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1. Pumpkin recipes, fancy dress and half-term ideas

By: shena, on 10/30/2012
Blog: Secret Seed Society (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: life skills, Recipes, healthy eating, Grown Ups, SSS News, children cooking, Pumpkin recipes, Schools and Groups, half-term activity for kids, kids fancy dress, Add a tag

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2. How SSS fulfils current educational policies and initiatives

By: shena, on 7/13/2012
Blog: Secret Seed Society (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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1. National Framework for Sustainable Schools

The government would like all schools to be sustainable by 2020, and has produced guidance within an eight-doorway framework. SSS adheres to two of these doorways in particular; food and drink, and purchasing and waste. Schools can be sustainable through being model suppliers of healthy, sustainable food and drink; showing strong commitments to the environment; and maximising their use of local suppliers. SSS achieves this through increasing children’s awareness of where food comes from, food chains, and the processes used in growing, harvesting and food preparation.

SSS connects to the purchasing and waste doorway by carefully sourcing goods and services of high environmental and ethical standards that have been obtained from local sources where practicable. All of SSS’s materials for each book and accompanying pack compliment these principles.

2. Healthy Schools

In ten years the National Healthy Schools programme has become one of the country’s most widely embraced initiatives in schools. Schools need to satisfy criteria in the four core themes within the programme: Healthy eating, physical activity, PSHE, and emotional health and well-being.

SSS promotes inclusion through bringing together cross-curricular learning through an interactive approach. Children initially engage in a written and visual text, and have close links to ICT through the website extras. Connecting the imaginative seed-based characters with further learning opportunities brings an extra ‘real and meaningful’ experience to learning, and allows for children’s individual learning styles.
Activities such as growing seeds, or making recipes supports all areas of Healthy Schools and promotes positive emotional health and wellbeing so children can understand and express their feelings, build their confidence and emotional resilience, and therefore their capacity to learn.

3. Every Child Matters Agenda

Every Child Matters: Change for Children is a comprehensive approach to the well-being of children and young people from birth to age 19. The five outcomes for children and young people are: Be healthy, stay safe, enjoy and achieve through learning, make a positive contribution to society, and achieve economic well-being.

SSS encourages children to work together in more integrated and effective ways through growing, harvesting and cookery based activities that link with the central imaginative narratives of the stories. Children are learning and reflecting on their environment through a variety of creative and exciting cross-curricular links, and our fulfilling of outcomes of the Every Child Matters agenda.

4. Growing Schools Initiative

Growing schools promotes learning outside the classroom and has been founded in response to the government’s needs for children to have the chance to learn in new, more relevant and exciting ways. By having direct experiences of growing within the natural environment, this has been shown to be particularly effective in benefiting those who find classroom learning difficult.

SSS connects directly with this principle through developing children’s understanding of where food comes from and the role of farmers and growers, the interdependence of the urban and rural environments, and how and why we should care for the natural world.

5. Learning outside the classroom

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3. Thoughts on the Meaning of Education

By: Emily, on 5/10/2012
Blog: HOMESPUN LIGHT (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: life skills, homeschool, christianity, life lessons, TJED, love of learning, Add a tag

It's difficult for me to encapsulate my definition of education because education is everywhere in everything. It is life. It's growth. It's improvement. Education is so much more than school (or home school), which is merely one structure from which we aim to become educated.

Education, to me, is placing ourselves, and those we are responsible for, on the path of eternal progression, and moving forward. All light and knowledge are part of this. There is no division between temporal and spiritual. All truth is God's truth. In this way, there is no end to education. There is no graduation from eternal progression.

Part of our eternal path, is to gain success in our earthly life. I feel that my role as a mother is to help my kids obtain success here that will prepare them for this life, and in turn, for the eternities.

This includes, but is not limited to:

1. Building Christlike attributes and character.
2. Loving and understanding the Gospel.
3. Being exposed to a broad base of knowledge, with deep understanding of topics of interest, talent, and passion.
4. Realizing personal life mission.
5. Possessing skills that will enable them to support themselves and their families when/if necessary.
6. Embracing God-given gender roles.

