look! We have five pennies.
We can trade them for a…
Nickel!

Teach the traits of ideas and voice as students write about what they can buy with the money they earn.

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The cut paper art of Matisse is brought to life in Oooh! Matisse, a poetic “take a closer look” book by Mil Niepold (Author) and Jeanyves Verdu (Art Director).

white,
I am snow
and blue, I am
the mountains below

Teach the traits of ideas and word choice and as students create their own paper collages and write about what they see in them.

This week’s Poetry Friday Round-up is hosted by Two Writing Teachers.

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Sally and Dave, a Slug Story by Felice Arena is a tongue twister!

Sally loves to swish, slam dunk, and sink baskets on Saturdays, and she’s super at shooting soccer goals on Sundays.

Teach the traits of voice and sentence fluency as students write their own tongue twisting tale.

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