tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-344211502024-03-07T21:18:18.128-05:00CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATIONart from all over Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13074521674306994839noreply@blogger.comBlogger3476125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34421150.post-75779416760412232872023-08-18T13:02:00.005-05:002023-08-18T13:02:58.722-05:00LESSONS, CRAFTS AND STORYTIMES!<p><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Help for caregivers and teachers:</span></b></p><p>https://www.juliefortenberry.com/projects/7158814</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvbzIeR8wGqxrxzbbeZs2NutPcidK3bwbNpXD6fZL25be8wlxkkBcN6CH5SgXvbEFNhS9jkGwop4n_c0kpRzF2BPl6o2kKSnK1sDsfgMCklXfWT2YCQpG23owcibJG9xdYwzjx-E5N9JcKOsJQpgI9R2LMqT9DqcULem1u9xd4y6csnpXaiCTzPg/s2945/craft%20carbonmade.tif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2945" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvbzIeR8wGqxrxzbbeZs2NutPcidK3bwbNpXD6fZL25be8wlxkkBcN6CH5SgXvbEFNhS9jkGwop4n_c0kpRzF2BPl6o2kKSnK1sDsfgMCklXfWT2YCQpG23owcibJG9xdYwzjx-E5N9JcKOsJQpgI9R2LMqT9DqcULem1u9xd4y6csnpXaiCTzPg/w401-h392/craft%20carbonmade.tif" width="401" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13074521674306994839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34421150.post-39677811357477204162023-04-08T14:10:00.003-05:002023-04-08T14:11:30.578-05:00Happy Easter!<p><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323781512018367570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6yf5dy_7Oo2pV5hbnCeuKA6o55i0SYKb7FklAdwYqDvu1O2y3fq5jM_ulB5fsJPio-klbMFogDJHG9wOyT-k6RIFOpe_ngLdWlokDjPWu0kv89rm7w7d1-2hAQJ_0BozbuvK0g/s400/golden_egg_book2.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 218px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 250px;" /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Illustration by Leonard Weisgard from <em>The Golden Egg Book</em> by Margaret Wise Brown <span style="color: #0000ee; font-size: large;"><u><b>https://leonardweisgard.com/</b></u></span></div><p></p>Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13074521674306994839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34421150.post-40097208624547772712023-04-08T14:04:00.004-05:002023-04-08T14:04:45.909-05:0025+ Books about Easter<div>https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/teaching-tools/book-lists/holiday/books-about-easter-rabbits.html</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5PaBlSoVbjiQQHoD-iPPjSimnsUxQ1mAuMOsbEqQsxauqsbP2ktPPy3ifRCC2qybsV1jBi-IVKxo8-tMgIphP4z2xCoM4wL0X0AvyLc6gtpPetwJIwvheZxbDZIYyn4oh0b9NEA/s1600/leslie.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5PaBlSoVbjiQQHoD-iPPjSimnsUxQ1mAuMOsbEqQsxauqsbP2ktPPy3ifRCC2qybsV1jBi-IVKxo8-tMgIphP4z2xCoM4wL0X0AvyLc6gtpPetwJIwvheZxbDZIYyn4oh0b9NEA/s1600/leslie.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13074521674306994839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34421150.post-57651618203058093142023-04-08T13:55:00.006-05:002023-04-08T14:07:16.912-05:00Teacher and Library -- Crafts, Lessons and Read Alouds<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #3bc1db; font-weight: bold;">PRINTABLE DOWNLOADS </span></span></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #3bc1db; font-weight: bold;"> ✂️</span></span></span> </div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CsJsJHvmM1xStRjibXmKmGFs-KJCTVFO/view?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;">Mix & Match Pirate Face Cards</a></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #3bc1db; font-weight: bold;">Pirate Boy's </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XwdCOcTx0FbXXUWJqk3LizD76kwFnBTf/view?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;">"What If" story template</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://www.thewiseowlfactory.com/what-if-story-writing-frame-free-pdf/" style="font-weight: bold;">The Wise Owl Factory "What If" story</a><span style="color: #3bc1db; 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</span></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NvR6YSDNnr3DLuC3nSFZvVUOXcCL2pxh/view?usp=sharing" style="font-weight: bold;">Lily's Cat Mask Coloring Pages</a> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YLIFwK-VuRA1ugS5XP3jifpcu-C0yQHP/view?usp=sharing" style="font-weight: bold;">Darcy Paper Doll</a><span style="color: #3bc1db; font-weight: bold;">
