Mouse Mess


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A hungry mouse leaves a huge mess when it goes in search of a snack.




Literature-Based Mini-Lessons


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Use the magic of picture books to teach kids essential word skills. This guide features 15 engaging, reproducible lessons to help students become more fluent readers. Illustrations.




Montrouse T. Mouse Junior


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Montrouse Theodore “Trouble” Mouse Junior lives in a tiny, little secret home in the wall of Julianna and Katelyn’s house. He’s a curious little guy, and that trait often takes him on surprising adventures to dangerous, unknown places. He frequently finds himself facing scary, life-threatening situations for a mouse. Montrouse ventures out of his house in search of food. Outside of his safe haven, he encounters a number of different situations and experiences with things such as a door, a cat, a mousetrap, air conditioning vent, toilet, and much more. A smart and courageous mouse, Montrouse realizes that although he knows a lot, there is more he can learn. Despite all of his adventures, he never gives up on himself or on ways to help himself get out of sticky situations.




Engaging Children with Print


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Preschool teachers and early childhood professionals know that storybook reading is important, but they may not know how to maximize its benefits for later reading achievement. This indispensable guide presents research-based techniques for using reading aloud to intentionally and systematically build children's knowledge of print. Simple yet powerful strategies are provided for teaching preschoolers about book and print organization, print meaning, letters, and words, all while sharing engaging, commercially available books. Appendices include a detailed book list and 60 reproducibles that feature activities and prompts keyed to each text.




The Storytime Handbook


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Fresh, fun ideas for children's storytime fill this book. The author, a long-time storytime facilitator, has put together 52 weekly themes plus additional plans for holidays, all with detailed instructions for talking about the theme and choosing the books, crafts, songs, poems, games and snacks. Each storytime idea is illustrated with photographs of a suggested craft and snack for easy reference. Libraries, bookstores, preschools and parents alike can use this book to offer themed storytimes that include discussion, literature, art, music, movement and food. Options are provided for each storytime, so the ideas can be used year after year.




The Mouse in the White House


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This humorous, historical adventure is a fanciful look behind the scenes of our nations most venerated home, the White House. Well take a peek into the lives and predicaments of presidents, first ladies, and first families, as well as the colorful lives of many of the people who are employed in and around the White House. I have especially tried to focus on things I believe would be of interest to children. I hope that my love of history and adventure will bubble over into the lives of my readers.







Duh-Votions


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Sue Buchanan charms audiences wherever she goes, revealing the terrible truth about herself: "I may as well tell you because you'll figure it out anyway: I'm not that deep. I'm shallow. But I'm deep for a shallow person. What I've found out about God is that he is totally trustworthy, and I can relax in his plans. And besides that, all he wants is -- Are you ready for this? -- for me to be his person. Just be his person, for heaven's sake! All I can say to that is, Duh! Who knows? Next I may be writing a six-volume Bible commentary!" Sue offers a merry and witty look at life from the "shallow" end of the gene pool in sixty fun devotions, sure to leave you laughing and pondering some of life's most important lessons. This very funny lady shows us all that we don't have to be "deep" to hear God's voice. All we have to do is listen and we'll find his message about love and redemption in even the smallest details of everyday life.




Flower Poems


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Flower Poems: Personalities in Bloom Have you ever wondered what flowers would say if they were able to verbalize their sentiments? My flower poems explore that notion. Many are pantoums poems and some are free verse. To make it more interesting and rooted in fun, I have assigned human temperament to individual flowers; some flowers appear humble and sweet, many are party buds that stay up all night and some are very moody. The unkindest of all blooms are downright mean! Please enjoy my selections and when you happen on a flowery friend please take the time to get to know them.




JOURNEY TO FIND A LEGEND


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Henry Winter has always wanted to be a writer and dreamt of it since he was a boy. Now his dreams were coming true as he begins his journey at the San Francisco Chronicle. Two months in, he has proven his writing skills and impressed Mr. Branson, the chief editor of the paper. Things seemed to be going great...until the day he met Elizabeth. Elizabeth was Mr. Branson’s daughter and his pride and joy. He was protective of her and everyone at the chronicle knew it. All except for Henry and when Henry saw her, he was smitten! He knew she was to be his wife and when her father found out about Henry’s feelings, he was not happy! Determined to keep his daughter and Henry apart, Mr. Branson decides to send Henry on assignment to Colorado to find a man people said did some extraordinary things in the 1860’s. He tells Henry that is he can find the man and complete the story to Mr. Branson’s liking, he would give his blessing for Henry and Elizabeth to be married. Henry accepts without hesitation and heads to Grand Junction, Colorado where he finds more than just a story...