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by Myra Garces-Bacsal January 28, 2013 9

Monday Reading: Cybils Fiction Picture Book Nominees – A select few that got away

It’s Monday, What are You Reading is a meme hosted by Jen and Kellee from Teach Mentor Texts (and brainchild of Sheila at BookJourney).Continue Reading

by Myra Garces-Bacsal May 8, 2012 11

Award-Winning AWB (Award-Winning-Books) 2012 Books Caldecott Challenge 2012 GB Challenges Girl Power and Women's Wiles Picture Book Challenge 2012 Picture Books Reading Themes

Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully

I must admit that I have fallen in love with Emily Arnold McCully. One of the reasons why we cameContinue Reading

by Myra Garces-Bacsal April 9, 2012 16

Books Girl Power and Women's Wiles Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge 2012 Picture Book Challenge 2012 Picture Books PoC Reading Challenge 2012 Reading Themes

Nonfiction Monday: Beautiful Warrior – Of Plum Poles, Water, and Bamboo

Last week, we shared about a famous female warrior, Fa Mulan. This week, we share yet another as retold in BeautifulContinue Reading

by Myra Garces-Bacsal March 11, 2012 40

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In My Mailbox (38): Launch of Girl Power and Women’s Wiles Bimonthly Theme for March-April

We are happy to launch our Bimonthly theme this March and April: Girl Power and Women’s Wiles. We have chosenContinue Reading

by Myra Garces-Bacsal January 19, 2012 15

Books Paranormal and Carnivale Picture Book Challenge 2012 Picture Books Reading Themes

The Banshee by Eve Bunting and Illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully

“The ghost figure of a woman who wails or “keens” outside a house where there may be a death; an Irish superstition.”