Midnight Snowman by Caroline Feller BauerBecause it never snows Elizabeth has to imagine that oatmeal is snow and her bedsheets are snow.She hopes to make a snowman tomorrow. They start with just a snowball and they push it til they can't push it anymore.They get a friend with a shovel and everybod...
I read the sequel to this book years ago and I loved it so much that I spent the next decade searching for A Wizard of EarthSea. It was worth the wait. This book is lyrical, vivid and fascinating. It's also a quick read, not An easy thing to find among classics.
8/10/2011 ** The very first read-aloud for the new school year. Perhaps a little intense, with the refugee resettlement, but went over well. My 4th graders were really interested in ways to represent their own names in a rebus form.8/2010 I read this aloud to my 4th grade class to stimulate a dis...
Her mother wants her to be more practical, but eight-year-old Ti Marie knows she is meant to paint. Is there any way she can show her parents that painting is useful?
Mr. Meredith trips over a stone. He decides it is so fantastic it must be showcased. He clears an an area to the greenhouse to show it his friends. He throws a small party. After the party he decides that it needs to be "grander." Each time he finishes making his home more spectacular, he decides ...