August 10 for 10 Picture Books 2010
Looking for picture books for your classroom, your children, or as a gift. You'll want to take a look at this collection of blog posts about "must have" picture books. Bloggers participating in the event are teachers, parents, media specialists, authors and others interested in children's literature. Each blogger shares 10 "gotta have" picture books they couldn't live without!
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1Reflect and Refine: Building a Learning Community
The Final List: August 10 for 10 Picture Book Event Cathy shares her 10 must-have picture books for the classroom.
http://reflectandrefine.blogspot.com/2010/08/final-list-august-10-for-10-picture.html
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2Enjoy and Embrace Learning
August 10 for 10: Picture Book Event is Here Mandy's list of favorites includes 1 prediction!
http://enjoy-embracelearning.blogspot.com/2010/08/august-10-for-10-picture-book-event-is.html
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3A Work in Progress
10 Picture Books I Can't Live Without Shares picture books that work well with concepts taught, are great for metacognition, and those students connect with in her classroom.
http://saskateach.wordpress.com/2010/08/09/my-10-favorite-childrens-picture-books/
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4Literate Lives
August 10 for 10 Event (Karen's Picks) Karen shares books she uses multiple times in her classroom. Her list includes some nonfiction. Stop by and check it out.
http://literatelives.blogspot.com/2010/08/august-10-for-10-picture-book-event.html
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5Creative Literacy
10 Picture Books Boys Can't Live Without Katie shares 10 books boys are sure to love in her August 10 for 10 picture book post.
http://creativeliteracy.blogspot.com/2010/08/10-picture-books-that-boys-cant-live.html
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6Nancy Teaches
August 10 for 10 - Nancy Teaches List In Nancy's August 10 for 10 list, she shares 10 books organized by story elements --- saving the best for last.
http://nancy-ehrlich.blogspot.com/2010/08/august-10-for-10-nancyteaches-list.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NancyTeaches+%28NancyTeaches%29
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7Raising Readers and Writers
10 for 10 Picture Books Julie shares her list of books that represent a diverse population and help students learn more about the world around them.
http://www.raisingreadersandwriters.com/?p=761
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8The Book Maven's Haven
August 10 for 10: A Picture Book Event (Part 1) Susan shares her favorite picture book list from when she taught kindergarten and first grade. (Hmmm....a part 1 --- makes me think....)
http://thebookmavenshaven.blogspot.com/2010/08/august-10-for-10-picture-book-event.html
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9Two Learning Journeys
10 for 10 Picture Book Blogging Event Shelly and Lisa combine their favorites to share 10 terrific reads! How'd they get their lists to 5 each?? I'm impressed!
http://twolearningjourneys.blogspot.com/2010/08/10-for-10-picture-book-blogging-event.html
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10Picture This! Teaching with Picture Books
Dawn shares her list of 10 picture books you just can't live without. Her list of picture books are suited for a variety of age levels. She shares her recommendations, strategy possibilities, and lesson ideas.
http://teachingwithpicturebooks.wordpress.com/2010/08/10/august-10-for-10-a-picture-book-event/
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11Room to Grow: Making Early Childhood Count
Tonya shares her list (whittled down from 850 favorites) of favorite picture books for young children. I just want to know how she managed luxury accommodations and a cook on her island?
http://earlyliteracycounts.blogspot.com/2010/08/my-desert-island-book-collection_10.html
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12A Year of Reading: Two Teachers Who Read. A Lot.
10 Picture Books I've Loved for 10 Years (or more) Mary Lee gets in the spirit of this "August 10 for 10 Picture Books" event by sharing 10 books she's loved for 10 years; a list of poetry, nonfiction, and picture books.
http://readingyear.blogspot.com/2010/08/10-picture-books-ive-loved-for-10-years.html
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13Learn Me Sumthin'
Picture Books: 10 for 10 If you know Tony, you know he loves to teach and work with children, but it seems the thought of being stranded on an island with 4th and 5th graders was too stressful for him (apparently more stressful than narrowing to 10). Instead he shares the list of books he'd throw out his of his second story classroom window if there were a fire. 10 books you gotta save!
http://learnmesumthin.blogspot.com/2010/08/picture-books-10-for-10.html
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14A Year of Reading: Two Teachers Who Read. A Lot.
