Adventure… Reading Report for Northern, Central Texas: January 2024 9 Feb 2024 Here is what I read in January. Chambers, Becky. (2021). The Galaxy, and the Ground Within. New York: Harper Voyager. Colfer, Eoin. (2013). Screwed. New York: Overlook Press. Osman, Richard.…
Adventure… Public Library Project: Abilene Public Library 7 Aug 2023 Website: https://abilenetx.gov/158/Library Address: 202 Cedar St., Abilene, TX 70601 Hours:M, T, & TH | 9 AM – 9 PM F & S | 9 AM – 6 PM SU |…
Adventure… Reading Report for Northern, Central Texas: March 2023 2 Apr 2023 Bluebonnets Prairie Verbena & Coreopsis Dotted Blue-eyed Grass The wildflowers are blooming in the back forty. I can say our yard is beautiful this time of year. Walking to the…
Adventure… Reading Report for Northern, Central Texas: August and September 2017 8 Oct 2017 I feel it has been an age since I have settled in to write. August and September were so very busy around here. You may notice that the book stack…
Animal Stories… Never Spit on Your Shoes: A Book for the First Day of School 22 Aug 2017 Cazet, Denys. Never Spit on Your Shoes. New York: Orchard Books, 1990. Good evening! This was the first day of school for many children in central Texas. Parents worked hard…
Uncategorized Scaredy Squirrel and Engaging Children with Print 8 Aug 2017 Watt, Mélanie. Scardey Squirrel. Tonawanda, NY: Kids Can Press, 2008. Justice, Laura and Ann Soka. Engaging Children with Print. New York: Guilford Press, 2010¹. I am so lucky! I attended a workshop…
Good Books… With a Good Book – Happy Anniversary! 15 Apr 2017 Ajilvsgi, Geyata. Wildflowers of Texas. Bryan, TX: Shearer Publishing, 1984. This blog, "With a Good Book" is a year old. Happy Birthday! I started this blog writing about the books…
Animal Stories… Happy St. Patrick’s Day: Paddy’s Pay Day 18 Mar 2017 Day, Alexandra. Paddy’s Pay Day. New York: Puffin Books, 1989. Okay, this book isn’t about St. Patrick’s Day, but I think of it often on this day. Paddy, an Irish…
Uncategorized Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing/In the Unlikely Event 1 Mar 2017 Blume, Judy. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. New York: Puffin Books, 1972. Blume, Judy. In the Unlikely Event. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. Let's start with Tales of a Fourth Grade…
Uncategorized The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus 28 Dec 2016 Baum, L. Frank. The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus. New York: Signet Classic, 1986. I have a large collection of Christmas books. As I was unpacking them for the…