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February 2012 - Posts
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Animalogy is not your traditional book about animals. Instead, author Marianne Berkes compares and contrasts various creatures from insects to mammals using analogies. Behaviors, sounds, body parts, and classifications are just some of the comparisons Read More...
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I am A Reader, Not a Writer blog is hosting the Leap into Books Giveaway Hop. Click HERE for a list of all participating blogs with Giveaways. Books4Learning is offering a $10 Gift Card from Barnes & Noble. You must be a follower of Books4Learning on Read More...
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Summary of Math on the Fly (by Suzanne Slade ): Multiply on the Fly demonstrates that math is a relevant part of our every day experience. Readers are treated to an insect safari, viewing commonly known bugs like grasshoppers, butterflies, and ladybugs Read More...
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The secret winter lives of insects are exposed in Not a Buzz to Be Found: Insects in Winter. Author Linda Glaswer writes in a gentle poetic language that reveals the mysteries surrounding the whereabouts of insects like woolly bear caterpillars, honeybees, Read More...
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Summary of Nothing like a Puffin (by Sue Soltis) : “Look, a puffin! What a marvelous creature, one of a kind and amazing. Indeed, there is nothing like a puffin.” Not a ladder. Not a house. Not a newspaper. Wait. A newspaper does have something in common Read More...
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Today is Poetry Friday. “This Book” is one of my favorite poems from I Am the Book , poems selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins. This Book (by Avis Harley) This book is the best— I woke up to read it Befoe getting dressed. This book is so cool— It’s the first Read More...
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Summary of Perfect Square (by Michael Hall): “A perfect square is transformed in this adventure story that will transport you far beyond the four equal sides of this square book” (from end paper of book). The perfect square was perfectly happy. Each day Read More...
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Summary of Hey Diddle Diddle (by Pam Kapchinske): The narrative takes place in the forest where living thing from tiny bugs to great bobcats live. It begins with a jolly-looking insect roaming among the flora and with this stanza: A shiny green beetle Read More...
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Summary of My Hands Sing the Blues: Romare Bearden’s Childhood Journey (by Jeanne Walker Harvey): Written as a first-person flashback, Romare Bearden (African-American artist) reveals one of the inspirations for his art—his past. Memories of listening Read More...
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