Are you ready for this week's crossword? FEATURED CREATURES is all about animals with recent picture book appearances! While the clues are fun facts about the various animals, you'll also find a corresponding picture book title to check out with your well-read reader!
And you could win! Keep reading below the puzzle for more info!
Wondering how to get entered to win?
This week's theme: FEATURED CREATURES! Provide the answer to just ONE clue in the comments section (by the following Monday at 11:59 PM, Central Time), and you'll earn an entry into the monthly giveaway for your choice of one of the featured books! Please don't enter with more than one answer, so others can play, too! Don't know the answers? Don't like crossword puzzles? Try one of these other ways to get entered each week!
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(Well Read Crossword: FEATURED CREATURES answers must be submitted by Monday, May 15 at 11:59 PM, Central Time)
(**Not to say that Well Read Crosswords don't exist. Because they do...now! 😀 )
Hey, hey, hey Pickle Corn Jam readers! Want to win some picture book loot? Maybe your choice of one of the featured books?!? Come play the WELL READ CROSSWORD! It's new! It's exciting! It could win you some goods!
Wondering how to get entered to win?
This week's theme: I DON'T THINK THEY EXIST! Use the contact form in the sidebarto send me the answers (by the following Monday at 11:59 PM, Central Time), and you'll earn an entry into the monthly giveaway for your choice of one of the featured books! Please don't put the answers in the comments, so others can play, too! Don't know the answers? Don't like crossword puzzles? Try one of these other ways to get entered each week!
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Leave me a comment below with the name/author of your favorite NEW(er) picture book (published on or after May 1, 2016)
Bonus for this week: the first person to correctly identify the movie that this week's theme title comes from in the comments below will get an entry (or an extra entry)!
(Well Read Crossword: I Don't Think They Exist answers must be submitted by Monday, May 8 at 11:59 PM, Central Time)
It's game time! New to the game? Don't know the quote? Keep scrolling down for rules and entry info. Ready to play?HERE WE GO!
Quote #1: LOVE IS by Diane Adams and Claire Keane "It's peaceful sleeping, no more peeping, tucked in tightly, head to toes."
Quote #2: MOSTLY MONSTERLY by Tammi Sauer and Scott Magoon "...she liked to pick flowers. And pet kittens. And bake. For a monster, Bernadette was just a little too sweet."
New to the Well Read Guess? Start here: Each week I post quotes from 2 picture books - a new(er) picture book (from late 2016 to present) and an older/classic picture book. Be the first to identify a quote (by the following Monday at noon, central time), and earn an entry into the WEEKLY monthly giveaway! Identify both the book and the author for a quote, and you'll get two entries. Identify both for both quotes, get four entries. What could you win? A copy of the featured new picture book (quote #1's answer)! Don't know the quote? No problem (but don't forget to check Twitter, Instagram and/or Facebook for clues)...try one of these other ways to get entered each week!
Be the first to identify the book and/or author
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Sign up to follow me via email (on the sidebar or at the bottom of this post). Subscribers are automatically entered into EVERY contest!
Leave me a comment below with the name of your favorite NEW picture book (published on or after September 1, 2016).
AND, from now through March 3, 2017, the Well Read Guess will feature WEEKLY giveaways!
(Well Read Guesses end Monday, February 13 at noon, Central Time, or until all the quotes are identified, whichever happens first)
It's game time! New to the game? Don't know the quote? Keep scrolling down for rules and entry info. Ready to play?HERE WE GO!
Quote #1: RADIANT CHILD: THE STORY OF YOUNG ARTIST JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT by Javaka Steptoe "Art is the street games of little children, in our style and the words that we speak. It is how the messy patchwork of the city creates new meaning for ordinary things." Quote #2: MISS RUMPHIUS by Barbara Cooney "'That is all very well, little Alice,' said her grandfather, 'but there is a third thing you must do.' 'What is that?' asked Alice. 'You must do something to make the world more beautiful,' said her grandfather."
New to the Well Read Guess? Start here: Each week I post quotes from 2 picture books - a new(er) picture book (from late 2016 to present) and an older/classic picture book. Be the first to identify a quote (by the following Monday at noon, central time), and earn an entry into the WEEKLY monthly giveaway! Identify both the book and the author for a quote, and you'll get two entries. Identify both for both quotes, get four entries. What could you win? A copy of the featured new picture book (quote #1's answer)! Don't know the quote? No problem (but don't forget to check Twitter, Instagram and/or Facebook for clues)...try one of these other ways to get entered each week!
