Month: September 2019
Posted on September 30, 2019
by Maureen Schlosser
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Summary How do you develop a product that people love? You start by listening to what people need. Then you research, experiment and ask for feedback. In The Crayon Man, we see how Edwin Binney created Crayola crayons. Binney was an inventor. His products made life…
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Posted on September 29, 2019
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Summary What would happen if you showed a silhouette of Charlie Chaplin to different generations? Just his outline. No name or labels. I bet older people will call out Chaplin’s name, but younger audiences will not recognize the figure. It’s interesting to think of…
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Posted on September 28, 2019
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Summary Summary What makes a good day for you? This is the question Daniel asks people on his way to his grandmother’s house. Everyone has a different answer, depending on what they are doing at the moment. A bus driver has a good day…
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Posted on September 27, 2019
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Summary “Every time I take a flight, I am always mindful of the many people who make a successful journey possible—the known pilots and the unknown ground crew.” Martin Luther King spoke these words as he accepted the Noble Peace Prize. He was referring…
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Category: CollaborateTags: activism, activist, biographies, biography, civil rights, Collaboration, cookery, difference maker, prejudices, recipes, social sciences
Posted on September 26, 2019
by Maureen Schlosser
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Summary This sweet story is written as a letter of thanks to water. A young girl expresses her gratitude to this essential natural resource. In her letter, she highlights where she finds water. Playful descriptions and illustrations capture water in thirty-one different places. Stenciled…
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Posted on September 25, 2019
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Read how Farmer Tantoh brought clean water to his village by using skills learned from his personal interests.
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Category: ExploreTags: agriculture, Baptiste Paul, biographies, biography, conservation, Elizabeth Zunon, environment, farm life, gardening, Millbrook Press, Miranda Paul, natural resources, passion project
Posted on September 9, 2019
by Maureen Schlosser
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Summary With contemplative illustrations and word structure, Sophie Blackall tells the story of a lighthouse. Her creative talents shine with her ability to portray simultaneous events. We see the life of a lighthouse keeper contained in circles surrounded by rope. The evocative seascape takes…
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