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A Little Trip to France

November 19, 2022 By Claire Annette Noland 1 Comment

A Little Trip to France

  We have a new baby in our lives, and we dream of the places we can take her. Fortunately, we can start her travels early through books. Barefoot Books has just published a wonderful new series of board books, and we begin with OUR WORLD: FRANCE Words by Evelyne Holingue and art by Marguax […]

Filed Under: board books, Book Travel, Field Trips, Multicultural Children's Books, picture books, Picture Books, Places Tagged With: France by Evelyne Holingue

Lila Lou’s Little Library – a picture book for book lovers

October 8, 2021 By Claire Annette Noland 6 Comments

Lila Lou’s Little Library – a picture book for book lovers

Welcome to today’s bookish field trip! I’m so excited to share this new release from my Cardinal Rule Press Publishing sibling.   LILA LOU’S LITTLE LIBRARY: A GIFT FROM the HEART by Nikki Bergstresser (author) and Sejung Kim (illustrator) Cardinal Rule Press Publishing 2021 A Field Trip to a Little Free Library Themes: Books, Generosity, […]

Filed Under: Bookish Field Trips, Books, Field Trips, picture books

Let’s Walk and Read!

June 25, 2021 By Claire Annette Noland 3 Comments

Let’s Walk and Read!

Hooray! It’s Summertime! Are you looking forward to being outside, exercising, and reading a good book? Here’s a great way to combine all three of these activities as you WALK AND READ. The idea is simple. A children’s book is mounted on boards and displayed page-by-page in shop windows. Families read the story as they […]

Filed Under: Evie's Field Day, Family, Field Trips, picture books, Places Tagged With: Book Promotion, Evie's Field Day, Field Trip, Visiting Kingsburg, Walk and Read

Pick a Pumpkin (and visit a pumpkin patch)

October 18, 2019 By Claire Annette Noland 13 Comments

Pick a Pumpkin (and visit a pumpkin patch)

October is Pumpkin Patch Month and every year I help my friends at Bettencourt Family Farms welcome children who come to pick out a special pumpkin for a class project. And, every year I treat myself to a new pumpkin-themed book. I’m happy to share my new seasonal favorite on Susanna Leonard Hill’s  Perfect Picture […]

Filed Under: Books, Celebrate, Field Trips, picture books Tagged With: fall holidays in picture books, Pick a Pumpkin, pumpkin patch books, pumpkin patch games and activities, pumpkin picture books

Rainbow Weaver – Perfect Picture Book Friday

June 14, 2019 By Claire Annette Noland 9 Comments

Rainbow Weaver – Perfect Picture Book Friday

RAINBOW WEAVER – Perfect Picture Book Friday Hi Friends, grab your passport and Spanish dictionary– I’m linking up with Perfect Picture Book Friday with a book set in a very special Guatemalan location.   Title: Rainbow Weaver   Tejedora del Arcoiris Written by: Linda Elovitz Marshall Illustrated by:  Elisa Chavarri Translated by: Eida de la Vega Published […]

Filed Under: Bookish Field Trips, Field Trips, Multicultural Children's Books, picture books, Places Tagged With: Elisa Chavarri, Lake Atitlán, Linda Elovitz Marshall, Mayan weavers in picture books, perfect picture book Friday, Rainbow Weaver

Hey, Hey, Hay! Perfect Picture Book Friday

June 8, 2019 By Claire Annette Noland 6 Comments

Hey, Hey, Hay! Perfect Picture Book Friday

Hi Friends, Don’t you love this time of year? Everything is so fresh and green. My daily drive takes me through the countryside and I’ve been watching the hay grow, and grow, and grow! Today I’m joining Susanna Leonard Hill’s Perfect Picture Friday to share a perfect book that’s all about hay!   Title: Hey, […]

Filed Under: Bookish Field Trips, Books, Farm Fresh, Field Trips, picture books

International Book Giving Day

February 12, 2019 By Claire Annette Noland 2 Comments

International Book Giving Day

  Today is International Book Giving Day and I decided to go international this year. I’m packing up and taking these books to the El Faro Library in Nicaragua.     As a bonus, I won the grand prize from the Multicultural Children’s Book Day twitter party! This diverse collection of books will got to […]

Filed Under: Books, Field Trips, Multicultural Children's Books Tagged With: International Book Giving Day, Multicultural Children's Book Day

Lost!

April 14, 2018 By Claire Annette Noland 7 Comments

Lost!

