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Featured Books: Informational Texts for Grades 3-5 With a growing emphasis on developing informational text skills, many teachers are looking for informational books that pique student interest. Consider this wildly successful series of books written by David M. Schwartz and Yael Schy with photos by Dwight Kuhn: Formatted identically, these books introduce and provide information on 21 different animals. Using clues from original poems, try and find the camouflaged animals in these full-page photos. Once you think you've found it, lift the flap to reveal its location and a selection of information about that animal. Poems range from haiku to concrete, and the informative passages span a breadth of science concepts. Continue your detective work with What in the Wild? All the pictures in this book are signs that an animal may be nearby. Where did that pellet of fur and bones come from? What made those craters in the sand? With the same friendly format as Where in the Wild?, this book has enough poems, pictures, and information to satisfy the most curious students. |
| Pottermore  Have you explored Pottermore yet? This website, created by J. K. Rowling, is meant to serve as an online version of the Harry Potter world. Not only does it submerge readers in interactive games and missions, but it also provides new, exclusive Harry Potter content as well as a behind-the-scenes look at Rowling's creative process. Best of all - the experience is entirely FREE!  | | Shopping in Diagon Alley
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Pottermore is organized by book titles, following Harry's journey and urging participants to read the series in conjunction with using the site. Throughout the chapters, users must collect new items to use later as they explore full-screen illustrations of important story moments. Along the way, Rowling provides additional information about settings, characters, plot and her process in developing these ideas. The real fun starts when users answer a series of personality questions used to sort them into one of the four "Houses" within Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Similarly, questioning is used to determine proper wand type and length. The coolest part - users can use their acquired knowledge of magic to create intricate potions and duel their friends!  | | Example of a wand: Apple with Dragon Core, 12 1/2 inches, Rigid |
Pottermore has the capability of bolstering a student's first experience with the Harry Potter series. Long-time fans will also appreciate the interactive nature of the site as well as Rowling's new content. Check it out!
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| Other Books We Like  K-1 The Lonely Book written Kate Bernheimer
illustrated by Chris Sheban
A once beloved book becomes old, worn and forgotten until a young girl finds it, discovering what had made it special to many children before her.
 After his world has been turned upside down, Morris, a boy with a keen love for words and books, regains his bearing in a special place filled with books. It is a place where he can read books, share stories with others and write his own story that will endure. *Also check out the Academy Award-winning short film. 
After her charm school fails, 62-year-old widow Annie Edson Taylor dares to find fame and fortune by becoming the first person to survive a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel. These true occurrences are beautifully accompanied by Allsburg's trademark illustrations. |
| | Black, White, & Read All Over Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures, in conjunction with Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, presents this family book series, introducing readers to talented writers of children's and young adult books. Find more information about the series here. Upcoming authors: |
| The BLAST program has been so fortunate to have your support! Whether you've shown it through positive evaluations, letters of support or simply by regularly scheduling us to visit your school - thank you! Since BLAST is dependent on library funding, we would also like to thank those of you who support the library. For more information on how you can help, visit our Advocacy Page.
If you have any questions or any ideas that you would like to see in upcoming newsletters, please feel free to e-mail us with your input. We're here to serve you!
Sincerely,
Bonny Yeager, Emma Brown, and Andy Yeung
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh blast@carnegielibrary.org |
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