</span><a href="http://www.candlewick.com/book_files/1536207438.kit.1.pdf" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;"> Pearl Paper Doll</a><span style="color: #3bc1db; font-weight: bold;">. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.holidayhouse.com/docs/PirateBoyDoorHanger.pdf" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;">Pirate Boy Door Hanger</a></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span><span style="color: #3bc1db;"><a href="https://pjlibrary.org/getmedia/10cf973c-dcbe-4a71-acb5-b79bdc9ebf6b/Sadies-Sukkah-Breakfast-Reading-Guide.pdf">Sadie's Sukkah Breakfast Reading Guide</a></span></span></span> </p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #3bc1db; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #3bc1db; font-weight: bold;">CRAFTS, GAMES & LESSONS </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #3bc1db; font-weight: bold;">✏️</span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://www.teachingbooks.net/jigsawpuzzle.cgi?tid=79726" style="font-weight: bold;">Book Jigsaw Puzzles from TeachingBooks</a><span style="color: #3bc1db; font-weight: bold;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://www.thewiseowlfactory.com" style="font-weight: bold;">The Wise Owl Factory – over 400 free educational activities.</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://thispicturebooklife.com " style="font-weight: bold;">This Picture Book Life — crafts, plus profiles of authors and illustrators.</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://edemberleydrawingpages.blogspot.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">Ed Emberley's Drawing Pages – step by step instructions.</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://creatingcreatives.com/lilys-cat-mask-book-review-craft/" style="font-weight: bold;">Creating Creatives – instructions for making Lily's cat mask</a><a style="color: #3bc1db; font-weight: bold;">
</a><a href="https://creatingcreatives.com/projects/" style="font-weight: bold;">and more great projects.</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://gws.ala.org/category/arts" style="font-weight: bold;">Great Websites for Kids – compiled by the American Library Association.</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #3bc1db; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #3bc1db; font-weight: bold;">VIRTUAL STORYTIMES
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</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #3bc1db; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #3bc1db; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.kidlit411.com">KidLit411</a><a> </a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://www.scbwi.org " style="font-weight: bold;">The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators</a><a style="color: #3bc1db; font-weight: bold;"> </a></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/Candlewick/featured" style="font-weight: bold;">Candlewick Press YouTube channel – author and illustrator interviews, book trailers and lessons.</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;">Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast</a><span style="color: #3bc1db; font-weight: bold;"> – where authors and illustrators share their craft. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://wakingbraincells.com" style="font-weight: bold;">Waking Brain Cells – picture book reviews by librarian Tasha Saecker.</a><span style="color: #3bc1db; font-weight: bold;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://www.onemorepagepodcast.com" style="font-weight: bold;">One More Page – a podcast for lovers of kids’ books.</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://imaginationlibrary.com/october-2018-books/2018-oct-lilys-cat-mask-instagram-2" style="font-weight: bold;">Dolly Parton's Imagination Library – providing free books to children from birth to age five.</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #3bc1db; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #3bc1db; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a>
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A ballet lesson with Annie Fortenberry
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Thank you, Tate, and Viking Books For Young Readers.
