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Great Books Week, Day 3 Over the last year, on two separate occasions, I was able to meet the author (Maureen Wright) and illustrator (Will Hillenbrand) of my new favorite bear book:  Sleep Big Bear Sleep. This rhyming book is a sweet story of a bear with a slight hearing problem; he can’t hear the whisper of old man winter who commands him to hibernate for…

I’m on a picture book kick because I need to plan for my next few storytimes I’ve been weeding and pulling books for a display Secretly I want to act Seriously, I love reading aloud to little kids, especially those who make me work for it. It’s satisfying to lure a smile from a withdrawn tight face, someone who has…

I just read online that the first week in October is Great Books Week. Total aside: I really need a calendar with bizarre holidays, notes about books, tidbits of info and the like to keep me in the know. Anywho,  I thought I would review books that I LOVE doing read-alouds with. First up: Bill Grossman’s My Little Sister Ate One Hare. It’s…

The smiling dimples greet me as I tap away at my desk. Hey! He calls as he slides his backpack off his shoulder and digs through for a pencil, a snack (no eating) and the schoolwork. I grab him for a quick hug; his friends are around and I wouldn’t want them to think him a baby* and feel a…

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