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How to Keep Your Helicopter Written and Illustrated by Ben Greene Altanimus, LLC May 15, 2015 978-0-692-42287-8 40 pages Ages 4—8 “Benjamin is tired of sharing. His little sister Sandy is ALWAYS asking to play with his favorite toys. But when Sandy wants to p lay with Benjamin’s absolute favorite toy of …
Too Many Carrots Written & Illustrated by Katy Hudson Capstone 2/1/2016 978-1-62370-638-8 32 pages Ages 3—5 “Rabbit loves carrots. In fact, he loves them so much that they are crowing him out of his cozy burrow. When his friends offer help, Rabbit happily accepts. But will too many carrots cause too much trouble …
Bear Snores On is the first book in Karma Wilson’s series about Bear; a huggable and loyal friend, connoisseur of popcorn, and avid swimmer. It’s that time of the year and Bear has gone to sleep for a long time. What happens when several of his woodland friends happen upon his warm lair?
Bear Snores On is a great book you can use to teach young readers about seasons, hibernation, friendship, and sharing. There are so many big lessons in one small book!
Karma Wilson’s reading of Bear Snores On was filmed during Angie Karcher’sRhyming Picture Book Revolution Conference (RPBC). The purpose of the RPBC is to educate and support authors who write rhyming picture books.
KidLit TV’s Read Out Loud series is perfect for parents, teachers, and librarians. Use these readings for nap time, story time, bedtime … anytime!
Parents and Educators: Click here to download free Bear Snores On activities! Explore books written by Karma Wilson including more books about Bear!
ABOUT BEAR SNORES ON
Bear Snores On(Illustrated by Jane Chapman) – One by one, a whole host of different animals and birds find their way out of the cold and into Bear’s cave to warm up. But even after the tea has been brewed and the corn has been popped, Bear just snores on! See what happens when he finally wakes up and finds his cave full of uninvited guests — all of them having a party without him.
Karma Wilson grew up an only child of a single mother in the wilds of North Idaho. Way back then (just past the stone age and somewhat before the era of computers) there was no cable TV and if there would have been Karma could not have gotten it. TV reception was limited to 3 channels, of which one came in with some clarity. Karma did the only sensible thing a lonely little girl could do…she read or played outdoors.
Playing outdoors was fun, but reading was Karma’s “first love” and, by the age 11 she was devouring about a novel a day. She was even known to try to read while riding her bike down dirt roads, which she does not recommend as it is hazardous to the general well being of the bike, the rider, and more importantly the book. Her reading preference was fantasy (C.S. Lewis, Terry Brooks, etc…) and historical fiction (L.M. Montgomery, Laura Ingalls Wilder, etc…). Those preferences have not changed much.
Karma never considered writing as a profession because her mother was a professional writer which made it seem like boring and mundane work. At the age of 27 she realized that she still loved well written children’s books of all kinds, from picture books to young adult novels. By that time Karma was a wife and the mother of three young children. Trips to the library with her children were a combination of emotions…when they got a good book there was fun to be had by all, but so many of the books weren’t what her children wanted to listen to.
Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast Written by Josh Funk Illustrated by Brendan Kearney Sterling Children’s Books 9/01/2015 978-1-4549-1404-4 32 pages Ages 4—8 “He race is on . . . “Lady Pancake ad Sir French Toast are the best of friend until word gets out that there’s ONLY ONE DROP OF …
That’s Not Mine Written by Anna Kang Illustrated by Christopher Weyant Two Lions 9/01/2015 978-1-4778-2639-3 32 pages Age 4—8 “Two fuzzy creatures both want to sit in the same chair. The trouble is, they can’t agree who it belongs to. “Mine. “Mine. “They get madder and madder, until . . . …
The heart map is a great tool for helping students find personally meaningful topics, but used year after year, it might feel a little stale. Writing territory maps is another option!
This summer, I have done a live illustration on the sidewalk of my little city. This is part of a great project to revitalize the neighbourhood. The theme is The art of sharing. The public is welcome to vote for their favorite art.
This is where I need your help, please vote for my illustration - Socialisation et partage -.
Never judge a book by it’s cover, but what about its opening lines?
Some of my favourite first words include:-
“The monster showed up just after midnight. As they do.”
“All children, except one, grow up.”
“‘Where’s Papa going with that axe?’ said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.”
