tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62607506419689531862024-03-21T12:39:04.491-07:00the reading rose - an everyday tale Nova Bradfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09490809938797579513noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6260750641968953186.post-59983482417407992332016-11-23T08:11:00.001-08:002016-11-23T08:16:25.632-08:00Thanksgiving Poetry This week I have been reading poems from the book <i>Giving Thanks: Poems, prayers, and praise songs of thanksgiving</i> edited and with reflection by Katherine Paterson, Illustrated by Pamela Dalton.<br />
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I have found comfort in these poems. And I'm sharing them all over, because I think everyone is looking for encouragement, love and comfort right now. I'm reminded of my Grandpa, who would sometimes prepare a Thanksgiving prayer for our Grace at dinner time. I thought it was sweet and I mean this only affectionately, but.....a tad insufferable. I see that there is a part of him, passed down to me. And I see how our loved ones remain with us in a very concrete way. I see how he lives on in me and what I leave behind will create a wave that will continue on forever.<br />
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Happy Thanksgiving, My Dear Ones. Thank you for putting up with me. I hope you enjoy the poems, and your holiday, and this wonderful, miraculous, terrible, ordinary life we are all living together.<br />
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Love,<br />
Nova<br />
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<br />Nova Bradfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09490809938797579513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6260750641968953186.post-52073696711240169932015-06-02T19:32:00.001-07:002015-06-02T19:32:51.821-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFahzPLKPKp9ZqYjoE-inVW2I63eE6CL-jMqtiCYMdfxKG8Mf7GQqPHiQBxdTH7d2DqwYOH-Sh872ozYhuYXfCRoR8B6Hu0IY59qbGme9pCaWqEOaeIhOXxLFH_-uXuDvtyLfZfr-h-v4/s640/blogger-image--460113672.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFahzPLKPKp9ZqYjoE-inVW2I63eE6CL-jMqtiCYMdfxKG8Mf7GQqPHiQBxdTH7d2DqwYOH-Sh872ozYhuYXfCRoR8B6Hu0IY59qbGme9pCaWqEOaeIhOXxLFH_-uXuDvtyLfZfr-h-v4/s640/blogger-image--460113672.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I love The Water Castle. It's a really cool nod to Tuck Everlasting. I can't wait to tell kids about it. </div>Nova Bradfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09490809938797579513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6260750641968953186.post-44595908316769638062014-07-19T07:46:00.001-07:002014-07-19T07:46:52.412-07:00Summer Reading<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5BvtuXsSS33z7b9pODXKMZ3jePykQMROd0Cq649ILWwcCsSKjldxtYmL-2zVBjqEEhAgSWT-xJUoWfzMBJwauxiDobX8xYFM0u-cFQmgs9mz3thfPxajg7F-I7BrMZ-d0JbgUN_KYmaY/s640/blogger-image-1401199624.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5BvtuXsSS33z7b9pODXKMZ3jePykQMROd0Cq649ILWwcCsSKjldxtYmL-2zVBjqEEhAgSWT-xJUoWfzMBJwauxiDobX8xYFM0u-cFQmgs9mz3thfPxajg7F-I7BrMZ-d0JbgUN_KYmaY/s640/blogger-image-1401199624.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Yikes! There is two weeks of summer left and I can't tell where it went. I must even admit that my #bookaday pledge fell by the wayside. Despite it all, I did read 70 books to each of my children and they got their third prize book from our public library yesterday. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We also got <i>this</i> from the public library yesterday:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia83XToyVqq2gBcg4Drc-NwbS85HltkGZO3zeWLvxk7xIXdJFaTaL1SxyQyQE4eF_vLtDcrjBGf_Yy8x9WuO5sN9aTOsDeASN89N1PweZnMO68eEEunQIk2dlxvZdzjbpx43G1BUvdZ8c/s640/blogger-image--598858698.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia83XToyVqq2gBcg4Drc-NwbS85HltkGZO3zeWLvxk7xIXdJFaTaL1SxyQyQE4eF_vLtDcrjBGf_Yy8x9WuO5sN9aTOsDeASN89N1PweZnMO68eEEunQIk2dlxvZdzjbpx43G1BUvdZ8c/s640/blogger-image--598858698.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I'm not new to Lucille Beatrice Bear, and neither are my children. She is a favorite character. I just love reading it so I can say, "You are right, mom. Children DO make terrible pets." "They really are the worst." </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Funny! Author/Ilustrator Peter Brown is on my list for sure. