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Constance Van Hoven and Her Reading Team
February 2019

March 7, 2021February 15, 2019 by Lisa Bullard

For this addition to our Raising Star Readers feature, we’re delighted to be showcasing another new Star Reader: Baby Nikhil was just 2 months old when he joined the Reading Team that also includes his grandmother Constance Van Hoven (Connie) and his big sister Priya (2). The team was celebrating Connie’s first opportunity to meet her new grandson, who lives with his family in Colorado.… more

Can’t You Sleep, Little Bear?

March 9, 2017March 9, 2017 by Melanie Heuiser Hill

Once there were two bears. Big Bear and Little Bear. Big Bear is the big bear, and Little Bear is the little bear. They played all day in the bright sunlight. When night came, and the sun went down, Big Bear took Little Bear home to the Bear Cave…. There was a time — and it doesn’t seem that long ago, I might add — that this gentle book was read in our own Bear Cave on a daily basis.… more

Gardening and Farming Delights

March 8, 2021June 1, 2016 by Martin and Root

Jackie: At last — we made it to spring and all the usual accoutrements have shown up — lilacs, violets, the smell of apple blossoms, and thoughts of sprouting seeds and growing vegetables. How could we not look at picture books about gardens and farming this month? I have to confess, Phyllis, I did not know of Miss Jaster’s Garden, written and illustrated by N.… more

Two for the Show: How Does Your Garden Grow?

August 19, 2015August 12, 2015 by Marsha Qualey

by Phyllis Root and Jacqueline Briggs Martin It’s high summer in the garden, with an abundance of vegetables to harvest and flowers abuzz with pollinators. Crunchy carrots, leafy kale, sun-warm tomatoes, garlic bulbs, green beans, zucchini (some gigantic) all offer themselves to the gardener. But more grows in a garden than plants. People grow, too, and connections between people take root and blossom.… more

Constance Van Hoven and Her Reading Team
February 2019

Can’t You Sleep, Little Bear?

Gardening and Farming Delights

Two for the Show: How Does Your Garden Grow?

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