“There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.”
“The Iron Man came to the top of the cliff. How far had he walked? Nobody knows. Where had he come from? Nobody knows. Taller than a house, the Iron Man stood at the top of the cliff, on the very brink, in the darkness.”
(prizes if you can name all the books in the comments!)
And now there’s this to add to the mix:
“Once upon a slime, there was a Slodge.”
This is how Jeanne Willis introduces her latest book, The First Slodge, joyously illustrated by Jenni Desmond. The first words are simply a delight to read, to roll around your tongue, to let slip and slide into a smile as you read this story about sharing and friendship.
Slodge delights in the sunset, the moon and the stars, believing they belong to her alone. It comes as a huge shock to discover that there’s a second Slodge with whom she must share her delights. Squabbling over something neither wishes to forgo, they tumble into terrible danger. Will they work together to save themselves or will pride and selfishness get in the way?
Funny, gentle, and full of life The First Slodge is a warmhearted parable about how things are better together when shared with generosity. The youngest of listeners will recognise the delighted squeals of “Mine, all mine!“, as well as the tussles over treasures. However, everyone ends up full of the feel good factor, quietly reassured that they see they do not have to face the dangers of the world alone.
Written like a spider’s web – delicate and strong – The First Slodge contains equally impressive illustrations, full of flowing movement and energy with a sumptuous palette of soothing and sophisticated greens and blues. Several spreads strongly echo Desmond’s Red Cat, Blue Cat (you can read my review here) in composition or concept (the slodges/cats fighting, the twist at the end), which I found slightly surprising but both books remain lovely reads I recommend seeking out.
Sharing The First Slodge as a family left us eager to make our own slime and Slodges. We set up a slime factory to test three different recipes:
Slime 1
1 can condensed milk
1 tablespoon corn flour
Green food colouring
Mix all the ingredients in a saucepan and stir over a low heat for about 10 minutes as the mixture thickens. The low heat is necessary in order that the condensed milk doesn’t burn to the bottom of the pan. Once suitably thick, leave to cool before creating your Slodges. This slime is actually perfectly edible, but as we were playing with other slimes too, I didn’t encourage taste testing.
Slime 2
1 tablespoon Psyllium Husks (a fibre supplement easily available in health food shops such as Holland and Barrett, or online)
1 cup of water
Green food colouring
Mix all the ingredients in a saucepan and whisk over a low heat for about 5 minutes until the mixture thickens. Leave to cool and then start Slodging. We’ve never used this slime recipe before and it was the most exciting; its texture and appearance is quite unlike any other slime we’ve made, with a rubbery, almost bouncy feel, with great stretchability!
Slime 3
1 cup (or mug) flour
1/2 cup (or mug) salt
2 tbs Cream of Tartar
1 tbs sunflower oil
1 cup (or mug) boiling water
Mix all the ingredients in a saucepan and stir over low heat until the mixture is no longer sticky to touch. Leave to cool and knead into fairly solid slime. Some of you may recognise this as a playdoh recipe.
Once we had our three slimes we delighted and disgusted ourselves with the sensory experience as we made our first Slodges.
We rated our slimes in terms of appearance and texture, the yuckier the better.
The winning slime was the one made from psyllium husks – definitely a sensory experience worth trying out!
Other activities which would go well with reading The First Slodge include:
Making my favourite and most peculiar slime, which has the properties of both solids and liquids depending on how you play with it. You can find out more in my post here.
Moulding Slodges out of plasticine, fimo or whatever is your favourite sort of modelling clay. Pinch up ears, add buttons for eyes and snippets of wool or pipecleaners for mouths and you’ll soon have Slodges playing everywhere,
Recreating the flowers in Desmond’s landscapes using pipecleaners (see the penultimate spread in the book). Take a blue pipecleaner for a stem and then bend an orange or pink one roughly over a few times before attaching to the stem; they should look a little like a 3-D scribble. You could create loads of them for a landscape for your slodges to play in.
What are your favourite books about sharing and working together? Where have you come across really revolting slime? What are your favourite opening lines in picture books?
Disclosure: I received a free review copy of The First Slodge from the publisher.
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A Monster Calls
Peter Pan
Charlotte’s Web
Voyage of the Dawntreader (I think! Definitely Narnia)
The Iron Giant (This is the guess…)
Great post, btw. Slime #2 looks especially awesome!
