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Y is for Yosemite

April 29, 2015 Claire Annette Noland 12 Comments

Y is for Yosemite We’re nearing the end of our Read Your World adventure on the A to Z Blog Challenge. It is day 25, the letter is Y and I don’t have to look far from home to find the perfect field trip spot – Yosemite! I was blessed to be in a family […]

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Filed Under: Books, Citizen Science, Field Trips, Places Tagged With: John Muir and Yosemite, moonbow, Moonbow. Yosemite Falls Moonbow, Read your world, Teddy Roosevelt and Yosemite, The Camping Trip That Changed America: Theodore Roosevelt John Muir and Our National Parks, Yosemite - children's books

X is for Xian

April 28, 2015 Claire Annette Noland 14 Comments

We are nearing the end of the A to Z April Blog Challenge where my theme is Read Your World with Kid’s Books. Today’s letter is X which was the one I was most worried about. There are not many places that begin with the letter X and those that do don’t seem to have […]

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Filed Under: Books, Field Trips, Multicultural Children's Books, Places Tagged With: children's books set in China, Secrets of the Terra-Cotta Soldier, Xian China

W is for Washington D.C.

April 27, 2015 Claire Annette Noland 10 Comments

Welcome to Day 23 in the A to Z Blog Challenge where we post in alphabetical order during April. My blog theme for the month is Read the World with Kid’s Books. W is our letter of the day so we are heading to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue which is, of course, the address for the […]

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Filed Under: Books, Citizen Science, Farm Fresh, Field Trips, Food, Places Tagged With: a to z blog challenge, First Garden: The White House Garden and How It Grew, Gardening, Michelle Obama, Read your world, Washington D.C.

V is for Vietnam

April 25, 2015 Claire Annette Noland 10 Comments

V is for Vietnam Forty years ago this week United States troops pulled out of Vietnam. There will be many articles, news reports, and ceremonies commemorating this historical event. It is only fitting that during this A to Z Blog Challenge week, we look back and reflect on how this event affected the refugees that […]

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Filed Under: Books, Multicultural Children's Books, Places Tagged With: A to Z April Blog Challenge, Inside Out & Back Again, novels in verse immigration - fiction, Thanhha Lai, Vietnam - children's fiction

U is for Uganda

April 24, 2015 Claire Annette Noland 9 Comments

When I traveled to Africa, I learned how livestock ownership could change a family’s life. A donkey can serve as a taxi or means to haul water. Chickens give eggs that can be eaten or sold. A goat can enable a girl to get an education. This is the premise for Beatrice’s Goat by Page […]

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Filed Under: Books, Field Trips, Inspirations, Multicultural Children's Books, Places Tagged With: Beatrice's Goat, goats, Heifer International, Kid World Citizen, Sole Hope, Uganda- children's books

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