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Big Apple Book Club: Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
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Video Description
Link to Fun Websites including a page for E.B. White and other websites featuring reviews and recommendations of good books for kids. Stop by the The Learning Corner for a list of discussion questions about this book.
Questions & Extended Learning Activities
Each Learning Corner is designed by an educator to be easily integrated into individual curriculums, as well as State, and National Standards.
Click here for The Learning Corner PageOther Fun Websites
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E.B. White
Learn more about E.B. White and other authors and illustrators on this website by the publisher Harper Collins.
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KidsRead
Kidsread is the best place on the web for kids to find information about their favorite books, series and authors. Reviews of the newest titles, interviews with authors, and trivia games, word scrambles and contests!
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The Reading Tub
The Reading Tub is a volunteer-driven, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting reading and literacy. Jump in to find great books you willwant to share with your friends.
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Books 4 Your Kids
Here's a site that wants to put good books into kid's hands. There are reviews of some wonderful books that are not always on the shelf at bookstores, but might be at your library and can definitely be ordered. The good news is that all books mentioned are available in paperback unless noted.
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Create Your Own Big Apple Book Club Review
Watch at least three of the Big Apple Book Reviews then make your own. Download the PDF file of instructions found at the bottom of this page. Print out the submission form, also at the bottom of this page, and send it along with your book review to MEET ME AT THE CORNER, Virtual Field Trips for Kids, 20 West Del Norte, Colorado Springs, CO, 80907.
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Curled Up with a Good Kid's Book
Looking for a good book? Here's another site filled with recommendations and reviews.
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- Stuart Little
- Author : E. B. White
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- The Trumpet of the Swan (full color)
- Author : E. B. White
- ASIN : 0064410943
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