Zoe said, on 4/6/2015 1:18:00 AM
He he Jim, think I shall have to sort you out a prize
cath jones said, on 4/6/2015 1:50:00 AM
A monster calls. Patrick Ness The most amazing book … so moving. I wept and adored it at the same time!
JM Barrie The Adventures of Peter Pan Still have not read the whole book but Such a classic opening…
E B White Charlottes Web. This start makes me think of the Shining!
C S Lewis Yes, it has to be the Dawn Treader
And Ted Hughes The Iron Man. I remember studying this opening at school, a I ng time ago
And once upon a slime? Well that has to be a new classic
I read so many of the books you mention. Thanks for another great post
April is School Library Month! Here are some easy strategies for public librarians seeking to build productive partnerships with their school colleagues.
Get in touch with your local school librarians! Sometimes, this can be the most difficult aspect of cross-agency collaboration. I’ve noticed that, especially with regard to youth services librarians in larger, more bureaucratic public library systems, outreach specialists may try to follow a chain of command, asking for the building principal or even the superintendent for access to the school librarians. In many cases, those administrators may either not realize that the public library wants to help, rather than place demands, on school staff, and they often have a lot on their plate anyway. Reaching out to school librarians directly can be more effective, or better yet, ask a school librarian you have worked with in the past to connect you.
Give local school librarians and teachers some extra privileges. One easy way to support the educators in your community: create a special patron class in your automation system, with an increased checkout limit. Nashville Public Libraries are on the cutting edge of this, with their Limitless Libraries program. They even have the high school and middle school libraries as routing stops! If your library doesn’t allow holds against on-shelf materials, you might consider a different policy for teachers. No teacher or school librarian wants to swing by the public library at the end of the day to find the audio version of Fahrenheit 451 has been nabbed since they looked it up in the OPAC that morning.
Extend checkouts or waive fines for teachers or librarians who checkout materials for others. It can be difficult for school librarians to get materials they checked out back from others, especially when they are being used instructionally. When I go to the public library to fulfill a teacher or student’s request, and then get tagged with punitive fines, it can be quite discouraging. Once, I paid enough overdue fines (out of my own pocket) on a VHS copy of the Audie Murphy’s World War II biopic To Hell and Back to buy multiples for my own collection.
Create a school librarian and teacher-focused version of your newsletter, paying special attention to highlight the events and additions to your collections with instructional application.
Involve school librarians in your applications for grant projects. This will strengthen your case for funding, and give the school librarians some ownership in what is going on in your building, too.
Acknowledge school librarian realities. Get school librarians in the field to come to your in-services or staff days to share their concerns. It might be supporting common core, it might be teaching social studies and science concepts left out of the standardized-testing intensive curriculum, it might be in-depth reference support and ILL for projects like National History Day or senior capstone projects. Lead times in schools are often more abbreviated than in public library settings, and there can be a domino effect when a teacher springs a last-minute project tying in to holidays or events. When a teacher comes in looking for The Lorax the day before Earth Day, don't laugh -- have some other suggestions, both print and digital, handy.
Wendy Stephens is a member of the AASL/ALSC/YALSA Interdivisional School-Public Library Cooperation Committee.
Paulette Bogan perfectly describes every child’s egocentric outlook on how a new friend is “only theirs” in Virgil & Owen. Virgil is so happy to find a polar bear named, Owen. He is so excited to have Owen as his new best friend and to have him all to himself.
Long ago, most teachers I knew had a ritual that they held near and dear to their hearts. At the end of every writing workshop, a child sat in the Author’s Chair and… Continue reading →
Aaron Blabey is an actor-turned children’s author and illustrator, having great success with award-winning books including Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley, The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon, and Pig the Pug, which is becoming one of Australia’s best selling picture books. Fortunate to have Sunday Chutney as the chosen book to be read in schools […]
There’s so much talk around the blog-sphere and internet about author platforms. How do you brand yourself? What to do to create an online presence? How to get your book noticed among millions of other books vying for attention? It’s enough just to write a book and get it published whether you selfpub, epub, or sign traditional, but to also have to market and promote the book can take so much time and energy away from creating more books. And it’s exhausting at times.
So what to do?