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Two more weeks of summer! It's never too late to read AND write. </div><br></div><br></div>Nova Bradfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09490809938797579513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6260750641968953186.post-9511007016979072772014-06-04T07:48:00.001-07:002014-06-04T07:48:20.054-07:00Time Out of Time<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWzpNVQRIvMOHlTAnv9LNtUjhe8i2HLPQjJvFPsCCo_PRRDNbM3drqvI7I7vnnmB5a2qSG-290KGV8UCC_biB893wYNW-pfI7_isI1aL-J2ltJkhy1emano49hfpMuGt671FoIJiM24Ww/s640/blogger-image-286564413.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWzpNVQRIvMOHlTAnv9LNtUjhe8i2HLPQjJvFPsCCo_PRRDNbM3drqvI7I7vnnmB5a2qSG-290KGV8UCC_biB893wYNW-pfI7_isI1aL-J2ltJkhy1emano49hfpMuGt671FoIJiM24Ww/s640/blogger-image-286564413.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">"Maybe our wishes are rumors of things we are suppose to do."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div>Nova Bradfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09490809938797579513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6260750641968953186.post-70187123487056915132014-05-15T12:24:00.001-07:002014-05-21T20:09:24.136-07:00Santat!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">As our school year comes to a close, I'm begging my students to read this summer. I've really been selling <a href="http://www.mymcpl.org/kids/srp">Summer Reading</a> to my students in a way I think I've failed to do in the past. This is the poster from the National Summer Reading ad campaign, which happens to be illustrated by Dan Santat. I've thought Santat was cool since "<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dog-in-charge-k-l-going/1015793783?ean=9780803734791">Dog in Charge</a>" came out, but lately he is BLOWING UP. I have two copies of <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sidekicks-dan-santat/1100089252?ean=9780439298193">Sidekicks</a> in the library and they never stop circulating. And now we have The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend.</div>
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I'm a little frustrated by how slow my reading has gone, but boy am I READY for summer. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Liar and Spy was cool, not as wonderful to me as "When You Reach Me" but a neat read. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I'm interested to see what students think of L&S. Up next...Ordinary Magic. </div>Nova Bradfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09490809938797579513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6260750641968953186.post-8011731147605146182014-05-09T05:06:00.001-07:002014-05-09T06:29:07.532-07:00Birthday Books: two years old<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_Nw6-tk3cBct2SLI8v2Tc_iV6-foXDoL7Zp-X3uoPXn_LRSd5r4lipUrtPiC3k4MQGpaOXMZ5SM_NvR9o_T0hH6g4Z8mXdTUCxi1wZo7k_BuebxezKrnHVMZSy0OJxdQkTPBPb8jPGQ/s640/blogger-image-983065310.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_Nw6-tk3cBct2SLI8v2Tc_iV6-foXDoL7Zp-X3uoPXn_LRSd5r4lipUrtPiC3k4MQGpaOXMZ5SM_NvR9o_T0hH6g4Z8mXdTUCxi1wZo7k_BuebxezKrnHVMZSy0OJxdQkTPBPb8jPGQ/s640/blogger-image-983065310.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">For my son's second birthday I added to our "baby book" collection. "<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Kiss,Kiss Goodnight" is a Ken Nesbitt book. He read this to my Kindergartners before it was a published book, straight off his phone. 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Kate taught great writing lessons, told funny stories, and just showered all of us with love. 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She illustrated The Recess Queen, which is well known, and a bunch of other really pretty, fun books. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This one is my favorite:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Z88sgVqb4jW0MTYe_3u7ipUwtWYKwUa6fgEY_iyVbB0Ujxs1DsWUMtm855zdOQraxoUmcZa3W79xoeWM5fja2q3n3EgS3AUaBHEPZgeYG82uym9_e4DgjkSJBCafDGV_SKWUxFRMCDM/s640/blogger-image--205930211.