Be the first to identify the book and/or author
Share the Well Read Guess post on Facebook or Twitter (be sure to tag me or I won't know!)
Sign up to follow me via email (on the sidebar or at the bottom of this post). Subscribers are automatically entered into EVERY contest!
Leave me a comment below with the name of your favorite NEW picture book (published on or after September 1, 2016).
AND, from now through March 3, 2017, the Well Read Guess will feature WEEKLY giveaways!
(Well Read Guesses end Monday, February 6 at noon, Central Time or when all the quotes have been identified, whichever comes first)
Eek! I'm late! I must have gotten out of habit for the Well Read Guess! But no worries - here it is!
What could you win? A copy of the featured new picture book (quote #1's answer)!
Ready to play? HERE WE GO!
Quote #1: WE ARE GROWING by Laurie Keller But growing is HARD WORK. In fact – PING! Hey, I just grew! Quote #2: LEO THE LATE BLOOMER by Robert Kraus and Jose Aruego "Patience," said Leo's mother. "A watched bloomer doesn't bloom."
New to the Well Read Guess? Start here:
Similar to last year, I'll post quotes from 2 picture books - a new(er) picture book (from late 2016 to present) and an older/classic picture book - each week. Be the first to identify a quote (by the following Monday at noon, central time), and earn an entry into the WEEKLY monthly giveaway! Identify both the book and the author for a quote, and you'll get two entries. Identify both for both quotes, get four entries. Don't know the quote? No problem (but don't forget to check Twitter and/or Facebook for clues)...try one of these other ways to get entered each week!
Be the first to identify the book and/or author
Share the Well Read Guess post on Facebook or Twitter (be sure to tag me or I won't know!)
Sign up to follow me via email (on the sidebar or at the bottom of this post). Subscribers are automatically entered into EVERY contest!
Leave me a comment below with the name of your favorite NEW picture book (published on or after September 1, 2016).
AND, from now through March 3, 2017, the Well Read Guess will feature WEEKLY giveaways!
(Well Read Guesses end Monday, January 30, 2017 at noon, Central Time are closed! Check back next week for a new round!)
Some of you may remember my weekly picture book contest from last year. When summer came around, I kind of...sort of...gave it up. But recently I got a couple of comments that I should start it back up, and I think that is a fantastic idea!
But to bring it back, I think it needs to be even BETTER than before. So this time around, the prizes will be WEEKLY prizes. That's right y'all! WEEKLY giveaways. From now through March 3, 2017, the Well Read Guess will feature WEEKLY giveaways!
What will the giveaway be? A copy of the featured picture book!
Similar to last year, I'll post quotes from 2 picture books - a new(er) picture book (from late 2016 to present) and an older/classic picture book - each week. Be the first to identify a quote (by Friday at noon, central time), and earn an entry into the WEEKLY monthly giveaway! Identify both the book and the author for a quote, and you'll get two entries. Identify both for both quotes, get four entries.
Don't know the quote?
No problem (but don't forget to check Twitter and/or Facebook for clues)...
Try one of these other ways to get entered each week!
Be the first to identify the book and/or author
Share the Well Read Guess post on Facebook or Twitter (be sure to tag me or I won't know!)
Sign up to follow me via email (on the sidebar or at the bottom of this post). Subscribers are automatically entered into EVERY contest!
Leave me a comment below with the name of your favorite NEW picture book (published on or after September 1, 2016).
Are you guys ready to start playing? HERE WE GO!
Quote #1: THE MESSY BOOK by Maudie Powell-Tuck and Richard Smythe "Eww. I'm wet. And now the mess is soggy. Please, please, PLEASE can we clean it up? Hello, penguin hat." Quote #2: JUST A MESS by Mercer Meyer "First, I put a few things in the closet. I put my clothes in the drawers. I straightened up my games." ..."Everything was just about perfect."
(Well Read Guesses end FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2017 at NOON CENTRAL TIME are closed)
The Hole Story of the Doughnut
Pat Miller (Author), Vincent X. Kirsch(Illustrator)
HMH Books for Young Readers Amazon| IndieBound
Picture book biographies are a tricky, tricky thing.