One way is to internally ask: How can I help this person? Remember, it’s not always about you, and about selling your book or wares or whatever you’re offering. The best way to help others is to share. In this world, you give, you get. People naturally feel the need to reciprocate when someone does something for them. If you want the people you work with to support your career, help them first, and then stand back and watch the magic happen!
Check out this three minute marvelous mini movie, and you’ll get the gist of how helping a person can be a rewarding experience, and make your life richer in ways you never thought possible. Warning, go grab a couple of tissues before you watch…
Today we’re happy to announce yet another way to integrate the two platforms. You can now use Publicize to share your WordPress.com content on your Google+ Page too!
While Google+ Profiles are used by individuals, Google+ Pages function as a space for organizations, companies, public figures, and other branded entities (for example: your blog!). You’d use your Google+ Profile to interact with friends and personal acquaintances; your Google+ Page would serve your public persona as a professional, business owner, artist, or blogger.
To get started, head over to your dashboard, then go to Settings → Sharing. When you’ve reached the Publicize screen, click the “Connect” button next to the Google+ logo. Once you’ve authenticated your account over at Google+, you’re set!
Choose between your Profile, your Pages, or both
It’s important to note that when you connect to Google+ and select an account authorized to manage Pages, you’ll have the option to select whether your content will be shared on your Google+ Profile or Page(s). You can connect multiple times to select both.
WordPress.org users: you can enjoy this feature, too! We have just released Jetpack 2.7, which also includes a Google+ Publicize option. You can visit the Jetpack announcement for more details.
This is a great and necessary tool, thank you! I have a lot of Google+ Pages. It would be great to checkbox all of them at once to add instead of having to go through the long box approval process for every single Page.
EyeCandyPopper said, on 12/11/2013 8:06:00 PM
If only I could figure out a way to un-suspend my profile in order to change it to be able to create a page… Google+ is really not user-friendly
Gatofante said, on 12/12/2013 1:24:00 AM
Thank you! I was waiting for that!!
Anurag Rathod said, on 12/12/2013 1:36:00 AM
I have a G+ profile as well as a page. Can I connect to both profile and page?
Freedom ARC said, on 12/12/2013 1:37:00 AM
Great news, thank you. That will mean we no longer have to cut and paste every link from from Publicize into Buffer just for our Google+ Page.
Nathan Young said, on 12/12/2013 10:50:00 AM
Yes! Thanks for the Google + options!
ellyermawatisuparto said, on 12/12/2013 5:29:00 PM
Good news! Thanks.
Ben Huberman said, on 12/13/2013 10:45:00 AM
Yes you can — you simply have to add the different Pages and Profiles to your connection when you set it up.
The Urban Daddy said, on 12/17/2013 1:15:00 PM
This is great! Thank you Justin for posting this. Now my Google profile won’t feel so neglected.
There are lots of things to keep top-of-mind when you’re leading a writing workshop. Are all students engaged? Are they crafting pieces that hold meaning and value to them? Are kids constantly adding… Read More →
I love, LOVE, L-O-V-E Ralph Tells A Story (Amazon Children’s Publishing, 2012), which is a story about a boy, Ralph, who has trepidation about writing. (It’s already become a book I suggest to… Read More →
I've had the pleasure of writing a number of picture books for Little Boost, a series that addresses typical preschool challenges in sweet and humorous ways. If you read the ones I wrote, you might notice something. My characters tend to get mad over food, even though food has nothing to do with the theme of the books!
So why does food anger keep showing up in my books? Well, the answer is somewhat personal: I hate to share delicious things. Those preschool emotions come from my real life experiences of being a selfish foodie. Consider the following:
If someone takes the last brownie, it puts me in a funk. I just can't shake my sadness. So it's no wonder that Roger from Crabby Pants gets mad when his brother eats the last frozen waffle, leaving him with cereal.
I once returned a cookie at Starbucks because it did not have an adequate number of peanut butter candy chunks. So is it any wonder that You Get What You Get's Melvin gets annoyed if his sister's cookie has more chocolate chips than his cookie?
Like the bear in Eleanore Won't Share, I'm good at sharing things I don't really like. Eleanore shares the black jelly beans. I share the green ones. And when my kids want a piece of fruit, I push the apples so the nectarines will be there for me later.
