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Picture books and early readers | class #2, 2016

by Lolly Robinson
Mar 24, 2016 | Filed in Articles & Opinion
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Now that our first class is done, we can move on to some in-depth reading and discussing. Last week we got our feet wet with two picture books, one a classic and the other a wordless exploration of culture.

For our second class on March 31, we will read two more picture books, two easy readers, and one book about how art works:

We hope you will join our online pre-class discussion by following the links above.

Lolly Robinson

Lolly Robinson is a freelance designer and consultant with degrees in studio art and children’s literature. She is the former creative director for The Horn Book, Inc., and has taught children’s literature at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education. She has served on the Caldecott and Boston Globe-Horn Book Award committees and blogged for Calling Caldecott and Lolly's Classroom on this site.

 

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Lolly Robinson

We'd love to have you join us, Eleonore.

Posted : Mar 30, 2016 04:51

Eleonore DIDIER

I am really interested by this topic and would love to watch this class.

Posted : Mar 28, 2016 04:13

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