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Rice From Heaven – The Secret Mission to Feed North Koreans

September 25, 2018 Claire Annette Noland 11 Comments

North Korea is front page news these days but it remains a place of mystery to most people. There are few books for children about North Korea so I am excited to share this new one: Rice From Heaven, The Secret Mission to Feed North Koreans by Tina Cho (author) and Keum Jin Song (illustrator) […]

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Filed Under: book maps, Books, Multicultural Children's Books, picture books, Places Tagged With: Hunger-Fiction, Keum Jin Song illustrator, North Korea in Children's Books, Rice From Heaven The Secret Mission to Feed North Koreans, South Korea, Tina Cho author

What a Wonderful Word!

September 3, 2018 Claire Annette Noland 5 Comments

Hello Friends, Have you been enjoying summer? It has been a wonderful season here. I made a list of summer things I wanted to do and finally checked off the last ones. Don’t you love books that take you other places? I recently read one that I’ve been sharing with my writer friends and others […]

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Filed Under: Bookish Field Trips, Books, Multicultural Children's Books Tagged With: Language in children's books, Luisa Uribe - illustrator, What a Wonderful Word by Nicola Edwards

If I Kiss You, Will I Get Diabetes? – a review

August 1, 2018 Claire Annette Noland 4 Comments

From time to time, life throws a new challenge your way. I remember the day that our son was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. A whole new road had to be maneuvered, new vocabulary learned, and meal planning became filled with extra importance. I wish back then that we had the book:   If I […]

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Filed Under: Biographies, Books, Family Tagged With: Children's books about diabetes, If I kiss You Will I Get Diabetes?, Quinn Nystrom

The Map of Good Memories

June 19, 2018 Claire Annette Noland 7 Comments

  Every once in awhile I come across a book that seems so important that I just need to add it to my book collection. I have discovered a new favorite: The Map of Good Memories written by Fran Nuno and illustrated by Zuzanna Celej Spanish Title – El Mapa de los Buenos momentos translated […]

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Filed Under: book maps, Books, Multicultural Children's Books, picture books Tagged With: Map of Good Memories, maps in books, refugees in children's literature

A to Z April Blog Challenge – Reflections and a Quiz

May 7, 2018 Claire Annette Noland 11 Comments

Writing a blog post daily (almost) is certainly a challenge. Each year I wonder why I am doing the A to Z April Blog Challenge and by the letter J I wonder if I’ll finish. But, I press on because I enjoy being part of this blogging community and the challenge gives me an opportunity […]

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Filed Under: Blogging A to Z, book maps

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