Looking at these facts, I can see that this is not a flattering situation. Deep down, I know that food tastes better when it is shared with those you love. And lets be honest, like most women my age, I need to consider portion control — sharing would help with that. But until I'm ready to change my selfish ways, I think I will bake more brownies and buy more nectarines. As Roger and Melvin and Eleanore know, doing the right thing is hard sometimes. It takes time. But I suppose it's worth it in the end.
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We’ve been researching in Keith Bollman’s 5th grade class. Because Keith and I have been working together for years, I know he will let me play a little in writing workshop. I can… Read More →
Odd Dog by Claudia Boldt is an ever so slightly absurd tale about a rather unusual dog, a dog who prefers apples to bones.
Helmut has a prized apple tree, laden with ripening fruit. Helmut also has nightmares: His neighbour, Igor, may at any time be plotting to steal all of Helmut’s much loved apples.
One day the juciest apple falls from Helmut’s tree… but onto the wrong side of the fence. Disaster appears to have struck. Igor has Helmut’s prized possession!
What is Igor going to do? How is Helmut going to respond?
For those wanting to unpick this quirky story there’s plenty packed into Odd Dog; the encumbrance of desire and possession, what it feels like to be different, the power of sharing, the acceptance of difference, and whether the world is full of threats or opportunities.
For those just wanting a fun read there’s a lot to enjoy in Odd Dog; the offbeat humour (what? a dog that doesn’t like bones?), the stylish, characterful illustrations, the reassuring reminder that the world is actually a good place, full of good people. The dogs, the classy illustrations, the anxiety all make this a great book to pair with Oh No, George! by Chris Haughton.
For those interested in translation and cultural differences, it’s fun to see that the names Helmut and Igor are “untranslated” in the German version of Claudia Boldt’s offbeat tale (do watch the video, even if you don’t understand German, for it will give you a good flavour of Claudia’s illustrations):
And yet, in the US version of this book, the dogs have been renamed: Helmut is Peanut and Igor is Milo.
With my British/European sensibilities, this “translation” doesn’t work for me; the names Peanut and Milo are just too sweet, and don’t have the same quirky, old-fashioned, absurd feel about them, that I think Helmut and Igor have, and which really adds that little bit of hard-to-put-your-finger-on-flavour to the tale. I’d love to know what my North American readers think about this… And I’d love to hear from German readers too – I suspect Helmut and Igor don’t have the same feel in German (where they are – I believe- far less unusual than here in the UK) as they do in English.
All this got me thinking about name changes in different English versions of the same book (rather than translations into other languages). Here are some other examples:
I agree about the names, but then I am UK based/biased. Hulmet is a great name for a dog and a pun on the word ‘mutt’ too!
I have another for you with the series of picture books about Ferdie/Fletcher e.g. ‘Ferdie and the Falling Leaves’ (UK) v. Fletcher and the Falling Leaves (USA). As she’s UK based I guess Ferdie came first (and is the one that I prefer). http://www.celiacatchpole.co.uk/authors/rawlinson-julia.htm Library Quine recently posted..Supporting Early Literacy Environments in the Library
Elli said, on 5/7/2012 4:56:00 AM
Didn’t Alex T Smith post something recently (in the past couple of months or so) about how ‘Claude’ was translated into something different in French? Apparently the name ‘Claude’ sounds quintessentially French to English readers, but not to French ones! Unless I’m getting completely muddled… Elli recently posted..Road Trip
choxbox said, on 5/7/2012 7:39:00 AM
Amazing what all you think up!
And a lot of names in Asterix have been changed from the original French to English, and I suppose other languages.
Like Getafix was originally Panoramix, Cacofonix was Assurancetorix (or some such) – but I think the English names are better suited than the originals!
choxbox said, on 5/7/2012 7:41:00 AM
Similarly Dogmatix was Idefix, but the English name even has a pun built in
Elmer is sad when he discovers that the rainbow has lost its colors. He wants to help, but what will happen if he gives the rainbow his own colors? Will he lose them forever?
Also try: Rainbow Fish A rainbow of my own I must have Bobo Mouse paint Little blue and little yellow Rainbow fish Lmno peas Color zoo
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My writing group is an important part of my life as a writer. It’s more than just accountability, but feedback and camaraderie and, well, if I’m super honest, fun. When I was a classroom teacher, I didn’t do a very good job of establishing writing groups, or crit partners, for my students. I see now they were [...]
