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Geography, Part 1

April 8, 2021March 24, 2021 by Heidi Hammond and Gail Nordstrom

Many picture books have anonymous settings, but some include authentic landmarks identifying locations that can be pinpointed on a map. Traveling from west coast to east coast, several Caldecott Award books feature settings in the United States, and we can become armchair travelers through the illustrations.

Explorer Academy: The Nebula Secret

October 30, 2018September 18, 2018 by Vicki Palmquist

Explorer Academy: The Nebula Secret
Trudi Truett
illustrated by Scott Plumbe (with a blend of photos)
National Geographic Partners, 2018
ISBN 978−1−4263−3159−6 Done with the Harry Potter series, maybe not quite ready for the Alex Rider series, what do you suggest? Explorer Academy. Emphatically. The book opens in Hawaii, where Cruz Coronado (not quite 13) is getting packed and saying goodbye before he heads to Washington, D.C.,… more

Skinny Dip with Bobbi Miller

May 4, 2016April 21, 2016 by Vicki Palmquist

Which celebrity, living or not, do you wish would invite you to a coffee shop? My definition of celebrity is someone whom I admire, who I think has contributed to society in his actions or words. To me, celebrity is more than a pretty face. He does more than recite words that someone else wrote, acting out a story that someone else has planned out and directs.… more

Geography, Part 1

Explorer Academy: The Nebula Secret

Skinny Dip with Bobbi Miller

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