When people ask me what we do for home school, it's difficult for me to explain. We don't structure it like public school. It's a life style of learning. I like to call it Life Education.

Happy Learning!

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4. How Parents Can Help Their Kids Overcome Obestiy

By: Sandie lee, on 8/14/2011
Blog: Imagination-Cafe Blog (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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by Dr. Dolgoff

The U.S. National Library of Medicine estimates that at least one out of five children in the U.S. is overweight. There are several reasons why parents need be concerned over an overweight or obese child. Obese children and adolescents have shown an alarming increase in the incidence of type 2 diabetes, also known as adult-onset diabetes. Many obese children have high cholesterol and blood pressure levels, which are risk factors for heart disease. One of the most severe problems for obese children is sleep apnea (interrupted breathing while sleeping). In some cases this can lead to problems with learning and memory. In addition, obese children have a high incidence of orthopedic problems, liver disease, and asthma.

How to determine if your child is overweight or obese:

A doctor is the best person to determine whether your child has a weight problem. Doctors will measure your child’s weight, height, age and growth patterns to determine if his or her weight is within a healthy range. Based on your child’s height and weight, they will calculate a body mass index (BMI). If your child’s BMI is greater than 95 percent of children their age and gender, they are considered to be overweight.

Why children become overweight:

Genetic factors: Children become overweight for a variety of reasons. The most common causes are genetic factors, lack of physical activity, unhealthy eating patterns, or a combination of these factors. In rare cases, a medical problem, such as an endocrine disorder, may cause a child to become overweight. A careful physical exam and some blood tests will determine if your child is overweight due to this type of problem.

Children whose parents or brothers or sisters are overweight may be at an increased risk of becoming overweight themselves. However, not all children with a family history of obesity will be overweight. Genetic factors play a role in increasing the likelihood that a child will be overweight, but shared family behaviors such as eating and activity habits also greatly influence body weight.

Lifestyle: A child’s total diet and his or her activity level both play an important role in determining a child’s weight. The average American child spends approximately 24 hours each week watching television - time that could be spent in some sort of physical activity.

What parents can do to help:

Be supportive: Overweight children need support, acceptance, and encouragement from their parents. Children’s feelings about themselves often are based on their parents’ feelings about them. It is also important to talk to your children about weight, allowing them to share their concerns with you.

Don't use food as a punishment or reward: Withholding food as a punishment may lead children to worry that they will not get enough food which may result in overeating. When foods, such as sweets, are used as a reward, children may assume that these foods are better or more valuable than other foods. For example, telling children that they will get dessert if they eat all of their vegetables sends the wrong message about vegetables.

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5. Wondering Why to Read: Amadi’s Snowman

By: [email protected] (Mark Blevis and Andrea , on 9/2/2009
Blog: Just One More Book Children's Book Podcast (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Review, Podcast, Community, Ages 4-8, Formal, Picture book, Boy, Life Skills, Travel/Geography, Careers, Thinking/Attitude, Contributing/Industry, Mother/Son, Language/Reading/Books, Amadi's Snowman, childrens-book, Dimitrea Tokunbo, Katia Novet Saint-Lot, Add a tag

Amadi's Snowman Author: Katia Novet Saint-Lot (on JOMB)
Illustrator: Dimitrea Tokunbo (on JOMB)
Published: 2008 Tilbury House (on JOMB)
ISBN: 9780884482987

Earth toned images of bustling Nigerian swelter contrast with the book-bound allure of a world of frost and snow in this tale of a young boy pondering the pros and cons of literacy.