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Z88sgVqb4jW0MTYe_3u7ipUwtWYKwUa6fgEY_iyVbB0Ujxs1DsWUMtm855zdOQraxoUmcZa3W79xoeWM5fja2q3n3EgS3AUaBHEPZgeYG82uym9_e4DgjkSJBCafDGV_SKWUxFRMCDM/s640/blogger-image--205930211.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This is the copy I got for my daughter. Laura did such a nice job signing these. My students were so delighted by their signed books. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Laura was great. She came with so much cool stuff to show us. She brought sketchbooks and a book dummy and she had a great slide show. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Cheers to a good day in the library!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>Nova Bradfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09490809938797579513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6260750641968953186.post-49116601689593778442014-03-31T15:58:00.001-07:002014-03-31T15:58:34.534-07:00<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKw09_hX85EGIxDuTlITReT-LqS0moN7ZuG9INSicdoQ6MdKZdbRar5HiwA50OqAflff9v2V5kLhAp4KTv4exQeKatnAPU373omsfcohoOegX8dQoiDL7xCLOOPa5svuJKoi468hNGQTE/s640/blogger-image--921650408.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKw09_hX85EGIxDuTlITReT-LqS0moN7ZuG9INSicdoQ6MdKZdbRar5HiwA50OqAflff9v2V5kLhAp4KTv4exQeKatnAPU373omsfcohoOegX8dQoiDL7xCLOOPa5svuJKoi468hNGQTE/s640/blogger-image--921650408.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Grounded</i>, written by Kate Klise, arrived in the mail today, which is just in time because her visit to our school is next week. 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Reading biographies with first graders today. </div>
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Nova Bradfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09490809938797579513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6260750641968953186.post-6366501205421523272014-03-24T13:56:00.001-07:002014-03-24T13:56:48.642-07:00Linda Urban<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfZzUEHmzFnh4S1mmM5jdM-3D6HiPornVa5krdIdZRw_qLazc4vwgNSWXNwfPgbigXNK2KxnfhILPUzqs0CxPEIGx2BhT96jmoNjaOVMvbSKgcMjXXfgDs1aU2SiAtvHRGsaOAi-S_ds4/s640/blogger-image-1856403129.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfZzUEHmzFnh4S1mmM5jdM-3D6HiPornVa5krdIdZRw_qLazc4vwgNSWXNwfPgbigXNK2KxnfhILPUzqs0CxPEIGx2BhT96jmoNjaOVMvbSKgcMjXXfgDs1aU2SiAtvHRGsaOAi-S_ds4/s640/blogger-image-1856403129.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I've been hearing a lot of buzz about Linda Urban. I'm going to start these pretty little books tonight!</div>Nova Bradfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09490809938797579513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6260750641968953186.post-40473365535745304272014-03-21T07:43:00.001-07:002014-03-21T20:02:44.887-07:00Reading in the Wild<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-wjmAzYrZHBTFZgsv_y4NzJThRmKGd8qGXunaH4_LzL1c2KSzzQg5aLquu-GEEswYfWsVxuPUNB1ar_u45cUKzUv1ar3X2EqYyUbhozim0NwVyhPC3hcenvUit6VPWbXKvrOCx58hBM0/s640/blogger-image-1764552800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-wjmAzYrZHBTFZgsv_y4NzJThRmKGd8qGXunaH4_LzL1c2KSzzQg5aLquu-GEEswYfWsVxuPUNB1ar_u45cUKzUv1ar3X2EqYyUbhozim0NwVyhPC3hcenvUit6VPWbXKvrOCx58hBM0/s640/blogger-image-1764552800.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">When I read the work of Donalyn Miller, aka The Book Whisperer, she always shows me how painfully misunderstood I was as a student. I was low and lacked study skills, but I was always reading. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I'm critical of the idea that reading is so important. I'm a reader and a librarian, of couse I think reading is great. But so is painting. And running. And vacuuming. How can I claim my thing is the best thing?