{"id":81,"date":"2009-10-14T22:13:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-14T22:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tracishupertphotography.com\/?p=81"},"modified":"2009-10-14T22:13:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-14T22:13:00","slug":"sky-tree-by-thomas-locker-what-to-read-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tracishupertphotography.com\/blog\/sky-tree-by-thomas-locker-what-to-read-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Sky Tree by Thomas Locker | What to Read Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/i685.photobucket.com\/albums\/vv218\/trshupert\/What%20to%20Read\/web_paige_edited.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 800px; height: 531px;\" src=\"http:\/\/i685.photobucket.com\/albums\/vv218\/trshupert\/What%20to%20Read\/web_paige_edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>Time for another installment of What to Read Wednesday.  I borrowed this book from one of my colleague&#8217;s classrooms (just in case you&#8217;re new around here, I&#8217;m also a teacher of reading).  She has a display of books relating to fall, and I was immediately drawn to this book because I {heart} this author &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rmichelson.com\/Artist_Pages\/Locker\/Thomas-Locker.html\">Thomas Locker<\/a>.  Let me introduce you to <span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.harpercollinschildrens.com\/HarperChildrens\/Teachers\/BookDetail.aspx?isbn13=9780064437509\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Sky Tree<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I attended a workshop last week (I&#8217;m training to be a mentor for new teachers), and one of the sessions was on making the most of your read-aloud time.  The teacher talked about literary nonfiction books &#8211; nonfiction that acts like a story.  That&#8217;s exactly what <span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Sky Tree<\/span><\/span>, and all of Thomas Locker&#8217;s books are like.  He is a multi-faceted artist.  In addition to writing these lyrical informational books, he also creates the paintings. His work is truly magical!   <span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Sky Tree <\/span><\/span>takes you on a journey through the seasons as experienced by a tree.<\/p>\n<p>I have to give a few shout outs for this post.  First, to my friend&#8217;s sweet little girl who let me take her picture while reading the pictures in <span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Sky Tree<\/span><\/span>.  Secondly, to the owner of the book and first grade teacher at my school, Chanelle Blucker.  If you scroll down to the bottom of the page, you&#8217;ll see a link for &#8220;The Blucker&#8217;s&#8221;.  Click on over and leave Chanelle, some blog love.  Feel free to tell her she&#8217;s a great teacher!  \ud83d\ude42  Happy Reading!<span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><\/span><\/span><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"pp-post-sig\">\n<div><a href=\"javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text\/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http:\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clickinmoms.com\/cmprodaily\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/pinit.jpg\" alt=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pp-fb-like-btn-wrap\"><div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.tracishupertphotography.com\/blog\/sky-tree-by-thomas-locker-what-to-read-wednesday\/\" data-share=\"true\" data-layout=\"standard\" data-width=\"450\" data-show-faces=\"\" data-action=\"like\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time for another installment of What to Read Wednesday. I borrowed this book from one of my colleague&#8217;s classrooms (just in case you&#8217;re new around here, I&#8217;m also a teacher of reading). 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