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When I was fourteen, I visited Spain during Franco’s rule. But I didn’t learn much about the Spanish Civil War. </p><p class="MsoHeader" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="MsoHeader" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;">‘Different’, is a fictional account of a brother and sister’s experiences during this war. The chapters seesaw between each sibling’s perspective and each chapter is as moving as it is informative. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoHeader" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoHeader" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;">Importantly, the back pages have a non-fiction account of the war.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoHeader" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoHeader" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;">The illustrations are colorful, sculptural, and stylistically idiosyncratic. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoHeader" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoHeader" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;">All and all, a winner.</p><p class="MsoHeader" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgptY0xmKaqesoLOr3HO1h4AlpFoq2M3V_TBg0cODZ4g9J_Jg71J3RzeZyvkQvLP37JSZGTnbEK2zMJsasjZ7LI_iyrIZCApV2ADg9UHlIWCuzVyZDiXRln5z51rOZxyhdE8tXkFIdFS20xAl33yzWoyD_vulvxIW3hgXHTv4Lkl3zfri7atfk/s908/Screenshot%202022-11-12%20at%201.13.35%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="908" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgptY0xmKaqesoLOr3HO1h4AlpFoq2M3V_TBg0cODZ4g9J_Jg71J3RzeZyvkQvLP37JSZGTnbEK2zMJsasjZ7LI_iyrIZCApV2ADg9UHlIWCuzVyZDiXRln5z51rOZxyhdE8tXkFIdFS20xAl33yzWoyD_vulvxIW3hgXHTv4Lkl3zfri7atfk/w291-h196/Screenshot%202022-11-12%20at%201.13.35%20PM.png" width="291" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px;">Translated by Lawrence Schimel</a></span></div><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">See more illustration's by <a href="https://www.eerdmans.com/Authors/Default.aspx?AuthorId=38761" style="color: #393113; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px;">Eva Sánchez Gómez</a> here: <a href="https://apic.cat/author/eva-snchez-gmez/">https://apic.cat/author/eva-snchez-gmez/</a></span><p></p>Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13074521674306994839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34421150.post-9088250481498572472022-10-14T13:39:00.011-05:002022-10-14T13:42:43.180-05:00From Shepherd.com<a href="https://shepherd.com/bookshelf/sleepover">Best Books about Sleepovers...</a>
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font-stretch: normal; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Alain Serge Dzotap</a></span></p><div><div class="product_author" style="color: #393113; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><div class="product_author" style="color: #393113; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Illustrated by <a href="https://www.eerdmans.com/Authors/Default.aspx?AuthorId=38663" style="color: #393113; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Delphine Renon</a></span></div><div class="product_author" style="color: #393113; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="product_author" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Eerdmans Books for Young Readers (February 15, 2022)</span></span></div><div class="product_author" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #393113;">A little yellow leopard named Leo gets a writing pen for his birthday. His father tells him that the pen has many beautiful things inside. This is a mystery to Leo. But his father goes off to the market before he can explain.<i> How do you get the beautiful things out? </i>Leo, accompanied by his pet lizard (a gecko?) asks his sister to explain. But she just shakes the pen until ink drops out. Leo's bird friend doesn't believe anything of importance can be in something so small. Leo’s giraffe friend blows on the pen, but no music comes out. Then Leo’s mama shows him that the pen contains his name “and all the world.” Together, Leo and his mother write his name. “Is there cake in my pen?" asks Leo.” His mother holds his paw as they write the word<i> cake</i></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(57, 49, 19); color: #393113;"> and many other words. </span><span style="color: #393113;"> On his own, Leo draws pages and pages of pictures. </span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #393113;">Back from the market Leo’s dad admires his drawings and the many things he found in his pen— <span style="caret-color: rgb(57, 49, 19);">“</span>Well done, my darling</span></span><span style="color: #393113; font-size: large;">— </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #393113;">you’re a natural!"</span></span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.eerdmans.com/Authors/Default.aspx?AuthorId=38663" style="color: #393113; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Delphine Renon</a>'s clean and colorful illustrations suit the text. <i>The Gift</i> is</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> a lovely way to introduce kids to the magic of writing and drawing. This book, paired with a pen, is the perfect gift for a budding author or illustrator.</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRLGZw6TDpGbI1MFLJ2TDAFKGDKORq1Rd_mqpAFdgsDxldVoW8omGnc5W_WhXsuMgeV4lLk5QcXONoGjKRRMH7UhsPz4AheaXtOos-ge0hM5JONeJTe0gjlhIh9VcHtIX4AUP4xg/s523/D70CA6AF7CAB5145B0BC88E8C8E3A9604EF02DC6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="523" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRLGZw6TDpGbI1MFLJ2TDAFKGDKORq1Rd_mqpAFdgsDxldVoW8omGnc5W_WhXsuMgeV4lLk5QcXONoGjKRRMH7UhsPz4AheaXtOos-ge0hM5JONeJTe0gjlhIh9VcHtIX4AUP4xg/w400-h306/D70CA6AF7CAB5145B0BC88E8C8E3A9604EF02DC6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">See more charming work by <a href="https://www.eerdmans.com/Authors/Default.aspx?AuthorId=38663" style="color: #393113; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Delphine Renon</a> here: <a href="http://delphinerenon.blogspot.com">http://delphinerenon.blogspot.com</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">Thank you to Eerdmans for the review copy.</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;" /></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13074521674306994839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34421150.post-7250327186801601402021-11-01T11:53:00.004-05:002021-11-01T11:57:38.652-05:00Online Resources for Authors, Illustrators and Teachers<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">PRINTABLE DOWNLOADS