Lost? Then you need a map! Lucy in the City by Julie Dillemuth (author) and Laura Wood (illustrator) Magination Press Lucy and her raccoon family head out into the night in search of dinner. Lucy is so busy licking the jar of peanut butter that she doesn’t hear her father say “Time to go!” She […]

Filed Under: Blogging A to Z, book maps, Field Trips, picture books Tagged With: Blogging a to z, Field Trip to NYC Subways, Larry Gets Lost in New York City, Lost in NYC, Lucy in the City, Maps in Children's Books

C is for Cities

April 3, 2018 By Claire Annette Noland 14 Comments

C is for Cities

  I live in rural America but love to visit cities to get my fill of museums, theaters, restaurants, and shops. Today I am sharing a great book for those who love the excitement of being in the city. 50 Cities of the U.S.A. written and researched by Gabrielle Balkan Illustrated by Sol Linero Wide […]

Filed Under: Blogging A to Z, book maps, Books, Field Trips, Places Tagged With: 50 Cities in the USA, a to z blog challenge, Maps in Children's Books

Forest World by Margarita Engle – a Field Trip review #ownvoices #diversekidlit

September 1, 2017 By Claire Annette Noland 1 Comment

Forest World by Margarita Engle – a Field Trip review #ownvoices #diversekidlit

There’s always reason to celebrate when a new book by U.S. Children’s Poet Laureate and author Margarita Engle is released. We are doubly fortunate this week because two new books have become available! Forest World (Atheneum Books for Young Readers) is her latest middle grade verse novel which follows the journey Cuban-born but U.S. raised Edver […]

Filed Under: Bookish Field Trips, Books, Family, Field Trips, Multicultural Children's Books Tagged With: Cuba - middle grade fiction, environmental fiction for children, Forest World by Margarita Engle, novels in verse, wildlife conservation - juvenile fiction

Total Eclipse Field Trip – where will you be?

August 20, 2017 By Claire Annette Noland 1 Comment

Total Eclipse Field Trip – where will you be?

I think most people in the continental United States will be taking a field trip on Monday, August 21st. Of course, everyone will be looking up (with protective eye gear) at the solar eclipse. (poster made by Rainbow Symphony) Yes, I’ll be one of the multitude heading to the total eclipse band in Central Oregon […]

Filed Under: Field Trips Tagged With: Eclipse 2017

Twelve ways to make summer last

August 9, 2017 By Claire Annette Noland 3 Comments

Twelve ways to make summer last

According to my calendar (and Google), summer began on June 20th and will end on September 22nd. This means, by my calculations, that today should be considered midsummer. When I was a child, school always began after Labor Day. Around here, many schools will be starting this week with temperatures in the 100’s! It just […]

Filed Under: Books, Field Trips

N is for Nicaragua and the library we built #atozblogchallenge

April 18, 2017 By Claire Annette Noland 9 Comments

N is for Nicaragua and the library we built #atozblogchallenge

Welcome to today’s A to Z Blog Challenge Post. This year I am writing about Library Love and today I’d like to share a library near and dear to my heart. When you step away from your normal routine, amazing things can happen. Last year a friend invited me to go on a woman’s retreat […]

Filed Under: Blogging A to Z, Books, Field Trips, Inspirations, Library Love, Multicultural Children's Books, Places Tagged With: SI Nicaragua, Students International

E is for Egypt #atozchallenge

April 6, 2017 By Claire Annette Noland 11 Comments

E is for Egypt #atozchallenge

  Welcome to Day 5 of the #AtoZchallenge where I am exploring the library world in alphabetical order. E is for Egypt One of the mysteries of the ancient world centers around the Royal Library in the port city of Alexandria, Egypt. It is believed that scholar Demetrious of Phalerum, convinced Ptolemy I Soter (a […]

Filed Under: Blogging A to Z, Field Trips, Library Love, Places, Uncategorized Tagged With: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, E is for Egypt, Guardians of the Lost Library, Library of Alexandria

Field Trip Friday – book review and a visit to the jail

November 18, 2016 By Claire Annette Noland 4 Comments

Field Trip Friday – book review and a visit to the jail

  I normally read and review kid lit but at least once a month I enjoy reading and sharing an adult book with my book club. Carmen, my November co-hostess, and I decided to include a field trip with our selection: Girl Waits With Gun by Amy Stewart (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015) Based on a […]

Filed Under: Books, Field Trips, Places Tagged With: Constance Kopp, Girl Waits With Gun by Amy Stewart, Kingsburg Jail, Kopp Sisters

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