Early Morning

  • Wake up. Wander.
  • Take your time.
  • Stop.
  • Ponder.
  • Saunter down the road a while.
  • Pause. Wait.
  • Then, navigate a new direction.
  • Never hesitate.
  • Marvel over
  • each
  • and
  • every
  • miraculous
  • moment.

Archive for December, 2008

A Particular Boy, A Particular Present

Dec 18th, 2008 by Dianne | 0

SILVER PACKAGES: An Appalachian Christmas Story by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by  Chris K. Soentpiet, is a picture book I look forward to sharing with my class each year.  For one thing, it’s a wonderfully tender story written by one of my favorite authors.  For another, it’s one of those books that I can’t read aloud [...]

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Women, Friendship, and Strength

Dec 12th, 2008 by Dianne | 0

Thanks to my librarian friends Cheryl and Meredith for sharing this on Facebook: YouTube – Transcending: Words on Women and Strength by Kelly Corrigan.

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Mother Goose À La Sterling Holloway

Dec 9th, 2008 by Dianne | 0

One of my first recollections of hearing poetry as a child was the voice of Sterling Holloway reciting Mother Goose Nursery rhymes on an LP that spun away in the living room while I was sick in bed with the mumps! While my sister and I spent the days recouping from the comfort of our [...]

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ReadKiddoRead – check it out!

Dec 6th, 2008 by Dianne | 0

The other day my school librarian passed along the link to James Patterson’s terrific website.  Have you seen it? It features a great selection of books    under four categories: “Great Illustrated Books,” “Great Transitional Books,” “Great Pageturners,” and “Great Advanced Reads.” Under these four categories, are tabs with subgroups.  For example, under “Great Illustrated Reads” [...]

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