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2015 WRAD Blogging Challenge: Week 4

March 4, 2015 in Timely Topics

Week 4: March 2 – 8 Speak Your Story: Select a favorite read aloud book and make a video! Val Edwards, Educational Outreach & Training Specialist, reads from Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey (Viking Press 1948). http://teachingbooks.net/media/video/ForumContent/WRADBlogChallenge.mp4…

2015 WRAD Blogging Challenge: Week 3

March 1, 2015 in Timely Topics

TeachingBooks.net is preparing for World Read Aloud Day (WRAD) by participating in the WRAD “Speak Your Story” Blogging Challenge! The four week blogging challenge is outlined at The Busy Librarian. World Read Aloud Day is Wednesday, March 4, 2015. Spread…

2015 WRAD Blogging Challenge: Week 2

February 22, 2015 in Timely Topics

Week 2: February 16 – 22 You & Someone New: Answer the following questions with someone you haven’t spoken to about reading before. 1. I think everyone in the world should read… Val: The Tortilla Curtain by T.C.…

David Wiesner’s SPOT

February 19, 2015 in Timely Topics

Spot by David Wiesner Spot (HMH 2015) is based on a concept that I have been exploring since I was a student at the Rhode Island School of Design. It is the idea of worlds within worlds that a reader…

2015 WRAD Blogging Challenge: Week 1

February 15, 2015 in Timely Topics

Guest Blogger: Christian Robinson

February 10, 2015 in Guest Author Blog Posts

When I’m asked how I came to illustrate Patricia Hruby Powell’s Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker (Chronicle Books 2014), my most direct answer is that my agent Steven Malk shared the manuscript with me, after being approached by editors at Chronicle. The more magical response would be that Josephine Baker’s life was an inspiration to me long before I read Powell’s text.

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