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Library Lessons for Little Ones                                            c/2009, Grades PK & K

  • Alphabet Fiesta
  • A Baker's ABCs: Homemade or Store Bought
  • Birth & Earth Days
  • Body Divine: Wash Time
  • Caldecott: Medals & Parts
  • Fact or Fiction? Frog or Toad?
  • Farm Friends: Rhymes & Reasons
  • Gardens Growing
  • Gobblin' Good Books: Harvesting the Love of Literature
  • Habitats x2: Desert & Rainforest
  • Insects vs. Spiders: Got Food?
  • Monstrous Math: Feelings Count
  • Motion in the Ocean: Animals Alive!
  • Nighty-Night Delights & Family Reading Nights
  • Penguin Perspectives: Olympic Moments
  • Pets to Ponder: Shapes
  • Ranch Wranglers: Rodeo Rationale
  • Sensational Senses: Opposites, Too!
  • Valuable Valentines: Maile Service Defined
  • When I Grow Up: Community Helpers


Collaborative Bridges:  People, Places & Things                   C/ 2005, Grades 3 - 5

                                                                                              Out-of-Print 2011

  • Presidents: Past & Present
  • Pilgrims: Past, Present & Future
  • Hurricanes: Past, Present & Protection
  • Inventive Minds: Past, Present & Future
  • Mapping the World: Past, Present & Future
  • Tsunamis: Past, Present & Protection


Collaborative Bridges:  Danger Zone                                      C/2006, Grades 3 - 5

                                                                                                 Out-of-Print 2011

  • A Kid's Code of the Civil War
  • Extreme Author Circumstances: Got Guts!
  • A Genetic Potpourri: Endangered, Extinct & Enlightening
  • Mathematical Calculations: Artistic Applications
  • Australia: Land of Dangers, Delights & Didgeridoos
  • Solar System: From Cultural Curiosity to Space Travel


Collaborative Bridges:  Investigations                                     C/ 2006, Grades 3 - 5

                                                                                                 Out-of Print 2011

  • Ecological Necessity:  Conserving Natural Resources
  • December:  Christian Christmas, Hanukkah & Kwanzaa
  • Westward Expansion:  Ho! & Woe!
  • Rocks & Minerals Unite!
  • Animal Intelligence:  From Intellect to Anatomy
  • China:  Past & Present

MAGAZINE ARTICLES

Library Media Connection

     A Bilingual Library and Programming: Help! I'm Not Bilingual   January 2003

Library Sparks - for back issues, reprints, or permissions, please contact Kelly Loughman, Editor, Highsmith Publications:  k.loughman@highsmith.com

  • Reader's Theater: Who Sailed on the Ship, Titanic?                           January 2004
  • Library Lesson - Library Orientation 101                            August/September 2004
  • Monthly Column - Sparklers                    August/September 2004 - May/June 2005
  • Author Extensions:  This Man On an Island                                      October 2006
  • Keep 'em Reading:  Around the World with Mystery Menus            December 2006
  • Library Lesson:  Civil Rights                                                         February   2007
  • Asian Pacific Heritage Month:  Six Countries, Six Cultures              May/June 2007
  • Fiction/Nonfiction:  Coach Booklove's Spring Sports                           March   2008
  • Fiction/Nonfiction:  Sense-sational Selections                                    April     2008 Author Extensions: Seasons of Selznick                                         October  2009 
  • Library Lesson: Give Peace A Chance                             August/September  2010
  • Library Lesson - Grandparents:  A Legacy of Learning                   November  2010
  • Library Lesson - Sensational Stories: Timeless Tales Made New    December 2010
  • Library Lesson - Earth Day Every Day: Becoming ...                          April     2011
  • Keep'em Reading: Series Featuring Military Service Dogs              November  2011
  • Author Extensions - Chris Van Allsburg: Charismatic Creator...      December 2011
  • Library Lesson - New Beginnings from a Chinese Perspective         January    2012
  • Keep'em Reading - "Seriesly Speaking": Heroes and Villains...       February   2012
  • Keep'em Reading - Sci-Fi Series ... Across the Curriculum                   March 2012

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