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		<title>Un-forgettable Friday: Bea Rocks the Flock by Victoria Jamieson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ photo by foxypar4 www.flickr.com
*Picture book for preschoolers through second graders
*Bea the sheep as the main character
*Rating: Be unique is the message in Bea Rocks the Flock, and this book&#8217;s illustration and cute sheep make it unique, too. 
Short, short summary:  Bea is having a hard time in the flock. She just doesn&#8217;t do [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://margodill.com/blog/2010/03/12/un-forgettable-friday-bea-rocks-the-flock-by-victoria-jamieson/</link>
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		<title>Timeless Thursday: Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ photo by Arwen Abendstern  www.flickr.com
Pippi Longstocking is perhaps one of the most-loved orphans of all time (well, maybe she&#8217;s an orphan since she&#8217;s still waiting for her father to come back from being a cannibal king), along with Annie and the Baudelaire children. The style of this book reminds me very much of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://margodill.com/blog/2010/03/11/timeless-thursday-pippi-longstocking-by-astrid-lindgren/</link>
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		<title>Wacky Wednesday: Teaching Kids Poetry During April, Poetry Month</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ photo by lululemon athletica www.flickr.com
To get ready for spring and April, National Poetry Month, I thought we should start having some Wacky Wednesday posts about teaching kids poetry. Whether you teach your kids at home or you are a K-12 teacher, your students can benefit from reading and studying poetry. The next two weeks, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://margodill.com/blog/2010/03/10/teaching-kids-poetry/</link>
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		<title>Tuesday Tales: Aries Rising by Bonnie Hearn Hill (Blog Tour and Book Giveaway Contest)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ I&#8217;m very happy to host Bonnie Hearn Hill&#8217;s blog tour today on Read These Books and Use Them. Bonnie is part of WOW! Women On Writing&#8217;s blog tour, and she is doing 31 blogs in 31 days. She&#8217;s a busy woman. She&#8217;s also giving away a copy of the first book, Aries Rising, from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://margodill.com/blog/2010/03/09/aries-rising/</link>
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		<title>Maniac Monday: Children&#8217;s Choice Book Awards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ You might have noticed this new widget I have on my sidebar, courtesy of JacketFlap and the Children&#8217;s Book Council. It is announcing several nominees for the Children&#8217;s Choice Book Awards. In case you didn&#8217;t know, the Children&#8217;s Choice Book Award nominees have been announced in each category: Kindergarten to second grade, third to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://margodill.com/blog/2010/03/08/maniac-monday-childrens-choice-book-awards/</link>
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		<title>Un-Forgettable Friday: City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ photo by midweekpost www.flickr.com
*Young adult, urban contemporary fantasy
*Teenage girl as main character
*Rating: City of Ashes, the sequel to City Of Bones, is a page-turner. You won&#8217;t want to stop until you read every last word of the Clary-Simon-Jace saga. 
Short, short summary: It&#8217;s hard to summarize this plot without giving anything away. But I&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://margodill.com/blog/2010/03/05/un-forgettable-friday-city-of-ashes-by-cassandra-clare/</link>
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		<title>Timeless Thursday: And to Think that I Saw It on Mulberry Street by Dr. Seuss</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Talk about timeless&#8211;how about this book from 1937? It&#8217;s Dr. Seuss&#8217;s first children&#8217;s book, and I thought I&#8217;d wrap up this week of celebrating his birthday with talking about one more of his classic books. And to Think that I Saw It on Mulberry Street is, of course, a fantastical version of an actual [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://margodill.com/blog/2010/03/04/mulberry-street/</link>
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		<title>Wacky Wednesday: Check out Milk + Bookies Website!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  photo by idovermani  www.flickr.com 
First, I want to apologize if this photo from Flickr.com makes you hungry for cookies and milk today if you are on a &#8220;healthy eating plan.&#8221; (That&#8217;s what I like to call a diet.   ) But I won&#8217;t apologize for this great information I have to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://margodill.com/blog/2010/03/03/milk-and-bookies/</link>
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		<title>Tuesday Tales: If I Ran the Zoo by Dr. Seuss</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ photo by mape_s  www.flickr.com
Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!
*Picture book for preschoolers through second graders, fantasy
*Young boy as main character
*Rating: Dr. Seuss is at his best in If I Ran the Zoo&#8211;from made-up creatures to fantastical places to those ever-clever rhymes. 
Short, short summary: Gerald McGrew says that his local zoo is a &#8220;pretty good [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://margodill.com/blog/2010/03/02/if-i-ran-the-zoo/</link>
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		<title>Maniac Monday: Read Across America 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ photo by librarianjill www.flickr.com
Tomorrow is Dr. Seuss&#8217;s birthday, and children across the United States will be involved in Read Across America activities. But before I get into this, I want to announce the winner of the book giveaway contest I held on this blog last week. The winner is. . .Clara Gillow Clark. Thank [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://margodill.com/blog/2010/03/01/read-across-america-2010/</link>
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