10 Books I've Recently Discovered Franki shares her list of 10 books she's recently discovered --- and cannot live without.
http://readingyear.blogspot.com/2010/08/10-picture-books-ive-recently.html
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15Wandering and Wondering in Libraryland
10 on the 10th? Liz shares 10 books she can't live without in her library.
http://wanderingandwonderinginlibraryland.blogspot.com/2010/08/10-on-10th.html
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16Hit the Ground Running! The Educating Esme Teacher Blog
Ten Picture Books I Wouldn't Live Without Emse shares her 10 favorite books by considering "month by month" must-haves. She bends the rules a bit with a few runner-ups!
http://educatingesme.blogspot.com/2010/08/ten-picture-books-i-wouldnt-teach.html
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17The Planetesme Plan
Me and Rolly Maloo (FICTION) and 10 Picture Books I would Not Want to Teach Without Esme has two blogs! Gotta love that ambition!! So, of course, she is able to add a few more "must haves" by sharing this smart list of middle-grade stories to stretch the thinking of readers.
http://planetesme.blogspot.com/2010/08/me-and-rolly-maloo-fiction-and-10.html
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18AM Literacy Learning Log
Ten Picture Books...Ten Stories Ann Marie shares her list of 10 favorites today, but stay tuned as she will tell the story of each book on her blog over the next 10 days.
http://amliteracylearninglog.blogspot.com/2010/08/ten-picture-booksten-stories.html
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19Carol's Corner
Ten Picture Books I Couldn't Live Without Lots of great books in Carol's list of 10!
http://carolwscorner.blogspot.com/2010/08/ten-picture-books-i-couldnt-live.html
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20Chicken Spaghetti: Books for Children and the rest of us, too
10 Books First Graders Like Lots of great books here!! Make sure you scroll to the bottom for 50 nonfiction suggestions link.
http://chickenspaghetti.typepad.com/chicken_spaghetti/2010/08/reading-buddy-10.html
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21Ready. Set. Read!
10 Favorite Picture Books on Aug. 10, 2010 Jackie shares a delightful list of books for young readers. Make sure you check out the picture. Too sweet!
http://readysetread2me.blogspot.com/2010/08/10-favorite-picture-books-on-aug-10.html
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22Write Now!
Top Ten Picture Books Kim shares her list of 10 favorites. I'm thinking many of these would be great for the start of the year and community building.
http://writenowtroup.blogspot.com/2010/08/top-ten-picture-books.html
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23Literate Lives
10 For 10 Picks From THE PIT You've seen Karen's list, now it's Bill's turn. Choosing just ten was challenging, so Bill chose 10 books he's read in "the pit".
http://literatelives.blogspot.com/2010/08/10-for-10-picks-from-pit.html
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24The Hive
August 10 for 10: A Picture Book Event... Michelle shares her list of 10 picture book favorites. The summaries are as beautifully written as the books themselves!
http://thehive.edublogs.org/2010/08/10/august-10-for-10-a-picture-book-event/
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25Stay At Home Dad In Lansing
Chris, AKA Tessa's Dad, shares his list of 10 favorites. Chris shares books he's read with Tessa, as well as books he hopes to read with her. You can watch for Chris's reviews of these books at http://bookdads.com.
http://sahdinlansing.com/tuesdays-10-favorite-picture-books/
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26Welcome To Our Wonderland: My Little Artist's
August 10 for 10 Picture Book Event" My 10 Must Have List A terrific collection of books for young children for home or school.
