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Reading Journal for INSC 577: Picture Books Across the Curriculum


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160 // Kiyoshi's Walk / Karlins (Author), Mark (Author), Wong;Nicole (Illustrator)
Kiyoshi's Walk / Karlins (Author), Mark (Author), Wong;Nicole (Illustrator) Lee and Low 2021 After Kiyoshi watches his grandfather, Eto,...
Sarah Peden
Jul 24, 20211 min read
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159 // One Fine Day / Nonny Hogrogian
One Fine Day / Nonny Hogrogian Aladdin 1971 “One fine day a fox traveled through the great forest. When he reached the other side he was...
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158 // Wolves / Emily Gravett
Wolves / Emily Gravett Simon and Schuster 2015 Rabbit borrows a book about wolves from the library. He can't put it down! But soon a...
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157 // Busy-Busy Little Chick / Janice N. Harrington (Author), Brian Pinkney (Illustrator)
Busy-Busy Little Chick / Janice N. Harrington (Author), Brian Pinkney (Illustrator) FSG 2019 Little Chick's mother is all cluck and no...
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156 // The Village That Vanished / Ann Grifalconi (author),Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
The Village That Vanished / Ann Grifalconi (author), Kadir Nelson (Illustrator) Dial 2002 Young Abikanile and all of the villagers of Yao...
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155 // Me . . . Jane / Patrick McDonnell (Author)
Me . . . Jane / Patrick McDonnell (Author) Little Brown and Co. 2011 In his characteristic heartwarming style, Patrick McDonnell tells...
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154 // Moon Plane / Peter McCarty
Moon Plane / Peter McCarty Henry Holt 2006 A young boy sees a plane overhead and imagines himself in it, traveling all the way to the...
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153 // Alma and How She Got Her Name / Juana Martinez-Neal (Author, Illustrator)
Alma and How She Got Her Name / Juana Martinez-Neal (Author, Illustrator) Candlewick 2018 If you ask her, Alma Sofia Esperanza José Pura...
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152 // Flora and the Flamingo / Molly Idle
Flora and the Flamingo / Molly Idle Chronicle 2013 In this innovative wordless picture book with interactive flaps, Flora and her...
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151 // Puddle / Hyewon Yum (Author)
Puddle / Hyewon Yum (Author) FSG 2016 One rainy day, a little boy is upset because he can't go out and play. His mom comes up with a...
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Jul 24, 20211 min read
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150 // A Good Day / Kevin Henkes
A Good Day / Kevin Henkes Greenwillow 2007 It’s a bad day for a little yellow bird who loses his favorite tail feather, a little white...
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Jul 24, 20211 min read
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149 // A Day with Yayah / Nicola I. Campbell (Author), Julie Flett (Illustrator)
A Day with Yayah / Nicola I. Campbell (Author), Julie Flett (Illustrator) Crocodile books 2018 Set in the Nicola Valley, British...
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Jul 24, 20211 min read
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148 // Nini Lost and Found / Anita Lobel
Nini Lost and Found / Anita Lobel Knopf 2010 One beautiful autumn day, Nini, a little tabby cat, sees that the door is open. The garden...
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Jul 24, 20211 min read
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147 // Lucky Song / Vera B. Williams
Lucky Song / Vera B. Williams Greenwillow 1997 Listen to this lucky song about Evie and her blue-sky, kite-flying day. But Evie's day...
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146 // The Village Garage / G. Brian Karas (Author, Illustrator)
The Village Garage / G. Brian Karas (Author, Illustrator) Henry Holt 2010 Through the year and no matter the weather, workers at the...
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Jul 24, 20211 min read
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145 // The Night Worker / Kate Banks (Author), Georg Hallensleben (Illustrator)
The Night Worker / Kate Banks (Author), Georg Hallensleben (Illustrator) FSG 2000 When darkness falls and bedtime comes, Papa tucks...
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Jul 24, 20211 min read
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144 // Just Ask / Sonia Sotomayor (Author), Rafael López (Illustrator)
Just Ask / Sonia Sotomayor (Author), Rafael López (Illustrator) Philomel 2019 In Just Ask, United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia...
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143 // Jimmy the Greatest! / Jairo Buitrago, ill. Rafael Yockteng
Jimmy the Greatest! / Jairo Buitrago, ill. Rafael Yockteng Groundwood 2010 Jimmy dreams of being a boxer like Mohammed Ali and leaving...
Sarah Peden
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142 // Viva Frida / Yuyi Morales
Viva Frida / Yuyi Morales Roaring Brook Press 2014 Frida Kahlo, one of the world's most famous and unusual artists is revered around the...
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Jul 24, 20211 min read
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141 // Lala's Words / Gracey Zhang (Author, Illustrator)
Lala's Words / Gracey Zhang (Author, Illustrator) Orchard books 2021 Oh, there goes Lala! She carries a pot of water around the corner,...
Sarah Peden
Jul 24, 20211 min read
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