Tag Archives: feelings

Waiting for the Magic

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

Okay, here’s a book recommended to me by my nine-year-old. I admit, I didn’t expect to like it. The cover didn’t draw me in, but the first paragraph, and then the first chapter and then the next chapter filled me … Continue reading →

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All Cats Have Asperger Syndrome

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

Kathy Hoopman has created a touching book with adorable photographs of cats and text that relates to Asperger Syndrome. This book illuminates similarities between the two: “He likes to be near those he loves, but doesn’t want them to hold him, preferring … Continue reading →

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Pearl Verses the World

Posted on November 7, 2011 by

Miss Bruff wants us to write poems. I am. Miss Bruff wants poems that rhyme. Mine don’t. Rhyme is okay sometimes, but my poems don’t rhyme and neither do I. At school, Pearl is in a group of one and … Continue reading →

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I Want My Hat Back

Posted on November 4, 2011 by

Jon Klassen tells the entire story of a missing hat in dialogue.  Reminiscent of the classic Are You My Mother?, the bear asks everyone in the animal kingdom “Have you seen my hat?”  Yet this bear doesn’t recognize his hat even when … Continue reading →

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Wemberly Worried

Posted on November 1, 2011 by

Wemberly worries so much, she can barely get through the day, and as school starts, the anxieties blossom.  When Wemberly finds a friend, she ends up being so busy that worry is pushed out of the way. Kevin Henkes has … Continue reading →

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The Little Bit Scary People

Posted on October 31, 2011 by

For a little girl, the bigger people in her life seem a little bit scary when they crank their music up or ask for a hall pass in a stern way.  But imagining those scary people dancing or playing piano … Continue reading →

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Walter Was Worried

Posted on September 12, 2011 by

Laura Vaccaro Seeger’s expressive faces show a range of emotion from worry to delight while a storm rolls in.  Walter Was Worried is a unique picture book, capturing the feeling behind each reaction to the storm, giving children the vocabulary to … Continue reading →

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