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7. Dimple-matic Immunity: I Always, Always Get My Way

By: [email protected] (Mark Blevis and Andrea , on 8/21/2009
Blog: Just One More Book Children's Book Podcast (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: review, Podcast, Family, Ages 0-3, Ages 4-8, Picture book, Girl, Fun, Life Skills, Cartoony, Hilarious, Poetry, Humour, Rhyming, Cute, Siblings, Mischief, Patience, Harmony, acceptance, Manners, Poetry Friday, Thinking/Attitude, Understanding/Tolerance, Canadian, Fairness / Justice, Personalities, Mother/Daughter, Negotiation/Compromise, Father/Daughter, childrens-book, Review of the Week, accountability, Always Get My Way, David Parkins, I Always, Thad Krasnesky, Add a tag

I Always, Always Get My Way Author: Thad Krasnesky (on JOMB)
Illustrator: David Parkins (on JOMB)
Published: 2009 Flashlight Press (on JOMB)
ISBN: 9780979974649

Cute only gets you so far in the real world. Capturing the glee of victory and the sting of defeat, this hilariously illustrated rhyming book lets us laugh at our own (and our little sibling’s) attempts to prove otherwise.

Mentioned in this episode:

Pop over to The Boy Reader for today’s full menu of poetry offerings. Poetry Fridays are brought to us by Kelly Herold of Big A, Little A.

HOTLINE VOICES: Cathy Miller, “The Literacy Ambassador”, alerts us about Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes (by Mem Fox and Helen Oxenbury).

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8. Waves, Ruts and Resilience: Camille McPhee Fell Under the Bus

By: [email protected] (Mark Blevis and Andrea , on 8/12/2009
Blog: Just One More Book Children's Book Podcast (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Camille McPhee Fell Under the Bus, Kristen Tracy, review, Podcast, Community, Family, Compassion, Forgiveness, Chapter book, Girl, Friendship, Resilience, Appreciation, Ages 9-12, Hope, Life Skills, Diversity/Multi-culturalism, Humour, Assertiveness, Confidence, Harmony, Perseverence, Honesty, acceptance, Theatre, Thinking/Attitude, Communication, body image, Bullying/Abuse, Fairness / Justice, Personalities, Mother/Daughter, Negotiation/Compromise, Father/Daughter, childrens-book, Add a tag

Camille McPhee Fell Under the Bus Author: Kristen Tracy (on JOMB)
Published: 2009 Random House (on JOMB)
ISBN: 9780385736879

A big thanks to guest host Lucy (10) for joining Andrea today to discuss this book.

Life can be challenging and fair’s got nothing to do with it. Parents are people. Friendship’s a worthwhile risk. There’s a lot to think about when you’re ten in the real world. Which is why I’m so glad Lucy (10) and I read this fun and fabulously thought provoking book.

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9. Mission Nutrition: Monsters Don’t Eat Broccoli

By: [email protected] (Mark Blevis and Andrea , on 7/31/2009
Blog: Just One More Book Children's Book Podcast (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Review, Podcast, Other, Ages 0-3, Ages 4-8, Picture book, Girl, Fun, Boy, Adventure, Life Skills, Cartoony, Rhyming, Cute, Large and simple, Poetry Friday, childrens-book, Sue Hendra, Barbara Jean Hicks, Monsters Don't Eat Broccoli, Add a tag

Monsters Don't Eat Broccoli Author: Barbara Jean Hicks (on JOMB)
Illustrator: Sue Hendra (on JOMB)
Published: 2009 Knopf (on JOMB)
ISBN: 9780375956867

Gasping, gobbling, grinning, crunching and belching, seven sherbet-coloured monsters revel in outrage at their broccoli-loving readers in this rhyming enticement to eat green.

Blueberry-eating books mentioned:

More food on JOMB:

Pop over to Poetry For Children for today’s full menu of poetry offerings. Poetry Fridays are brought to us by Kelly Herold of Big A, Little A.

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10. Shrimp Tacos, brought to you by Bubs and Welly-Bells

By: Homespun Emily, on 7/22/2009
Blog: HOMESPUN LIGHT (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: life skills, cooking, homeschool, unschooling, TJED, Add a tag

One of the ideas from my huge list of things to do, was to have the kids plan a meal, help shop for the items, and prepare the meal.

