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H is for Hands

April 9, 2019 By Claire Annette Noland 3 Comments

H is for Hands

This year for the A to Z Blog Challenge, I am marching through the alphabet celebrating ABC books. Today I’d like to give a hand to Hands that communicate.   THE HANDMADE ALPHABET by Laura Rankin (author and illustrator) Dial Books 1991 This stunning book features soft pencil illustrations of human hands signing the letters […]

Filed Under: alphabet books, Blogging A to Z, Uncategorized Tagged With: a-z blog challenge, ASL in picture books, Handmade alphabert, Laura Rankin author-illustrator

Q is for Quebec – another stop on the A-Z April Blog Challenge – Read Your World

April 20, 2015 By Claire Annette Noland 5 Comments

Q is for Quebec – another stop on the A-Z April Blog Challenge – Read Your World

We had a thrilling time in Paris and so now it’s on to Quebec where French is also spoken. I feel like I’m cheating a bit in this blog challenge. There are not many places that begin with the letter Q. I found no books about Qatar and the only book I could find about […]

Filed Under: Books, Field Trips, Multicultural Children's Books, Places Tagged With: a-z blog challenge, children's books set in Canada, F is For France a Quebec Alphabet, Quebec, Read your world

P is for Paris and an interview with author Evelyne Holingue

April 18, 2015 By Claire Annette Noland 6 Comments

P is for Paris and an interview with author Evelyne Holingue

P is for Paris, today’s destination on the A to Z April Blog Challenge where my theme is Read Your World with Kid’s Books. Trapped in Paris written by Evelyne Holingue Young adult fiction Do you remember when the Eyjafjallajökull  Volcano erupted in Iceland in 2010? Air travel was suspended thousands of people had to rearrange […]

Filed Under: Field Trips, Multicultural Children's Books, Places Tagged With: a-z blog challenge, children's fiction set in Paris, Evelyne Holingue, Read Your World with Kid's Books, Trapped in Paris, YA fiction set in Paris

Celebrating Sunflowers – #Life is Good

September 8, 2014 By Claire Annette Noland Leave a Comment

Celebrating Sunflowers – #Life is Good

I am still a blogger-in-training. It takes me a long time to upload pictures and add a post. One of the best blog incentives was the a-z blog challenge that I joined this past April. Bloggers were encouraged to post daily on a theme following the alphabet. This exercise helped me to think of topics […]

Filed Under: Books, Celebrate, Citizen Science Tagged With: A Field of Sunflowers, a-z blog challenge, Life is Good, Sunflower books, Sunflower House, Sunflower Sal, sunflowers, This is the Sunflower, Tina Downey

Y is for Yummy

April 29, 2014 By Claire Annette Noland 1 Comment

Y is for Yummy

Yes! I have almost finished the a to z blog challenge and I have a great book that starts with Y – Yummy” Eight Favorite Fairy Tales Retold and Illustrated by Lucy Cousins Candlewick Press 2009 I don’t think you can ever be too old for Fairy Tales. I have been collecting them most of […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: a-z blog challenge, Fairy Tale Collections, Yummy by Lucy Cousins

X is for eXplore…

April 28, 2014 By Claire Annette Noland 1 Comment

X is for eXplore…

I’ve come to the letter X in the a – z blog challenge and (perhaps I’m cheating with a lower case e) I’m eXcited about the word eXplore. Is there another word that causes you to want to head out to see what you can find? Here are three books that will urge you on… […]

Filed Under: Books, Field Trips, Places Tagged With: a-z blog challenge, adventure books, exploration, Explore Earth's Five Oceans by Bobbie Kalman, Explore! by Deborah Kespert, Explore...Water! by Anita Yasuda, geography, Water

W is for Water

April 26, 2014 By Claire Annette Noland 1 Comment

W is for Water

“When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water.” -Benjamin Franklin – Poor Richard’s Almanac, 1746 Here in California, we are experiencing terrible drought conditions. My home is located on the King’s River which is normally teeming with life. As I write this, I am sad to say that the riverbed is dry. How […]