✂️ </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CsJsJHvmM1xStRjibXmKmGFs-KJCTVFO/view?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;">Mix & Match Pirate Face Cards</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pirate Boy's </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XwdCOcTx0FbXXUWJqk3LizD76kwFnBTf/view?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;">"What If" story template</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.thewiseowlfactory.com/what-if-story-writing-frame-free-pdf/" style="font-weight: bold;">The Wise Owl Factory "What If" story</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href=" https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YLIFwK-VuRA1ugS5XP3jifpcu-C0yQHP/view?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;"> Darcy Paper Doll</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><a href="http://www.candlewick.com/book_files/1536207438.kit.1.pdf" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;">Pearl Paper Doll</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.holidayhouse.com/docs/PirateBoyDoorHanger.pdf" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;">Pirate </a><a href="http://www.holidayhouse.com/docs/PirateBoyDoorHanger.pdf" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;">Boy Door Hanger</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">CRAFTS, GAMES & </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">LESSONS</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">
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</a><a href="https://creatingcreatives.com/projects/" style="font-weight: bold;">and more great projects.</a><a style="font-weight: bold;"> </a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a style="font-weight: bold;"></a><a href="http://gws.ala.org/category/arts" style="font-weight: bold;">Great Websites for Kids – compiled by the American Library Association.</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">VIRTUAL STORYTIMES
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</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnBdzaRy-Ky9Vh54XJlFz1Q">StorylineOnline</a><a> </a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQagFNHMrGgQpYunk4rHXg">Brightly Storytime Videos</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/list?fbclid=IwAR1Ba0nTq9iQrXrPOGc1Xb8WysMDihHskmUFCWgXemZ58huvyFAZ7ToNyiI"> Virtual storytimes at the Brooklyn Public Library</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://nycchildrenstheater.org/creative-clubhouse/story/masked-feelings/?fbclid=IwAR0Ei4YriTcFGHoIFahFZk7jtI9ZH8iouW5BeauV_sy6Q7WVdzR-SkGA43Y"> New York City Children’s Theater</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span>INSPIRATION & RESOURCES FOR </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATORS</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">
🖥 </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.kidlit411.com">KidLit411</a><a> </a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://www.scbwi.org ">The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators</a><a> </a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/Candlewick/featured">Candlewick Press YouTube channel – author and illustrator interviews, book trailers and lessons.</a><a> </a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/" rel="nofollow"> Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast</a> – where authors and illustrators share their craft.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://imaginationlibrary.com/october-2018-books/2018-oct-lilys-cat-mask-instagram-2">Dolly Parton's Imagination Library – providing free books to children from birth to age five</a></span></div>Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13074521674306994839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34421150.post-44046750227575682102021-10-26T13:07:00.006-05:002021-10-26T13:59:22.642-05:00The Highlights Book of Things to Draw, and The Highlights Book of Things to Write<span style="font-size: medium;">
Parents and caregivers looking for ways to keep screen-time down should open <i>The Highlights Book of Things to Draw</i>, and <i>The Highlights Book of Things to Write</i>. Both are collections of games and ideas with plenty of room for creating directly on their pages. </span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Things to Draw</i> has step by step lessons on how to draw animals, as well as open-ended prompts like picturing the past. One spread has empty frames for creating self-portraits. Both books suggest designing cartoon self-portraits. These include templates with numbered panels so kids can plan for a beginning, middle and end to their comic. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Things to Write</i> has ideas for poems, and pages for expressing feelings by writing a sympathy note or an autobiography. For budding journalists, there are prompts for making a newsletter, interviewing older relatives or neighbors, or going back in time.
