Showing posts with label ABC's of Reading & 'Riting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ABC's of Reading & 'Riting. Show all posts

Monday, October 26, 2015

ABC'S OF READING & 'RITING: LETTER S



 

 

  





 






 



 


 Happy Halloween everyone!



 


Blurb: Addie comes from a long line of readers or "story catchers" as her family likes to call themselves. Every time Addie tries to catch a story on her own the wiggly words play tricks on her. She tries different ways to make those words sit still but it will take a little faith for Addie to become the next STORY CATCHER.



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Monday, October 19, 2015

ABC'S OF READ & 'RITING: LETTER R





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There are almost as many ways to READ a book as there are ways to WRITE them. For those readers out there who are more traditional minded like myself, there are libraries, new & used bookstores, yard sales and departments in retail stores to supply us with the touchy-feely books we need to get our reading fix.

But for those of you out there who don't necessarily NEED to hold an actual book in your hand, here are some other ways you can still journey to far off lands within the "pages" of a good book...



Internet sites where you can read books online:

Project Gutenberg (www.gutenberg.org

Internet Archive (www.archive.org/details/texts

Open Library (www.openlibrary.org)

Google Books (www.books.google.com






Feedbooks (www.feedbooks.com)




Internet Public Library (http://www.ipl.org/)


Shelfari (www.shelfari.com)

Freado (www.freado.com)

Check out one of them...check them all out...just get out there and READ !




Blurb: Addie comes from a long line of readers or "story catchers" as her family likes to call themselves. Every time Addie tries to catch a story on her own the wiggly words play tricks on her. She tries different ways to make those words sit still but it will take a little faith for Addie to become the next STORY CATCHER.

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JOIN THE STORY CATCHER FAN CLUB!Membership includes:
 
Membership Certificate

Bi-montly Newsletter full of mazes, puzzles, games, news, and other goodies
Reading Log for earning STORY CATCHER AWARD
 

Monday, October 12, 2015

ABC'S OF READING & 'RITING: LETTER Q

 



Books are such a huge part of my life. I love the smell of them. The feel of them. The magic just waiting to be discovered within the pages of a new book. There are authors I admire and stories I could read over and over without getting bored. I'm sure some of you are the same way. Some books are so dear to your heart you could repeat the story word for word. 

To have a little fun and to test your book knowledge, I challenge you to take the following picture book quiz. Do YOU know the titles of these well known picture books based on their first sentences? Try your luck at answering this picture book quiz (http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~dea22/quizpicbks.htm) and remember...no cheating! The answers can be found at the very bottom of this post.

PICTURE BOOK QUIZ:


1.    "One winter morning Peter woke up and looked out the window."


2. "In an old house in Paris that was covered in vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines."


3.  "In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf."


4.  "Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter."


5.  "In the great green room there was a telephone and a red balloon and a picture of -- the cow jumping over the moon."


6.   "Mr. and Mrs. Mallard were looking for a place to live."


7.   "I'm Emily Elizabeth, and I have a dog."


8.   "In the great forest a little elephant is born."


9.   "The night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind and another his mother called him "WILD THING!"


10. "I am Sam." 








Blurb: Addie comes from a long line of readers or "story catchers" as her family likes to call themselves. Every time Addie tries to catch a story on her own the wiggly words play tricks on her. She tries different ways to make those words sit still but it will take a little faith for Addie to become the next STORY CATCHER.

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PICTURE BOOK QUIZ ANSWERS:
 
1.  The Snowy Day, by Ezra Jack Keats.
2.  Madeline, by Ludwig Bemelmans.
3.  The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle.
4.  The Tale of Peter Rabbit, by Beatrix Potter.
5.  Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown.
6.  Make Way for Ducklings, by Robert McCloskey.
7.  Clifford the Big Red Dog, by Norman Bridwell.
8.  The Story of Babar, by Jean de Brunhoff.
9.  Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak.
10. Green Eggs and Ham, by Dr. Seuss.








Monday, October 5, 2015

ABC'S OF READING & 'RITING: LETTER P




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Any picture book writer worth their salt will be able to tell you all about PiBoIdMo. For the few oddballs out there who have been sleeping under a rock for the past eight years or so and don't know what it is, PiBoIdMo stands for Picture Book Idea Month.

I first participated in PiBoIdMo back in November, 2010 and eagerly await for November 1st every year because I know host/creator Tara Lazar will have an AMAZING lineup of writers, editors, and agents to help inspire kidlit writers from around the world to let the picture book ideas flow freely.

Registration for PiBoIdMo 2015 will open Sunday, October 25. If you are a writer who could use a little positive encouragement to come up with some new picture books ideas, mark your calendar and come join the fun. Oh yeah...and if you're wondering if participating in PiBoIdMo can actually lead to a book deal, I'm living proof. My picture book, THE STORY CATCHER, was once a PiBoIdMo idea...;~)






Blurb: Addie comes from a long line of readers or "story catchers" as her family likes to call themselves. Every time Addie tries to catch a story on her own the wiggly words play tricks on her. She tries different ways to make those words sit still but it will take a little faith for Addie to become the next STORY CATCHER.

Buy Links:
Amazon Kindle ¦ Paperback ¦ B&N ¦ Smashwords 

JOIN THE STORY CATCHER FAN CLUB!Membership includes:

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Bi-montly Newsletter full of mazes, puzzles, games, news, and other goodies
Reading Log for earning STORY CATCHER AWARD
 

Monday, September 28, 2015

ABC'S OF READING & 'RITING: LETTER O



  





If you have young children at home, you have probably read quite a few of this books I've listed below. Young readers hold the world in their hands when I discover they can actually read the words hidden in a book. Books of OPPOSITES give them a chance to expand their knowledge base and challenge what they already know. How many of these wonderful contrasting stories adorn the shelf of YOUR home library? Let me know in the comments below some I might have missed...




The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss
Dinosaur Roar! by Paul and Henrietta Strickland
Big Dog Little Dog by P D Eastman 
Inside Outside Upside Down by Jan and Stan Berenstain
What’s Up, Duck by Tad Hills
Olivia’s Opposites by Ian Falconer
Two Little Trains by Margaret Wise Brown
Night Monkey, Day Monkey by Julia Donaldson
Skippyjon Jones Up & Down by Judy Schachner
Wet and Dry by Lisa Bullard
The Quiet Book by Deborah Underwood
The Loud Book by Deborah Underwood
Big and Little by Steve Jenkins
Black Cat, White Cat by Chuck Murphy








Blurb: Addie comes from a long line of readers or "story catchers" as her family likes to call themselves. Every time Addie tries to catch a story on her own the wiggly words play tricks on her. She tries different ways to make those words sit still but it will take a little faith for Addie to become the next STORY CATCHER.

Buy Links:
Amazon Kindle ¦ Paperback ¦ B&N ¦ Smashwords 

JOIN THE STORY CATCHER FAN CLUB!Membership includes:

Membership Certificate
Bi-montly Newsletter full of mazes, puzzles, games, news, and other goodies
Reading Log for earning STORY CATCHER AWARD