Greetings from Minnesota to all of you Orange Marmalade friends! This past week has been one of greening up here! Still just shy glimpses of leaves budding on our trees, but frogs madly chorusing, turtles sun-basking, eager shoots pushing up …
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ten for comforting reading-together moments
Last week was brutal. Here in the U.S. where tragedies are fresh, and of course around the world in places that hardly get a nod of acknowledgement from us over the violence that relentlessly engulfs them. Wherever you are, I hope that …
ten for the long, lingering hours of sunlight
We’re coming up on the longest days of the year here in the northern hemisphere. Plenty of time for extra bedtime stories. These are all full of joy, starting with: Miles of Smiles, by Karen Kaufman Orloff, illustrations by Luciano …
nonfiction nuggets…Ferris’s far-fetched, fantastical wheel
Mr. Ferris and His Wheel, written by Kathryn Gibbs Davis, illustrated by Gilbert Ford published in 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcout In 1893, Chicago was a bee-hive of activity as the city hosted the World’s Fair. A dazzling Great White …
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nonfiction nuggets…a bicycle built for nine and other two-wheeled wonders
Pedal It!: How Bicycles are Changing the World, by Michelle Mulder Have you ever seen a pet shop on a bike? How about a bicycle-powered blender making smoothies to go? Or a load of children going to school on a …
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nonfiction nuggets…how rags and bones and soot and seed changed the world
From the Good Mountain: How Gutenberg Changed the World, written and illustrated by James Rumford Take bundles of old rags, beaten to a pulp; the skins of goats, scraped and soaked; flattened gold, thin as grass; flax seed oil and …
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