Some ideas will inspire collaborations, such as writing postcards to friends with invitations for them to write back, or writing a story started by one person and finished by another. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The pages are designed with fun, colorful illustrations and borders, making them a perfect jumping-off point for anyone needing inspiration or anyone intimidated by the blank page.</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjBO44rsUY0KxUrNqJJScYHbMSx2RoTFFROfiwOCIWVmJlK74xwMvLDw0ECzTz_2rGzUUlSlLyzXb7FrHhNQ3UWNBV7Vn_858mIqm44LzprlbCYLimcLafYh3t-ljpKa3db7m3xw/s1186/Screen+Shot+2021-10-26+at+2.17.02+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1186" data-original-width="888" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjBO44rsUY0KxUrNqJJScYHbMSx2RoTFFROfiwOCIWVmJlK74xwMvLDw0ECzTz_2rGzUUlSlLyzXb7FrHhNQ3UWNBV7Vn_858mIqm44LzprlbCYLimcLafYh3t-ljpKa3db7m3xw/w300-h400/Screen+Shot+2021-10-26+at+2.17.02+PM.png" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxiUh9jwgBHb8_DZ4ANUhTavhRLNVi4OH1w4tf5IXZURvq_z0hyphenhyphen9sq-3plIutPaLreMrlcF-DnlICRkPoz1bSiqKZej4XHRpyYD4mpaM5e1tlW7S8tyNpwtN6etngKISlk7AXYtA/s2048/darcy+paper+doll.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1582" data-original-width="2048" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxiUh9jwgBHb8_DZ4ANUhTavhRLNVi4OH1w4tf5IXZURvq_z0hyphenhyphen9sq-3plIutPaLreMrlcF-DnlICRkPoz1bSiqKZej4XHRpyYD4mpaM5e1tlW7S8tyNpwtN6etngKISlk7AXYtA/w640-h494/darcy+paper+doll.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <p></p><p>Darcy's First Sleepover is on shelves today! </p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Darcys-First-Sleepover-Julie-Fortenberry/dp/1250755905">https://www.amazon.com/Darcys-First-Sleepover-Julie-Fortenberry/dp/1250755905</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Paper doll downloads here: <a href="https://www.juliefortenberry.com/projects/7158814">https://www.juliefortenberry.com/projects/7158814</a><br /> </p>Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13074521674306994839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34421150.post-52658262949428869382021-06-16T18:10:00.003-05:002021-06-16T18:10:55.384-05:00Praise for DARCY'S FIRST SLEEPOVER<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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</article>Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13074521674306994839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34421150.post-81466523288668302692021-05-15T14:42:00.002-05:002021-05-15T16:25:28.262-05:00Scout's Heaven<div class="celwidget" data-cel-widget="titleblock_feature_div" data-csa-c-id="8igfat-wh8d0i-gs9ohv-t9fsvw" data-feature-name="titleblock" id="titleblock_feature_div" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div class="a-section a-spacing-none" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;"><h1 class="a-spacing-none a-text-normal" id="title" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 28px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><br /></h1></div></div><div class="celwidget" data-cel-widget="bylineInfo_feature_div" data-csa-c-id="q2fm8k-j5kn37-9qxnn8-mmav8p" data-feature-name="bylineInfo" id="bylineInfo_feature_div" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);"><div class="a-section a-spacing-micro bylineHidden feature" data-cel-widget="bylineInfo" id="bylineInfo" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px;">by <span class="author notFaded" data-width="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a class="a-link-normal" href="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1?ie=UTF8&field-author=Bibi+Dumon+Tak&text=Bibi+Dumon+Tak&sort=relevancerank&search-alias=books" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007185; text-decoration: none;">Bibi Dumon Tak</a> <span class="contribution" spacing="none" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-color-secondary" color="rgb(86, 89, 89) !important" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(Author), </span></span></span><span class="author notFaded" data-width="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a class="a-link-normal" href="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_2?ie=UTF8&field-author=Annemarie+van+Haeringen&text=Annemarie+van+Haeringen&sort=relevancerank&search-alias=books" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007185; text-decoration: none;">Annemarie van Haeringen</a> <span class="contribution" spacing="none" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-color-secondary" color="rgb(86, 89, 89) !important" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(Illustrator)</span></span></span></div><div class="a-section a-spacing-micro bylineHidden feature" data-cel-widget="bylineInfo" id="bylineInfo" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span class="author notFaded" data-width="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="contribution" spacing="none" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-color-secondary" color="rgb(86, 89, 89) !important" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="a-section a-spacing-micro bylineHidden feature" data-cel-widget="bylineInfo" id="bylineInfo" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span class="author notFaded" data-width="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="contribution" spacing="none" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-color-secondary" color="rgb(86, 89, 89) !important" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial;">I've had this book for awhile now (thank you, Eerdmans) and have just gotten around to reading it.