Filed Under: Books, Citizen Science Tagged With: a-z blog challenge, Central California, Drought, King's River, One Well, Water, Water Dance

V is for Voyage

April 25, 2014 By Claire Annette Noland Leave a Comment

V is for Voyage

Here at A Field Trip Life, many voyages are taken within the pages of a book. Here are three books that will certainly take you places. Bon Voyage! The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” Written by C.S. Lewis Geoffrey Bles Publishing, London and MacMillan, US 1952 The third book in The Chronicles of Narnia series […]

Filed Under: Books, Field Trips Tagged With: a-z blog challenge, children's books about voyages, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, V is for Voyage

U is for Underground

April 24, 2014 By Claire Annette Noland Leave a Comment

U is for Underground

Doesn’t it seem as though there may be entire worlds that exist underground? In today’s a-z challenge I thought I’d look down, underground. In Fresno, you actually can visit an underground world, the Forestiere Underground Gardens. Baldassare Forestiere was an Italian immigrant to Central California. Between 1906 and 1946, Forestiere created and built a large […]

Filed Under: Books, Field Trips, Places Tagged With: a-z blog challenge, field trips, Forestiere Underground gardens, Fresno CA, London Underground, Underground by Denise Flemng

T is for Tea Time

April 23, 2014 By Claire Annette Noland Leave a Comment

T is for Tea Time

One of the loveliest ways to spend an afternoon is to have a tea party with a friend or two. I must admit, I like the little sandwiches and scones more than the tea and I love the way the tables are set for tea time. Where ever I go, I seek out tea houses […]

Filed Under: Books, Celebrate Tagged With: a-z blog challenge, Tea Parties, Tea Party Books, Tea Party Rules, Tea with Grandpa, The Tea Party Book

S is for Stella’s Starliner

April 22, 2014 By Claire Annette Noland Leave a Comment

S is for Stella’s Starliner

Rosemary Wells is one of my favorite authors and her books have a special place in our classroom library. I was thrilled to discover her latest book, Stella’s Starliner, not only because I love Rosemary Wells but because I have a secret longing for a Silver Airstream Trailer.

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: a-z blog challenge, Rosemary Wells, Stella's Silver Liner, trailer picture books

R is for raising readers…

April 21, 2014 By Claire Annette Noland 1 Comment

R is for raising readers…

I never grow tired of watching a child learn to read. It is an amazing process that has determined the course of my  life. There’s so much we can do to help raise readers. Here are a few suggestions: 1. Read to your children. This is simple advice but the most important. 2. Let your […]

Filed Under: Books, Field Trips, Inspirations, Places Tagged With: a-z blog challenge, learning to read, Leo Politi Murals, raising a reader, South Pasadena Public Library

Q is for quotes…

April 19, 2014 By Claire Annette Noland Leave a Comment

Q is for quotes…

I am participating the the Blogging from A to Z challenge and have made it all the way to Q!     There is a lot of wisdom in children’s books. I collect quotes from my favorites. I think of them as little life lessons. Here are a few I’d like to share:     […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: a-z blog challenge, Q is for quotes, Quotes from Children's Books

J is for Jellybeans

April 11, 2014 By Claire Annette Noland 1 Comment

J is for Jellybeans

J is for Jellybeans and the Big Art Adventure by Laura Numeroff and Nate Evans, illustrated by Lynn Munsinger which I shared today with the first graders.  It was a perfect follow up book to yesterday’s selection, ish. The Jellybeans are a group of girls who are different but go well together, just like jellybeans. Bitsy […]

Filed Under: Books, Field Trips, Food, Places Tagged With: a-z blog challenge, Jelly Belly Factory, The Jellybeans and the big art adventure

I is for ish

April 10, 2014 By Claire Annette Noland Leave a Comment

I is for ish

I came across a perfect book for the letter I in the a-z blog challenge. ish written and illustrated by Peter Reynolds. (Candlewick) “What’s an ish?” asked the first graders. We soon found out as we learned about Ramon who loved to draw everything – including a trash can,  and everywhere – even when perched […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: a-z blog challenge, book based art, encouragement, ish

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