Pack too much information into them, and they are reminiscent of the earliest doughnuts:"When the cakes were fried, Hanson dumped them on the dining table. They were sweet and crisp - at least around the edges. Their raw centers, heavy with grease, made them drop like cannonballs in the stomach. Sailors called them SINKERS."
Give too little information, and readers are left feeling...empty.
Fortunately for us, The Hole Story of the Doughnut is the picture book equivalent of a modern-day doughnut rather than its predecessor the Sinker. Miller has given us a sweet treat, just filling enough to satiate our appetites, with both factual information and fun, fictional accounts of the doughnut's history.
While the story centers on the doughnut, it truly is a biography of master mariner Hanson Crockett Gregory, who actually lived quite an incredible life, deftly described by Miller.
Each
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an older/classic picture book. Be the first to identify a quote (by the following Thursday), and earn an
entry into the current monthly giveaway! Identify both the book and the
author for a quote, and you'll get two entries. Identify both for both
quotes, get four entries.
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Quote #1:THE HOLE STORY OF THE DOUGHNUT by Pat Miller, Vincent X. Kirsch "But sailors like their stories bold. Not satisfied with the pastry's humble origin, they spun legends worthy of such a delicious treat."
Quote #2: IF YOU GIVE A DOG A DONUT by Laura Numeroff, Felicia Bond
"When you give him the juice, he'll drink it all up. Then he'll ask for more. There won't be any left, so he'll want to make his own."
(Week 14 Guesses end Thursday, June 23, 2016 at midnight Central time are closed!)
Monthly Giveaway: An OCTOPUS Prize Pack! (thru 6/30/2016)
The winner of this month's giveaway will receive an OCTOPUS Prize Pack, including an adorable Octopus plush (Wild Republic 8"), Octopus Alone by Divya Srinivasan, Be Glad Your Dad (is Not an Octopus) by Matt Logelin and Sara Jensen, and Thank you, Octopus by Darren Farrell! Stumped? Check out Facebook and Twitter for clues.
Each
week I post quotes from 2 picture books - a new(er) picture book and
an older/classic picture book. Be the first to identify a quote (by the following Thursday), and earn an
entry into the current monthly giveaway! Identify both the book and the
author for a quote, and you'll get two entries. Identify both for both
quotes, get four entries.
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Quote #1: Painting Pepette by Linda Ravin Lodding, Claire Fletcher "The painter propped open his easel and filled his canvas with not one, but two button noses, and three rabbit ears! When he finished, he waved his paintbrush in the air and declared his painting a 'masterpiece'!"
Quote #2: I Ain't Gonna Paint No More by Karen Beaumont, David Catrow "One day my mama caught me paintin' pictures on the floor and the ceiling and the walls and the curtains and the door, and I heard my mama holler, like I never did before..."
(Week 13 Guesses end Thursday, June 16, 2016 at midnight Central time are CLOSED)
Monthly Giveaway: An OCTOPUS Prize Pack! (thru 6/30/2016)
The winner of this month's giveaway will receive an OCTOPUS Prize Pack, including an adorable Octopus plush (Wild Republic 8"), Octopus Alone by Divya Srinivasan, Be Glad Your Dad (is Not an Octopus) by Matt Logelin and Sara Jensen, and Thank you, Octopus by Darren Farrell! Stumped? Check out Facebook and Twitter for clues.
I've started and restarted this review a dozen or so times. Not because reviewing Mira Forecasts the Future is difficult, and not because my daughter was "negotiating" about not wanting to nap the entire time I was writing it (alright, maybe that did happen...), but because I was startled and disappointed to read another review that claimed it was just a "marginal choice" a couple of weeks ago when I decided to purchase it. Why was it a "marginal choice" according to that review? Because the visuals were "uneven": the illustrations show people in the bright and colorful garb of the 1920's flapper era, despite references to SPF 100, a surfing contest and a female lifeguard named Taylor in the text.
Really?
COME ON.
How about we focus on what this book did right? Because it did SO. MUCH. RIGHT.
It is attention grabbing for the three to eight year old set, with a fortune teller, a seaside town with a carnival boardwalk, bright, colorful windsocks and pinwheels (which, I promise, are right up there with bubbles in fascination-factor), surfers and lifeguards and beaches.
Itoffers non-overbearing lessons on science - both meteorology AND scientific method (observation/measurement/experiment).
It is the story of a little girl who decides - all on her own - to use SCIENCE to make her dreams come true after RESEARCHING AT THE LIBRARY. It also never discounts magic or other belief systems.
