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Check out other favorite Picture Book Lists #pb10for10 ______________________________________________________________ As we finish up our summer #cyberPD conversations, I'm quickly reminded that August is right around the corner and I need to start thinking about my picture book list to share. Ten books I love. Ten books I want to share. Ten books that I can't live without in my classroom. Ten books. I love coming up with lists of picture books I adore for various reasons. However, this year I came up with the most brilliant idea! (Well, at least I thought it was brilliant!)  Here are the picture books I can't live without  ... because these are the LAST 10(+3)  picture books I most recently purchased!  ______________________________________________________________ 1.  If I Built a School   by Chris Van Dusen My daughters read If I Built a House and If I Built a Car over and over and over. They couldn't wait to read thi...

Check out other favorite Picture Book Lists:  Picture Book 10 for 10 Google Community Learn more about #pb10for10 from Cathy at   Reflect and Refine  and Mandy at  Enjoy and Embrace Learning ______________________________________________________________ Picture books tend to touch our hearts and leave us with so many different feelings.  All of the picture books I selected for my list are #heartprint worthy.  They have left an impression on my heart and I want to share these books and feelings  with my students, my own children, and you.   Our hearts overflow with feelings with each picture book. My #pb10for10 list of books is full of feelings -- inspired by the picture book   In My Heart: A Book of Feelings by Jo Witek .  (Yes, I snuck in an extra book!) In my heart ... ______________________________________________________________ 1.   This is when my heart is ...  HAPPY:   Mo...

The Slice of Life is hosted  at the  Two Writing Teachers Join in and share a slice of your life.  _____________________________________________________ August 10th is a big day.  It's the day of sharing lists of your ten favorite picture books . August 25th is also a big day.  It's the day my two girls start kindergarten. I've been thinking a lot about both ... and then it hit me. My #pb10for10 book theme was "I wish you ..."   I thought about all that I wished for my girls as they begin this special journey this year in kindergarten and connected the wish to a picture book. And the words just poured from my heart ... I shared my picture book li...

Check out other favorite Picture Book Lists: Picture Book 10 for 10 Google Community Learn more about #pb10for10 from Cathy at   Reflect and Refine  and Mandy at  Enjoy and Embrace Learning Every year I (painstakingly) select ten (ugh, yes, only ten) picture books that I cannot live without in my classroom -- or in the case of the list I am sharing today, picture books that I cannot live without at home. You see, I created this list of picture books for my twin daughters, who will begin their schooling journey by starting kindergarten in a short two weeks.  (I can't believe it.)  Yet, it's my Mommy duty to continue to build the excitement and their confidence ( or perhaps my own)  of this new adventure.  What better way to do it than with PICTURE BOOKS?!?!  A perfect #pb10for10 list of all that I wish for this coming year for my precious girls! I wish you ... ______________________________________________________________ ...