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Writer 400+ books- mom, grandmom, progressive dem, lecturer, poet, And one of my awards for writing set my good coat on fire! She/her

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🦖What type of music do dinosaurs like?
🎸Jurassic rock!

(Fun fact: Here in St. Louis, the Halloween tradition is that kids have to tell a joke at each house before they get candy…so we’ve been building our repertoire this week!)

⬇️Check out these singable/rhyming Dino-themed books:

Dinosaur Pet
Performed by Neil Sedaka
Illustrated by Tim Bowers
Children’s lyrics by Marc Sedaka

There’s a Dinosaur at My Door
Written and Illustrated by @missjulieannmusic

How to Catch a Dinosaur
By @adamwallacestuff
Illustrated by @andyelkerton

Writing Dino-mite Poems
By Rozanne Lanczak Williams
Illustrated by Bernard Adnet

Dinosaurs Forever
By William Wise
Illustrated by Lynn Munsinger

Dinosaurumpus!
By Tony Mitton
Illustrated by @guyparkerrees

How Do Dinosaurs Go Up and Down?
By @jyolen and Mark Teague

Ps. I have a copy of We Are the Dinosaurs by Laurie Berkner, but I forgot to include it in my video (argh!). It’s a CLASSIC that kids will love!

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Waiting for National Cat Day on October 29th!!! CB cats are reading CB CAT books! What’s on your cat’s reading list? #cats #catsreading #nationalcatday

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What’s better than going to a book fair as an adult? When it’s FREE!!? Yesterday was felt like going to a scholastic book fair as a child!

I may have bought myself 3 books and one of them being a children’s book, shout out to @onceuponalittlemind for the inspiration of reading children’s as adults. Never too old for whimsy!

⁉️ Have you been to a book fair or festival? If so which one?

#bostonbookfestival #boston #books #silverlock #cold

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Loved being on @boydsmills campus while on retreat with the South Asian Storytellers Group!

There were books everywhere and in our rooms. Here are some titles I found that resonated with me. It felt like the universe was speaking to me.

Though some were familiar, I still took pix of them all to add to my TBR queue.

#nadiasnook #booksbooksbooks #boydsmills #lodge3

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You don’t need a big day to give them a beautiful childhood.

This was everything to me. I think I made core memories too 😍

A run around at the park. A mini picnic. Her favourite book. An afternoon with nowhere else to be.

These are their big things.

One day, we’ll both be old enough to lay under the shade and read together and just enjoy each others company ❤️

Btw, she’s really into dinosaurs right now and idk how that happened.

How Do Dinosaurs Go To School? By @jyolen and Mark Teague. Published by @harperkidsau @harpercollinsaustralia

#childrensbooks #kidsbooks #kidlit #raisingreaders #picnic

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A stick is never just a stick. 🌿

Every September, we spend time learning a very important thing about playing with sticks: Sticks need space.

They are fun. They can become so many things. We can build, imagine, create, move and play with them, but we need to make sure we have enough space between ourselves and our friends so that nobody gets accidentally bonked by a stick.

Two of our favourite books to inspire this kind of imaginative outdoor play are Not a Stick by Antoinette Portis and What to Do with a Stick by Jane Yolen.

Before reading Not a Stick, each learner chooses a stick from the forest. As we read the story, they use their own stick to act out the different possibilities along the way.

And What to Do with a Stick is the perfect book to continue that thinking. We might build, create, move, mark-make, tell stories, invent games or simply let our imaginations take over. The beauty is that the books don’t have to end when we close them. The forest becomes the next page. 🌲

And that is one of the things I love most about outdoor learning in Kindergarten; giving children the time, space and freedom to take a simple natural material and turn it into anything they can imagine.

What are some of your favourite read aloud for outdoor learning?

