April Web Resources New! A Library Play for National Library Week This brief, two-person play encourages children to use their public library. New! A Chain Tale from India These lessons use nonfiction and a traditional folktale to introduce students to India and the reading skill of sequencing. New! Meet Marianne Mitchell Toni Buzzeo talks with the author of Joe Cinders. New! Library Lessons: Inkheart Capitalize on the increased interest in Inkheart caused by the major motion picture with related lessons and activities. New! Novels Written in Verse The books in this growing genre can help encourage reluctant readers. Freebies, Doodads, & Helpful Hints “It’s an Idiom” Matching Game and Book Review Forms. Curriculum Connections: Fractured Fairy Tales “Fairy Tale Marketplace” barter activity. Keep ‘em Reading: Love a Book, Love a Librarian “Love a Book, Love a Librarian” Venn Diagram and “What Makes a Good Librarian?” chart. Meet the Author: Jon Scieszka Hear Jon Scieszka read “The Really Ugly Duckling” from The Stinky Cheese Man and from Science Verse. Reader’s Theater: The Gold Miner’s Daughter: A Melodramatic Fairy Tale Rebus patterns to be used with the script. Fiction/Nonfiction: Sense-sational Selections for PK–K Simon Senses Game Pattern Webliography March Web Resources Previous Web Resources 2008: January February March 2007: January February March April May/June August/September October November December 2006: January February March April May/June July August/September October November December 2005: January February March April May June July August/September October November December 2004: January February March April May/June August/September October November December