I love this funny, sweet poem by Milne, the author of Winnie-the-Pooh. See what you think 🙂 “Forgiven” by A.A. Milne, from Now We Are Six I found a little beetle, so that Beetle was his name, And I called …
nonfiction nuggets…about the first men on the moon!
Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon, by Catherine Thimmesh This week marked the 41st anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s and Buzz Aldrin’s first steps on the moon: July 20, 1969. I remember it clearly, sprawled out …
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Reading out loud; release your inner actor!
Reading stories aloud is fantastic whether the listener is 18 months, 18 years, or 81 years; whether the listener is a child, spouse, grandchild…pet dog…Of course, it is much, much better if you read with a gallon of expression! Whisper, exclaim, …
fiction favorites…Charlotte’s Web
Charlotte’s Web, by E.B. White, with pictures by Garth Williams Stretched across the upper part of the doorway was a big spiderweb, and hanging from the top of the web, head down, was a large grey spider. She was about …
a list of…five books swimming with summer-ness!
We are smack in the midst of summer here with hot, popsicle days strung one after another. Among other things, summer means…gardens, rainy days, fairs, family reunions and days at the ocean. At least, those are the five subjects of our picture …
poetry friday
The Paint Box by E.V. Rieu “Cobalt and umber and ultramarine, Ivory black and emerald green — What shall I paint to give pleasure to you?” “Paint for me somebody utterly new.” “I have painted you …
nonfiction nuggets…an unconventional cook!
I think I have never read a picture book about a chef before, have you?! The Adventurous Chef: Alexis Soyer, written and illustrated by Ann Arnold, is a feast for the mind and eye. Alexis Soyer was born in …
Blueberry wonderfulness!
It’s blueberry season up here in the northland! My kids picked a whopping bucketful on the rocky, pine-needly islands of Lake Vermilion last week. The wild ones are so small, so pretty, and so yummy! Even if you just buy them …
fiction favorites…Home of the Brave
Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate I just read this book last week and am very eager to share it with you all! “Cattle” (an excerpt) In my class, my long-name class called English-as-a-Second-Language, we are sixteen. Sixteen people with …
poetry friday
With hope that you take time to gaze at a summer sunset… Evening by Emily Dickinson She sweeps with many-coloured brooms, And leaves the shreds behind; Oh, housewife in the evening west, Come back, and dust the pond! You …
