Books, places, and books that take you places
The Kite that Bridged Two Nations written by Alexis O’Neill and illustrated by Terry Widener, is a fascinating book that tells a little known true story of Homan Walsh, a boy who, against great odds, flew his kite across the Niagara River. When Charles Ellet, Jr. was selected as the engineer contracted to build a […]
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 […]
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 […]
Hummingbirds take my breath away. This is a true story. My father was one of those larger-than-life men. He grew up during the depression and joined the Navy at 17 to see the world and be able to attend college on the GI bill. He was a radar operator and found himself in Japan, China, […]
Just wanted to let anyone who happens to be in the San Francisco Bay area this weekend know that there will be a goat festival at the Ferry Building on Saturday morning, April 12, 2014. There will be baby goats to pet, goat cheese tasting and cooking demonstrations. http://www.cuesa.org/event/goat-festival-2014 Here’s my favorite […]
