Tag Archive | Naomi Shihab Nye

Monday Reading: Crafty and Awesome Girls in Picture Books – Meet Chloe, Zoe, and Violet

It’s Monday, What are You Reading is a meme hosted by Jen and Kellee from Teach Mentor Texts (and brainchild of Sheila at BookJourney). Two of our blogging friends, Linda from Teacher Dance and Tara from A Teaching Life have inspired us to join this vibrant meme. Last Week’s Review and Miscellany Posts Sign-ups for the Award-Winning-Books Reading Challenge is still open. Do join us […]

BHE (38): Because We’re Still Cybil-ized

Congratulate me, first of all, for overcoming laziness and finally being able to pay for my library fees. And so, there I was, one sunny Friday afternoon, walking briskly back and forth the teen and children’s sections of the library. Utilizing the local library surely saved me a bunch of dollar bills. Here are a […]

Poetry Friday: Naomi Shihab Nye’s The List

I have been reading Naomi Shihab Nye’s poetry recently and there’s one particular title that caught my eye as I was finishing her book, A Maze Me: Poems for Girls (which I should have discovered when we were doing our Girl Power bimonthly theme). I borrowed this book from the library and have enjoyed it […]

It’s Monday, What are you Reading and Nonfiction Monday

It is our first time to join the meme hosted by Jen and Kellee from Teach Mentor Texts (and brainchild of Sheila at BookJourney). Since two of our friends, Linda from Teacher Dance and Tara from A Teaching Life have been joining this meme for quite awhile now, we thought of giving it a go […]

Poetry Friday: Naomi Shihab Nye’s Call for Quiet Reflection and Kindness

I am happy to join Poetry Friday once more which is hosted this week by Violet Nesdoly who often shares her wonderful original poems with us. As the semester is about to begin and waves of work and deadlines would once again drown my inner voice and sense of quietude, I thought that a little […]