We’ve made two big changes that make it easier to encourage friends, family, and colleagues to interact with your WordPress.com blog.
First, now you can invite people to follow your blog. If your blog is public, anyone can use the Follow button to sign up to receive an update each time you publish new content. But if you’d like to share your blog with specific people, we’ve made it easy to send them an invitation to check out your site.
Try it out now and invite some friends to follow your blog:
1. Head to your dashboard and click on Users → Invite New. Type the users’ email addresses or WordPress.com usernames.
2. Set the Role to Follower.
3. If you like, add your own message to personalize the invitation, then click Send Invite.
When your friend accepts the invite, they’ll start receiving email updates each time you publish a new post.
Secondly, you can also use the new invitations to add contributors to your blog. Have you ever thought that it might be fun to have a friend write a guest post? Or perhaps you want to ask a colleague to help moderate comments. Adding contributors to your blog has never been easier.
Head to Users → Invite New in the dashboard and enter the person’s WordPress.com username or email address. Then select the contributor, author, editor, or administrator role, and send the invite.
Your new user will now be able to access your blog by visiting the My Blogs section of their dashboard when they log in to WordPress.com. They’ll also receive an email notification that they’ve been added to your blog.
Robert "Bob" Wieters, RYL ID#1033 said, on 11/15/2011 7:30:00 AM
Excellent!! I have been having to send an email to new colleagues when they start with my organization. This will surely make it much easier and less time consuming. Many thanks for taking the time to install this very worthwhile feature.
Bob Wieters
karolinacao said, on 11/15/2011 7:49:00 AM
Thank you Daniel, this article is very useful. I’ve already invited few friends to follow my blog! It is far better than sending email with blog URL.
scalpel in the sand said, on 11/15/2011 7:56:00 AM
I like this post. Will users be able to unsubscribe?
Waqas Ali said, on 11/15/2011 8:10:00 AM
Very good. In fact excellent, as often friends ask “send me the link of your blog at my email.” So this can address this way better and also they can stay connected for longer. Thank you.
Cathy said, on 11/15/2011 8:23:00 AM
I don’t know if this is a dumb question but what is the difference between author and contributor? Thanks
Brian James Freeman said, on 11/15/2011 8:47:00 AM
Very cool! I was just thinking it would be nice to be able to invite some friends to follow my blog and this will make it really easy. Thanks!
melissamevans said, on 11/15/2011 9:11:00 AM
Love this!! Great addition!
Charlie said, on 11/15/2011 9:22:00 AM
WordPress comes through again! I have been looking into Paid versions of this very thing. (wish you had a “tip jar” on this post Daniel) Thanks for making life easier. = )
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Elmer is sad when he discovers that the rainbow has lost its colors. He wants to help, but what will happen if he gives the rainbow his own colors? Will he lose them forever? 
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(Illustrated by Jane Chapman) – One by one, a whole host of different animals and birds find their way out of the cold and into Bear’s cave to warm up. But even after the tea has been brewed and the corn has been popped, Bear just snores on! See what happens when he finally wakes up and finds his cave full of uninvited guests — all of them having a party without him.
This is how Jeanne Willis introduces her latest book, The First Slodge, joyously illustrated by Jenni Desmond. The first words are simply a delight to read, to roll around your tongue, to let slip and slide into a smile as you read this story about sharing and friendship.
Odd Dog by Claudia Boldt is an ever so slightly absurd tale about a rather unusual dog, a dog who prefers apples to bones.
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Ooh, I might actually know!
A Monster Calls
Peter Pan
Charlotte’s Web
Voyage of the Dawntreader (I think! Definitely Narnia)
The Iron Giant (This is the guess…)
Great post, btw. Slime #2 looks especially awesome!
He he Jim, think I shall have to sort you out a prize
A monster calls. Patrick Ness The most amazing book … so moving. I wept and adored it at the same time!
JM Barrie The Adventures of Peter Pan Still have not read the whole book but Such a classic opening…
E B White Charlottes Web. This start makes me think of the Shining!
C S Lewis Yes, it has to be the Dawn Treader
And Ted Hughes The Iron Man. I remember studying this opening at school, a I ng time ago
And once upon a slime? Well that has to be a new classic
I read so many of the books you mention. Thanks for another great post
Cath