</span></span></span></div><div class="a-section a-spacing-micro bylineHidden feature" data-cel-widget="bylineInfo" id="bylineInfo" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span class="author notFaded" data-width="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="contribution" spacing="none" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-color-secondary" color="rgb(86, 89, 89) !important" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="a-section a-spacing-micro bylineHidden feature" data-cel-widget="bylineInfo" id="bylineInfo" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span class="author notFaded" data-width="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="contribution" spacing="none" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-color-secondary" color="rgb(86, 89, 89) !important" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial;">I love its style, its humor and sophisticated flat color illustration. Many of the illustrations are large black silhouettes of Scout, the beloved family pet.</span></span></span></div><div class="a-section a-spacing-micro bylineHidden feature" data-cel-widget="bylineInfo" id="bylineInfo" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span class="author notFaded" data-width="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="contribution" spacing="none" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-color-secondary" color="rgb(86, 89, 89) !important" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="a-section a-spacing-micro bylineHidden feature" data-cel-widget="bylineInfo" id="bylineInfo" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="author notFaded" data-width="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="contribution" spacing="none" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-color-secondary" color="rgb(86, 89, 89) !important" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The story is simple. </span></span></span><span>Scout has died and three siblings talk </span><span>about where Scout is now. <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;">They decide that Scout is both</span> on (in) earth and in heaven. It's told in first person by an older sibling. As they bury Scout, the youngest, Little Brother, has questions and a keen sensitivity to what Scout might need in heaven. </span></span></div><div class="a-section a-spacing-micro bylineHidden feature" data-cel-widget="bylineInfo" id="bylineInfo" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span class="author notFaded" data-width="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="contribution" spacing="none" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-color-secondary" color="rgb(86, 89, 89) !important" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="a-section a-spacing-micro bylineHidden feature" data-cel-widget="bylineInfo" id="bylineInfo" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span class="author notFaded" data-width="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="contribution" spacing="none" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-color-secondary" color="rgb(86, 89, 89) !important" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial;">The matter of fact storytelling makes this a very moving little book. A gem.</span></span></span></div><div class="a-section a-spacing-micro bylineHidden feature" data-cel-widget="bylineInfo" id="bylineInfo" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span class="author notFaded" data-width="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="contribution" spacing="none" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-color-secondary" color="rgb(86, 89, 89) !important" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="a-section a-spacing-micro bylineHidden feature" data-cel-widget="bylineInfo" id="bylineInfo" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span class="author notFaded" data-width="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="contribution" spacing="none" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6HHNzOxMnWYWLXmtU4T1hyphenhyphenIcilPqQH32aXmTWnBYgFVsjo-CsZGXUN6IDNgT_6jg10zQbJ5VJBecmR7aP5uIUAVrYsl80yKNeAFb-NC_h8YnBPts2azIO3ENjDxHygSzVzRsGMQ/s2048/9780802855008.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1485" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6HHNzOxMnWYWLXmtU4T1hyphenhyphenIcilPqQH32aXmTWnBYgFVsjo-CsZGXUN6IDNgT_6jg10zQbJ5VJBecmR7aP5uIUAVrYsl80yKNeAFb-NC_h8YnBPts2azIO3ENjDxHygSzVzRsGMQ/w286-h394/9780802855008.jpg" width="286" /></a></div><br /><span class="a-color-secondary" color="rgb(86, 89, 89) !important" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></span></span></div></div>Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13074521674306994839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34421150.post-90200945112586180532021-05-13T17:36:00.000-05:002021-05-13T17:36:02.078-05:00The Story of Bodri<div><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);">by </span><span class="author notFaded" data-width="" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);"><a class="a-link-normal" href="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1?ie=UTF8&field-author=H%C3%A9di+Fried&text=H%C3%A9di+Fried&sort=relevancerank&search-alias=books" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Hédi Fried</a> <span class="contribution" spacing="none" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-color-secondary" color="rgb(86, 89, 