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Farewell From The Classroom Bookshelf

Farewell From The Classroom Bookshelf

Erika Thulin Dawes | Blogs,  Apr 30, 2022

We would like to extend our sincere gratitude for your readership over the years. Going forward, you will be able to access our blog entries at https://classroombookshelf.wordpress.com/ . Our full twelve years of entries will soon be there and we hope that you and your students will continue to use our teaching ideas to explore the wonderful books we have featured. 
The Classroom Bookshelf is Moving

The Classroom Bookshelf is Moving

Erika Thulin Dawes | Blogs,  Apr 30, 2022

We would like to extend our sincere gratitude for your readership over the years. Going forward, you will be able to access our blog entries at https://classroombookshelf.wordpress.com/ . Our full twelve years of entries will soon be there and we hope that you and your students will continue to use our teaching ideas to explore the wonderful books we have featured. 
Teaching Ideas to Celebrate Poetry Month and Earth Day with the Caldecott Honor Winning Title:  Wonder Walkers

Teaching Ideas to Celebrate Poetry Month and Earth Day with the Caldecott Honor Winning Title:  Wonder Walkers

Erika Thulin Dawes | Blogs,  Apr 12, 2022

What is a wonder walk, you wonder? For the two children featured in Micha Archer’s Caldecott Honor winning picturebook it is a journey of inquiry through the wonders of the world around them, a ramble through fields, forests, valley, and shoreline. Perfect for Earth Day celebrations, Wonder Walkers is a wondrous poetic tribute to the relationship between young explorers, their curiosity and questions, and nature.
Beauty Abounds in Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painted Alma Thomas

Beauty Abounds in Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painted Alma Thomas

Erika Thulin Dawes | Blogs,  Mar 21, 2022

In a picture book as vivid and colorful as the art it celebrates, author Jeanne Walker Harvey and illustrator Loveis Wise collaborate to introduce young readers to the life and work of Alma Woodsey Thomas. Alma was the first Black woman to have a solo art exhibition at the Whitney Museum of Art and she created the first artwork by a Black woman to be displayed as part of the White House’s permanent collection. While highlighting her accomplishments, the narrative emphasizes Alma’s early appreciation of the beauty of nature, the joy she found in making art, and her commitment to providing art education to underserved children in Washington, DC.

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Beauty Abounds in Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas

Beauty Abounds in Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas

Erika Thulin Dawes | Blogs,  Mar 21, 2022

In a picture book as vivid and colorful as the art it celebrates, author Jeanne Walker Harvey and illustrator Loveis Wise collaborate to introduce young readers to the life and work of Alma Woodsey Thomas. Alma was the first Black woman to have a solo art exhibition at the Whitney Museum of Art and she created the first artwork by a Black woman to be displayed as part of the White House’s permanent collection. While highlighting her accomplishments, the narrative emphasizes Alma’s early appreciation of the beauty of nature, the joy she found in making art, and her commitment to providing art education to underserved children in Washington, DC.
Past and Present Merge to Lift Us in Bryan Collier’s We Shall Overcome

Past and Present Merge to Lift Us in Bryan Collier’s We Shall Overcome

Erika Thulin Dawes | Blogs,  Feb 07, 2022

Weaving past and present together through image and anthem, master illustrator Bryan Collier gifts us the inspiring message of the protest song “We Shall Overcome” in the form of a picturebook. Immersed in Collier’s deeply symbolic collages, readers accompany a young Black girl wearing a bright yellow dress as she leaves her home, goes to school, and gathers with friends to paint a mural near a street with bright yellow lettering that reads ‘Black Lives Matter.’ The illustrations fuse past events with the present narrative; historical figures and monuments are represented by Collier in black and white, while the present is represented in bright colors. This moving picturebook invites us all to reflect on the contributions of the freedom fighters who have come before us, and on all of our roles and responsibilities in sustaining the continuing journey toward freedom.
The Classroom Bookshelf

The Classroom Bookshelf

Mary Ann Cappiello, Erika Thulin Dawes, Grace Enriquez, & Katie Cunningham | Blogs,  Jul 17, 2018

Water Land: Land and Water Forms Around the World

Water Land: Land and Water Forms Around the World

Erika Thulin Dawes | Blogs,  Jun 04, 2018

Water Land: Land and Water Forms Around the World Written and Illustrated by Christy Hale Published in 2018 by Roaring Brook Press ISBN:  978-1-250-15244-2 Grades PK – 6 Book Review Author/illustrator Christy Hale employs geographic terminology and cutouts to offer an inventive exploration of land and water forms in her latest nonfiction picture book. The […]
With My Hands: Poems About Making Things

With My Hands: Poems About Making Things

Erika Thulin Dawes | Blogs,  May 08, 2018

With My Hands: Poems About Making Things Written by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater Illustrated by Lou Fancher & Steve Johnson Published in 2018 by Clarion Books ISBN 978-0-544-31340-8 Grades PreK – 3 Book Review “I am making / something new / with my hands/ my head / my heart. That’s what makers do.” The act of […]
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