Award-winning author Dianne de Las Casas has found, through personal experience in sharing handmade tales with teachers and librarians in workshops around the world, that they absolutely love "draw and tell tales." "A is for Alligator: Draw and Tell Tales from A-Z" puts that knowledge to work to facilitate the teaching of early literacy skills by connecting learning with kids' love of animals and drawing.
De Las Casas's innovative tales are accompanied by illustrator Marita Gentry's animal pictures, cleverly incorporating the alphabet to create simple draw and tell tales. A-Z chapters...
Award-winning author Dianne de Las Casas has found, through personal experience in sharing handmade tales with teachers and librarians in workshops...
"It's a roaring reading party Pass out the sparkly beads, put on the catchy Mardi Gras tunes, and let the kids CHOMP CHOMP and STOMP STOMP to the infectious beat of Dinosaur Mardi Gras. A perfect read-aloud " -John Schumacher, librarian, founder of MrSchuReads.com, a 2011 Library Journal Mover & Shaker
When carnival time rolls around, these big beasts begin to party. Notoceratops swings and swoons, while Spinosaurus taps his blue suede shoes and Brachiosaurus tosses colorful beads to the crowd below. From Lee Circle to Canal Street, follow these crazy creatures as they...
"It's a roaring reading party Pass out the sparkly beads, put on the catchy Mardi Gras tunes, and let the kids CHOMP CHOMP and STOMP STOMP to ...