89) !important" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(Author), </span></span></span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);"></span><span class="author notFaded" data-width="" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);"><a class="a-link-normal" href="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_2?ie=UTF8&field-author=Stina+Wirs%C3%A9n&text=Stina+Wirs%C3%A9n&sort=relevancerank&search-alias=books" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">Stina Wirsén</a> <span class="contribution" spacing="none" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-color-secondary" color="rgb(86, 89, 89) !important" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(Illustrator)</span></span></span></div><div><span class="author notFaded" data-width="" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);"><span class="contribution" spacing="none" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-color-secondary" color="rgb(86, 89, 89) !important" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="author notFaded" data-width="" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);"><span class="contribution" spacing="none" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-color-secondary" color="rgb(86, 89, 89) !important" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> In <i>The Story of Bodri,</i></span></span></span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);"> Hédi Fried</span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);"> remembers her home and her beloved dog. But her happy childhood, playing with her best friend Marika and their dogs, </span><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);">takes a devastating turn. Nazis invade her country and soon </span></span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);">Hédi </span><span face=""Noto Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(71, 70, 70);">and her family are </span><span face=""Noto Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(71, 70, 70);">rounded up and put on a train.</span><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);"> Illustrations show </span></span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);">Hédi</span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);"> and her sister in a Nazi concentration camp. </span></div><div><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);">Though the story is simply told, I recommend the book for older kids and adults. </span></div><div><span class="author notFaded" data-width="" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);"><span class="contribution" spacing="none" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-color-secondary" color="rgb(86, 89, 89) !important" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="author notFaded" data-width="" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);"><span class="contribution" spacing="none" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-color-secondary" color="rgb(86, 89, 89) !important" style="box-sizing: border-box;">It <i>does</i> end on an up note when loyal Bodri is reunited with Hédi. Hédi and her sister survive and "go on telling everyone about what happened." </span></span></span></div><div><span class="author notFaded" data-width="" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);"><span class="contribution" spacing="none" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-color-secondary" color="rgb(86, 89, 89) !important" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="author notFaded" data-width="" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);"><span class="contribution" spacing="none" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-color-secondary" color="rgb(86, 89, 89) !important" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The illustrations, with their watercolor effect, are gorgeous and haunting. </span></span></span></div><div><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #565959; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><ul class="a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-size: 14px;">Watch a short book trailer...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="371" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sugrWgmg7Ls" width="447" youtube-src-id="sugrWgmg7Ls"></iframe></div><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div><ul class="a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 1px 18px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; word-wrap: break-word;"><br /></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-list-item" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-list-item" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Thank you to </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Eerdmans Books for the review copy</span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; word-wrap: break-word;"><br /></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-list-item" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">ISBN-10 : </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">0802855652</span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-list-item" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">ISBN-13 : </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">978-0802855657</span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; word-wrap: break-word;"><br /></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; word-wrap: break-word;"><br /></li></ul><br />Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13074521674306994839noreply@blogger.com0