#kindergarten #outdoorlearning #forestschool #teachergram #earlyyears

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• Halloween Picture Book Favorites, Part II •

Halloween is a favorite holiday around here, so two posts were necessary to share all our favorite Halloween stories:

🎃 How Do Dinosaurs Say Trick or Treat? by Jane Yolen & Mark Teague

🎃 Little Ghost’s Summerween by Maggie Edkins Willis

🎃 Ghost Afraid of the Dark by Alex Willmore

🎃 Nightsong by Ari Berk

🎃 Stumpkin by Lucy Ruth Cummins

🎃 Disney 5-Minute Halloween Stories

🎃 Little Blue Truck’s Halloween by Alice Schertle

🎃 Little Bat in Night School by Brian Lies

🎃 Millie Fleur Saves the Night by Christy Mandin

🎃 The Little Ghost who was a Quilt by Riel Nason

#kidbooks #fallbooks #bookrecs #illustratedbooks #booksforkids

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New things can be intimidating for everyone, but especially our kiddos. And, when you’ve only been around for a few years, everything seems new! So, how do we prepare them to face so many changes? This week’s book recommendation is a good start!

“Little Frog and the Scary Autumn Thing” by Jane Yolen explores what it’s like when changes take place in our everyday environment. Little frog feels safe with green, but when the leaves start changing, they aren’t sure how to feel about autumn’s reds and golds.

What are some other ways we can begin to offer tools for adaptation to our little ones?

#littlefrog #janeyolen #autumn

#booktalk #kidsbooks

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🎃👻 spooky season storytime is officially here!! 📚🍂✨

Today we’re reading TWO cute Halloween favorites back-to-back! First up is How Do Dinosaurs Say Trick or Treat? by Jane Yolen, where our dino friends taught us a very important Halloween lesson: manners, kindness, and how to be a good little trick-or-treater! 🦖🍬🎃

Then we’re closing out storytime with Froggy’s Halloween by Jonathan London! 🐸👻 And somewhere between these two stories, I discovered that apparently I’m pretty decent at doing character voices 😂🎭

These stories gave me ALL the nostalgic, cozy Halloween feels. I love the cute-spooky side of fall—the pumpkins, the stories, the little creatures, the costumes, and honestly just everything about this time of year. 🍂🧡

And can we PLEASE talk about cooler weather and cardigan season?! Because I am READY. Give me a cozy cardigan, a warm drink, a stack of sweet fall books, and I’m a happy girlie. ☕️📚🍁

So grab your little readers, get cozy, and let’s have a spooky-but-sweet storytime together! 👻✨ I’m SO excited for all the adorable books coming out this season! 🎃📚🤎

#bookstagram #storytime #childrensbooks #halloweenbooks #fallreading

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NEW KIDS’ BOOKS HAVE ARRIVED!

We’ve had a gorgeous new selection of kids’ books arrive at Drift today — perfect for little bookworms, bedtime stories or a special gift.

Pop in and have a look… you might just find a new favourite! 📖💫

📍 Drift Homewares & Gifts
16a Lamont Street, Bermagui

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What book do you bring to a baby shower when one of your best friends is having twin boys?? 💙💙

Swipe for my pick and reasons why 👀➡️

What are your go-to first books for babies?

#picturebooks #babyshowergift #kidlit #independentbookstore #babygift

So hard to choose just one book! But I went with How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Mark Teague because:

1) Figured I should go with a board book that could be read to the boys right away. Easy to hold and turn pages since the parents will have their hands full! 🧑‍🍼

2) Wanted something classic but not SO classic that another guest was likely to double gift it. 🐛

3) With two boys, there’s a solid chance at least one will be interested in dinosaurs. 🦖

4) My son loves this book. 👍

5) I recently listened to @juliefhedlund’s tribute to Jane Yolen, who passed away earlier this year, on the @12x12challenge podcast and was so moved 🥹 She seemed like a brilliant, generous person who gave a lot back to the kidlit community. ❤️

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Herkese selam 👋🦖
Beyaz Balina yayınlarından çıkan Jane Yolen ve Mark Teague'in muazzam serisi "Dinozorlar Okula Nasıl Gider?" ile tanışmayan kaldı mı? Bu kitap, okulun ilk gününe dair tüm o tatlı telaşı ve korkuyu eğlenceli bir dille anlatıyor. Bizim dinozor da derslere yetişmeye çalışırken kendi ritmini buluyor.🎶🦖🎒

Okulun ilk haftası sizin minikler için nasıl geçti? Yoksa büyük gün hala kapıda mı? 😍

#okulunilkgünü#okullaraçılıyor
#kitaptavsiye
#okulendişesi #okulöncesi

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