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At the top of my #Must Read in 2016

January 26, 2016 Claire Annette Noland 3 Comments

My “Must Read” list for 2016 Do you have a list of books that you are waiting to read? I do and I am not alone. I often discover new books to read from other book bloggers. One of my favorite bloggers is Carrie Gelson who has issued a challenge to list books that are […]

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Filed Under: Books Tagged With: 2016 books to read, Big Magic - Creative Living Beyond Fear, Carrie Gelson There's a book for that, Don't Judge a Bird by Its Feathers, Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan, Enchanted Air, Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear, For the Right to Learn - Malala Yousafzai's Story, Francine Poulet Meets the Ghost Racoon, Nuptste and Lhotse Go to Iceland, Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo, Stella by Starlight, The Case for Loving: the Fight for Interracial Marriage, The Ladies of Managua, The Princess Bride, The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes, Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer, Winnie the Pooh

Yes! a little word with big possibilities

January 15, 2016 Claire Annette Noland 5 Comments

  For the past few years, I have chosen a word that seems to define the life I am living at a particular time. Or, perhaps I should say, a word finds me. My one little word in 2014 was celebrate. It was a year of celebration with our first born’s wedding, our 30th anniversary, […]

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Filed Under: Books, Celebrate Tagged With: Celebrate this week, One Little Word, Ruth Ayres Writes, Word of the Year, Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes, Yes by Jez Alborough, Yes Day by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Yo! Yes by Chris Raschka

Counting Counts for the Christmas Bird Count

January 5, 2016 Claire Annette Noland 3 Comments

Today is National Bird Day which is the perfect day to share my latest field trip which was definitely for the birds.   I have tried to participate in the Christmas Bird Count for many years but, because of teaching and family obligations, I was never able to find a day that worked. Fortunately, I […]

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Filed Under: Biographies, Books, Citizen Science, Field Trips, Places Tagged With: Audubon Society, Christmas Bird Count, Frank M. Chapman, National Geographic Kids Bird Guide of North America, The Sky Painter by Margarita Engle, When Agnes Caws by Candace Fleming

Celebrating a Miracle

December 31, 2015 Claire Annette Noland 15 Comments

Today as a year comes to a close and a new one begins, I am celebrating a miracle. Wasn’t it just yesterday that we gazed at a photo of a baby girl that we knew instantly was our daughter? Didn’t we just meet her at the Holt reception center in Seoul and bring her home? […]

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Filed Under: Adoption, Books, Celebrate, Family, Uncategorized Tagged With: A Prayer for the children by Ina Hughes, Celebrate, Celebrate the Week, Prayer for a Child, Ruth Ayres Writes

Celebrating a Bookish Christmas

December 19, 2015 Claire Annette Noland 4 Comments

Here at the home of A Field Trip Life, we love to celebrate Christmas traditions from around the world. We open Advent calendars and light Advent candles. We eat tamales and listen to a world wide selection of carols. Our tree is decorated with ornaments brought home from our travels and the Nativity sets from […]

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Filed Under: Books, Celebrate, Christmas Books Tagged With: December by Eve Bunting, Iceland Christmas Book Flood, Jesus' Christmas Party, Jolabokaflod, The Christmas Story, The Christmas Trolls, The Legend of the Poinsettia, The Letter to Santa Claus, The Polar Express

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