http://lettersnumbersandbooksohmy.blogspot.com/2010/08/august-10-for-10-picture-book-event-my.html
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27The Book Maven's Haven (Part 2...books for intermediate children)
August 10 for 10: A Picture Book Event (Part 2). Susan shares her second top 10 list of books. In the first (viewed previously in this jog) she discusses great books for K/1. Now she's created a list of books for intermediate readers. Talk about ambition! Many great titles and ideas for using these books with students.
http://thebookmavenshaven.blogspot.com/2010/08/august-10-for-10-picture-book-event_10.html
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28Random Thoughts of a Teacher
10 for 10 Picture Books Justine gets back in the blogging groove with her list of 10 favorites. Glad she's back!!
http://randomthoughtsofateacher.blogspot.com/2010/08/10-for-10-picture-books.html
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29Ecordia's Weblog
Ten Picture Books A list of 10 books that jumped off the shelf! Lucky!
http://ecoradio.wordpress.com/ten-picture-books/
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30American Indians in Children's Literature
Love this! Debbie has a top 10 list of books by Native authors about American Indians. You'll want to read this post from beginning to end. Make sure you click on the "Top Ten Books for Elementary School" in the top right too.
http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2010/08/reflect-and-refines-10-for-10-picture.html
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31AAKidsBookTalks
Ten of My Favorite Picture Books The best thing about this event has been finding great blogs to follow (my apologies to my Google reader!), and this blog is no exception. Karen's 10 favorite books all have strong African American characters. Great additions for any classroom library!
http://aakidsbooktalks.blogspot.com/2010/08/ten-of-my-favorite-picture-books.html
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32Teaching in the Tech Frontier
August 10 for 10: Picture Book Must-Haves Mary shares her list of 10 favorites representing a collection with different writing styles and purposes. I love this list as Mary shared a few that are favorites of mine as well. Young readers love these!
http://teachinginthetechfrontier.blogspot.com/2010/08/august-10-for-10-picture-book-must.html
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33Write Up My Life
Picture Books: 10 for 10 Julie, a writer herself, shares her list of 10 books she and her children are enjoying at home right now. Lots of titles here you'll want to add to your classroom library.
http://writeupmylife.com/2010/08/10/picture-books-10-for-10/
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34Teaching in the 21st Century
A Little Late for 10 at 10??? Welcome to Maria and her new blog where she shares her 10 favorites.
http://teachingin21.blogspot.com/2010/08/little-late-for-10-at-10.html
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35Keene Public Library New Hampshire
10 for 10 Picture Books Keene Library joins our blogging event with 10 books you've got to read! A wonderful collection of titles.
http://www.keenepubliclibrary.org/content/10-10-picture-books
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36proseandkahn
Ten for Ten Picture Book Event "You're never to old for picture books." You'll find plenty of great titles here: 10 and a few extra. :O)
http://proseandkahn.livejournal.com/140406.html
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37Al-en-A-Day's Work
My Top Ten, well, Top Twelve Patrick shares his top 12 picture book pics by 10 different authors. Love the spin! Many terrific authors on this list!
http://all-en-a-days-work.blogspot.com/2010/08/my-top-ten-well-top-twelve.html
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38What We Read and What We Think
August 10 for 10: 10 Picture Books I Could Not Live Without Here you'll find Eric's list of 10 books that help him survive life as a second grade teacher.
http://whatwereadandwhatwethink.blogspot.com/2010/08/august-10-for-10-picture-books-i.html
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39Write Wild
10 for 10 Picture Book Event Christie share her favorites. You'll find some reminders of some old favorites, and discover some new titles as well.
http://christiewrightwild.blogspot.com/2010/08/10-for-10-picture-books.html
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40Reading Is Thinking
Can't Live Without These Books Christine shares the reasons she loves her 10 picks. (On a side note: Make sure you click on her photo stream of artifacts of literacy instruction.)
http://christine-readingisthinking.blogspot.com/2010/08/cant-live-without-these-books.html