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To Rhyme or Not to Rhyme

October 15, 2023 10 Comments
If you’ve ever dipped a toe into the children’s book publishing world, you’ve probably heard cautionary tales about writing in rhyme. In short, most insiders say, “Please don’t rhyme.”
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Follow the Flyway

Marveling about Migration

July 15, 2023 6 Comments
Flyways? Up until this moment, I confess I had a relatively elementary-school-like understanding of how and why birds migrate. Join me in learning more.
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A Park Connects Us

How Parks Connect Us
… and Why It Matters

April 22, 2022 1 Comment
Spring is in the air, and we’re pulled outdoors to wander in our favorite city parks. Ducks are dabbling; frogs are trilling; the apple trees are bursting into bloom. Everywhere, it seems, children frolic and neighbors wave. It’s been a long winter, but our cities are alive.
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Sarah Nelson

Doorways to the Wild and Wondrous

April 22, 2021 5 Comments
Today, writing about nature and outdoor play just feels as natural and right to me as breathing. All my happy memories of chasing frogs, climbing trees, and splashing in summer lakes easily inform the stories I write.
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Alphabet Forest at Home

September 12, 2020 No Comments
Alphabet Forest at Home
Author, illus­tra­tor, and edu­ca­tor Debra Frasi­er intro­duced this At-Home ver­sion of the Alpha­bet For­est in 2020, dur­ing the Covid pan­dem­ic, when the Min­neso­ta State Fair was closed. Your favorite authors, illus­tra­tors, and vol­un­teers shared videos, activ­i­ties, and ideas for a lit­er­a­cy expe­ri­ence at home or in a class­room. Years have gone by, the State Fair is once again open, but you can always do this at home!
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Shhhhhh

May 27, 2020 1 Comment
This is the sound of walk­ing into retire­ment for me and so many teach­ers this spring. Although friends are already email­ing to con­grat­u­late us on this new jour­ney, we’re all alone while pack­ing up our offices and class­rooms for the last time. There will be no big par­ties, no for­mal farewells, no cozy get-togeth­ers where every­one dredges up the good, sad, and fun­ny days of our teach­ing careers.… more
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What to Do with a Box

Books about Boxes

November 19, 2015 No Comments
Box­es have many sto­ries to share, sto­ries to inspire, and sto­ries to help us learn and be cre­ative. Here are a few of the sto­ries that box­es have to tell. You might well expect to find books about cre­ative play and card­board box­es, but there are books for a range of young read­ers here and box­es comes in many shapes and colors.
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Fabulous Fashions cover

Catch You Later, Traitor Companion Booktalks

August 4, 2015 1 Comment
To get you start­ed on the Book­storm™ Books … 
   Amer­i­ca in the 1950s Edmund Lin­dop with Sarah Decapua
21st Cen­tu­ry Books, 2010 Top­ic-cen­tered chap­ters, e.g.: the tran­si­tion from WWII, the Kore­an War, the 50’s econ­o­my and soci­ety, the Red Scare Pho­to-illus­trat­ed Report mate­r­i­al galore, includ­ing sub­stan­tial back matter
  Bat 6 Vir­ginia Euw­er Wolff
Scholas­tic, 1998 In rur­al Ore­gon not long after WWII, the annu­al soft­ball game between 6th grade girls from two towns is a caul­dron of secrets, sim­mer­ing racism, class divide, hope and friendship.
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