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Reading Journal for INSC 577: Picture Books Across the Curriculum


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19 // Mirette on High Wire / Emily Arnold McCully
Mirette on High Wire / Emily Arnold McCully G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1992 Mirette learns tight rope walking from Monsieur Bellini, a guest at...
Sarah Peden
Jun 16, 20211 min read
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18 // Many Moons / James Thurber, Ill. Louis Slobodkin
Many Moons / James Thurber, Ill. Louis Slobodkin Voyager 1943 Though many try, only the court jester is able to fulfill Princess Lenore's...
Sarah Peden
Jun 16, 20211 min read
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17 // Make Way for Ducklings / Robert McCloskey
Make Way for Ducklings / Robert McCloskey Viking Press 1941 A mama duck traverses Boston with her ducklings in tow, causing quite the...
Sarah Peden
Jun 16, 20211 min read
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16 // Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest / Gerald McDermott
Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest / written and illustrated by Gerald McDermott Harcourt Brace and Co. 1993 Raven, a...
Sarah Peden
Jun 16, 20211 min read
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15 // Blueberries for Sal / Robert McCloskey
Blueberries for Sal written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey Puffin Books 1948 Sal goes blueberry picking with her mother and gets...
Sarah Peden
Jun 16, 20211 min read
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14 // Frog Went A-Courtin' / John Langstaff, Ill. Feodor Rojankovsky
Frog Went A-Courtin' / John Langstaff, Ill. Feodor Rojankovsky Voyager Books 1955 Illustrates the well known American Folk song about the...
Sarah Peden
Jun 16, 20211 min read
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13 // Cinderella / Barbara McClintock
Cinderella written and illustrated by Barbara McClintock Scholastic Press 2005 Although mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters,...
Sarah Peden
Jun 16, 20211 min read
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12 // The Dark / Lemony Snicket, Ill. Jon Klassen
The Dark written by Lemony Snicket , illustrated by Jon Klassen Little Brown and Co. 2013 Laszlo is afraid of the dark which lives in the...
Sarah Peden
Jun 16, 20211 min read
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11 // The Fox Wish / Kimiko Aman, Ill. Komako Sakai
The Fox Wish written by Kimiko Aman, illustrated by Komako Sakai Chronicle Books 2017 A brother and sister go to the park in search of a...
Sarah Peden
Jun 16, 20211 min read
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10 // Marwan's Journey / Patricia de Arias, Ill. Laura Borras
Marwan's Journey written by Patricia de Arias, Illustrated by Laura Borras English version Published by Michael Neugebauer Publishing...
Sarah Peden
Jun 16, 20211 min read
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9 // Waiting / Kevin Henkes
Waiting Written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes Greenwillow Books 2015 An owl, puppy, bear, rabbit and pig wait for marvelous things to...
Sarah Peden
Jun 16, 20211 min read
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8 // The Empty Pot / Demi
The Empty Pot Written and illustrated by Demi Henry Holt and Company 1990 When Ping admits that he is the only child in China unable to...
Sarah Peden
Jun 16, 20211 min read
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7 // The Invisible Garden / Marianne Ferrer, Valerie Picard
The Invisible Garden, Story by Valerie Pickard, based on an idea by Marianne Ferrer (illustrations) Translated from the French by Sophie...
Sarah Peden
Jun 16, 20211 min read
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6 // Miss Rumphius / Barbara Cooney
Miss Rumphius Story and pictures by Barbara Cooney Paperback version published by Puffin Books Paperback version published 1985,...
Sarah Peden
Jun 16, 20211 min read
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5 // Rapunzel / Paul O. Zelinsky
Rapunzel Written and illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky Dutton Children's Books 1997 A retelling of the German folktale in which a beautiful...
Sarah Peden
Jun 13, 20211 min read
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4 // Leaf / Sandra Dieckmann
Leaf Written and illustrated by Sandra Dieckmann Flying Eye Books 2017 "When a polar bear washes up on the edge of the wild wood, the...
Sarah Peden
Jun 13, 20211 min read
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3 // Love / Matt De La Pena, ill. Loren Long
Love by Matt De La Pena, illustrated by Loren Long. G.P. Putnam's Sons 2018 "Illustrations and easy-to-read text celebrate the bonds of...
Sarah Peden
Jun 13, 20211 min read
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2 // Du Iz Tak / Carson Ellis
Du Iz Tak - Written and Illustrated by Carson Ellis Candlewick Press 2016 A mysterious plant springs up in a neighborhood of bugs, and...
Sarah Peden
Jun 13, 20211 min read
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1 // Big Snow / by Jonathan Bean
Big Snow written and illustrated by Jonathan Bean Farrar Straus Giroux 2013 "An excited and frustrated boy watches hopefully as wintry...
Sarah Peden
Jun 13, 20211 min read
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It’s the summer of my home stretch before graduating with my Master of Science in Information Sciences, from UT-Knoxville, and I’m taking...
Sarah Peden
Jun 8, 20211 min read
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