It is the story of a little girl who has the full support of her mother, despite obviously long hours at the boardwalk's fortune telling stand.
It is the story of a little girl who dreams big and wins over an entire town's adult population.
It is a story illustrated with DIVERSE characters adorned with fun and festive attire that brings a colorful twist (and a nod to history) to the tale.
It is a fresh and unique story that has never (to my knowledge) been done. And that is a very hard task to accomplish.
Does anyone really care if "SPF" and professional surfing contests didn't really happen until the 1970s in our world (though both sunblock and surfing contests did actually exist in the 1920s and 30s)? Or if "Taylor" wasn't a popular or common name for a female (though, of note, author Taylor Caldwell was born in 1900 and was a woman)? And which is more distracting or hard to follow: a fortune teller working in a boardwalk stand wearing "stereotypically exotic garb, even when she’s off duty" or a mother who works as a fortune teller who is suddenly in normal street wear? I do feel it is important to note that when she is in the library, supporting her daughter, she is wearing "off-duty" clothes, turning her "garb" into a headband, a shawl and gold jewelry; I am fairly certain I could find a picture of a well-dressed woman of 2016 wearing a very similar outfit. Perhaps the festive, colorful, bright and non-typical flapper-esque garb used in the rest of the illustrations was purposefully included to help downplay the "stereotypically exotic garb" of Madame Mirabella?
While some people might agree with the other review, I can say I wholeheartedly disagree. I hope you'll give Mira Forecasts the Future a chance, and I hope that you love it as much as our family has. Scarves off to Kell Andrews and Lissy Marlin on this debut - can't wait for your next one.
AND, to show how much we love this book (in honor of my 50th post on Pickle Corn Jam), I'd love to give away a copy to one lucky reader. Simply leave me a comment below by next Friday, June 17, 2016, to be entered.
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an older/classic picture book. Be the first to identify a quote (by the following Thursday), and earn an
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author for a quote, and you'll get two entries. Identify both for both
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Quote #1:MIRA FORECASTS THE FUTURE by Kell Andrews, Lissy Marlin (Illustrator) " 'Telling the future is a gift for me,' she said. 'For you, it's a science.' "
Quote #2: MR. WUFFLES by David Wiesner
and
(Week 12 Guesses ENDED Thursday, June 9, 2016 at midnight Central time)
Monthly Giveaway: An OCTOPUS Prize Pack! (thru 6/30/2016)
The winner of this month's giveaway will receive an OCTOPUS Prize Pack, including an adorable Octopus plush (Wild Republic 8"), Octopus Alone by Divya Srinivasan, Be Glad Your Dad (is Not an Octopus) by Matt Logelin and Sara Jensen, and Thank you, Octopus by Darren Farrell! Stumped? Check out Facebook and Twitter for clues.
Or at least you will now (heh heh heh). Or, you're nothing like me, and you have NO idea what I am talking about, and you are heading to YouTube to check them out, just so you know I am not crazy (I suppose those aren't mutually exclusive...).
It isn't really through any fault (merit?) of the book, it's just that Astro is pretty cute (with his tiny arms and fondness of personal space) and he's quirky and funny, and so are these songs. They ARE about space after all. Anyone with me? Anyone?
Oh No, Astro! is a light take on the stuck-in-my-ways-a-little-afraid-to-change-until-something-happens-to-make-me-realize-everything-will-end-well story that happens somewhat regularly in kid lit, but it is entertaining - and it is about space, which is certainly not the norm. It also delivers a subtle science lesson in a way that keeps the story engaging while allowing kiddos to absorb knowledge, using words like "atmosphere," giving (a literal) nod to other parts of the solar system ("Hi, Mars!") and touching on an asteroid becoming a smaller version of itself, a meteorite, once it comes out of orbit and into Earth's atmosphere.
"As Astro zoomed past the moon, he realized with a sudden clarity where and how his journey would end." Upon entering Earth's atmosphere (which "tickles"), Astro finds himself "certainly smaller, but still in one piece." Once Astro makes this realization, he's able to find his happy ending - in a punny way, of course.
Science is real, folks. Science is real.
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a classic picture book. Be the first to identify a quote (by the following Tuesday at noon), and earn an
entry into the current monthly giveaway! Identify both the book and the
author for a quote, and you'll get two entries. Identify both for both
quotes, get four entries.
