Birdie with a Yellow Bill Awakens the Window
Poem fragment by Robert Louis Stevenson features a yellow billed bird perching on a window sill and addressing the sleepyhead with a cheeky taunt. The verse captures a quiet, playful mischief in a brief imaginative scene.
Book Week Bookmark Promotes 1983 CBC Event
The Children's Book Council sponsors Book Week with a 1983 bookmark featuring a Lillian Morrison poem and a Tomie de Paola illustration. CBC offers ordering details from 67 Irving Place New York NY 10003 Attn Current Brochure. Include a No 10 stamped self addressed envelope for one ounce.
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Book Week
Lillian Morrison
Tomie de Paola
Children’s Book Council
CBC
Irving Place
New York
N.Y
Adoption Love From Foster Parents Becomes Forever Family
A narrative about Brandon and a child adopted by John and Margene Howard. The story highlights their loving, nonabusive home and plans to finalize adoption after years of care. The piece ends with a mural of rain and an umbrella image, referencing Squaw Creek Elementary and a downpour.
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John and
Margene Howard
Brandon
Facts About Washington State Overview and History
Washington features the state seal on green with Olympia as capital and George Washington as namesake. Early exploration by Spanish and English in the 1500s followed by fur trading posts in the 1700s, Lewis and Clark in 1805, and 1879 Alaska Gold Rush migration. The state excels in aircraft, fishing, lumber, crops like apples and winter wheat, and ranges from Cascade mountains to Pacific coast.
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Washington
Lewis and Clark
Alaska
Cascade Mountains
Pacific Ocean
Canada
Mount St. Helens
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Sleepyhead
Outer Space
Writers’ Corner
Mike Denniston
Strawberry Hill
Anamosa
Squaw Creek
National Council of Teachers of English
David McCord
Aileen Fisher
Karla Kuskin
Myra Cohn Livingston
Eve Merriam
John Ciardi
Olympia
George Washington
Evergreen State
Betty Debnam
Universal Preas Syndicate