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5 Winter Picture Books to Teach Figurative Language

In college, my beloved Reading Methods professor read us picture books at the beginning of class. As twenty-something-old college students, we relished those five-ten minutes it took for her to read a book. We could relax, get lost in something other than student teaching hours, seminars, and projects, and just enjoy a good story. When… Continue reading 5 Winter Picture Books to Teach Figurative Language

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5 Picture Books for Christmas – Part 2

Last week, we introduced our first five favorite holiday picture books. This week, we are going to show our final five Christmas books we adore! Some of these books are classics. On the other hand, you may not have heard of another book or two. That’s why we love these kinds of blog posts! Introducing… Continue reading 5 Picture Books for Christmas – Part 2

Picture Books for Middle School

Picture Books: The Importance of the Written Word

This past week, my daughter and I created an activity guide for the picture book, Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair by Patricia Polacco. If you have never read the story before, it is about a feisty librarian willing to protest to the entire town the importance of reading and the power… Continue reading Picture Books: The Importance of the Written Word