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Library Days: The charming Katie Wheeler Library
As I mentioned in my previous post, Library Picture Book Round Up: Week One, I’ve been visiting libraries at least once a week this summer. This week I decided to visit the Katie Wheeler library in Irvine. Isn’t the building charming and quaint? As I strolled up the rose lined walk leading up to the front doors, I found myself thinking of a few literary classics of my youth. I could picture myself being transported to Prince Edward Island and seeing Anne of Green Gables, with her fiery red standing on the balcony above. It was refreshing. It was delightful place to spend an afternoon filled with nostalgia and…
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Library Picture Book Round-up: Week One
I have made it my mission this summer to visit the public library at least once a week. My goal is to read and study picture books to better understand their construction, find out what kids like, and improve my writing. This week I read:Press Here by Hervé TulletRhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan ThomasEpossumondas plays Possum by Coleen SallyFather’s Day by Anne RockwellHerbert, the True Story of a Brave Sea Dog by Robyn Beltonand Calvin Can’t Fly by Jennifer Berne What I saw with my writer eyes…I was delighted to see the similarities in the structure of these books. I was able to identify right away which books followed a…