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">But Miller makes a real case for being a reader. In the first chapter she explains that readers succeed. And it's true of me. I graduated 12th grade a failure. None of my k-12 teachers had any hope for me, but I was a success in college simply because I was a reader. I had been building my reading stamina for years and I could think critically. I got that from simply reading novels I enjoyed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Cheers to Donalyn Miller. She's a genius. </div>Nova Bradfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09490809938797579513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6260750641968953186.post-32024878860806085312014-03-19T20:47:00.001-07:002014-03-19T21:00:28.893-07:00Author Study - Patricia Polacco<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0j182-xvhpU_FeFu9hr8J1lBD8iAz3YyKe39LRz2HxpP-7zhAhgPWOCfI23EkXF3dARZ0A4vk8vCYrpuQm5hEbQjGI8DL1fbmnZVs4_XxDTFq3aJaCc37H_WQzJVGlhZOfHpQuP8jn4I/s640/blogger-image-1627880798.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0j182-xvhpU_FeFu9hr8J1lBD8iAz3YyKe39LRz2HxpP-7zhAhgPWOCfI23EkXF3dARZ0A4vk8vCYrpuQm5hEbQjGI8DL1fbmnZVs4_XxDTFq3aJaCc37H_WQzJVGlhZOfHpQuP8jn4I/s640/blogger-image-1627880798.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I completed my Polacco<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> spring break author study, which came out to 25 books. "Thank You, Mr. Faulker" and "Pink and Say" were not available, so the 25 I took home might be lesser known stories.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">As I read them I filed it according to how much I like each one. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">My top five were An Orange For Frankie, The Keeping Quilt, John Phillip Duck,For The Love of Autum, and Rechenka's Eggs. </span></div>Nova Bradfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09490809938797579513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6260750641968953186.post-21904313607226817982014-03-17T05:31:00.001-07:002014-03-17T05:31:23.477-07:00Dear Genius: the letters of Ursula Nordstrom<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlY9Anqrp1jwMl2Eo8Cj8WZHqxwgI0gm9ScamajDo6cYttQujMI6FQrvUqLbP1EFGN1qtstW56PHzwJvkJeWVRxEzjidh0CTKHAxI3n_33-jl7LEx2WC15yADP1-MjfzA8V90iMEafFag/s640/blogger-image-2089053220.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlY9Anqrp1jwMl2Eo8Cj8WZHqxwgI0gm9ScamajDo6cYttQujMI6FQrvUqLbP1EFGN1qtstW56PHzwJvkJeWVRxEzjidh0CTKHAxI3n_33-jl7LEx2WC15yADP1-MjfzA8V90iMEafFag/s640/blogger-image-2089053220.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I'm reading several books at a time right now, and one of them is "Dear Genius". I got this book for my birthday maybe a year or two ago, but I picked it up at the beginning of spring break and now I'm infatuated. UN was the children's book editor at Harper for like 30 years and was a major force in kid lit. She adored books and authors, and her use of flattery is the real genius. This book of letters is a wonderful read for kid lit book nerds. </div>Nova Bradfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09490809938797579513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6260750641968953186.post-25357302862858082712014-03-14T02:13:00.000-07:002014-03-14T10:34:31.543-07:00<div class="figure">
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Doing a little bit of pre-spring break reading promotion before a staff meeting.Nova Bradfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09490809938797579513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6260750641968953186.post-71389280544047875492014-03-11T04:42:00.000-07:002014-03-14T10:34:51.396-07:00<div class="figure">
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Read all the Patricia Polacco books from my library.Nova Bradfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09490809938797579513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6260750641968953186.post-33116020785655130672014-03-08T01:21:00.000-08:002014-03-14T10:35:28.296-07:00<div class="figure">
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We Could Be Brothers by Derrick Barnes.<br /><br /> I have been reading Derrick’s book slowly, but only because I’m savoring it. “We Could Be Brothers” is a really special book, because the story is so sophisticated, but its reading level is about third grade (lexile 600).This book is a treasure for older boys reading below grade level. <br />Barnes writes the Ruby series as well, which is really enjoyable, but We Could Be Brothers is the real thing. Add this to your classroom libraries.Nova Bradfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09490809938797579513noreply@blogger.com0