The Perfect Book for a Budding Writer

The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus By Jen Bryant; illustrated by Melissa Sweet         Here’s a line from J.M. Barrie in his Peter Pan tongue in cheek description of the bane of children everywhere; the pirate, Captain Hook:          “The man is not wholly evil – He has a Thesaurus…

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A Calming and Reassuring Read-Aloud

Day is Done Peter Yarrow; illustrated by Melissa Sweet   When I picked this up, the picture book title immediately brought up a soundtrack of life in the 60’s, with these familiar opening words:     Tell me why you’re crying, my son.       I know you’re frightened like everyone…     If you’re of…

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