We were so fortunate that Zetta Elliott recently visited our 5th grade classes, giving them the inside scoop on her book Bird, a picture book for older kids. When talking about diversity in publishing she made us think about books as a mirror of our lives, a window into the lives of others and even possibly a sliding glass door to step into the story of someone else. Her path to writing captured everyone's attention and students wanted to stay even though it was 2:40! We want to read all of her great books. Thanks, Zetta! And a big thanks to the Brooklyn Public Library for sponsoring this visit.
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We've been meeting on Mondays to read the non-fiction series, The Unsolved Mysteries.... Our favorite was Bigfoot! We debated reasons people might think it is real, and reasons they might have doubts. Now, we are alternating fiction and non-fiction. We just read a true book about Penguins and a fiction book called Giraffe, and Pelly and Me, by Roald Dahl. The kids made posters for the window washing company in the book. Take a look!
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Authorby Vanessa Nutter, Librarian Archives
March 2018
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