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alaynaroper
Olivetti | Allie Millington
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I would love to see this book used as a mentor text! I think students could enjoy writing through the POV of a random object in their life. For instance, an object in a thrift store like the type writer, or even their own pencil!

shelbsreads In my creative writing class, we did an activity like that. It was really fun and engaging. We all had a lot of fun reading our work to one another, and seeing our personalities and perspectives come out through our work. 1w
jkmac9717 This sounds like such a fun show-and-tell-like activity! You could do a brief exercise with writing from an object‘s POV as a warm-up, or you could do it multiple times to focus on different story elements (tone, word choice, etc.) through a similar lens each time. Alternatively, you could assign one object to the whole class and see where each student‘s own perspectives and ideas come into their writing as they discuss with peers. Very versatile! 1w
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alaynaroper
Olivetti | Allie Millington
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I think this book would be great for students to read. The themes of dealing with a parent going missing, let along discovering that a parent left them, could be a very real topic for some students, and give them a protagonist to connect with. In addition to this, the dealing of a parent with cancer, or the protagonist with intense anxiety also connects the reader.

Makyah This would be a great book for younger readers because they can go the hardships as well. So feeling seen in the tough seasons that one may go through can act as a reprieve for the reader. This is why I love books they show these kinds of stories to make you feel less alone 🥹 1w
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alaynaroper
Olivetti | Allie Millington
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I loved this book! It was very short and sweet and told a beautiful story. This book presents an interesting point of view, that of a type writer, and a young boy going through hardships, and prompts the reader to think about the different ways we can view the world. The story is a very quick read, and once I started, I could not put it down! PLUS there a little bit of found family within the text if that is your cup of tea.

natalie_e This sounds like a super sweet book that I'd love reading :) The interesting POV in the story would be good to provide an example or mentor text to students as well! 1w
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shanaqui
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I either never read this one or forgot most of the story, or maybe it's shorter in the comic strip versions? It's been so long. The beginning and ending seemed familiar.

I really love Moominmamma just relentlessly adopting anyone who needs a mother.

willaful She is my ideal Mother. My mom's too. 😁 3w
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shanaqui
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Thanks to @Monalyisha talking about the Moomin books, I decided to go and read them! And turns out that though I only remembered for sure reading Moominland Midwinter, I'm pretty sure I had remembered this one. It doesn't entirely fit what I remember about the series; I think I saw someone else mentioning that it doesn't quite fit, so I guess we'll see. It's charming all the same.

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dabbe
Schoolhouse Rock!: The Official Guide | Tom Yohe, George Newall
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I have had this on loop all day. 250 years later, and we're still fighting this. Thanks to all who went out there today to fight the good fight. I got blindsided with a hellacious cold and didn't want to spread my germs, but I've been there in spirit. #resist 💙✊🏻♥️

If you've never seen Schoolhouse Rock, especially this one, it's worth 3 minutes of your time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvOZs3g3qIo

Ruthiella ✊✊✊ 1mo
TheBookHippie Feel better!!!! 1mo
ChaoticMissAdventures I live in Portland Oregon so we are pretty learned in the protest ways. I was Bail Friend today. Meaning I hang out, all my friends have my number written on their arm and if they get arrested or sent to hospital I am in charge of organizing their release. We rotate Bail Friend duties. It has been a quiet day and all my people are done for the day so that feels good. 1mo
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Aims42 Hope you feel better! Yeah, 250 years later and we‘re back to this 🙄 1mo
Graciouswarriorprincess Sending hugs! Hope that you feel better soon! I was there today protesting! 1mo
Leftcoastzen There is a terrible cold going around. My letter carrier had it . He kept thinking he had COVID, but tested negative 3 times. His lasted nearly a week 1mo
Deblovestoread Feel better! We had good weather, larger crowd, lots of honking and some fantastic clever signs. 💙✊🏼💙 1mo
dabbe @Ruthiella ✊🏻💙✊🏻 1mo
dabbe @TheBookHippie How the hell do you get a cold when it's 100+ degrees outside? 🤔🤣 1mo
dabbe @ChaoticMissAdventures What a stellar idea! I've never heard of that before! Glad all your peeps are safe. ✊🏻💙✊🏻 1mo
dabbe @Aims42 TY! When will we learn? 😳 1mo
dabbe @Graciouswarriorprincess Yay you! I hope all went well and that everyone is safe. ✊🏻💙✊🏻 1mo
dabbe @Leftcoastzen #ruhroh You know, I didn't even think of testing to see if it's Covid. I wonder if my kits have expired. 🤔 1mo
dabbe @Deblovestoread TY! You people in Oregon ROCK! ✊🏻💙✊🏻 1mo
Graciouswarriorprincess @dabbe Yes. We stayed safe and it was peaceful protesting. 1mo
Ruthiella @Deblovestoread The signs are the best. Such great reading this afternoon. One of my favorites was History: “Don‘t make me repeat myself”. 1mo
melissajayne The photos I saw from the various rallies looked amazing, meanwhile turnout for Donnie‘s party was in the toilet 1mo
TheBookHippie @dabbe S T R E S S … 1mo
dabbe @Graciouswarriorprincess Yay! 💙♥️💙 1mo
dabbe @Ruthiella @Deblovestoread My favorite was “The only good orange monarch is a butterfly.“ 🦋 (which there was a monarch emoji!) 1mo
dabbe @TheBookHippie I have no reason to be stressed; I'm retired! 🤣 Yet ... 1mo
dabbe @TheBookHippie I have no reason to be stressed; I'm retired! 🤣 Yet ... 1mo
TheBookHippie @dabbe your immune system sees stress and lessens and thus ….a cold. 1mo
TheBookHippie @dabbe 🤦🏻‍♀️😵‍💫🫣👀🤷🏻‍♀️ 1mo
dabbe @TheBookHippie You hate Schoolhouse Rock? 😲 1mo
TheBookHippie @dabbe no -colds. 1mo
dabbe @TheBookHippie Whew! 😅 1mo
IMASLOWREADER feel better 1mo
AnnCrystal Best that you stayed home and rest. Hope you feel better soon 🙏🏼💝. 1mo
dabbe @IMASLOWREADER TY! 😍 1mo
dabbe @AnnCrystal TY! 😍 1mo
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booklover3258
The Blue House | Phoebe Wahl
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Such a beautiful story about a son and his dad who have to move from their favorite blue house. It showed all the faults with the house that they loved and how they made their new home loved just as much as the blue house. Wonderful graphics.

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IriDas
Little Black Crow | Chris Raschka
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Back to the library because I forgot to pick up a hold yesterday. More reading and more check outs ensued.

#libraries
#childrensliterature

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booklover3258
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Beautiful artwork. This book is told in four different stories in four different seasons. We see Hazel blowing off work to enjoy the summer fun, raising an owl in the spring, finding a new friend in autumn and getting lost in the winter. Lovely stories.

TheBookHippie I adore this book!!! 1mo
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