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Quote #1 (Brand-Spankin'-New-Book):Where's the Party? by Ruth Chan "Georgie understood. Georgie liked pickles, and knew that a good pickle took time."
Quote #2 (Classic Book): Corduroy Lost and Found by Don Freeman and Jody Wheeler "The familiar neighborhood looked very different. And where was Lisa's balloon? Then he saw it at the end of the street. 'It's getting away!' "
Monthly Giveaway: An OCTOPUS Prize Pack! (thru 6/30/2016)
The winner of this month's giveaway will receive an OCTOPUS Prize Pack, including an adorable Octopus plush (Wild Republic 8"), Octopus Alone by Divya Srinivasan, Be Glad Your Dad (is Not an Octopus) by Matt Logelin and Sara Jensen, and Thank you, Octopus by Darren Farrell! Stumped? Check out Facebook and Twitter for clues.
While at first glance the grayscale charcoal drawings of Akiko Miyakoshi's The Storm seem to be nearly as simplistic as the spare, succinct text, a closer look reveals something more. Miyakoshi's artwork manages to capture the monotony of daily life, preparations for a storm, the patience of loving parents and most of all, the emotion of a child disappointed to potentially miss a trip to the beach: sullen on the couch, mopey (and probably a tad irritating) during dinner preparation, and anxious as a storm rolls in.
"I just mope...I don't want to go next week. I want to go tomorrow."
and "The wind howls and blows. I try not to be scared."
Even with minimal facial details, the emotion depicted is sincere and realistic. Readers will find these emotions both identifiable and relatable; Miyakoshi's economical text mirrors the images well.
A fairly straightforward story with a happy ending, the climax of The Storm involves the child's defeat of the storm in his dreams, as he bravely faces the storm from the crow's nest of a giant propeller ship. The images darken as the child's fear builds along with the intensity of the storm (and nightfall), brightening as the boy finds his confidence, pushing the clouds away. The final spread incorporates sky blue - the first use of color in the book - in a hopeful, happy depiction of a child's dream coming true.
I found The Storm to be a quiet read, most likely best for one-on-one reads. For additional work by Miyakoshi, check out The Tea Party in the Woods.
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a classic picture book. Be the first to identify a quote (by the following Tuesday at noon), and earn an
entry into the current monthly giveaway! Identify both the book and the
author for a quote, and you'll get two entries. Identify both for both
quotes, get four entries.
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Quote #1 (Brand-Spankin'-New-Book):Oh No, Astro! by Matt Roeser, Brad Woodard "Please keep your distance. You stay in your orbit and I'll stay in mine. It's one of the core rules of the cosmos, you know. And yet, you've come closer." and "Meanwhile, an Earth girl named Nova was enjoying a quiet night of stargazing, when something caught her eye."
Quote #2 (Classic Book): Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi and Ron Barrett
"After a brief shower of orange juice, low clouds of sunny-side up eggs moved in followed by pieces of toast. Butter and jelly sprinkled down for the toast. And most of the time it rained milk afterwards."
Monthly Giveaway: Middle Grade Prize Pack!
The winner of this month's giveaway will receive a Middle Grade Prize Pack, including Bridge to Terabithia, Pippi Longstocking, James and the Giant Peach, and Holes! Stumped? Check out Facebook and Twitter for clues.
" 'I'm too little,' Teeny blubbered. 'I can't do it! Not alone!' But she had to, had to, had to. Tiny Teeny, on her own."
After summoning her brothers to help rescue her mother (who has been trapped in a bucket), Teeny is pushed out of the way with the assumption that she is too little to help. When all of the brothers also find themselves trapped in the bucket, it is up to Teeny to find her courage, put her plans into action and rescue the entire family.
Teeny is cute (especially in illustration, a tiny pink toad juxtaposed with the more expected brown, lumpy toad of her brothers), BUT she's also intelligent and brave. I love that her smarts show throughout the story - "Could we lift her out somehow?" and "You need a ladder" - even if the brothers aren't hearing. She doesn't need anyone to help her find the answer once she realizes that it is up to her (a little nudge to find her own bravery, which is often a hard thing to find), and though the illustrations show her enlisting help, this just highlights more great character traits, an ability to lead, be friendly and cooperative. Her plan didn't take muscles, "just brains and clever feet."