We did this for our special Sunday dinner with Aunt Marissa and Uncle Terry.

First, the kids brainstormed some of their favorite dinner ideas (chicken fingers, peas, pot pie...) and wrote them down. They settled on shrimp tacos. I know. What kids love shrimp tacos? Mine, apparently. They made out a menu. Shrimp tacos, corn, Spanish rice, and strawberries, with brownies and ice cream for dessert.

We all looked at the recipes and made a shopping list.

Going to Smith's and pushing around the mini carts was definitely their favorite part of the adventure. (They may or may not have had a couple shopping cart races...and they may or may not have made a couple old people glare at their mother.)

The dinner plans got fancier and fancier. Soon enough, they were writing name cards and pulling out our (rarely-used) napkin rings. The table was lovely. The food...tasty. The company...splendid. The lessons learned...fun and useful.

Wanna-Be Cafe Rio Shrimp Tacos (If you like breaded shrimp and cilantro, you have to try these...)

Ingredients:

frozen popcorn shrimp

tortillas (the home-cooked ones are yummiest)

cilantro to taste

Green sauce ingredients:

1 buttermilk ranch dressing packet prepared according to package

2 tomatillos

1/2 bunch of cilantro

1 clove garlic

juice from 1 lime

1/2 jalapeno

1. Cook the popcorn shrimp according to the package directions.

2. Prepare the green sauce by placing all the ingredients in a blender and blending until smooth.

3. Cut remaining cilantro, leaving it in large pieces.

4. Warm (or cook, if necessary) the tortillas.

5. I'm sure you can figure out the rest...Place shrimp, green sauce, and cilantro onto a tortilla. Roll it up, and enjoy!

Easy and delicious. The kids love it, as long as I don't make it too spicy.

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11. True Love: Hunwick’s Egg

By: [email protected] (Mark Blevis and Andrea , on 7/15/2009
Blog: Just One More Book Children's Book Podcast (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Review, Podcast, Community, Family, Ages 0-3, Ages 4-8, Formal, Gratitude, Picture book, Friendship, Appreciation, Fun, Animal, Life Skills, Realistic, Cute, Assertiveness, Confidence, Patience, Perseverence, Thinking/Attitude, Understanding/Tolerance, Love/Romance, Australian, Curiosity, acceptance, Mem Fox, childrens-book, Pamela Lofts, Hunwick's Egg, Add a tag

Hunwick's Egg Author: Mem Fox (on JOMB)
Illustrator: Pamela Lofts (on JOMB)
Published: 2005 Harcourt (on JOMB)
ISBN: 9780152163181

Amidst mauve and pink Australian sunsets, this lyrically told and beautifully illustrated tale reminds us of the underrated pleasures of simply loving.

Other books mentioned:

Elizabeti’s Doll

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12. Up From The Ashes: Fatima the Spinner and the Tent

By: [email protected] (Mark Blevis and Andrea , on 6/24/2009
Blog: Just One More Book Children's Book Podcast (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Review, Podcast, Community, Ages 4-8, Detailed, Formal, Courage, Gratitude, Picture book, Woman, Hardship, Resilience, Beautiful, Adventure, Hope, Life Skills, Freedom, Diversity/Multi-culturalism, Travel/Geography, Patience, Perseverence, acceptance, Careers, Arts, Thinking/Attitude, Contributing/Industry, Co-operation/Collaboration, Culture/Traditions, childrens-book, Fatima, Idries Shah, Natasha Delmar, the Spinner and the Tent, Add a tag

Fatima, the Spinner and the Tent Author: Idries Shah (on JOMB)
Illustrator: Natasha Delmar (on JOMB)
Published: 2006 Hoopoe Books (on JOMB)
ISBN: 1883536421

This delicately illustrated tale of travel and tragedy reminds us that today’s disaster just might be a necessary step towards the ultimate attainment of our heart’s desire.

