3/13/2023 0 Comments Lend me your ears vivienne![]() Also, my brain thinks well in short sentences.Jamaica Observer | Wednesday, June 23, 2010 (Shout out to Vivien Gussin Paley, who has written extensively on the magic of this storytelling process in a classroom.) When I worked on my first early readers, I had two kids in the demographic, a built in, very honest, test audience. They loved writing (dictating) simple, impromptu stories. I loved making up simple impromptu stories for four year olds. I was teaching preschool in New York City, after a year and a half in art school, following college. How did you first start writing early reader books? Lots of free, unsupervised hours on my hands, lots of trees to climb, streams to explore, simple materials to make things out of, post WW2, parents who were not intrusive or worried, said “Have fun! See you at dinner!” ![]() I grew up in Georgia during a simpler time. With her thoughtful stories and exquisite images, Molly’s books are the perfect building block towards growing a happy, appreciative and competent young reader. Outdoor sets, to boot! With real snow, dirt, flowers, and water! Your eyes feast on the page, drinking up the colors, textures, and balance.įrom Blues for Unicorn, Bright Owl Books, Kane Press: 2019 Equally magnificent are her illustrations, which are needle felt characters photographed on live sets. With titles like Rat Attack, Blues for Unicorn, Go Home Goat, and Save the Cake, Molly presents clever, engaging stories with developed characters and perfect timing. But the series that really puts a smile on my face – and makes my creative mind go whoosh! – are with Bright Owl Books and Kane Press. Molly has produced a terrific set of “Step Into Reading” books with Random House ( Big Egg, Cat Trap and Hot Dog, are a few titles). At least, that’s what my son expressed to me as he struggled to read. Early reader books are essential for this learning, but they can also seem a bit babyish with their simple stories and illustrations. Memorize the letters, string them together, recall the sounds, then run everything together until it makes sense. You can also jump over to Cotsen’s curatorial blog, which always has something interesting going on!įrom Save the Cake! Bright Owl Books, Kane Press: 2019 If you’re interested in some more of our special collections blog posts, you’ll find original Beatrix Potter stuffed animals here, the art of minim here, rebus puzzle cards here, a weird books post here, constellation cards here, some cool book curses here, an article about a different classroom special collections program here, and our awesome Gutenberg print history event here. I just thought this was a wonderful connection that this student made because of the suitcase lesson! He brought it to school to show the teacher and the class. ![]() A teacher thought the suitcase lesson was too advanced for her students, but then the next day a student brought a copy of a summons for his 9th great-grandmother, accused of witchcraft! He said that he had told his parents about the suitcase, and they showed him this family artifact. We LOVED it!!!! I was able to share it with approximately 10 teachers in grades 4-5-6. ![]() I wanted to give you some feedback on the Time Travel 101 suitcase. My favorite is this e-mail, which was sent to us by a local teacher: Since Time Travel 101 launched a few years ago, we’ve been hearing great things from schools.
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