<div dir="ltr">You might also want to consider great read alouds that are not Christmas themed since it is unlikely that 100% of your students and staff celebrate Christmas. In addition, public schools should not emphasize one religion over another. Of course, this suggestion does not apply if you teach in a Catholic school.<div><br></div><div>Stephanie</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Stephanie Stieglitz<br>Teacher-Librarian, The Lane<br>500 N. Elm St.<br>Hinsdale, IL 60521<div><a href="https://sites.google.com/a/d181.org/lanemrc/" target="_blank">MRC Website</a></div><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><font size="1"><i>"For school leaders and school librarians, implementing the CCSS is not about thinking out of the box. It is about transforming the box itself." - </i>Implementing the Common Core State Standards: The Role of the School Librarian - Achieve and AASL Action Brief, Nov. 2013</font></div></div><div><font size="1"><br></font></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small">"</span><i style="font-size:x-small">I don't believe that libraries should be drab places, where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians.</i><span style="font-size:x-small">" - Monty Python's Flying Circus, series one, show 10</span><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 6:32 AM Email list for the Association of Illinois School Library Educators <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div dir="ltr">I agree with <i>Silver Packages</i> by Cynthia Rylant.
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<div>Also <i>An Orange for Frankie</i> by Patricia Polacco. With middle school you can probably read the last couple of pages that say that Frankie dies. I often leave that out at the elementary school. The book ends just fine without the last pages.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 5:41 AM Email list for the Association of Illinois School Library Educators <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br>
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Christmas Tapestry By Patricia Polacco<br>
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> On Dec 14, 2018, at 5:35 AM, Email list for the Association of Illinois School Library Educators <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br>
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> The Broken Ornament by Tony DiTerlizzi is new this year and has a nice message about making amends, greed & the importance of memories<br>
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>> My middle school is doing a celebrity reader event on the last day before Christmas break. I am looking for suggestions of Christmas picture book read alouds that have a lesson to be taught behind a more serious tone for the book. For example, Polar Express
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