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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

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

Children’s Book Club: “Two Friends, Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass”

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

Drink tea, change the world. Join us for a Children’s Book Club discussion of ‘Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass’ by Dean Robbins, illustrated by Sean Qualls & Selina Alko.

Filed Under: Afternoon Tea, Black History Month, Blog, Children's Authors, Children's Book Club, Children's Stories, Friendship Project

Children’s Book Club: “May I Bring A Friend?”

By Megan Willome 5 Comments

What happens when you bring a seal to Apple Pie Day? Join us for a Children’s Book Club discussion of ‘May I Bring A Friend?’ by Beatrice Schenk De Regniers, illustrated by Beni Montresor.

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

Children’s Book Club: “The Day The Crayons Quit”

By Megan Willome 5 Comments

What would you do if your crayons left you angry notes? Join us for a Children’s Book Club discussion of ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ by Drew Daywalt, illustrated by Oliver Jeffers.

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

Children’s Book Club: The Tale of Despereaux

By Will Willingham 9 Comments

Tale of Despereaux jar of thread

Join us for today’s Children’s Book Club discussion of Kate DiCamillo’s The Tale of Despereaux, and shine some light through story.

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

The Children’s Storybook Garden (Arlington, Washington)

By Bethany Rohde 10 Comments

Children's Storybook Garden

Bethany Rohde and her daughter Dot find creativity and community in the Children’s Storybook Garden in Arlington, Washington.

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Activities, Creativity, Libraries

Children’s Book Club: “A Wrinkle In Time”

By Megan Willome 12 Comments

Can Meg Murray’s stubborn love save her father and the universe? Join us as we read Madeliene L’Engle’s classic book ‘A Wrinkle in Time.’

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Book Club

Children’s Book Club: “Roxaboxen”

By Megan Willome 8 Comments

Join our Children’s Book Club as we read “Roxaboxen” by Alice McLerran with Megan Willome as our guide.

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Book Club

Children’s Book Club: “Owl Moon”

By Megan Willome 21 Comments

Quiet, now. Let’s bundle up and pay attention. Join us as we read Jane Yolen’s “Owl Moon” with Megan Willome as our guide.

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Book Club, Children's Poetry, Children's Stories, Reading and Books

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