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Children's books and Story Telling activity 2/11/19

Please find below the link to 5 children's books:

Olivia by Ian Falconer

Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge byMem Fox

The Schwa Was Here by Neal Shusterman

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

They Called Themselves the KKK; The birth of an American Terrorist Group



Today I have included my response to Elementary Children's Literature-Infancy through Age 13 over chapters 6-8.

LDavis/Anderson chapters 6-8

Below please find the link to my storytelling video. Enjoy! This was certainly out of my comfort
zone!


My critique and insights:

Critique and Insights




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