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Guest Post: Eric Walters on the story he wrote twice

Guest Post: Eric Walters on the story he wrote twice

April 2, 2020 April 2, 2020

In this guest post, author Eric Walters explains how he was inspired to write an early chapter book, High and Dry, and a middle grade Hi-Lo book, On the Rocks, based on the same real-life event. (Classroom questions and activities included!)

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Guest Post: Marthe Jocelyn Sees Art Everywhere

Guest Post: Marthe Jocelyn Sees Art Everywhere

November 10, 2017 March 12, 2019

The following post is written by Marthe Jocelyn, creator of One Red Button and One Piece of String. You asked how I would describe my creative process? Well…I see something…a lost button on an elevator or a single mitten on a park bench or a note tucked under a windshield …

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Classroom Activity: Litter Bug Arts & Crafts

Classroom Activity: Litter Bug Arts & Crafts

September 1, 2017 March 12, 2019

In What Matters by Alison Hughes and illustrator Holly Hatam, a young boy picks up a single piece of litter. He doesn’t know it, but his small act has big consequences for the little critters whose path would have been blocked, for the grass that would have wilted and for …

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The Unnatural Selections Drawing Game

The Unnatural Selections Drawing Game

May 19, 2017 February 5, 2019

Have you ever seen a Hawkodile? Or a Toraffe? What about a Cowaconda? All of these creatures (and more) can be found roaming through the imaginative universe of Unnatural Selections, a picture book by artist Wallace Edwards. To create this book, Professor I.B. Doodling, a traveling artist, took suggestions from …

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Green goo for St. Patrick’s Day!

Green goo for St. Patrick’s Day!

March 17, 2015 March 19, 2019

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day and the recent release of Tank & Fizz, we had a little slime-making workshop in the Orca lunchroom! Dani, our resident slime expert, brought all the ingredients needed to make the goopiest green goo…                 plus some …

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