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Read-Aloud Poster Spotlight: The Trumpet of the Swan

Read-Aloud Poster Spotlight: The Trumpet of the Swan

Get all the details about our May Read-Aloud Poster release for The Trumpet of the Swan, the story of Louis, a trumpeter swan who has no voice.  It joins our other E.B. White poster choice, Charlotte’s Web. We hope you’ll agree, he’s a solid choice for our first “duplicated” author, and the two books make a great pairing. This poster has some fun new map activities we know you'll love, plus old favorites like character portraits and a chapter tracker.

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Read-Aloud Poster Spotlight: Number the Stars

Read-Aloud Poster Spotlight: Number the Stars

Published in 1989, Number the Stars by Lois Lowry is a Newbery-award winning historical fiction middle-grade novel. While you may remember it as a favorite from your own childhood, if you’ve never read it before, it’s a story you’ll enjoy hearing for the first time as you read it with your family.

Our Read-Aloud Poster for this book includes activities that will help your family understand the story itself as well as appreciate the historical and geographical context of the book. In this blog post, we’ll take a look at the poster activities.

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