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More middle eastern reading on JOMB:

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13. Talent, Teamwork & Triumph: The Dunderheads

By: [email protected] (Mark Blevis and Andrea , on 6/19/2009
Blog: Just One More Book Children's Book Podcast (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Review, Podcast, Community, Ages 4-8, Detailed, Formal, Creativity, Respect, Picture book, Girl, Friendship, Beautiful, Fun, Boy, Adventure, Life Skills, Diversity/Multi-culturalism, Cartoony, Hilarious, Humour, Assertiveness, Confidence, Mischief, Questionable words, School, Thinking/Attitude, Contributing/Industry, Co-operation/Collaboration, Bullying/Abuse, Fairness / Justice, Personalities, childrens-book, Review of the Week, David-Roberts, Paul Fleischman, The Dunderheads, Add a tag

The Dunderheads Author: Paul Fleischman (on JOMB)
Illustrator: David Roberts (on JOMB)
Published: 2009 Candlewick Press (on JOMB)
ISBN: 0763624985

Clean lines, comical details and snappy, generous first person narration sweep us into this suspenseful tale of strategy, solidarity and overlooked superpowers.

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More independent thinkers on JOMB:

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14. Globe-Trotting Gastronomy: The King’s Taster

By: [email protected] (Mark Blevis and Andrea , on 6/17/2009
Blog: Just One More Book Children's Book Podcast (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Kenneth Oppel, Lou Fancher, Steve John son, The King's Taster, Review, Podcast, Interviews, travel, Ages 4-8, Creativity, Picture book, Friendship, Fun, Animal, Life Skills, Travel/Geography, Perseverence, dog, pet, Man, Manners, Careers, Collage, Arts, nutrition, Canadian, Contributing/Industry, Culture/Traditions, childrens-book, Add a tag

Author: Kenneth Oppel (on JOMB)
Illustrators: Steve Johnson (on JOMB) &
Lou Fancher (on JOMB)
Published: 2009 Harper Collins (on JOMB)
ISBN: 0060753722

Dexterous textile, text and recipe clipping collage are the pièce de résistance of this delectable adventure in talent, teamwork, travel — and sneaked treats!

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More food on JOMB:

More kings on JOMB:

More dogs on JOMB here.

HOTLINE VOICES: Eden Spodek — who will be at PAB09 — has fabulous childhood and parenthood memories of Where the Wild Things Are (by Maurice Sendak)

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15. Rules, Rudeness & Rivalry: Little Sister and the Month Brothers

By: [email protected] (Mark Blevis and Andrea , on 5/27/2009
Blog: Just One More Book Children's Book Podcast (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Review, Magic, Podcast, Ages 4-8, Courage, Generosity, Gratitude, Picture book, Resilience, Hope, Life Skills, Freedom, Questionable words, Patience, Perseverence, Seasons, Manners, Thinking/Attitude, Ecology/Nature, Contributing/Industry, Bullying/Abuse, Fairness / Justice, Personalities, childrens-book, Fairy tales, folk tales and legends, step-family, Beatrice Schenk de Regniers, Little Sister and the Month Brothers, Margot Tomes, Add a tag

Little Sister and the Month Brothers Author: Beatrice Schenk de Regniers (on JOMB)
Illustrator: Margot Tomes (on JOMB)
Published: 1976 Marshall Cavendish (on JOMB)
ISBN: 0761455469

With its chatty narrative, droll dialogue and playfully illustrated play-by-play, this plucky retelling of the traditional Slavic tale is practically bound theatre.

