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Winters Gift
Winters Gift | Jane Monroe Donovan, Richard Brownell
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Illustrated by Jane Monroe DonovanIt may be Christmastime but on a small, forlorn farm the holiday season is best forgotten, along with painful memories of loved ones lost. Mother Nature has other plans, however, and a chance snowstorm brings together two unlikely hearts, one human and one beast, yet both yearning for comfort, companionship, and that most elusive gift of all, hope. This lustrous jewel of a story, quietly told and perfectly complemented by soft, evocative paintings, reminds even the most cynical of readers that the heart indeed can recover and go on.Jane Monroe Donovan's parents encouraged her to follow her heart and it led to her love of sketching and painting. Her affection for animals is reflected in much of her subject matter. Jane makes her home in Pinckney, Michigan, with her husband Bruce and their two sons, Ryan and Joey. Other members of their family include their two dogs, Belle and Grizzly, a Siamese cat named Maylee, and their two horses, Ameera and Cherokee Rose.In addition to Winter's Gift, Jane has also illustrated three other titles for Sleeping Bear Press: My Teacher Likes to Say; My Momma Likes to Say; and Sunny Numbers: A Florida Counting Book.
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Eggs
Winters Gift | Jane Monroe Donovan, Richard Brownell
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In a Christmas blizzard in the countryside, a farmer finds a horse that was separated from the herd. He brings her to the barn and stays with her. When the foal is born, it‘s clear why this is such a special gift ✨

#WinterReadathonDailyChallenge @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

Andrew65 This sounds great. 1y
Eggs @Andrew65 The artwork is beautiful 1y
AnnR Lovely illustrations. 1y
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Andrew65 @Eggs It definitely looks it. 1y
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 1y
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Eggs
Winters Gift | Jane Monroe Donovan, Richard Brownell
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On a small, forlorn farm the holiday season is best forgotten, along with painful memories of loved ones lost. Mother Nature has other plans, however, and a chance snowstorm brings together two unlikely hearts, one human and one beast, yet both yearning for comfort, companionship, and that most elusive #gift of all, hope. #sleightheshelves @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

OriginalCyn620 Aww! Sounds wonderful! 💙 3y
Eggs @OriginalCyn620 ❤️ 🐴 ❄️ 3y
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Eggs
Winters Gift | Jane Monroe Donovan, Richard Brownell
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 4y
OriginalCyn620 🙌🏻📚❄️❤️ 4y
Eggs @OriginalCyn620 💕💗💕 4y
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Eggs
Winters Gift | Jane Monroe Donovan, Richard Brownell
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Secret Life of a Snowflake
Snow
Winter‘s Gift

#snowstorm
#namastenovember

Come-read-with-me @eggs Thanks! 💗 4y
Eggs @Come-read-with-me You are welcome🤗 4y
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Eggs
Winters Gift | Jane Monroe Donovan, Richard Brownell
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🥶🌬💨 winter returns

Melissa_J That‘s not winter! If it was that warm here people would outside without jackets 😂 5y
Eggs I hear you @Melissa_J , but for Texas this is unusual. In March we often hit high 80s!!! (I grew up in blizzard land btw-Minnesota) 5y
Melissa_J Ha ha, I know! It‘s all what you‘re used to. I would love to live in a place where those are considered winter temperatures, and I totally get why so many Canadians and people who live in the Northern US spend their winters in the southern US. (edited) 5y
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8little_paws Omg that's spring for us suckers up north don't rub it in 😉 5y
LibrarianJen Winter returned to Albuquerque too. It‘s cloudy, windy and cold. 😩 5y
Eggs @8little_paws 🤣🤣🤣 5y
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Eggs
Winters Gift | Jane Monroe Donovan, Richard Brownell
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I love Winter Garden ❄️❤️ 5y
Eggs It's extraordinarily wonderful 💙❄️💙 5y
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Eggs
Winters Gift | Jane Monroe Donovan, Richard Brownell
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Cinfhen The illustration on the cover is lovely 💚 5y
Cathythoughts I agree @Cinfhen beautiful cover 👍🏻 5y
TrishB Looks like a lovely book 💕 5y
Eggs @TrishB @Cathythoughts Thanks for commenting ❣️ the cover art is but a tiny taste of the beautiful art within 5y
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KaitlynN
Winters Gift | Jane Monroe Donovan, Richard Brownell
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Winters Gift is a RF picture book that won the Writers Notes Book Award in 2006. This book would be great to use as a SR. This book lends itself to making predictions, discussing theme, and looking at other essential parts of a story. ESOL Strategy 12 is about using preview and review activities. You could easily use the cover and blurbs about the book as a preview, and then use the actual events of the story as review for the objective you teach

KaitlynN You could incorporate UDL strategy 4.1 by offering students many ways to share the story. They could jot down notes in a notebook or on sticky notes, they could choose to share with the class, or you could even use an electronic preview/review game like Kahoot. Offering many different ways for students to participate ensures they feel comfortable and perform their best! #ucflae3414sp18 (edited) 6y
KaitlynN http://www.picturebookprofessor.com/teacher/winters-gift-christmas-picture-book-... I included this resource for the website itself. This book isn‘t very popular so there aren‘t many resources out there, and even fewer quality ones. This website has lists of picture book by theme, or books good for read aloud. It can get hard to keep track of all the great books out there, so this helped when you want to find something specific. 6y
KaitlynN The ideas from picture book professor are ok but I think there are better things out there. I did like a few of the articles and blog posts they put up! 6y
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Eggs
Winters Gift | Jane Monroe Donovan, Richard Brownell
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Fluffy snow.

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kspenmoll
Winters Gift | Jane Monroe Donovan, Richard Brownell
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The star is the most important part of the tree, she would always say. It's a symbol of hope, and no matter how bad things get, you should always have hope.

#chillyreads #photoadaynov16 @RealLifeReading lovely children's book about loss, grief, unlikely companions finding & saving each other, & above all, hope. My son read this book often when his Nana passed away when he was about 5.

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