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    • Planet Ocean
    • Eavesdropping on Elephants
    • Neema’s Reason To Smile
    • Zoo Scientists to the Rescue
    • Sea Otter Heroes: The Predators That Saved an Ecosystem
    • Plastic, Ahoy! Investigating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
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    #PictureBookMonth Theme: Numbers :|: Read Roman Numerals I to MM by Arthur Geisert #literacy #mathchat

    #PictureBookMonth Theme: Numbers :|: Read Roman Numerals I to MM by Arthur Geisert #literacy #mathchat

    Nov 30, 2011

    For Roman Numerals I to MM, Geisert drew a total of 4,864 pigs. On the MM...

    #PictureBookMonth Theme: Dinosaurs :|: Read How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? by Jane Yolen #literacy

    #PictureBookMonth Theme: Dinosaurs :|: Read How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? by Jane Yolen #literacy

    Nov 28, 2011

    Yolen has written more than 200 books for children and adults. Dubbed by Newsweek “the...

    #PictureBookMonth Theme: Princesses :|: Read Fancy Nancy by Jane O’Connor, illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser #literacy #preschool

    #PictureBookMonth Theme: Princesses :|: Read Fancy Nancy by Jane O’Connor, illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser #literacy #preschool

    Nov 27, 2011

    Did you know Robin Preiss Glasser used to be a ballerina? Fancy Nancy by Jane...

    #PictureBookMonth Theme: Friendship :|: Read The Recess Queen by Alexis O’Neill #elemed

    #PictureBookMonth Theme: Friendship :|: Read The Recess Queen by Alexis O’Neill #elemed

    Nov 25, 2011

    Today is a two-fer. Read The Recess Queen and the companion Worst Best Friend for...

    #PictureBookMonth Theme: Holidays :|: Read Santa Claus the World’s #1 Toy Expert #literacy

    #PictureBookMonth Theme: Holidays :|: Read Santa Claus the World’s #1 Toy Expert #literacy

    Nov 24, 2011

    When  Marla Frazee started Santa Claus the World’s Number One Toy Expert she  imagined Santa...

    #PictureBookMonth Theme: Cooking :|: Read Hasty Pudding…by Loretta Ichord #elemed #literacy

    #PictureBookMonth Theme: Cooking :|: Read Hasty Pudding…by Loretta Ichord #elemed #literacy

    Nov 23, 2011

    Did you  know Loretta visits schools dressed as a colonial woman? During a visit to Colonial...

    #PictureBookMonth Theme: Folktales :|: Read Beautiful Blackbird by Ashley Bryan #literacy

    #PictureBookMonth Theme: Folktales :|: Read Beautiful Blackbird by Ashley Bryan #literacy

    Nov 20, 2011

    Ashley Bryan’s passion for poetry and the history of black people inform all of his work....

    #PictureBookMonth Theme: Farm :|: Read Otis by Loren Long #literacy #reading #k12

    #PictureBookMonth Theme: Farm :|: Read Otis by Loren Long #literacy #reading #k12

    Nov 19, 2011

    Did you know Loren Long wrote Otis from a story his sons made up? For...

    #PictureBookMonth Theme: Jungle :|: Read Over in the Jungle by Marianne Berkes #literacy #elemed

    #PictureBookMonth Theme: Jungle :|: Read Over in the Jungle by Marianne Berkes #literacy #elemed

    Nov 17, 2011

    Did you know Over in the Jungle is part of a series? Over in the Ocean,...

    #PictureBookMonth Theme: Bedtime :|: Read A Nap In A Lap by Sarah Wilson

    #PictureBookMonth Theme: Bedtime :|: Read A Nap In A Lap by Sarah Wilson

    Nov 16, 2011

    Sarah Wilson wrote and illustrated her first story at the age of four. She remembers putting it...

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      • Planet Ocean
      • Eavesdropping on Elephants
      • Neema’s Reason To Smile
      • Zoo Scientists to the Rescue
      • Sea Otter Heroes: The Predators That Saved an Ecosystem
      • Plastic, Ahoy! Investigating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
      • Ebola: Fears and Facts
      • Jingle the Brass
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