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It’s My City: a Singing Map

Uptown, downtown, it's my city! Near the Laundromat, I begin. Listen to the wash. Shake, slosh, shake slosh. Throw it in the dryer for a spin!

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Shadows

A ball and its shadow fall and meet, rolling to my shadow's feet. We outline shadows with a piece of chalk. But later they've moved On the hot sidewalk.

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Trout, Trout, Trout: A Fish Chant

A wildly popular gift for fishermen young and old, this fish chant is a celebration of North American freshwater fish. Rhyme, rhythm, repetition, voice, and wacky illustrations bring this book to life....

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Ant, Ant, Ant: An Insect Chant

This follow-up to the wildly popular TROUT, TROUT, TROUT: THE FISH CHANT celebrates American insects and insect diversity in general through a wild chant of their common names. Backmatter includes fun...

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Exploring Earth’s Biomes Activity Roundup

Here are some images from early school visits 2006 and earlier. Many schools did huge projects. Each classroom, for instance, might focus on a biome and educate the rest of the school through dioramas...

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Bird, Bird, Bird: A Chirping Chant

Bird, Bird, Bird is follow-up to the wildly popular Trout, Trout, Trout: A Fish Chant celebrates American birds and bird diversity in general through a wild chant of their common names. This nonfiction...

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Vulture View

Vulture View, a Theodor Geisel Honor Book, American Library Association. I am so excited about this book! It explores the life of vultures, surely some of the most underappreciated cleaners in the...

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Knox County, OH school visit activities. Wow!

Wow, Knox County, OH schools had fun with my books!. What extraordinary teachers and students. The countryside near there is beautiful, too.

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6+ Traits of Writing: Sayre’s Books as Models

Sayre’s Books As Models For Teaching The 6 + Traits of Writing     Ideas (details, development, focus) Trout Are Made of Trees      Stars Beneath Your Bed: the Surprising Story of Dust Secrets of...

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Hamilton School Digs Into Literacy and Science

Turkey Chant Using Breeds of Turkeys! In Nov, 2008 I had a wonderful visit to Hamilton Traditional School in South Bend, IN. Curriculum leader Marcia LaBelle brought me in.  The school was decked with...

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Language fun with Crocodile Listens and the chant books

This amazing teacher worked with her students to put together a Thanksgiving-appropriate story using the structure of Crocodile Listens. See what happens when turkey listens! They also created a turkey...

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Hush Little Puppy Activities

These are from Hamilton Traditional School in Indiana.

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The Dynamic Nonfiction Classroom: a Visit to Indian Hill Elementary in Ohio

It is going to take me quite a while to process all the great teaching techniques I witnessed at Indian Hill Elementary and Indian Hill Primary, two schools in Cincinnati. Just look at what Mrs. Bauer...

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Rah, Rah, Radishes: A Vegetable Chant

Oh boy, bok choy! Rah, Rah, Radishes: a Vegetable Chant is out in stores. (Go, Go, Grapes: a Fruit Chant will follow in May 2012.) My thanks to all of you who encouraged me to keep pursuing a home for...

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THE CHANT BOOKS: Read, Taste, Teach!

My chant books are a celebration of  words, rhythm, rhyme, and biodiversity. To celebrate my upcoming (June 16th, 2011) vegetable chant, I’ve assembled sound samples to help in teaching and...

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