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5 comments:
Hey Brian just want to thank you for your wonderful blogs. I've only recently become aware of them and I want to particularly thank you for your highly visual aids to the book "Wonder'. We have just purchased this as a shared reading resource and your entries will be invaluable. Keep doing what you're doing and please don't remove your wonderful work. I learned about it through our library listserv so there are a lot of New Zealand librarians and teachers finding treasire in it!
That was suppose to say treasure, sorry.
Hi Brian. Wanted to tell you how much I love your blog. I teach sixth grade and love so many of the books you have written about. I am excited to read more. Thank you for sharing. :)
I have been teacking ofr over 10 years and love reading. I just stumbled upon your blog today. I LOVE IT! Thanks for all your hard work.
Two of my favourites are
Iqbal by Francesco D'Adamo
And almost any book by Eric Walters (Trapped on Ice is one of my favourites)
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