Lego Heavy Weapons by Jack Streat

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  If you are an adult fan of Legos (AFOL), you might be interested in the latest offering from No Starch Press entitled Lego Heavy Weapons by Jack Streat.  Jack Streat is an accomplished Lego weapons builder whose YouTube videos have over 16 million views.  The amazing part?  He is 17 years old!  In LEGO® [...]

Online Summer Reading Program For Kids

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  Have you checked out We Give Books?  It’s an amazing online collection of some of the best children’s books that are free to read online.  Each time you read a book you also get to “give” a book.  For each book read online, We Give Books donates a book to a leading literacy program [...]

My Favorite Reads Blog Hop Giveaway/ Ends 6/6

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Hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer & Rachelle’s Writing Spot It is extremely hard for me to choose just ONE book that is, hands down, my absolute favorite. Different books mean different things to me and narrowing it down to one is nearly impossible. However, for this blog hop giveaway, I have [...]

Maurice Sendak, King Of All Wild Things (1928-2012)

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I came home yesterday evening and opened the local newspaper and read that Maurice Sendak, beloved children’s author, had passed away.  I was sad to read this, because Where The Wild Things Are is one of my son’s very favorite books and one I will always have fond memories of reading to him when he [...]

Children’s Book Week Giveaway Hop- Ends 5/13

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In honor of Children’s Book Week, I am partcipating in a book hop giveaway hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer.  If you are looking to enter giveaways for some amazing children and Young Adult books, you will definitely want to check that link out for out  for some fabulous giveaways this week! [...]

Children’s Book Week 2012

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Children’s Book Week kicks off today and I am so excited about the great ideas to celebrate this occasion with my students.  Children’s Book Week started in 1919 and is the longest running literacy initiative in the country.  In my library, we will be reading books by celebrated children’s authors and using some of the [...]

Fun With Robots

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  Robert And The Robot by Eva Schwab Last week I chose Robert and the Robot by Eva Schwab to read to my second grade class.  The kids are getting mighty restless here at the end of the year and so I chose this book because the topic, robots, was something the boys would definitely [...]