What is the story of Rapunzel? She is a beautiful girl locked in a tall tower, and receives visits from her adoptive mother via her long, long, long (typically) blonde hair. Rapunzel longs to leave the tower and finds a way to leave in these traditional tales. A retelling of a folktale in which a… Continue reading Folktales & Fairytales Rapunzel — Traditional & World Cultures
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Information Picture Books Pt. 13
These information picture books are science and biography around the world. Bonus to the biographies is that they are about social issues that are important to today’s world. The inspiring true story of how one African woman began a movement to recycle the plastic bags that were polluting her community. Isatou Ceesay was that change.… Continue reading Information Picture Books Pt. 13
My Favorite Picture Poetry Books THREE
This edition of poetry books includes my absolute favorite poem by Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Swing”, that I read over and over as a child. Poetry does a great job of teaching sounds and vocabulary. “How do you like to go up in a swing?” The Classic Poem! Presents an introduction to jazz music and… Continue reading My Favorite Picture Poetry Books THREE
Folktales & Fairytales Rapunzel — Disney Edition
Rapunzel is a fantastic fairy tale–lots of kids have been introduced to it through the Disney movie Tangled. These books can be used to strengthen the ties to those characters. Fans of Walt Disney Studios’ animated film, Tangled, can read along as they turn the pages at the sound of the chime. This tale is accompanied… Continue reading Folktales & Fairytales Rapunzel — Disney Edition
My Favorite Things… Picture Books Pt. 13
MORE favorite picture books. It is never-ending. My lists from the library are SO LONG. This set is full of books that are perfect for discussion. In book clubs, in families, in classrooms. Two girls, one white and one black, gradually get to know each other as they sit on the fence that divides their… Continue reading My Favorite Things… Picture Books Pt. 13
Folklore & Fairytales Cinderella… The Music!
There is much more than just the Disney Cinderella music! If you play an instrument or sing, check these out! Disney, Prokofiev, Rodgers & Hammerstein, the list goes on! look inside Cinderella Composed by Rodgers & Hammerstein. Vocal Selections. Broadway. Songbook. With vocal melody, piano accompaniment, lyrics, chord names and guitar chord diagrams. 48 pages.… Continue reading Folklore & Fairytales Cinderella… The Music!
Thought Provoking Reads 