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Children’s Book Club: ‘The Cricket in Times Square’

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

Garth Williams

What do a country cricket and a musician from Greek mythology have in common? Join author Megan Willome for the Children’s Book Club as she reads ‘A Cricket in Times Square.’

Filed Under: Children's Authors, Children's Book Club, Children's Stories, Music, nature

Children’s Book Club: ‘Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentime’

By Megan Willome 8 Comments

Barbara Park

Grab your mushy gushy Valentines! Join author Megan Willome for the Children’s Book Club as she reads ‘Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentime.’

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, children, Children's Book Club, Children's Stories, Valentine's Day

Children’s Book Club: “Curious George”

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

H.A. Rey

Read a book about resistance. Read the children’s classic ‘Curious George’ with author Megan Willome for the Children’s Book Club.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, Children's Authors, Children's Book Club, Children's Stories

Children’s Book Club: “Dream Snow”

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

Since you can’t be the Santa, be a Santa. Join Megan Willome as she reads Eric Carle’s ‘Dream Snow’ for December’s Children’s Book Club.

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Authors, Children's Book Club, Children's Stories

Children’s Book Club: “Dotty”

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

Erica S. Perl

How many imaginary friends can you count in the classroom? Find out in author Megan Willome’s new book club selection, ‘Dotty’ by Erica S. Perl.

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Authors, Children's Book Club, Children's Stories, Friendship Activities and Prompts

Children’s Book Club: “The Original Adventures of Hank The Cowdog”

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

John R. Erickson

What do you read aloud to an old man who’s ailing and has never been read aloud to before? Find out in author Megan Willome’s new book club selection.

Filed Under: Children's Authors, Children's Book Club, Children's Stories

Children’s Book Club: “Dear Evan Hansen”

By Megan Willome 7 Comments

Author Megan Willome considers the power of trees in “Dear Evan Hansen” for Tweetspeak’s Children’s Book Club, which this month, is all about teenagers.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, book reviews, Children's Book Club, Tree Poems

Children’s Book Club: “Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs!”

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs!

Author Megan Willome gets serious about some silly dinosaurs in an opposites book by Sandra Boynton for this month’s Children’s Book Club.

Filed Under: children, Children's Authors, Children's Book Club, Children's Stories

Children’s Book Club: “Blueberries for Sal”

By Megan Willome 11 Comments

Author Megan Willome and her mother and Little Sal and her mother and Little Bear and his mother get mixed up among the blueberries in this month’s Children’s Book Club.

Filed Under: book reviews, Children's Authors, Children's Book Club, nature

Children’s Book Club: “Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees”

By Megan Willome 7 Comments

Nobel Peace Prize recipient Wangari Maathai loved people an the world by planting trees. Join author Megan Willome for a Children’s Book Club discussion.

Filed Under: book reviews, Children's Authors, Children's Book Club, nature

Children’s Book Club: “Dear Mr. Henshaw”

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

Beverly Cleary

If Leigh Botts can become a writer, so can you. Join author Megan Willome as we read Beverly Cleary’s ‘Dear Mr. Henshaw’ for the Children’s Book Club.

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Children's Authors, Children's Book Club, Children's Stories

Children’s Book Club: “Wolf in the Snow”

By Megan Willome 3 Comments

Mathew Cordell

Shhh! Words aren’t needed for this meeting of our Children’s Book Club as we read Matthew Cordell’s Caldecott-winner, ‘Wolf in the Snow.’

Filed Under: Children's Book Club, Children's Stories, Poetic Earth Month

Children’s Book Club: “Mr. Bliss”

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

J.R.R. Tolkien

What happened when J.R.R. Tolkien got a motorcar? He ran into the three bears—Archie, Teddy, and Bruno. Join author Megan Willome for a Children’s Book Club discussion of ‘Mr. Bliss.’

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Children's Book Club, Children's Stories, Tolkien

Children’s Book Club: “Only One Woof”

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

James Herriot

Must every children’s book be zippy? Author Megan Willome discusses ‘Only One Woof,’ one of James Herriot’s animal stories.

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Book Club, Children's Stories

Children’s Book Club: “The Upside Down Boy”

By Megan Willome 8 Comments

Juan Felipe Herrera

Turn over a new leaf— turn all the way upside down. Join us for a Children’s Book Club discussion of poet Juan Felipe Herrera’s picture book memoir, ‘The Upside Down Boy / El Niño de Cabeza.’

Filed Under: Beautiful Words, Blog, Children's Book Club, Children's Stories

Children’s Book Club: ‘The Crossover’

By Megan Willome 8 Comments

Chicago skyline

Tis the season for basketball! Join us for a Children’s Book Club discussion of Kwame Alexander’s novel told through poems, ‘The Crossover.’

Filed Under: Black Poets, Blog, book reviews, Children's Authors, Children's Book Club, Children's Poetry

Children’s Book Club: “Toasting Marshmallows: Camping Poems”

By Megan Willome 7 Comments

S’more time! Join us for a Children’s Book Club discussion of a collection of camping poems called ‘Toasting Marshmallows’ by Kristine O’Connell George.

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Book Club, Children's Poetry, Nature Poems

Children’s Book Club: ‘Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl’

By Megan Willome 9 Comments

diary

If you read ‘Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl’ before 1998, you haven’t read the most complete version. Join us as we discuss the least-known parts of the world’s best-known diary.

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Children's Book Club

The Poetry of Silence: The Anne Frank House in Amsterdam

By Glynn Young 10 Comments

Tulip Field Anne Frank House

To enter the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, with its rooms approximating where eight people hid for two years, is to enter the poetry of silence.

Filed Under: Anne Frank, article, Blog

Children’s Book Club: “Brown Girl Dreaming”

By Megan Willome 17 Comments

Jacqueline Woodson

How does one become a writer? Join us for a Children’s Book Club discussion of ‘Brown Girl Dreaming’ by Jacqueline Woodson.

Filed Under: Black Poets, Blog, book club, Childhood Poems, Children's Authors, Children's Book Club

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