The emotion and the message are spot on. Kids will be able to relate to this tiniest of toads, who gives us a great example of believing in yourself.
And...completely unrelated to the story, I just recently discovered that toads are frogs, in the same way that squares are rectangles (toads are frogs, but frogs aren't toads). I feel a little silly having made it this far into my life without knowing this piece of information, but...there you go. Maybe I'm not the only one?
Finding Wild is a beautiful story, made even more so by Halpin's simple but well-imagined watercolor/pencil illustrations. The illustrations follow a girl and boy on a journey from city, to wild, back to city...and back to wild. The fragile aspects of nature are counter-balanced with the dangerous side of wild, the rough with the smooth, the painful with the soothing. My favorite contrast:
"Wild roars and barks and hisses and brays. It storm-thunders and wind-whispers. Wild sings."
As the children come out of their journey and re-emerge in the city, they find themselves looking everywhere for wild (unsuccessfully), until "about to give up - There." The children find wild again, hidden away, but "still standing strong."
The lyricism of the text brings readers on a journey of our own, using all of our senses. We see wild, sometimes subtle and tricky, sometimes so large "you can't possibly miss it." We hear wild slither and sing. We breathe in its smells - mint and pine and sea. We feel wild's heat and cold, its stings and breezes. We can (almost) taste its bounty, "honey from bees and sap from trees, swift-melting snowflakes and juice-bursting blackberries."
Finding Wild is an appealing reminder that even if wild seems hidden, it is always there for those who are looking - "waiting to be discovered" again, and again, and again.
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a classic picture book. Be the first to identify a quote (by the following Tuesday at noon), and earn an
entry into the current monthly giveaway! Identify both the book and the
author for a quote, and you'll get two entries. Identify both for both
quotes, get four entries.
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Quote #1 (Brand-Spankin'-New-Book):Finding Wild by Megan Wagner Lloyd "Wild keeps many secrets, waiting to be discovered - like its candy: honey from bees and sap from trees, swift-melting snowflakes and juice-bursting blackberries."
Quote #2 (Modern Classic Book): All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon "Hive, bee, wings, hum...Husk, cob, corn, yum!"
Monthly Giveaway: Middle Grade Prize Pack!
The winner of this month's giveaway will receive a Middle Grade Prize Pack, including Bridge to Terabithia, Pippi Longstocking, James and the Giant Peach, and Holes! Stumped? Check out Facebook and Twitter for clues.
Each
week I'll post quotes from 2 picture books - a new(er) picture book and
a classic picture book. Be the first to identify a quote (by the following Tuesday at noon), and earn an
entry into the current monthly giveaway! Identify both the book and the
author for a quote, and you'll get two entries. Identify both for both
quotes, get four entries.
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"I wonder how fast the wind blows. I wish I had a ship with big propellers that would spin stronger winds to drive the storm away."
Quote #2 (Modern Classic Book): The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson "On went the mouse through the deep dark wood. An owl saw the mouse and the mouse looked good." Quote #3 (AN EXTRA! Beautiful Non-Fiction): Tiny Creatures: The World of Microbes by Nicola Davies
"They are the invisible transformers of our world - the tiniest lives doing some of the biggest jobs."
Quote #4 (An extra, extra! And not a quote! Ha!): Flora and the Peacocks by Molly Idle
Monthly Giveaway: Middle Grade Prize Pack!
The winner of this month's giveaway will receive a Middle Grade Prize Pack, including Bridge to Terabithia, Pippi Longstocking, James and the Giant Peach, and Holes! Stumped? Check out Facebook and Twitter for clues.
Each
week I'll post quotes from 2 picture books - a new(er) picture book and
a classic picture book. Be the first to identify a quote, and earn an
entry into the current monthly giveaway! Identify both the book and the
author for a quote, and you'll get two entries. Identify both for both
quotes, get four entries.
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Quote #1 (Brand-Spankin'-New-Book): Teeny, Tiny Toady by Jill Esbaum "Teeny tried to keep from crying as she scrabbled up the road, wishing she could be a bigger, stronger, hero kind of toad."
Quote #2 (Classic Book): Fox in Socks by Dr. Seuss! "Let's have a little talk about tweetle beetles..."
Monthly Giveaway: Winner's Choice!
The winner of this month's giveaway can choose any one (1) of the books previously reviewed or quoted in the Well Read Guess! Stumped? Check out Facebook and Twitter for clues.
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