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16. Noticing and Nurturing Each Other: How to Heal a Broken Wing

By: [email protected] (Mark Blevis and Andrea , on 5/21/2009
Blog: Just One More Book Children's Book Podcast (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Bob-Graham, Review, Podcast, Community, Ages 4-8, Formal, Compassion, Courage, Generosity, Respect, Picture book, Making a difference, Friendship, Resilience, Appreciation, Fun, Hope, Life Skills, Spirituality, Life and death, Cartoony, Cute, Patience, Perseverence, Large and simple, mourning, Thinking/Attitude, Understanding/Tolerance, Wordless, Contributing/Industry, Co-operation/Collaboration, Poetic Prose, childrens-book, nurturing, Review of the Week, How to Heal a Broken Wing, Health and Safety, Add a tag

How to Heal a Broken Wing Author: Bob Graham (on JOMB)
Illustrator: Bob Graham
Published: 2008 Candlewick Press (on JOMB)
ISBN: 0763639036

Airy illustrations and sparse poetic prose paint a poignant picture of hope, help and healing in this unspoken invitation to dare to care.

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Dreams of flying on JOMB:

Six weeks ago yesterday, in Woodstock, Ontario, eight year old Victoria Stafford finished her school day … then disappeared. As the days turned to weeks, Canadians coast to coast came to know Victoria and her family as we watched mother Tara McDonald’s daily efforts to keep the search for her daughter fresh in our minds. This despite mounting public criticism and suspicion of Tara herself.

Yesterday, we learned of Tori’s tragic fate … and of her mother’s innocence.

This episode of Just One More Book! is dedicated to little Tori Stafford, with heartfelt hopes for the healing of those she left behind.

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17. Swamps, Chainsaws & Solipsism: Fiendish Deeds (The Joy of Spooking)

By: [email protected] (Mark Blevis and Andrea , on 5/13/2009
Blog: Just One More Book Children's Book Podcast (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Formal, Review, Podcast, Family, Courage, Girl, Envy/Competition, Life Skills, Diversity/Multi-culturalism, Humour, Siblings, Scary, Harmony, Perseverence, Writing, Understanding/Tolerance, Love/Romance, Fiendish Deeds, Contributing/Industry, Fairness / Justice, Personalities, Language/Reading/Books, childrens-book, Curiosity, Joy of Spooking, P. J. Bracegirdle, Community, Chapter book, Appreciation, Adventure, Ages 9-12, Assertiveness, Careers, Canadian, Co-operation/Collaboration, Bullying/Abuse, Life and death, Review of the Week, Ecology/Nature, Add a tag

Fiendish Deeds (The Joy of Spooking) Author: P.J. Bracegirdle (on JOMB)
Published: 2008 McElderry Books (on JOMB)
ISBN: 1416934162

Hard-core horror meets sumptuous simile in this gripping exploration of siblinghood, self-destruction and sanitized sameness.

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18. Remembering for Grandma: Mile-High Apple Pie

By: [email protected] (Mark Blevis and Andrea , on 4/29/2009
Blog: Just One More Book Children's Book Podcast (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Podcast, Family, Ages 4-8, Formal, Compassion, Courage, Picture book, Girl, Woman, Making a difference, Appreciation, Fun, Life Skills, Diversity/Multi-culturalism, Cartoony, Cute, Patience, acceptance, Review, Understanding/Tolerance, Love/Romance, grandparents, Grandparent, Contributing/Industry, Co-operation/Collaboration, Personalities, alzheimers, Laura Langston, childrens-book, Lindsey Gardiner, Mile-High Apple Pie, Respect, Sickness, Thinking/Attitude, Add a tag

Mile-High Apple Pie Author: Laura Langston (on JOMB)
Illustrator: Lindsey Gardiner (on JOMB)
Published: 2004 Random House (on JOMB)
ISBN: 0099443880

Happily sloppy artwork and perfectly picked words and pace present the first-person ponderings of a young girl as her once spunky grandmother slips into forgetfulness in this sweet, sad tale of coping and compassion.

