Archive for the ‘Elementary Educators’ Category
So, I have a picture book coming out with Guardian Angel Publishing titled: Maggie Mae, Detective Extraordinaire, and the Case of the Missing Cookies. This book is near and dear to my heart because it is loosely based on a real story about my Grandma Dill. (Yes, that’s GG, for those of you who knew [...]
May 22, 2013 in Elementary Educators, Maggie Mae Detective Extraordinaire, Picture Book, Preschool to 1st grade teachers
Tags: Guardian Angel Publishing, Maggie Mae Detective Extraordinaire, silly picture books | No Comments »
*Picture book, fantasy for preschoolers to second graders *A “big, scary monster” as the main character *Rating: Big Scary Monster is a cute picture book that you can use with children to talk about a lot of different themes/lessons. See below! Short, short summary: Big scary monster lives on top of a mountain and loves [...]
May 20, 2013 in Books with Health Content, character education, Docherty Thomas, Elementary Educators, Making Personal Connections, Personal Connections, Picture Book, Preschool to 1st grade teachers, Shared Writing, Young Adult Novels
Tags: picture books about facing fears, picture books about friendship, silly picture books | 2 Comments »
*Picture book, contemporary, for preschoolers through second graders *Young girl as main character *Rating: I loved this book, Someday by Eileen Spinelli. It’s clever and cute and full of imagination. Illustrations by Rosie Winstead are also super cute, as you can tell by the cover! Short, short summary: The pages in this picture book alternate [...]
May 2, 2013 in Elementary Educators, Making Personal Connections, Personal Connections, Picture Book, Preschool to 1st grade teachers, Shared Writing, six traits of writing, Spinelli Eileen, Writing Skills
Tags: career day, Eileen Spinelli, picture books about careers, picture books for girls, six plus one traits of writing | 3 Comments »
I’m really excited to announce that Finding My Place: One Girl’s Strength at Vicksburg won 2nd place in the “Show-Me” Book Awards category at the Missouri Writers’ Guild conference on Saturday night. Any Missouri Writers’ Guild member can enter their adult or children’s book that was published the year before in this category, and they [...]
May 1, 2013 in Book Club Possibility, Books With Social Studies Content, Elementary Educators, Finding My Place by Margo Dill, Middle Grade Novel
Tags: award-winning novels, Finding My Place, Missouri Writers Guild, writing conference | 14 Comments »
This past weekend, I was at the Missouri Writers’ Guild conference in St. Louis, MO. (By the way, FINDING MY PLACE won an award–but more on that on Wednesday. . . ) One of the sessions I attended was Lela Davidson’s “Search Engine Optimization.” I’m lucky enough to know Lela from the year before, when [...]
April 29, 2013 in Davidson Lela, Elementary Educators, Helping Girls and Women Around the World, High School Teachers, Middle Grade Novel, Preschool to 1st grade teachers
Tags: bloggers, book blogs, homeschooling, Lela Davidson, Missouri Writers Guild, mommy blogs, SEO help | 8 Comments »
*Concept book on counting and the beach/ocean life *Little boy as the main character *Rating: 1, 2, 3, By the Sea (Kane Miller books) is a cute picture book with a lot going on–there’s counting, there’s the ocean/beach habitat, and there’s a rhyme/text pattern too. This will be a favorite with children AND parents/teachers. Cute [...]
April 25, 2013 in Books with Science Content, Books with Science Content, Counting books, Elementary Educators, Making Personal Connections, Moritz Dianne, Personal Connections, Picture Book, Preschool to 1st grade teachers, Research Ideas, Shared Writing
Tags: counting book, picture books about the ocean, Rainbow Fish Counting, rhyming picture book | No Comments »
This originally appeared on a great blog by Anne E. Johnson, JESTER HARLEY’S MANUSCRIPT PAGE, where she reveals her own writing as well as highlights several fiction authors in all genres! Check it out here: http://anneejohnson.blogspot.com/ When I do school visits, I often talk to students about “potato ideas.” These are ideas that are not [...]
April 24, 2013 in Book Club Possibility, Books With Social Studies Content, Creative Writing activities, Elementary Educators, Finding My Place by Margo Dill, Middle Grade Novel, Middle School Teachers, six traits of writing, Writing Skills
Tags: Finding My Place, historical fiction novels, potato ideas, six plus one traits of writing, writing for children | 3 Comments »
I’m so thankful for libraries and librarians. And this week, it’s National Library Week! Since my book Finding My Place: One Girl’s Strength at Vicksburg has been published, I’ve been invited by librarians to speak at two different schools in St. Charles County this year–at Discovery Ridge Elementary School in Wentzville and All Saints School [...]
April 17, 2013 in Elementary Educators, Finding My Place by Margo Dill, Helping Girls and Women Around the World, High School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Preschool to 1st grade teachers
Tags: American Library Association, celebrate national library week, Finding My Place, National Library Week | No Comments »
*Picture book, funny, contemporary for preschoolers through second graders *Two dogs as main characters *Rating: I liked this book, but I thought the author/illustrator could have done even more with the ending or the costume. I hear it’s a sequel, and that the first one is actually better and the reason why this one is [...]
April 15, 2013 in Elementary Educators, Goodrich Carter, Making Personal Connections, Picture Book, Preschool to 1st grade teachers, Shared Writing
Tags: books about pets, picture books about dogs, Shared Writing, silly picture books | 2 Comments »
*Picture book, preschoolers through first graders *Young girls as main characters *Rating: Here’s what I said on Goodreads: “I like this book. I think the message is important. I picked it up because my two-year-old is in love with the Disney princesses, and her favorite color she informed me is pink. So, the only complaint [...]
April 11, 2013 in Elementary Educators, Making Personal Connections, Picture Book, Preschool to 1st grade teachers, Reading Skills, Shared Writing, Writing Skills, Yolen, Jane
Tags: princess picture books, rhyming words, silly picture books | No Comments »