Reader Engagement Project: Counting Activities for Indoors or Outdoors In the picture book, Around the Neighborhood: A Counting Lullaby (Amazon Children’s Publishing), the popular lullaby “Over in the Meadow” is reimagined with neighborhood families–including a mother and her child, a dog and his puppies, a spider and his spiderlings, and a mallard and her ducklings. …
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Reader Engagement Project: Turn Readers into Puppeteers In the non-fiction picture book, Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade by Melissa Sweet (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), readers meet the brilliant and playful inventor / artist / puppeteer, Tony Sarg. The young boy that made puppets and other clever creations became the one of …
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Reader Engagement Project: Nature Exploration Activities for Indoors or Outdoors In the picture book, Gobble, Gobble, Jenny follows arrow-shaped footprints and discovers the antics of wild turkeys. Throughout the seasons, this curious girl watches and explores the Northern woods near her home. Rich in detail, the book encourages curiosity about the natural world. Gobble, Gobble: …
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Reader Engagement Project: Story Hour Kit Raj is a confident marmalade cat parading through his owner’s story hours believing that he is a tiger (as that is what his owner always calls him). When a visiting cat cuts Raj down with bullying words, Raj falls into a funk. It takes a recitation on William Blake’s famous …
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Based on the Book: Too Many Frogs! By Ann and John Hassett Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Hardcover ISBN: 9780547362991 Ages 4 and up Best Users: Public Children’s Librarians, School Librarians, Pre-K-2 Classrooms, Nature Centers, Birthday Parties Best Audience: Children Grades PreK-2, Senior Citizens Event Description: TOO MANY FROGS! A Read-Aloud Event for Seniors and …
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