More grandmothers on JOMB:

The Grandmother Doll

Getting to Know Ruben Plotnick

When-I-Was-a-Little-Girl

The Gardener

The Lotus Seed

Snow

Sourpuss and Sweetie Pie

Treasure For Lunch

Falling Angels

The Clay Ladies

Healing the Wounds of World War II

A Gift For Gita

Carmine, A Little More Red

Petite Rouge, A Cajun Red Riding Hood

Grandma’s Feather Bed

Bintou’s Braids

Seven Brave Women

Suki’s Kimono

The Not-So-Only Child

A Very Unusual Dog

Aunt Claire’s Yellow Beehive Hair

Mama’s Saris

Mr. Hiroshi’s Garden

I Am Small

Before You Were Here, Mi Amor

The Party

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19. Don’t Dis Diversity: Silly Tilly

By: [email protected] (Mark Blevis and Andrea , on 4/24/2009
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Silly Tilly Author: Eileen Spinelli (on JOMB)
Illustrator: David Slonim (on JOMB)
Published: 2009 Marshall Cavendish (on JOMB)
ISBN: 0761455256

Rhyming triplets and edge-to-edge smile-inducing illustrations follow the carefree foolishness of an unconventional goose and remind us to savour the spice of life.

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Pop over to Under The Covers for today’s full menu of poetry offerings. Poetry Fridays are brought to us by Kelly Herold of Big A, Little A.

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20. Cultivating Hope: Mr. Hiroshi’s Garden

By: [email protected] (Mark Blevis and Andrea , on 4/22/2009
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Mr. Hiroshi's Garden Author: Maxine Trottier (on JOMB)
Illustrator: Paul Morin (on JOMB)
Published: 1999 Fitzhenry and Whiteside (on JOMB)
ISBN: 1550051520

Dazzling light glows against darkening shadow as this warmly told memory of friendship and fortitude peeks into a dim chapter in Canadian history.

Other books mentioned:

For more information about the Japanese Internment of 1942-1945, visit Vanishing British Columbia, Canada: A People’s History, and Canadian Nikkei.

You can read about more of our favourite Canadian, Asian-themed children’s books in this essay by Andrea at Paper Tigers.

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21. Rules for Ruff Rendezvous: Don’t Lick the Dog

By: [email protected] (Mark Blevis and Andrea , on 4/17/2009
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Don't Lick the Dog Author: Wendy Wahman (on JOMB)
Illustrator: Wendy Wahman
Published: 2009 Henry Holt (on JOMB)
ISBN: 0805087338

Outrageously bright and pointy, stylized illustrations and catchy how-to rhyme deliver digestible tips for canine encounters of the friendly, yappy, growly, wary, jumpy, licky, snappy kind.

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And if you’re a fan of dogs, kids and literacy, you may be interested in the Reading with Rover and D.R.E.A.M. (dogs for reading, education, assistance and more) programs.

Pop over to Becky’s Book Reviews for today’s full menu of poetry offerings. Poetry Fridays are brought to us by Kelly Herold of Big A, Little A.

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22. Of Flash and Forgiveness: The Worst Best Friend

By: Just One More Book!!, on 10/8/2008
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The Worst Best Friend Author: Alexis O’Neill (on JOMB)
Illustrator: Laura Huliska-Beith (on JOMB)
Published: 2008 Scholastic (on JOMB)
ISBN: 0545010233

Sunny school-yard action, frisky text and heaps of humorous details propel us through bliss, boastfulness, betrayal and back again in this spirited tale of friendship lost and found.

Other books mentioned:

The Recess Queen

HOTLINE VOICES: An unidentified JOMB listener/author/illustrator recommends Kiss Good Night (by Amy Hest) and Dig Dig Digging (by Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe).

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To those of you celebrating Yom Kippur, G’mar Chatimah Tovah.

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23. Slick Bedtime Soft Shoe: Darkness Slipped In

By: Just One More Book!!, on 10/3/2008
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titleVal Author: Ella Burfoot
Illustrator: Ella Burfoot
Published: 2008 Kingfisher (on JOMB)
ISBN: 0753462095

Glossy black skulking is no match for unflappable spunk in this inventively illustrated bedtime ditty.

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Pop over to Two Writing Teachers for today’s full menu of poetry offerings. Poetry Fridays are brought to us by Kelly Herold of Big A, Little A.

