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 ...
Recommended for those who like Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type, as we do. Plus, we've got some particular affection for Paris, probably because I studied French all through school, and retain enough to pronounce things correctly, even if I can't remember any phrases other than Quelle heur et'il?
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