Muddy Puddle Musings

Reflections on the books, poems, short stories, cereal boxes and small print I'm currently reading AND the films I'm getting to see upon occasion. . . .

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Thursday, April 1, 2010

Lousy, Rotten, Stinkin' Grapes - Margie Palatini

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Illustrated by Barry Moser Simon & Schuster, 2009 $15.99 32 pgs. Endpapers: Grape-purple Attractive cover This retellling of the famous ...

Sunday, January 17, 2010

But Who Will Bell the Cats? Cynthia von Buhler

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Houghton Mifflin, 2009 $16.00 32 pages My rating: 4 Endpapers: Rosy red I enjoy adaptations of Aesop's Tales - more so since I created s...

Monday, September 14, 2009

The Lion and the Mouse - Jerry Pinkney

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Little Brown, 2009 For: everyone! Rating: 5 Endpapers: African scene full of animals 2010 Caldecott WINNER Wowee. Zowee. I really enjoy rete...

Saturday, March 7, 2009

The Boy Who Cried Wolf - B. G Hennessy

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Illustrator: Boris Kulikov For: Kids Published: 2006 Rating: Fun Read: January, 2009 Endpapers: Different parts of the whimsical sheep...

The Wolf Who Cried Boy - Bob Hartman

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Illustrated by Tim Raglin Published: 2002 For: kids Rating: Cute Read: Jan, 2009 with Aesop unit/5th grade Endpapers: Counted cross-stit...

Saturday, January 10, 2009

The Grasshopper's Song - Nikki Giovanni

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An Aesop's Fable Revisited Illustrator: Chris Raschka For: Publisher says ages 4-8. NO WAY! They'd never get it. I'm going ...

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Chris: I retired from teaching nine years ago and then spent almost four years as a children's librarian/aide at the public library, I missed teaching, so.... I've taken a job as School Librarian at a private K-8 school, and I'm so excited! I've taught fourth and fifth grades, middle school literature, and college-level children's literature. Originally from New England, I lived and taught on the coast of Maine for many years, then spent 14 years in the glorious sunshine of Tucson, Arizona, before moving eight years ago to south central Pennsylvania - a new adventure! I adore my kids, my grandkids (I got married at "age 9"), my students, books and reading, quilts and quilting, yarn and knitting, papercrafts and altering books, genealogy, letterboxing, watching movies on the "big screen" - and hitting the road to adventure far and wide. I hate to cook and love to eat. I finally got to visit my 49th state last year (yay!! and it was awesome) so that leaves only one to go ... soon, I hope, soon.....

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