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I am a former elementary and junior high school music teacher and I also taught voice and piano privately for many years. I live in a suburb of Washington, D.C. with my husband and two sons. I usually read several books a week and do most of my reading while 'WAITING' in car pool lines, at music lessons, sports practices and games..... Besides reading, I enjoy sports (as a spectator), cooking a… Read moreI am a former elementary and junior high school music teacher and I also taught voice and piano privately for many years. I live in a suburb of Washington, D.C. with my husband and two sons. I usually read several books a week and do most of my reading while 'WAITING' in car pool lines, at music lessons, sports practices and games..... Besides reading, I enjoy sports (as a spectator), cooking and word puzzles. I've even tried my hand at creating crosswords. Take a look at my 'Listmania' lists for both adult and children's books I've enjoyed and highly recommend.
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"Arnie turned out to be just the kind of doughnut he hoped he'd be - chocolate-covered with bright-colored candy sprinkles. He was made very early in the morning at the Downtown Bakery- "Home of the Best Doughnuts A-'Round'!" Arnie was proud to be one of the best. He knew that people all over town made special trips to his bakery to buy doughnuts of their very own..." So Arnie was especially proud when Mr Bing came into the shop and picked him. He was happy to go home with Mr Bing in a little bag on a soft napkin. Even happier to be placed on a "handsome plate." But when Mr Bing picked him up, and Arnie realized that he was about to be eaten..... The… Read more
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"Make a plan. Count the feet. Clear the land on this street..." It's time to raise the roof and build that dream house. From the planning, pouring concrete, sawing and hammering wood, laying pipes and wiring, to drywalling, hanging windows and doors, painting, carpeting and tiling, Anastasia Suen details all the things that need to be done before a house is ready to be lived in. Her rhyming text, written in short, simple sentences is perfect for the youngest "construction workers" always ready to build with pretend tools and hard hats. But it's Elwood Smith's bold, bright, and clever cartoon-like illustrations that really make this picture book a stand out. Each… Read more
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"Day after day, the punctuation marks showed up in Mr. Wright's classroom. Day after day, they did their jobs. They put up with being erased and replaced and corrected and ignored and moved around. Then on the hottest, stickiest day the class had ever seen, right in the middle of a lesson about commas, Mr Wright mopped his forehead and said, "Let's give punctuation a vacation..." Those cruel kids cheered and ran out to the playground. The punctuation marks looked at each other in disbelief and grew angry, very angry. If the kids could take a break, well they could too. And with that, they rushed out the door and left school on a little vacation of their own. When Mr… Read more
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