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Molly the Owl wins Gold Medal from Nautilus Book Awards

Jodi — Wed, 25 May 2011 13:26:46 +0000

Molly The Owl has won a GOLD medal from Nautilus Book Awards!

The enchanting book chronicling the true story of this unforgettable event has been honored with the Gold Award in the category of Children’s Nonfiction.

For 11 years, the Nautilus Books Awards recognizes books that promote spiritual growth, conscious living and positive social change as they stimulate the imagination and inspire the reader to new possibilities for a better world.

To learn more about Molly the Owl, view beautiful pictures and learning links for the kids view Molly’s Blog

Barnes & Noble Summer Reading 2011

Jodi — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 17:34:27 +0000

Kids read any 8 books and record them in the Reading Journal that you can download from their website. Kids then choose a Free Book from Barnes & Noble’s list when they turn in their completed journal to their local B&N. You can also download activities and get teacing tips in their exclusive activity kits. For the reading journal and more info, check out Barnes & Nobles special section on their website to Imagination’s Destination at http://www.barnesandnoble.com/summerreading/index.asp

Don’t forget your discounts! As a homeschool educator, you do receive discounts on books used in the ‘classroom’. For more info visit http://www.homeschoolingonashoestring.com/educatordiscount.html

Banned Books Week

Jodi — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:17:39 +0000

Banned Books Week celebrates the Freedom to Read during the last week of September each year, September 25-October 2, 2010. For more information on getting involved, please see Calendar of Events and Ideas and Resources.

Who topped the chart as the Most Challenged Book of this decade? The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling.

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Literature Based Themes

Jodi — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:11:51 +0000

Join Literature Based Themes at http://lbt.wikispaces.com/

LBT has thematic materials such as worksheets, activities, study guides and more to expand favorite Story Books and Childrens & Young Adults Literature.

For those on the old groups, I am combining the PreK-4 & 5-12 Literature Groups. The two groups will be closing as soon as everything is moved off YahooGroups. Any help you can give to migrate items over would be appreciated.

Announcing EcoBrain!

Jodi — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:05:35 +0000

EcoBrain is a new site for digital downloads offers a freebie (and paper free!) book of the week.

EcoBrain focuses on educating people of all ages about the environment. EcoBrain offers titles about cooking, green architecture, composting, farming, gardening, environmental science and kids books too. Visit EcoBrain.com this week and download “The Monkey Thief,” by Aileen Kilgore Henderson, a Costa Rican rain forest adventure story for kids, completely free.
The site does look familiar, it’s run by the same people who run CurrClick!

I would really appreciate if my readers who would like to sign up to please reference me using my affiliate id. It would help me to keep costs under control, especially while my computer is out and I’m blogging on the library computer. http://www.ecobrain.com/index.php?affiliate_id=244.

Barnes & Noble Summer Reading

Jodi — Tue, 27 May 2008 13:52:32 +0000

2008 Summer Reading at Barnes & Noble for grades 1-6 with Andrew Clements.

Kids can earn a free book when they read 8 books this summer. They use the Summer Reading Journal and parent signs the journal when it’s complete. The kids completed journal is returned to local Barnes & Noble store between May 29th & September 2nd, 2008. They give the child a coupon for a free book which the child can choose from a list (on back of the coupon).

Limit of 1 form per school-age child grades 1-6. Please visit Barnes & Noble website for full details of the 2008 Summer Reading. Download the information kit for the Summer Reading Program or pick it up in their stores.