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November 4, 2008

Make These Curriculum Connections

• Simmer up Some Fun
  Not only is cooking a kid-favorite endeavor, but it also provides plentiful opportunities for classroom exploration. Brimming with eye-catching illustrations and tongue-tempting images, these colorful cookbooks are written with a keen awareness of kids’ abilities, tastes, and interests. more » » » 
  
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Nick’s Picks

• Nick's Picks
  With the approach of autumn and winter heralding the storytelling season, this month's column highlights multimedia resources that reveal the storytelling skills of favorite writers and illustrators–including three brand-new movies with Patricia Polacco.   more » » » 

Interview

• Jen Byrant: William Carlos Williams and his Muse
  Like the subject of her latest picture book tribute, A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams (Eerdmans, 2008), Jen Bryant grew up in a small town in New Jersey and spent a lot of time outdoors. Here Bryant explores the guiding influences of childhood (both her own and her subject's) and discusses the importance of taking time to experience the world around us, and how sensory experiences can translate into poetry. more » » » 
  
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What's New

• Murder and Mayhem under Grey Skies
  Consider the history of the British Isles. What leaps to mind? Lists of monarchs with the same names, distinguished by Roman numerals? Primly proper people with stiff upper lips and a penchant for tea? A recent spate of young adult fiction brimming with captivating characters vanquishes the stuffy caricatures and brings British and Irish history to warm, pulsing life. more » » » 
  
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Professional Shelf

• 21,730 Pages to Go
  Ammon Shea, an avid reader and collector of dictionaries, took on the ultimate challenge–to read the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary. His account of the project and how it informed him as a reader, and as a person, is a delightfully satisfying experience for any word lover. more » » » 

In this Issue

• Simmer up Some Fun
• Nick's Picks
• Jen Byrant: William Carlos Williams and his Muse
• Murder and Mayhem under Grey Skies
• 21,730 Pages to Go

What's more important than voting? Howard Zinn explains.

Listen as Christopher Paolini introduces and reads an excerpt from Eragon (Knopf, 2003).

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