HOTLINE VOICES: Thanks to Tracy Rallison for telling us about The Rainy Day (by Anna Milbourne and Sarah Gill)

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24. Of Horror and Heroism: The Donkey of Gallipoli (A True Story of Courage in World War I)

By: Just One More Book!!, on 10/1/2008
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The Donkey of Gallipoli (A True Story of Courage in World War I) Author: Mark Greenwood (on JOMB)
Illustrator: Frané Lessac (on JOMB)
Published: 2008 Candlewick Press (on JOMB)
ISBN: 0763639133

Deceptively simple looking folk art illustrations, uncluttered narration and sparse, intimate utterings deliver some of the dark, disturbing details of war in this eye-opening, true tale of courage, carnage and camaraderie.

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HOTLINE VOICES: Bobby (a grade two teacher in Phoenix, AZ) describes a difference of opinion between he and his fiancée (a grade one teacher) and asks the question, what is the best way to read books to a group of children?

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Just One More Book!! said, on 10/1/2008 1:43:00 PM

Put the question out to Twitter. Here is a taste of the response:

@terriebittner: Children need to see the book in hand to help them love books. Anything else is just tv in disguise.

@kaymathews: The teacher-librarian I was says: book in hand. You’re creating a common experience, you want to pull the kids into your circle, create a sense of intimacy and close connection with the book/with you as story teller. It’s also part of storytelling — you can use the book to pace yourself, to create tension, in a way you can’t otherwise. But it’s still putting another layer between teacher/storyteller and students/listeners. I’m sure it has place…

A Book in the Hand is Worth….? said, on 10/2/2008 6:00:00 AM

[…] the help of a document camera and projector, but we did put the question out to Twitter and the few responses we received were highly in favour of book-in-hand group reading and the tactile pleasures of the […]

Mark said, on 10/2/2008 12:40:00 PM

Is it okay for me to weigh in?

Technology becomes a “middle-man” and interrupts the flow and experience. I’d say to get down in the middle of all of the children, walk around with the book or pass it around. The reading activity is about the connection between the listener, the reader and the book, not about focusing on a televised version of the book.

Lee Wind said, on 10/3/2008 1:47:00 PM

I recently saw a class where every kid had a copy of the book (a small class of 15 kids, and they were paperback copies) but that was ideal - every kid got to follow along. Maybe the idea is that you read the same book a couple of ways to the same kids - they actually LIKE the repetition. So maybe read it first the old fashioned way, book in hand, casting that magic spell over reader and listener. Then, another time, read the book again, and do it on the big screen. Kids get to read along now, and see it HUGE. That might be worth a try…
Lee

A Captivating Chronicle: If I Die Before I Wake (T said, on 10/10/2008 12:08:00 AM

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Saturday Review of Books: October 4, 2008 at Semic said, on 10/10/2008 11:01:00 PM

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25. Fear-free Flying: The Noisy Airplane Ride

By: Just One More Book!!, on 9/26/2008
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The Noisy Airplane Ride Author: Mike Downs
Illustrator: David Gordon
Published: 2003 Tricycle Press (on JOMB)
ISBN: 1582461570

Whirrrs, roars, thuds, clunks and dings are exposed as the expected soundtrack of a safe and exciting flight in this warm and reassuring, rhyming adventure.

This episode is dedicated to our friends and fellow children’s literature authors, illustrators and enthusiasts all over North America who at this very moment are boarding planes, trains and automobiles en route to the Second Annual KidLit Conference in Portland, Oregon. Have a FABULOUS time!

Pop over to The Miss Rumphius Effect for today’s full menu of poetry offerings. Poetry Fridays are brought to us by Kelly Herold of Big A, Little A.

HOTLINE VOICES: Kristen Chase of Motherhood Uncensored and Cool Mom Picks in Atlanta, Georgia shares her thoughts on a Canadian Classic: The Paper Bag Princess (by Robert Munsch and Michael Martchenko). Thanks, Kristen!

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